Physical Geography, Signed (15 results)

Heft; Condition: Gut. 34 Seiten; Handschriftliche Widmung des Verfassers auf Frontdeckel. Das hier angebotene Heft stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.). Bindung gelöst, Seiten alters-/papierbedingt angebräunt. Ansonsten ordentlicher Erhaltungszustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 140.

Reprinted from the Transactions of the Association, address delivered 24th June, 1930. Vol.LXII, pp 49-124. 75 pages plus 18 plates of b&w photos, b&w drawings and figures in the text, index, (5.5 x 8.5 inches), errata slip bound in. Only Good condition in light blue wrappers (softcover). Covers a little soiled, head of spine bumped, pages affected. Top two inches of spine are scraped and chipped. But contents are clean and tight, no creases, tears, no markings. Inscribed to fellow geologist Jack Satterly "with the author's kind wishes." Also issued as 'Dartmoor Physical Geography' in hard covers. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Signed by the author. ; 207 pages.

Pamphlet. Condition: Used: Good. "as means for securing the welfare and prosperity of mankind: an address delivered on the evening of October 5, 1874, in Public Library Hall, to the Trustees, the medical class, and the citizens of Louisville. Good overall; author signed at top edge of cover; no marks inside; Signed by Author.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 471pp, softback covers with a little damage to the top of the spine. Colour and b + w illustrations and fold out map. Gift inscription signed by Ren Mei'e to the title page, a light crease to one corner, otherwise internally clean. The regional variations in the geography of China, with special reference to farm production. Signed by Author.

First edition hard back green cloth covers with gilt titles and yellow coloured end papers. viii, 190, [4], 2 pp. Presentation copy. Well illustrated. Slight curve to the boards, hint of foxing to page edges. In Very Good bright and clean condition. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. GEOGRAPHY (Human, Physical).

Hardcover. Condition: NVG. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book has modest cover wear, small edge clip off front fep thus near very good. From the Beverly Historical Society but with no markings. Inscribed and dated 1907 by the Author to the society. Large folded map is present. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. An official RGS reprint in the original blue printed wraps 16x25cm, pages numbered pp441-470 including 4 b/w maps and 1 section + (2)pp containing 6 b/w photos. Inscribed "With the Author's compliments" to the front wrap. Wraps and interiors very good, lightly creased with foxing, and a short ink double-sideline to the margin of p442. Anglo-Persian Oil Company geologist George Martin Lees surveyed Oman during 1925-26. This report describes findings from a mission organised by Arnold Wilson, supported by John Cadman (APOC), and conducted by Lees with fellow geologist K. Washington Gray, Hajji Abdulla Williamson (political agent), Captain GJ Eccles (of the Muscat State Levies), Joseph Fernandez (Indian botanist and collector), and B.S. (Bertram) Thomas (Financial Minister to the Sultan of Oman) who is here credited with the photos. The appendices describe the water supply of Bahrain, Qatar, insects, birds and flint implements collected. The paper was presented to the RGS on 16 Jan 1928. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Fourth enlarged edition. 16mo; pp. xii, 292, index; eight double page colored maps; green cloth, gilt, decorated advertising endpapers; cloth faded; This copy is signed by H. M. Blue of the U. S. Naval Academy on a preliminary.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 317 pages. First Edition. uncut Dust jacket in good condition, very minimal wear (protected) . Hardback binding good. Contents Very Good, numerous illustrations within text, Just 1st. Endpage Signed & dedicated by author to Captain W. H. Coombs C.B.E. with my respect and kind regards. Charles H. Cotter September 1965 Captain William Harry Coombs 1893 1969 retired in 1958 from his post as President of the Officers' (Merchant Navy) Federation on reaching the age limit. . In 1920 he went to Shanghai as assistant cartographer with the Chinese Maritime Customs. He returned to the United Kingdom to found the Navigators' and General Insurance Co Ltd. In 1928 he founded the Officers' (Merchant Navy) Federation - that brought together a number of organizations of Merchant Navy officers. He was an honorary Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve. A man of energy and determination he stood a fraction over 4ft 10in. One of the last services Capt Coombs made to seafarers was in 1965 when he supported Capt O M Watts (Vice Commodore), as Editor of 'Reed's Nautical Almanac' to lobby for the introduction of BBC weather forecasts for coastal waters. Capt. Coombs was awarded the CBE in recognition of his services to the Merchant Navy. Capt. He lived in Diss, Norfolk. Where this was purchased about 20 years ago. 15 x 22cm. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good (fault). No Jacket. Black titles on gray cloth. 291pp. Author's non-personalized inscription on ffep. Rear hinge starting. A decent example of this title, scarce in its original edition and rare signed. Size: Large Octavo. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First edition. Original green cloth. with gold lettering on spine. 443 pages, index. Portrait of author tipped on verso of half-title page. Signed, inscribed by author to his sister, May 1, 1869. Some offsetting on front and rear orange endpapers. Tear starting on rear pastedown near gutter. Edgewear on spine tips, on bottom edges, and on bent board corners.

Full pictorial blue cloth boards. Upper with gilt lettering, black framing, black design of palm tree. Spine with gilt lettering and black rules. Top edges gilt., A fine example. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Charles Torrey Simpson (1846 ? 1932) was an American botanist, malacologist, and conservationist. In Florida Simpson gained the nickname "The Sage of Biscayne Bay" and wrote several books about tropical plant life around Miami. Though he tended to avoid controversy regarding development, in Ornamental Gardening in Florida, he wrote, "Mankind everywhere has an insane desire to waste and destroy the good and beautiful things this nature has lavished upon him.?, Size : 8vo. (202 x137mm). , With a profusion of photographs, including a colour frontispiece protected by captioned tissue guard, and 2 folding maps. , Ex-Libris Ethel L. Foster. Spine sunned. Marginal spotting to some leaves, interior otherwise clean and crisp.

Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by the author dated 1931 to the front endpaper. Blue decorated cloth with gilt lettering. Second impression. Top edge gilt. Fold-out map to rear of the Florida Keys/ South Florida. Previous owner's stamp to the foredge and the bottom edge. Some minor wear to the head/tail of spine and to the edges, otherwise this is a clean copy with no defacements. 5.5 x 8.25 in (14 x 21 cm).

2 pp. 1 vols. 23 3/4 x 17 3/4. First. First. 2 pp. 1 vols. 23 3/4 x 17 3/4. Sedgwick's argument for the establishment of a Southern transcontinental railroad route, in which a case is made in favor of San Diego, and not San Francisco, as the terminus of the line. After serving in the Civil War, General Thomas S. Sedgwick (1828-1904), became Surveyor of Railroads in the West. In 1870 Sedgwick was in San Diego, where he worked as Chief of Engineers for the Memphis and El Paso Railroad, later to be renamed the Texas Pacific Railroad, for the US Government. Inscribed by Sedgwick to fellow railroad man and Daniel N. Stanton, "This paper originally appeared in the N Y Tribune May 1, 1869. but the Arguments as Pacific terminus were written to Gen. W.S. Palmer in Spring of 1868. With respects of Thomas S. Sedgwick." Stanton, along with his brother John, organized the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad after the Civil War. Newsheet. Old folds and some minor tears.