Pierce Richard a Editor (11 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. 1st English Edition. Large octavo; hardcover; 140 pp. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine; pictorial endpapers; tight binding; previous owner name in small print to ffep, else interior clean throughout; Near Fine. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 450 copies printed by the Castle Press. Original publisher's beige and brown patterned, paper-covered boards backed with beige cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4." Seventy pages, complete. Plates in black-and-white and color (only one in color), complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight browning and slight wear to extremities. A Fine copy. This book contains two autobiographical accounts by Francis Guillemard Simpkinson (1819-1906), midshipman aboard the HMS Sulphur, and Edward Belcher (1799-1877), captain of the HMS Sulphur. Edited by Richard A. Pierce and John H. Winslow. Belcher's account was taken from his two-volume Narrative of a Voyage Round the World (1843) and Simpkinson's account had been hitherto unpublished. The HMS Sulphur was originally commissioned by Captain F. W. Beechey to survey the Pacific Ocean for the purposes of exploration, scientific research, and establishing navigational routes for Britain. Beechey became ill on the expedition, so Belcher took his place as captain. Simpkinson's and Belcher's accounts document the Sulphur's journey in 1837 from about San Francisco to Monterey, California. Both Simpkinson, then only 18 years old at the time, and Belcher document day-to-day events along their journey in California. Their accounts also provide invaluable information about early San Francisco and Monterey and other historical events in early California history. Notably, the Sulphur expedition included the first exact navigational survey of the Sacramento River. The Sulphur came back to California in 1839 (this voyage is not documented herein). Simpkinson and Belcher went on to have successful naval careers. Back colophon: "Four hundred and fifty copies of this Publication Number 132 of The Book Club of California have been printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, Pasadena, California, October 1969.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited to 450 copies. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octavo hardcover; 219 pp.; gilt title to spine and front board; pictorial endpapers. Tight binding, clean throughout. Fading to spine, some cover wear. Good. Alaska History, No. 22 - The Western Union Telegraph Expedition I.

Condition: vg+. ISBN: 0919642446 Very Good. Hardcover, green cloth over boards with bright gilt lettering, 527 pages. Very clean, unmarked copy.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart first translated edition of the memoirs of Count K. K. Pahlen written during his time spent in exile. First translated edition. With a portrait frontispiece and map endpapers. Written during his time in exile after the Revolution, the memoirs of Count K. K. Pahlen explore the journeys undertaken for the Commission of Enquiry in Russian Turkestan and his experiences in the Baltic provinces. Edited by Richard Austin Pierce, an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska's history. Translated by N. J. Couriss, an American translator of French and Russian works. In the original quarter black cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Sunning to the spine and extremities with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover shows moderate cover wear and binding tear inside front cover. Still good reading copy. Text is unmarked. Ships FAST.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 710 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.56 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 710 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.85 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 710 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.85 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.