Smyth Captain (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 40 pages. Illustrated. H A Gilligan "Captain William Hutchinson and the Early Dublin Bay Lifeboats" / Viola B M Barrow "Edward Smyth" / A E J Went "An English Shilling witha Dublin Connection" / Michael Ryan "A Cist Burial near Lusk Co. Dublin" / Ruth delaney The Grand Canal" (SL#85).

Hb. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Clean dark blue cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt border trim. Spine: light bumping to head & foot. Edge: very faint and jsut a couple of foxings. B/w photos of Her Majesty The Queen and another page of Major-General L.W. Thornton, C.B., C.B.E., Chief of the General Staff. Nice clean semi-glossy content. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 164p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Authors presentation copy. 1st ed, 1840, VG, 2 pls. In contemporary blue/green embossed cloth, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Re-spined, title in ink to paper labels. Internally, yellow endpapers, bookplate of Harlech College to fpd, chart of the Port of Cardiff as frontispiece (some offsetting), dedication from author to title page, light browning at edges, (viii), [1], 2-100 pp, 2 pls (maps), [3], 4-12, includes the appendix on the Rules and Regulations of the Bute Docks at Cardiff, many pages uncut, printed by William Bird, Duke St, Cardiff, hinges strengthened, small mark near joint to both covers, small crayon mark to fep. Rare in any condition! (Anderson 349). Title continues: With occasional strictures on the ninth report of the Taff Vale Railway Directors; and some general remarks on the commerce of Glamorganshire. Presentation Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xv, 340pp, appends. Began a naval career aged 11 under the patronage of Capt. Joshua Riley, witnessed the Arethusa-Belle-Poule fight, involved in the Ushant action, part of the Bulama colonisation scheme, servrd on the Stately in the East Indies, involved in th bombardment of Genoa and the surrender of Massena. saw service in the Egyptian blockade, then in 1806 was appointed to the Acasta and then in 1809 the Nisus, died 1813 on the return journey from the East Indies. Lether has one small shave, marbling is light wear, contents very clean. A previous owner bookplate has been erased but without too much spoilation. 900g.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed in French by Dore Sanchez Ceoquecs to Captain William Henry Smyth. Dated 1834. A letter in French discussing astronomer and the moon. Admiral William Henry Smyth 1788 -1865 was a Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist. He is noted for his involvement in the early history of a number of learned societies, for his hydrographic charts, for his astronomical work, and for a wide range of publications and translations. Size is 112m x 95mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17349. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. viii pp prelims, 100pp + 12pp Rules and Regulations of the Bute Docks, 2 full page plans of Cardiff harbour, light green decorative boards, gilt title 'Bute Docks' to spine. In very good condition, the boards a little worn and marked, the spine slightly browned. By the mid-1800s Cardiff was a busy port but lack of proper dock facilities led the 2nd Marquis of Bute to back the construction of the (West) Bute Dock which was designed by Smyth, the author of this work. The dock opened in 1839. Written just before the Taff Vale Railway first opened for traffic, this is Smyth's argument for the Marquis of Bute's vision for the expansion of Cardiff docks. Uncommon. Otley 7405.

1p., 8vo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. An interesting document, from the period immediately following the signing of the Entente Cordiale. The first paragraph (of three) reads: 'The Admiralty having approached the Commanding Officer [John Hay Athole Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh] with a request that The Motor Volunteer Corps would perhaps take a small part in the hospitality to be shewn to the French Fleet, who are about to pay a visit to this country, I am directed to ask you whether you would be inclined to assist the Admiralty in this manner by helping to drive the Officers of the French Fleet from London to Maidenhead on the morning of Sunday, 13th August next. It is to be understood that this request to you, made in the name of the Commanding Officer, is not by any means a binding one nor does it partake of the nature of a duty, whilst no pay or allowances will be given.' The second paragraph gives the Commanding Officer's hope 'that the Members of the Corps will help to outvie the French nation in the hospitality which it has lately accorded to the English Fleet, even at trifling inconvenience to themselves'. In the third paragraph the probable 'route to be taken on the 13th August' is given: 'Leave Grand Hotel, Northumberland Avenue, at 10 to 10-30 a.m. and proceed to Maidenhead via Richmond Park & Windsor Forest. The Officers of the French Fleet will proceed by train to Portsmouth later in the day.'.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Recent leather spine with gilt title to label. Marbled paper covered boards. xv, 340pp. 1st edition 1829. Binding a little rubbed. Previous owners' details written and stamped to front free end-paper, with annotations to bottom margin of page 1. Some occasional foxing to contents. A rather pleasing copy. (q22).

