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1779AQ11530London: Printed for the Booksellers 1779. iv 50pp. Recent tan cloth with gilt title to spine. Spots of soiling to boards. Ink stamp Hastings public library to recto of title. Early ink numerals to title. Creasing to leaves throughout with occasional short tears at margins - in no place effecting text small hole to I1 with slight loss of text loss to corner of final leaf with loss of text though no loss of sense. Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-1786 served with distinction as an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence. Keppel held his subordinate admiral Sir Hugh Palliser 1723-1796 responsible for the poor state of the Navy during the latter conflict and following defeat at the First Battle of Ushant considered Palliser's conduct as a deliberate betrayal. Keppel began a campaign of calumny the outcome being a series of scandalous scenes in parliament and subsequent courts-martial - each side accusing the other of treason. Keppel was the first to be tried and acquitted in 1779 with Palliser suffering the same shortly after. This is an unrecorded edition of the trial and associated address by Hugh Palliser. Not in ESTC. First edition. Quarto. Printed for the Booksellers hardcover
1911AQ18692London: s.n. 1911. 14pp. With a engraved coloured folding chart at scale 1:26500 depicting the position of the fleet at Spithead on 24th June 1911. Stitched with navy blue cloth in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Light spotting paper repair to verso of final leaf - not touching text. A catalogue of the 165 Royal Navy vessels present at the coronation review of the fleet attended by George V on 24th June 1911 at Spithead Hampshire. The ceremony included 32 battleships 25 armoured cruisers eight protected cruisers four light cruisers 67 destroyers 12 torpedo boats and eight submarines constituting the 'Home Guard' none of which had been commissioned specifically for the occasion. His majesty was greeted at Harbour Station by a gathering of 50000 people as he made his way to the South Railway Jetty. . First edition. Quarto. [s.n.] hardcover
1884AQ24658London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode.For Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1884. 80pp. With numerous interleaved and pasted in manuscript additions and one manuscript addition in some form of reproduction - perhaps by lithography. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed to extremities marked to boards some marking staining and creasing to text endpapers. Inscribed 'No. 60' to FEP and 'Capt. Britten. Private' to FFEP. Printed in July 1884 these Standing Orders for the Channel Squadron of the Royal Navy were issued in very limited numbers; the printing code notes just 65 copies of this work. They would presumably only have been issued to the Captains of the ships forming the Squadron protecting the home waters of the English Channel and the respective responsible naval officers at ports and at the Admiralty. This copy numbered as 60 would have been used by Captain Richard Frederick Britten 1843-1910 who commanded the Ironclad HMS Minotaur between March 10th 1884 and July 27th 1885 as she operated with the Evolutionary Squadron. COPAC and OCLC together locate just two copies in institutional libraries at the NMM and Plymouth. . Folio. [Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode...For Her Majesty's Stationary Office hardcover
AQ24441London: Printed for D. Steel Corrected to February 1799 2 49pp 1. With an initial leaf and final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed and spotted loss to spine unpaid Lombard St. penny post stamp and manuscript publication date to upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel 1763-1803 nautical bookseller extraordinaire and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual London 1788 and assisted his father also a bookseller in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship London 1794. Upon Steel's death his wife Penelope continued to manage the business until the firm went bankrupt in 1819. ESTC records a single copy of this issue in the British Isles BL and one further in North America NYPL. ESTC T301475. 12mo. Printed for D. Steel, Corrected to February, 1799 unknown
AQ30163London: Printed for P. Mason by E Hildyard 1 October 1808 52pp. Modern black cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine. Bookplate of D. M. Fyffe to FEP head of text-block shaved with loss to first word of title and running-titles throughout. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel 1763-1803 nautical bookseller extraordinaire and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual London 1788 and assisted his father also a bookseller in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship London 1794. Upon Steel's death his wife Penelope continued to manage the business until the firm went bankrupt in 1819. This edition printed in the early stages of the Peninsular War a time of British naval dominance notably records Captain Michael Seymour’s command of the HMS Amythyst the vessel which would be central to the action of 10 November 1808 which saw French forces once more defeated at sea. . 12mo. Printed, for P. Mason, by E, Hildyard, 1 October, 1808 hardcover
