Skinner Captain Thomas (5 results)
Language: English
Published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London 1832
- Hardcover
Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Yak and Yeti Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Vol. 2 ONLY. vii, 312p, frontispiece. Covers and spine extremely worn, bookplate, foxing on frontispiece, but the rest of the text is in very good condition! Covers his journey from June 1, 1826.
Published by Richard Bentley, London 1833
- Hardcover
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 409.37
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Hard Cover. Condition: G+. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. original brown cloth, spine labels, uncut (rubbed & bumped, general marking, with some splitting to spines (reglued), upper hinge of vol. 2 broken, some spotting & thumbing, faint prev. ownership details to title pages, bookseller's label to RFE vol. 1, spine labels a littl…e worn); pp. x, 330, with frontispeice; viii (last blank), 320, with frontispiece. Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good set in original binder's boards.
More imagesPublished by London: Printed For Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown., Paternoster-Row, 1814 1814
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Condition: Good. 4to. 22.5 x 29cm. xxiv, 663 , [1] pages; 4 map plates hors texte (one large folding). Page [664} is the publisher's catalogue .Contemporary boards with later linen spine and label; endpapers renewed, some offsetting present on map and plates, 2 leaves with closed tear.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:4910831; Wri…ght Howes, 317; Field 929; Howes L-317; Literature of Lewis & Clark 5A.2; Streeter 3128.The controversial Louisiana Purchase in 1803 - whereby the United States purchased the territory of Louisiana (comprising a stretch of land from today's Montana to Louisiana with Colorado to the West and Missouri to the East) from the French - nearly doubled the size of the country. The cost of the transaction was $15,000,000, around $18 per square mile. Control of the entire area was taken over by the United States, including large areas of the country which was inhabited - and managed - by Native Americans, who had never themselves ceded the land. Following the Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition to explore the territory and report back in as much detail as possible. A primary aim was to find a new travel route across the country, ensuring an American presence in the area before other colonial powers took advantage of the area and tried to establish their own footholds. The Lewis and Clark Expedition - alternatively known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition - set out from Camp Dubois on the 14th May 1804, crossing the Continental Divide, eventually reaching St. Louis, Missouri, in 1806. They were famously assisted in interpretation and interactions with local tribes by Sacagawea, a Lemni Shoshone woman who accompanied the expedition.The Lewis and Clark Expedition introduced the United States government to various Native American tribes and how trade with them could be promoted, alongside advising on the viability of the path they followed. Various botanical and zoological specimens were returned to the East Coast, including corn, or maize, grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. It took nearly 10 years for Lewis and Clark to publish their journals, first in Philadelphia in octavo format in 1814 as History of the Expedition under the Command of Captain Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Colombia to the Pacific Ocean. Here we find the first British edition, including Neele's highly important folding map, showing the expedition route.
More imagesPublished by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London 1832
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller[xii], 330; vii, 312 pp.; lithographed frontispieces printed on India paper and mounted. 2 vols. 8vo. "Skinner, an officer in the Thirty-first Regiment, describes his trip through northern India with a sidebar into the Himalayas. Of sporting interest is his lengthy description of beating for tiger in the Sal Forest" (Czech). Cze…ch, Asia, p. 189; Yakushi B266 Bound in contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards, the spines in five compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered in onlaid leather label. Very Good, some minor foxing. Bookplates of Whig politician William Congreve Russell [xii], 330; vii, 312 pp.; lithographed frontispieces printed on India paper and mounted. 2 vols. 8vo.
Seller: Mikazuki Books, Kunitachi, TOKYO, JapanMikazuki Books
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Condition: Good. 2nd ed. half calf. 19.5cm. vii,320pp.