2pp., 4to. Good, on lightly-aged laid paper. Bower begins by stating that he is sending 'a Copy of a Letter which I have received from Dr Carm Smyth [James Carmichael Smyth (1742-1821) of the Middlesex Hospital]'. Smyth's son (the future Sir James Carmichael-Smyth) is 'a very fine handsome young man Lieut in the Engineers come out a Passanger [sic] in the same ship with us'. Bower and Smyth 'wisely went into the Boat which was lashed to the Stern Gallery to fish sharks which were following the ship - the Boat suddenly canted round in the slings, upon which poor Smyth went plump into the sea'. Bower 'happened to catch hold of the Boat & by the dictate of instinct & fear together, scrambled up again & got into the Stern Gallery'. The slings being 'foul', an attempt to lower the boat failed, and 'poor Smyth was nearly exhausted when I jumpt from the great Cabin window & kept him up till we were both Pickt up'. Bower continues: 'I will thank you to tell his Dad that I think myself well rewarded for my Ducking by the satisfaction I derive from his Letter'. Dr Smyth has sent Bower 'a very fine field Glass', and Bower asks his father to 'tell Sandy to call on Dr Smyth if he goes to London, he is a man of considerable eminence in his profession'. The doctor has 'exerted himself on my account for my promotion in the Army', and 'if he can serve either Graham or Sandy' Bower will think himself 'Greatly overpaid'. The Gentleman's Magazine of February 1800, pp.181-182, gives an unusually long entry on Captain Bower's death, at 'the isle of Perrim, on the Red Sea', praising his character and accomplishments.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dark blue/green embossed boards with gilt title "Bute Docks" to spine. Yellow end papers. Two bookplates on front end papers, one partial and one complete. viii, 100, Appendix 12 pp. Two maps. The Appendix is titles Rules and Regulations of the Bute Docks at Cardiff. Gutters split, top 4" inches either side. C00003559.

viii,100,12pp., 2 maps, orig. embossed cloth, re-backed, corners rubbed, unopened.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. HLd. (Ecken und Rücken Leder, Rest mamorierter Papierbezug), Lesebändchen, 5 Bünde, 340 S., 22 x 14 cm, Rücken 4 cm aufgeplatzt, keine losen Seiten, Buchschnitt und auch im inneren Buch stockfleckig, ehemaliges Büchereiexemplar, Kanten teilweise aufgeplatzt, sonst sehr guter Zustand, spine damaged, foxed, ex-library, apart from that very good condition, 1. Aufl. 580 gr.

Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, and intended to accompany the atlas of Sicily, published at their office. Captain Smyth fellow of the Astronomical and Antiquarian Societies of London. Quarto. pp xvi, 291, lxxiii, [1[, [15]. Folding map of Sicily at the front and fourteen aquatint plates. Half-title present. Bound in later half calf over marbled boards, heavily gilt spine with panels and dark red label. Pages edges marbled to match sides and endpapers. Some spots of mild foxing in places in the text, mainly marginal. A bright, tight and attractive copy. Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, and intended to accompany the atlas of Sicily, published at their office. Captain Smyth fellow of the Astronomical and Antiquarian Societies of London. Quarto. pp xvi, 291, lxxiii, [1[, [15]. Folding map of Sicily at the front and fourteen aquatint plates. Half-title present. Bound in later half calf over marbled boards, heavily gilt spine with panels and dark red label. Pages edges marbled to match sides and endpapers. Book.

Condition: fine. 1st Edition. viiii,[4],516,4pp. ads; xx,560pp. Octavo. Illustrated with numerous engravings and drawings in text. Rebound in green quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering on spine. New endpapers. Small rubber stamp on title page of each volume. A very attractive set. fine The true first edition ofWilliam Henry Smyth's classic handbook intented for amateur astronomers. Very Scarce.

First Edition. Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, and intended to accompany the atlas of Sicily, published at their office. Captain Smyth fellow of the Astronomical and Antiquarian Societies of London. Quarto, xvi, [without half title] 291, appendix lxxiii, 1, 15p index. folding map of Sicily and fourteen aquatint plates. contemporary calf over marbled boards, [front board shows wear but firm]. Good copy of this Scarce title, occasional light spotting / soiling. London 1824.