AQ27803London: Printed by C. and W. Galabin for P. Steel Corrected to March 1804 52pp. Naively rebound in later cloth-baked buff paper boards partially preserving original publisher's upper and lower wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Title page and terminal leaf attached to boards the remainder sewn as issued loosely inserted. Bound between p.26-27: Caption title: Sir james saumarez' victory. Lloyd's Coffee-House February 17 1804. s.i. s.n. 1804. 4pp. Bound between p2-3 are 4pp of advertisements for publisher P. Steel. Steel's navy list for 1804 bound with a register of officers seamen and marines killed and wounded in action during the battles of Algeciras 1801 under the command of Sir James Saumarez 1757-1836 compiled by a committee appointed to manage the subscription raised for the benefit of their families. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel 1763-1803 nautical bookseller extraordinaire and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual London 1788 and assisted his father also a bookseller in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship London 1794. . 12mo. Printed [by C. and W. Galabin] for P. Steel, Corrected to March, 1804 hardcover
1746AQ20088London: s.n. 1746. 24pp. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Without spine panel. Internally clean and crisp. A record of the defence provided by Royal Navy officer Thomas Mathews 1676-1751 at his court-martial. In 1744 the Battle of Toulon saw the defeat of the British fleet and control of Mediterranean waters pass to the allied Franco-Spanish forces - a mortifying loss for Britain at the height of the War of the Austrian Succession. A parliamentary inquiry into events was subsequently launched with Mathews commander of the Mediterranean naval forces ultimately being tried for his poor command his failure to properly engage enemy forces and his decision to flee. He was summarily discharged from service. ESTC T21964. 8vo. [s.n.] unknown
1779AQ16016London: Printed for J. Alomn 1779. 2 184 10pp. Bound with: Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial Assembled for the trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser Bart.Published by order of The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1779. First edition. 4 95pp 1. Folio. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed surface loss to boards joints split with upper board working loose slight loss to head and foot of spine. Near contemporary armorial bookplate to FEP of 'Thomas James Viscount Bulkeley' recent bookplate of 'Robert J. Hayhurst' pasted below internally clean and crisp. Two works concerning the courts-martial of Royal Navy officers Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-1786 and Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser 1723-1796 respectively. The former had served with distinction during the both the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. Following the latter conflict Keppel held his subordinate admiral Palliser responsible for the poor state of the Navy's fortunes in particular the defeat at the First Battle of Ushant considering Palliser's conduct as a deliberate betrayal. Keppel began a campaign of calumny the outcome being a series of scandalous scenes in parliament and subsequent trials - each side accusing the other of treason. Keppel was the first to be tried and eventually acquitted in 1779 with Palliser enduring the same shortly thereafter. ESTC locates copies of the first bound work at five locations in the British Isles BL House of Lords National Maritime Museum Oxford and National Archives and a further 11 in North America. Copies of the second bound work are recorded in five locations in the British Isles Glasgow House of Lords National Maritime Museum Oxford and Sheffield and a further 13 worldwide. ESTC I. T132962 II. N12487. First edition. Printed for J. Alomn hardcover
191743733London: Witherby & Co 1917. else Fine. 24.5cm xcix291p. advertisements "war supplement tab" present index to ads chrololgoical list of the Royal Navy text is clean blue cloth with gilt titles spine lightly faded. Special War Supplement. Containing: Services and Honours of Officers Diary of Naval Events Battle of Jutland Despatch. Witherby & Co unknown
1915AQ14396London: Witherby & Co. 1915. lxiii 1 vii 1 312pp. With a 7pp 'War Supplement to the Royal Navy List'. Original publisher's blind-tooled navy cloth lettered in gilt. Sunned with some marking. Clean and crisp internally but for slight loss to blank FFEP. A reference work relating to Royal Navy service personnel detailing those officers both active and retired; together with a history of contemporary events a chronological list of naval services and a summary of ships' current commissions for the second year of the First World War. . 8vo. Witherby & Co. hardcover
