Search Results: Titles starting with N from Hewett's Books

In May 1820, the author, a seasoned sailor, set out on a sealing voyage aboard the Princess of Wales. The journey included stops at Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Crozet Islands, where the vessel ultimately met its demise. The survivors managed to endure by subsisting on sea elephants, penguins, and seabirds until they were rescued by the American ship Philo. They requested to be left on St. Paul Island, where they remained for three months before being picked up and taken to Tasmania. This tale of shipwreck gained popularity and was published in multiple editions. Contains 2 plates and a frontispiece where the author is depicted as a contemporary Robinson Crusoe, clad in sealskin attire, carrying a brace of birds, surrounded by king penguins, with a towering ice mountain in the background. Fair Condition. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 3 engraved plates. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Newspaper clippings tipped in front front pastedown to… Read More

This is the 4th printing of William Morris utopian novel, 'News From Nowhere', printed in March 1892. The First edition was printed a year earlier in march of 1891. In the novel, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after a Socialist League meeting and awakens in a future society characterized by common ownership and democratic control of production. In this society, there is no private property, large cities, authority, monetary system, marriage or divorce, courts, prisons, or class distinctions. It is an agrarian society that functions smoothly because people derive pleasure from nature and, therefore, from their work. Very Good Condition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Exlibris plate to front pastedown. Binding is firm. Pages are clean with light tanning and foxing. More pronounced foxing to title page. Boards are clean with minor wear. Slightly bumped corners and fraying to spine ends. More notable scratches and general marks to rear board.

This is Freddie Spencer Chapman's first book and recalls the British Arctic Air-route Expedition from 1930-31. Led by Gino Watkins, it aimed to improve maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of Greenland's coastline, and to gather climate data from the coast and interior during the north polar winter. Includes illustrations and map to the rear.Very Good Condition. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrations throughout and map to the rear. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have minor edge-wear. Notable tanning to spine and edges.

This is a wonderful copy of "Now We Are Six" by A.A. Milne, part of the Winne-the-pooh series. First published in 1927 this edition was published in 1934. Near Fine Condition. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth and black lettering. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Free of any inscriptions. Minor foxing to end papers and pastedowns. Boards are clean with only light tanning to spine ends. Unclipped jacket is in very good condition with minor loss to spine ends and corners. Mild tanning to spine.