Report Commanding Greely by Schley Winfield (56 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Report of Winfield S. Schley, Commanding Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. Book.

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Condition: New. In English.

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tears at the spine ends. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This report details the Greely Relief Expedition of 1884, commanded by Winfield S Schley, a prominent figure in the United States Navy. The expedition, which aimed to rescue Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely and his team, was a significant event in American exploration and naval history. This book provides a firsthand account of the expedition and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the subject.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Uncommon title. Illustrated with fold-out maps. Heavy wear to the boards with soiling and staining, hinges weak with loose pages, pages soiled; previous extensive writing in ink on rear of plate on page 69 and some writing on other pages; age toning. Fair only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original gilt-titled cloth. Cloth is stained, edges are worn. PO name. Previously was presented to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of California by Captain Percy Wallace Thompson, in 1916; small plate to fep states such, and there are some stamps to the endpages from the Sons of the Revolution organization. Contains frontis and numerous b/w plates, one of which is detached, laid in, and 3 maps at rear.; quarto.…

Hardcover. First edition. 75p + many ills. (halftone photos and line cuts after photos) + 2 maps. No jacket, as issued. In 1881-1883 Lieut. Adolphus W. Greely and his men made four ill-fated attempts to set up a meteorological observation station in the Canadian Arctic. They were tragically stranded over the winter of 1883-84; in June 1884 Commander Schley and his relief party were able to rescue the few survivors and retrieve most of the dead. This official report documents in great detail the outfitting of the rescue ships, their journey northward, the discovery of the camp, the medical treatment and funeral services given, and the return home. Of interest here for the many plates, which are clearly based on photographs. (The list of crew members doesn't name a photographer.) Most of the plates are line cuts engraved by Moss Engraving Company. Several, such as "Belles of Upernavik" and some portraits, are halftones of line cuts. The plates show that interesting and typical flattened effect of instantaneous photos turned into line illustrations. Despite the binding condition, the plates are very good. From the estate of a prominent collector of early photographic reproduction. Fair (shaken, covers worn and rubbed).…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has a slightly shaken spine with minor wear ot the edges and corners with minor rubbing and smudging to covers, small white smudge can seen at the bottom-left of the front cover, otherwise in great shape. Pages are bright, crisp and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Large format cloth covered boards are firmly bound; sunned at spine; light rubbing; musty odor. Pages unmarked; very occasional marginal soil marks; includes 3 maps. illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 75+[3 map] pages with frontispiece and 32 plates. Small folio (11 1/4" x 8 1/2") bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to cover. First edition. After re-supply and relief missions repeatedly failed to reach Lieutenant Adolphus Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic, Schley was appointed in February 1884 to command the next relief expedition. His flagship was the recently purchased Canadian sailing bark Bear, which would go on to have a long and distinguished career in Federal service. On 22 June, near Cape Sabine in Grinnell Land, Schley rescued Greely and six (of his twenty-four) companions, after passing through 1,400 miles of ice during the voyage. Condition: Rebound, stain to frontispiece portrait edge not affecting portrait, tissue guards in place at portrait leaves else very good.…

Hardcover. 4to (11.75" x 9"), black cloth, gilt title. Frontis. port., 75 pp., [3] pp. maps, numerous b&w plates. An account of the 1884 Greely Relief expedition, including the outfitting of the three ships, Bear, Thetic and Alert, correspondence, and full page engravings of islands, glaciers, sailing fleet, natives, and the rescue. CONDITION: One four leaf section detached, otherwise intact and good, rubbed, small loss of cloth to front cover, light toning on text pp., engravings clean and very appealing. …

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