1929D6770Russia 1929. Paperback. Near Fine. Manuscript periodical in four parts numbered 3 4 11 and 13. Staple-bound heavy cardstock wraps brightly illustrated in pen-and-ink and watercolor; four volumes; 8vo 230 x 180 mm; pp. 136 illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings signed "S. Sh." or "S. Sheff" Russia 1929. Covers a little scuffed along spine and edges otherwise fine -- bold and bright. <br/><br/>A compilation of various accounts relating to the Russian Navy and Air Force in the decade following the Revolution recorded in tidy penmanship and with quick watercolors painted direct in text plus nicely accomplished pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations tipped-on showing landscapes sea-scapes portraits and air and sea vessels. The accounts report the travails of various ships including the "Prome" "Paris Commune" "Frunze" the ice-breakers "Ermak" and "Lenin" and others. One part is devoted mostly to the Turkish Fleet and action in the Black Sea during 1914-1917. The aeronautic sections discuss Zeppelin's dirigible and the British R-101. The journal lists various contributors including F. Raskol'nikov L. Berman A. Marti P. Stasevich and others. S. Sheff who drew the illustrations probably produced this journal issuing it over the course of a number of years; the present issues are numbered 3 4 11 and 13 and belong to the fourth year of composition. A nice folk art example of "Grafica Russa" Russian Graphics of the early 20th century combining graphic design illustration and calligraphic interest. paperback
1979mon0003115102Bonanza Books 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 12.4000 9.5000. Bonanza Books hardcover
1989ABE-232569146Leningrad St. Petersburg: Aurora Art Publishers 1989. 1989. 4to. pp. 159. colour & b/w illus. throughout. cloth. dw. Hardcover. Leningrad [St. Petersburg]: Aurora Art Publishers, [1989]. Hardcover
1879123653Adelaide: E. Spiller Acting Government Printer 1879. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Acting Government Printer 1879. Octavo 31 pages. Flush-cut card with the full title page details reprinted within a decorative border on the front cover; new plain paper spine; covers a little marked chipped and creased; trifling signs of use and age; a very good copy internally excellent. The Adelaide 'Advertiser' of 10 June 1890 makes reference to a recently published 'Marine Board Directory . a mercantile navy list containing the names of masters and mates of the Mercantile Marine of South Australia'. We find no record of that edition nor of the much earlier one we have for sale in Trove. E. Spiller, Acting Government Printer unknown
1987009700Leningrad: Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography Ministry of Defence of the USSR 1987 4to 26 cm 584 pp. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and Soviet naval anchor-and-star emblem to upper cover number stamped on the front board rebacked binding somewhat skewed with extensive manuscript corrections and annotations in red ink throughout including a densely completed "Лист для учёта корректуры" Correction Record Sheet correction slips inserted for crossed out parts. Publication No. 1244 copy No. 5536 stamped "Для служебного пользования" For Official Use Only. Comprising a general survey navigational-geographical and hydrometeorological overviews and nine chapters of detailed coastal navigation covering the entire Black Sea littoral from the Kiliya mouth of the Danube through the Crimea Caucasian coast Turkish coast and Bulgarian and Romanian shores to the Bosphorus; with a reference section distance tables and alphabetical index; illustrated throughout with coastal profile engravings and navigational diagrams; tracking amendments applied through 1991 the final entries postdating the dissolution of the USSR. A later and substantially expanded edition than the 1968 issue this copy is of exceptional documentary interest as a working navigational instrument actively corrected and used through the final years of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet with the correction record providing a remarkable archival trace of operational naval use up to and beyond the collapse of the Soviet state. Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography, Ministry of Defence of the USSR hardcover
1968009699Leningrad: Hydrographic Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR 1968 4to 26 cm 440 pp with a loosely inserted pamphlet of corrections 14 pp. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and Soviet naval anchor-and-star emblem to upper cover binding slightly rubbed and dusted paper somewhat toned library stamps on the title. Publication No. 1244 copy No. 1433. Comprising a general survey navigational-geographical and hydrometeorological overviews and detailed coastal navigation in nine chapters covering the entire Black Sea littoral from the Kiliya mouth of the Danube to Cape Kaliakra; with a reference section including port and anchorage data distance tables and territorial waters information plus alphabetical index and correction notes. Stamped throughout “ДЛЯ СЛУЖЕБНОГО ПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ” For Official Use Only with library stamp of the Technical Library of TsKB “Chernomorsudoproekt” Central Design Bureau for Black Sea Shipbuilding to the title page. Accompanied by the separately issued Сводная Корректура 1969 г. Consolidated Correction Supplement for 1969 copy No. 1535 a printed pamphlet with manuscript annotations in red ink updating the main volume in accordance with Notices to Mariners through September 1969. A complete and rare Soviet navigational publication for the Black Sea of considerable historical interest due to its restricted official-use classification and direct institutional provenance from a major Soviet shipbuilding design bureau. Hydrographic Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR hardcover
