Capt a a Andrews (5 results)

1947, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp367, four colour plates, black and white illustrations, tan cloth spine over beige boards in dustwrapper. Small damp mark on front cover, top of spine of dustwrapper slightly pulled, otherwise good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very rare "scrap book" of the 7th Battalion Somerset light infantry in WWI.1st Edition 1932. This is essentially a "chronicle of their experiences in the Great War 1914-18 contributed primarily by officers, with a forward by Colonel C.J. Troyte-Bullock D.S.O. who commanded the Battalion from its formation at Woking until severely wounded at Annois during the German advance in March 1918. 156pp.,2 maps, illustrations, honours and awards. A number contributing Officers have signed the page following on from the Foreword, including Col. Troyte-Bullock and A Foley.(who has also signed an inscription to his son on the endpaper) A Regimental Journal page (Light Bob Gazette) with a photograph of some of the contributors gathered around a formal dinner table and with Officers named has been affixed to the front endpaper. has some wear at head and tail of spine, else very good in part leather binding. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 7 of the first ten not offered for sale, signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, light wear to corners, two small bruises on front sunning to spine, gilt decoration on front and titles across spine, top edges gilt, toning to untrimmed edges otherwise internally clean and bright, illustrated with 61 tipped in plates of which four in full colour, 368 pages. a very handsome beautifully produced volume. Heavy item (1.5kg net weight) may require additional for shipping. [QH] [QP]. EDWARDS, Lionel et alia. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . EDWARDS, Lionel et al. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 162 , signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, slightly faded, pp368.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce travel narrative. From front cover: "World's Fair Souvenir Edition". Includes b&w portrait frontispiece of Capt. William Andrews, complete with tissue guard. Illustrated in b&w (12 illustrations), with two foldout plates, one being a foldout map. Subtitled: "An Exact Narrative of the Voyage of the Yankee Skipper, Capt. Wm. A. Andrews, in the Boat "Sapolio", Compiled from the Log & Original Documents by Artemas Ward, Advertising Manager for Enoch Morgan's Sons Co." Capt. Andrews crossed the Atlantic in 1892, aboard a 14-foot 6-inch by 5-foot 5-inch canvas-covered folding craft, from Atlantic City in Jersey to Palos, Spain in 63 days. A single-handed trans-Atlantic account which took place during the World's Fair. Its purpose was to promote Sapolio, a soap manufacturer. This copy includes a scarce original NEWSPAPER CARTOON (dated 1932) depicting Capt. William Andrews sailing across the ocean in his 14-foot boat, which is pasted to front pastedown. Printed in New York by the James Kempster Printing Co. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with black lettering & elaborate pictorial design to front board, spine unlettered (handwritten title & author in white to spine), printed endpapers. Covers lightly rubbed & mildly soiled, white lettering handwritten to spine, light marginal stain to preliminary pages, former owner's contemporary ink signature to first blank, tiny closed tear to two pages at lower margin, otherwise overall a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 198pp. RARE.…