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Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2009
ISBN 10: 110446196XISBN 13: 9781104461966
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Ward and Lock, London, 1855
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First British Edition. First British Edition. Mid C19th black leather and grey marbled boards. Boards grazed, extremities rubbed, some soiling and brown spotting throughout; bookplate of Cooper's West End Circulating Library, Reading, on front pastedown and Cooper's Library in gilt at foot of spine, good. Tales of naval derring-do told by a Lieutenant to his young nephew. First published in Boston, Mass. in 1855. This edition was issued as a yellowback : see Sadleir [3639]. Book.
Published by Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, 1855
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Full tan calf, stamped in gilt on spine, titled on black spine label; marbled endpapers; [vi],436pp; wood-engraved frontispiece and title page. Front joint cracked but holding, rear joint starting, general mild wear, internally toned but clean: around Very Good.
Published by Charles Scribner, New York, 1860
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Story of the Gray African Parrot, Who Was Rescued by the Little Sailor Boy in the River Gaboon. By Harry Gringo (pseudonym for Henry Augustus Wise. 1860, 99 pp, 6.75 x 5.5 , hardcover decorative red cloth. In fair condition, with boards stained and warped in bottom left corner. Despite exterior wear, text block remains in overall good condition with occasional wear. Staining to edges and corners of some pages. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce pre-war children s book by Union Army author and Navy Officer Henry AUgustus Wise (1819-1869). COLK1860AFGM-0923-aj0487.
Published by Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009
ISBN 10: 110446196XISBN 13: 9781104461966
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Antebellum American Naval Historical Fiction] (VG-/G+) Bound in publisher's blind-tooled, purple cloth. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear, spine faded; few gatherings sprung. Generally clean, crisp, unmarked pages. 3 preliminary leaves, ix-xii, 13-362 pages. Wood-engraved text illustrations. Signature of A.R. Kip, Canton. From the introduction: "This volume contains a light record of a cruise on board a Ship of War in the Mediterranean. The title of " Scampavias," was taken from the name given to the clipper dispatch vessels, used by the Knights of Malta in the olden time, and means literally Runaways." Wise was a US navy officer and author, writing under the pseudonym "Harry Gringo". He served in the Seminole, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars (Union). Note: This volume was sold by Swann's Auction in 2000 (Sale 1876).
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1864
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown marbled bds w. 3/4 lthr., no bkstr., sl. foxed, binding loose. Contemporary signature, etc. on front paste-down. Frontis plus 21 illus. on plates.plus 299pp., sl. foxed plus 4 pp. ads. sl. foxed. Contents VG. Henry Augustus Wise (1819-1869) was a Captain in the US Navy and author.