1955103044G. P. O. Submarine School Submarine Base. As New. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Reprinted 1958 with Change 1 Incorporated. Navpers 16160-A. Cloth spine on brad bound board sharp age toning to edges. Firm in binding 197 pages b&w photograph and illustrations. Free of any markings not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 197 pages . G. P. O. , Submarine School, Submarine Base, hardcover
1986Alibris.0031158Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. 1986. Trade paperback. Very good. some cover wear. 141 p. Includes illustrations. . Russian title: Ру Ñ Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ С п а Ñ Ð¾ -Ð’ о з н е Ñ Ðµ н Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ Ж е н Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ Ðœ о н а Ñ Ñ‚ Ñ‹ Ñ€ ÑŒ : Ра С в Ñ Ñ‚ о и ̆ г о Ñ€ Ñ£ Е л е о н ÑŠ : К ÑŠ С Ñ‚ о л Ñ£ Ñ‚ iÑŽ С о Д н Ñ Ðž Ñ Ð² Ñ Ñ‰ е н iÑ Ð¡ п а Ñ Ð¾ -Ð’ о з н е Ñ Ðµ н Ñ Ðº а г о Ð¥ Ñ€ а м а Editors' names: Т а и Ñ Ð¸ и О Ñ Ñ‚ Ñ€ и к о в о й Thais Ostrikova Ðœ а Ñ€ и н Ñ‹ Ч е Ñ€ Ñ‚ к о в о й Marina Chertkova Ð’ . Ф . Д а у в а л ÑŒ д е Ñ€ ÑŠ О б л о ж к а V. F. Dauval'der Oblozhka Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem paperback
1986Alibris.0031165Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. 1986. Trade paperback. Very good. some cover wear. 141 p. Includes illustrations. . Russian title: Ру Ñ Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ С п а Ñ Ð¾ -Ð’ о з н е Ñ Ðµ н Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ Ж е н Ñ Ðº iï¸ Ð¸ ̆ Ðœ о н а Ñ Ñ‚ Ñ‹ Ñ€ ÑŒ : Ра С в Ñ Ñ‚ о и ̆ г о Ñ€ Ñ£ Е л е о н ÑŠ : К ÑŠ С Ñ‚ о л Ñ£ Ñ‚ iÑŽ С о Д н Ñ Ðž Ñ Ð² Ñ Ñ‰ е н iÑ Ð¡ п а Ñ Ð¾ -Ð’ о з н е Ñ Ðµ н Ñ Ðº а г о Ð¥ Ñ€ а м а Editors: Т а и Ñ Ð¸ и О Ñ Ñ‚ Ñ€ и к о в о й Ðœ а Ñ€ и н Ñ‹ Ч е Ñ€ Ñ‚ к о в о й Ð’ . Ф . Д а у в а л ÑŒ д е Ñ€ ÑŠ Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem paperback
1777AQ35146London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1777. 4 36pp. Bound with: GLASSE Samuel. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the Marine Society.Including The General Account of Receipts and Disbursements to the present Time: with the State of the Subscription; and a List of the Governors. London. Printed for Dodsley 1778. First edition. 4 62pp. ESTC T136163. And: KAYE Richard. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the Marine Society at St. Stephen's church Walbrook.on Tuesday 8th April 1777. London. Printed for Dodsley.and Sewel 1778. First edition. 4 23pp 1. With half-title. ESTC T193921. And: MARKHAM Robert. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the marine society at st george's church hanover-square on occasion of their anniversary meeting on tuesday 15th april 1779. London. Printed by W. Oliver 1779. First edition. 2 1-22 25-33pp 1. Lacking leaf B2. ESTC T132107. 8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked with wear to extremities corners bumped some cracking to joints. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Thomas Baker dated June 10th 1796 to FEP. Leaves browned with light staining and spotting throughout. A coherent sammelband of four sermons presented to the upper echelon of the British Marine Society established in 1756 with the intent to recruit young men and boys into the British Navy. Supported strongly by Admiral Nelson the society was incorporated by an act of Parliament via the Marine Society Act of 1772. The speakers within all being highly educated churchmen with scientific interests consist of cleric and Royal Society fellow Samuel Glasse 1735-1812 peer churchman and scientist Sir Richard Kaye 6th Baronet 1736-1809 and Robert Markham Archdeacon of York 1768-1837. Each sermon preached at a commemorative Anniversary Meeting for the charity stresses the value of Naval sponsorship in providing direction and motivation for disgruntled young men: 'The desperate youth received under your charitable patronage is now no longer necessitated to wander up and down through the streets of the city; determined to pursue the dictates of his appetite'. ESTC T118626. The third edition. Printed for J. Dodsley unknown
1898144873New York: Underwood & Underwood; Chicago H.C. White Co.; Meadville Keystone View Company; and others 1898. Near fine. New York Underwood & Underwood; Chicago H.C. White Co.; Meadville Keystone View Company; and others 1898 to 1908. Pairs of albumen silver photographs approximately 80 × 77 mm each top corners rounded mounted on printed cards approximately 88 × 177 mm. All cards have captions or titles on the rectos and many have descriptive text on the versos. A few minor signs of age and handling; overall in near-fine condition. Each card comes in a later glassine sleeve some slightly torn. The stereographs primarily show American naval vessels mostly larger warships cruisers and battleships at sea. Others show sailors on board and one shows the early submarine USS 'Plunger' SS-2. Many relate to the naval reviews held by President Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay New York in 1906 and at Hampton Roads during the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 the President is visible in several. Two show the gunboat USS 'Bennington' after the explosion of its boiler in San Diego in July 1905. <p>43 items. Underwood & Underwood; Chicago, H.C. White Co.; Meadville, Keystone View Company; and others unknown
