Murray Captain (52 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. D. Murray Smith (illustrator). Volume 2 in the Novels of Captain Marryat edited by R. Brimley Johnson. 8vo, navy cloth, gilt lettering and ornaments, top edges gilt. 3 etchings. Spine faded, head and tail rubbed, prelims foxed. Small bookplate with swastika on pastedown.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Chas O. Murray (illustrator). 403 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Corners and spine slightly bumped, with minor fraying. Pages untrimmed. Volume 4 in the Novels of Captain Marryat. Printed on hand-made paper and is number 714 of 750 limited edition copies for America. Inside is bright and clean with frontispiece and other b&w illustrations throughout. Record # 852579.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. D. Murray Smith (illustrator). 310 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Corners and spine slightly bumped, with minor fraying. Faint residue from sticker on front endpaper. Pages untrimmed, some unopened. Volume 21 in the Novels of Captain Marryat. Printed on hand-made paper and is number 714 of 750 limited edition copies for America. Some minor foxing, otherwise inside is bright and clean with frontispiece and other b&w illustrations throughout. Record # 852582.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Some creasing and wear; discoloring; a good reading copy of an old adult novel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Paperbacks Sleaze; Inventory No: 216848.

single issue magazine. Condition: Fair. H. W. Wesso (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. New York: The Clayton Magazines Inc / W. M. Clayton. Fair. 1931. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 432 [first numbered page is 295], illustrated. Reading/filler copy usual creasing to the edge trimmed front cover, rear cover missing, text paper only starting to tan mag 21/E.

PF. Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 285, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Rudolph Belarski for "Dead Storage" (pt. 1 of 4) by Eustace L. Adams. Includes "The King of Halstead Street" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "Isle of the Dead" by H. Bedford-Jones; "The Ship of Ishtar" (pt. 2 of 6) by A. Merritt; "Nomad's Debt" (novelet) by C. F. Kearns; "River Man" by James Kjelgaard; "Men of Daring: Ned Buntline - Stranger Than Fiction" (true story in pictures) by Stookie Allen; "Two Houses to Go" (pt. 5 of 6) by Theodore Roscoe; "Tough on the Gulf" by Captain Dingle. Standard wear and tear at edges and spine ends; creasing; stress; tanning; marks on front in pencil; minor soiling, bumps and dings. Book.

First edition, octavo hardcover in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. D. Murray-Smith (illustrator). 4th Edition. Light foxing and age tone of end papers. Frontis light foxing. All 3 etchings present. Clean and unmarked. Titles bright, boards in excellent condition. 340 pages.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 285, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Rudolph Belarski for "Dead Storage" (pt. 1 of 4) by Eustace L. Adams. Includes "The King of Halstead Street" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "Isle of the Dead" by H. Bedford-Jones; "The Ship of Ishtar" (pt. 2 of 6) by A. Merritt; "Nomad's Debt" (novelet) by C. F. Kearns; "River Man" by James Kjelgaard; "Men of Daring: Ned Buntline - Stranger Than Fiction" (true story in pictures) by Stookie Allen; "Two Houses to Go" (pt. 5 of 6) by Theodore Roscoe; "Tough on the Gulf" by Captain Dingle. Checkmarks in pencil to contents page; mild staining at upper edges. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 220x140x30mm+408g . . Rigby. Adelaide. 1962. First Edition. . . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within _Australia:_AU$11.20.

8vo; pp. 238; endpaper maps, 21 plates (11 f/p.); gift inscription on dedication leaf, original boards in dustjacket, a very good copy. First edition.

A good quality hardcover copy with laminated boards. The spine is tanned, shelf wear to the edges of the book cover and library stamps throughout. The binding is good and the pages are bright, clean and spotting-free. Please see photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Owner's name etc on inside front page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good_. No Jacket. Chas. O. Murray (illustrator). Reprint. 418pp. No dw. Blue cloth, gilt ship motif on front board, spine faded. Illustrations drawn and etched by Chas. O. Murray. (Literature, Historical Fiction, Nautical Fiction) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. 25x17.5cm. 128 pages. Cover edges & spine ends have small chips & minor tears. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref a3. Argosy Weekly. November 5th 1938. Magazine. Volume 285. No. 6. Cover story: "Dead Storage" A New Novel by Eustace L Adams. Other contributors: Bedford Jones, Captain Dingle, A. Merritt, Murray Leinster. Published by The Frank A Munsey Co., New York, U.S.A.

