Captain Griffiths (9 results)
Published by Cadieux & Griffiths Ltd., Nanaimo, BC, 1967
- Softcover
Seller: Bruce McLeod, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaBruce McLeod
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good 1967 First Printing. Light wear to covers only, no markings, all pages excellent. 5.5" x 8.5", 118 pages, index, fabulous archival photos. The story of he troubled birth and phenomenal growth of the British Columbia Ferry Authority from 1958 to 1967. Now operating as B.C. Ferries.
Published by Frederick Warne, London, no date, preface dated 1879
- Hardcover
Seller: Heartwood Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Heartwood Books, A.B.A.A.
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. A solid usable hard cover copy in somewhat worn original cloth. The spine has been relined and the book recased with Japanese tissue hinges. Some internal staining and soiling. #.
Published by J. J. Hadley, Cheltenham, 1824
- Hardcover
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Contact seller4-star sellerCheltenham: J. J. Hadley, 1824. A classic work on manning and operating ships of the Royal Navy, which even considers such practices as allowing women on board, impressment, and other evils of the day, as well as every possible nautical operation and evolution. Scott 557. Front outer hinge cracked, else a very good copy bound in… half calf over marbled boards. 22 cm. xii, 290 pp. A classic work on manning and operating ships of the Royal Navy, which even considers such practices as allowing women on board.
Published by J.W. Norie and Co., London, 1826
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Contact seller4-star sellerLondon: J.W. Norie and Co., 1826. Griffiths was an experienced officer who saw action in The Glorious First of June and Cape St. Vincent, among other important engagements. He also wrote a well-received book on seamanship. This is the first edition of his rare treatise against impressment. A very nice copy, bound in half polishe…d calf over marbled boards with gilt spine lettering and decoration. A similar copy sold at auction for 353 pounds in 2023. As of September 2025 there is only a single copy online, offered at $1205. This copy, with the ownership signature of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget. 21.5 cm. vii, (2 - contents), 262, (1 errata) pp. Griffiths was an experienced officer who saw action in The Glorious First of June and Cape St. Vincent, among other important en.
More imagesPublished by Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, Woolwich, 1839
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United KingdomAntiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketxii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. The first edition of a diminutive mid-nineteenth century martial vade mecum compiled by British Army officer and military writer Frederick Augustus Griffiths (1795…/6-1869). The book ran through eleven editions by 1873. This edition was published at Woolwich, where the author taught at the Royal Military Academy. OCLC and COPAC record copies at just seven locations (BL, Brock, Brown, Cambridge, NLDA, NMS, and Oxford). Size: 12mo.
More imagesPublished by J.W.Norie and Co, London, 1826
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wadard Books PBFA, Farningham, KENT, United KingdomWadard Books PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Printed for the author by J.J.Hadley, Cheltenham, vii,+ii, 262pp+erata housed in a modern hardback binding. "Since I came on shore, having no residence, I have passed the half of each year in wandering nearly sixteen thousand miles, have visited almost all the sea ports of England…and Scotland, and held familiar coversation with the Seamen, without either begging the question, or permitting them to know who I was, or the object in view." Published in 1826 the authors investigation must have taken some years. After the cessation of hostilities with France and the down sizing of the fleet after 1815 the need for impressment became less 'pressing' and was abandoned informally. However the last law passed in 1835 re-affirmed the power to Impress and Impressment remained legal until 1900. These laws have never been repealed. A scarce item in the original.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co
Seller: Sportspages, Farnham, United KingdomSportspages
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Add to basket5th edition of the classic late-Victorian guide to fencing, with fabulous drawn illustrations throughout. Small 8vo. 88pp. Original green-cloth boards with raised lettering. Covers lightly rubbed to corners. Very good condition.
More imagesPublished by London, W.H. Allen & Co. E. Jones &c., 1840 2nd, 1840
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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Add to basketSmall hardback, approx 6 x 3.5 inches. Halfbound black calf leather and marbled paper to boards. Speckled page edges, raised banding and embossed decoration to spine, with maroon leather spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Boards rubbed, corners bumped, rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Inscription to endpape…r, rear of title page and rear of plate at p96. Some occasional handling marks and minor foxing spots to pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xxvii + 372pp. Illustrated with 12 B&W engraved plates, figures and tables within text.
More imagesPublished by Woolwich: Printed for the Author by E. Jones, 1840, 1840
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketAn interesting soldier's vade mecum from the mid-19th century. "The present edition contains about one fourth additional material, one extra Plate, Wood cuts &c." Not in Riling. Duodecimo (152 x 95 mm). 12 plates, one of them double-page. Contemporary half black roan on marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscription of Lt. J…. W. Christian to the title page. Light browning, a little rubbed at the extremities with wear to spine ends, front hinge slightly cracked but holding fine, very good condition.
