Geyl C M (3 results)

HARDBACK RED. Condition: . JACKET: GOOD. Full Title Page: The German Fifth Column in World War II, Hitler's Dreaded Network of Treason and Betrayal is Here Revealed in Its True Dimensions--An Ogre Created by Panic and Fear with Slight Basis in Actual Fact. General wear, chipped and creased DJ edges, good gilt lettering to spine, loose spine, agetoning to DJ spine interior, coloured black top edge DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: 308. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. Published: 1929. 1st Thus Edition. Series: Edition from the 'Broadway Travellers Series'. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth. Illustrated with 10 black and white plates from period prints. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Lightly sunned spine with very light wear to corners. Minor background foxing to section of both front and rear pastedowns. Clean unmarked pages. Light soiling to text block edges. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages [viii], 168pp plus [catalogue]. BOOK RESUME: Classic seventeenth-century sea narrative recounts the extraordinary experiences of Dutch mariner Willem Bontekoe on his voyage to the East Indies between 1618 and 1625. Bontekoe describes shipboard life, storms, navigational challenges, and daily hardships with vivid immediacy. The account is most famous for its dramatic central episode: the catastrophic explosion of the ships powder magazine, which left Bontekoe and a handful of survivors adrift in an open boat for weeks. The narrative continues with their eventual rescue and Bontekoes later service in the East Indies, offering detailed observations of maritime routes, encounters with local peoples, and the early Dutch presence in Asia. Celebrated in the Netherlands, this work stands as one of the most gripping first-person sea journals of the period, notable for its plain, direct style and eyewitness authenticity.…