Hb. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Signeed by Editor & Commander Rodney Agar on title page, as well as, a written letter to Commander Vennell on 8/11/95 adhered to refp with further notes. "An anthology of experiences both afloat and ashore, spanning half a century from 1943 to 1993, by the Term Naval Officers who joined the Royal Naval College together in September 1943" Very faint two small smudges to front cover otherwise clean blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Single tiny spot to top edge. Immaculate content. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 327p Dj: soft sunning to spine. mild rubbing and scratches. Head of spine with chip. By Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. Nd. c.1950? A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,304. 24 illustrations. Lists members, rules, activities etc. A large part of the book consists of short biographies of deceased members who seem to have been mainly gentry from Peeblesshire and neighbourhood. Also includes material on coursing, game preserrvation and poaching, the Tweeddale Ball etc.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Charles O. Murray (illustrator). One of the many novels of Captain Frederick Marryat. "Japhet was reared in a foundling hospital, and apprenticed to a Smithfield apothecary, his good looks, impulsive self-confidence, and unbounded talent for lying, carried him with éclat through the professions of quack doctor, juggler, and mountebank, gentleman about town, tramp, and quaker to emerge triumphantly at last as the only son of a wealthy Anglo-Indian general, or 'Bengal tiger,' as his friends preferred to call him." Condition notes - 418 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, t.e.g., b.e./f.e. highly deckled, decorative front ep, sepia frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. mildly tanned and foxed, w/occasional scant foxing near page f.e., PO names inked to ffep, "James" written heavily in think pencil to lfep, front hinge just starting. Cover midnight blue, gilt device front, bright gilt ornamentation and titles spine; lt shelfwear, extrems modestly worn, dimple to spine, sm tears to back near b.e. A quite nice copy of a beautiful book, if you can overlook the PO info.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 238 pages illustrated. Edges a little dusty. Jacket has minor mark, now protected. Just a very nice 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Tweeddale Shooting Club, Peebles, no date. Hard cover, Blue boards, gilt titles. Book condition : Very good, clean unmarked text. Roughcut pages.Privatly Printed. Superb B/W photographs Forepages browned, spotted. Heavy book may incur extra postage. Included is a booklet The "Tweeddale Shooting Club 1940 -1990" and a letter addressed to the previous owner. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #RO021889.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 147pp., b/w pls., Story of the Author's First Voyage in the Square-rigged 'Bengairn' in 1915 as a 15 year-old Brass-bound Apprentice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Believed First Edition. Lacks dust wrapper, blue boards with decoration to front cover, boards in excellent order, no fading or creasing. No inscriptions noted, book plate to front pastedown. Illustrated. Very good copy internally with little wear. Will weigh just under 1.75 kilos packed so will require additional postage outside the UK. No extra postage in the UK.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 147pp., b/w pls., Story of the Author's First Voyage in the Square-rigged 'Bengairn' in 1915 as a 15 year-old Brass-bound Apprentice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,237, illustrated, silver titled blue cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket, protective clear plastic cover, map endpapers. The story of Lindsay's first voyage as an apprentice of fifteen in the square-rigged Bengairn. A storm in the Roaring Forties, a race with a steamer, becalmed in the Auckland Islands etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Original, blind stamped, blue cloth. The cloth is slightly rubbed and has a few marks. Page edges untrimmed. Bookplate to front paste-down of Sir Berkeley Milne Bart. The text is unmarked, no annotation or foxing. 346g. xi, 119 +16 ads. This book has been carefully described by an experienced, independent, bookdealer, it is not for sale on other sites and the pictures are photographs of the actual book. [Loc. J6-5].

1p., 4to. Bifolium. Addressed with postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, to 'Mr. Simpson, | Clothiere, | St. Martin's Lane | London.' In fair condition, on aged paper. Docketted with Harcourt's dates. The letter reads: 'Sir, | Captain Sir Murray Maxwell having signified his intention of offering himself as a Candidate for Westminster at the ensuing Election; I shall be much obliged to you if you will give him Your Vote upon that occasion.' In the 1818 general election Maxwell (1775-1831) was defeated by less than 400 votes, losing to Sir Samuel Romilly and Sir Francis Burdett. The campaign ruined him financially, and his health was permanently undermined after he was struck in the back in Covent Garden by a paving stone thrown from a mob opposed to his candidacy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Green cloth with gilt titles; top edge gilt. Spine slightly askew; lightly bumped at extremities; edges and endpapers slightly yellowed. Additional postage required; please e-mail for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.