William J Laubenstein (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, illustrated, 239 pgs., 1st edition, bound in hard boards, very good and wrapped in dust jacket, some chipping along spine edges, some soiling on spine and front board on the dust jacket. In protective mylar.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Emerald Whaler. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. tells the story of the rescue of six Irish Fenian prisoners from a British convict prison in Freemantle, Australia in 1876. Book Condition: cover and binding are solid. browning of pages due to age.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A strange true life sea story of a whaling captain out of New Bedford bound for Australia in the whale ship "Catalpa" to secretly free Irish rebels imprisoned by the British. A harrowing story. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. 239pp. Light foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a tanned jacket.

1960 Laubenstein, William J THE EMERALD WHALER Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1960 First Edition 239pp, bibliography illus b/w 8vo Fine copy in VG+ d/w.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Good in good dust jacket. Light foxing inside covers and endpapers. Pages light brown. Edges of spine bumped. Dustwrapper flap corners clipped. Edges of spine bumped. Small tears on edges of dust jacket spine faded. Sticker on dust jacket spine. Stamp on half-title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive very good or better dust jacket with light overall wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition UK hardback, 1961 Andre Deutsch. The book is in very good condition, slight tanning to the page edges, the dustjacket is in very good condition. Not price clipped.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (Northeast US, Whales, Whaling Ships).

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly worn at spine tips, corners and some edges and is lightly rubbed on spine and on back panel with a 1/2 inch tear at top front edge. 239 pages plus eight illustrations.

HC. Condition: Gut. OLn., OSU., 276 Seiten in gutem Zustand, , [LSC33,7a]. Deu 400g.

Condition: New.

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG) 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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. VG+ in pale green pictorial wraps with black lettering. A look at how life was at the turn of the 20th century. Illustrated with B&W line drawings by Sylvia Gilman, SIGNED & inscribed by the Author on dedication page. Americana, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 239pp. 21cm. Frontispiece map. 5 illustrations. Hard cover in worn dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of pages and end papers. Good copy. ('Rescue' of the Fenians. Western Australia).

green cloth, 238pps, illus., VG+ (v sl bruised corners, sl foxing to eps & edges) d/w VG (sl chipped spine head & foot, sl wear to extrems, sl sunned & soiled).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Heavy spotting to endpapers and dj verso. Price clipped.

Condition: New. In.

Reprint of the 1961 UK original. 239 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illustrations. Hard cover a little cocked, rubbed dust jacket.dj. Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Good reading copy. 19 x 13. The voyage of the whaler Catalpa to Western Australia, taking to freedom 6 Irishmen who were condemned to prison in W.A.…

Hardbound. Condition: Near New. First Edition. Fine in nearly fine dust jacket. No prior owner markings or bookplates. Tight, clean, unread appearance. Jacket has no chips, no tears, and is not price-clipped. Splendid copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by an executive of the Australian Tourism; America's Cup Unit. 239 pages 8 Illus.;"Based on historical fact but heavily padded with fictional talk, this is the story of the dramatic rescue in 1876 of six Fenian prisoners(The Fenian Rising of 1867 was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organized by the Irish Republican Brotherhood.) from the British convict prison in Freemantle, Australia, by an Irish-owned whaler, Catalpa, Captain John Anthony, out of New Bedford, Mass. The six men, leaders in the Fenian uprising of 1865, were arrested for treason by the British when the revolt collapsed and sentenced, first to death, then to hard labor for life in Freemantle. A seventh member of the party, O'Reilly, escaped from Freemantle and made his way to America, where other Fenians, the "Clan-na-Gael," were planning to rescue the six men; later O'Reilly returned to Australia under an assumed name to help in the escape. With money raised by Irish sympathizers the Clan-na-Gael ." 239 pp. Sharp clean orange cloth, DJ is price-clipped.…