191331085Nashville: n/a 1913. Postcard Album. Good. Oblong leather post card album containing 135 cards from 1909 to 1913. Sailor Jack Carlson sent the postcards to Bertha M. Denny in Nashville Tennessee. Some loose cards and tears to the paper and inserts. A few of the cards have scuffs small edge chips etc.<br /> <br /> Cards include 20 photographs with one unrelated picture from Nashville. The ship U.S.S. Paducah is identified in a couple of the photographs. Also the "U.S.S. New Hampshire Battalion" is identified. Places named include places in Cuba; Key West; Newport; the Alamo; Hampton Roads; Melbourne Australia; Mexico; Lima Peru; Nicaragua; Messina Sicily; Trinidad Spain; Tokyo; Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Rio De Jenerio Brazil; Panama Canal; Auckland New Zealand; Sphinx Egypt; and other places. Multiple cards are from Cuba Key West and Newport. n/a unknown
188413626Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1884. First Edition. Very Good. 9x6in; Part 1 - 363 pp. 14 foldout maps and diagrams of plans and sections views of the Steamer Jeanette; Part 2 - 75 pp. 4 plates sepia-toned images with tissue guard one map; Bound in dark half-leather with marbled paper boards gilt lettering and rule designs on ribbed spine marbled end papers light speckled stain to all trimmed edges; Minor shelf wear to covers edges and corners with rubbing of covers joints and bottom edge minor age-toning to text and maps typical closed tears with some repaired and nicks to map edges rear free end paper detached prior owner small library blind stamp on top part of six pages including title pages of both Parts. Howgego III D4 Poore. AB . The Jeannette expedition 1879-81 was led by Lieutenant-Commander George Washington De Long 1844-81. The purpose was to find a route through the Bering Strait that was warmed by the Pacific Kiro Shio current to an open polar sea. The 'Jeannette' became icebound northwest 350 Km and sunk in May 1881 some 400 Km from the Siberian coast. The 33 men provisioned three life boats to drag over the ice to open water for the nearest settlements in Lena Delta. On the water they became separated in a gale and one boat vanished. George Melville's boat with 11 men landed in an eastern bay of the Delta and were able to reach a village to find help. De Long's boat with 14 men landed 100 km away on the northern part of the Delta and with winter coming they were not able to find shelter or game and all perished by the end of October 1881. They were found by Melville's rescue party in March 1882 and the bodies journals and artifacts returned to the United States.<br /> <br /> Part 1 of this book is the formal Navy inquiry requested by a joint resolution of Congress for a formal Naval Court of Inquiry on the Loss of the Jeannette which was conducted by the Navy in 1882-3. The 85 day inquiry generated the first compilation of documents and witness statements on the expedition. The Navy Court found no fault in the conduct of the officers or men and commended the actions of De Long and Melville. In Part 2 the Navy transmitted the report of Lieut. G. B. Harber on the search for the remains and artifacts of the De Long party and return the remains to the United States.<br /> <br /> In 1884 a separate House inquiry was called due to objections to the Court findings by survivors and survivor's families to members of Congress. The family of Jerome J. Collins reporter for the New York Herald assigned to participate in the expedition and died with De Long's party specifically objected to De Long treatment of Collins Melville's failure to rescue the lost party and the "cover-up" of failures by the Naval Court of Inquiry. The Inquiry detailed with the testimony of 20 witnesses 74 documents filed excerpts of the journals of De Long Ambler and Collins and much questioning by representatives of the Collins family and for Emma De Long and George Melville. There were no conclusions findings or recommendations to the Navy from this inquiry. Government Printing Office unknown
188314445Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1883. First Edition. Very Good. 9x6in; 363 pp. 14 foldout maps and diagrams of plans and sections views of the Steamer Jeanette; Bound in dark half-leather with marbled paper boards gilt lettering and rule designs on ribbed spine marbled end papers light speckled stain to all trimmed edges; Minor shelf wear to covers edges and corners with rubbing of covers joints and bottom edge corners bumped minor age-toning to text and maps typical closed tears with some repaired and nicks to map edges lacking title page with facsimile laid in front free end paper detached several loose leaves. Howgego III D4 CS. The Jeannette expedition 1879-81 was led by Lieutenant-Commander George Washington De Long 1844-81. The purpose was to find a route through the Bering Strait that was warmed by the Pacific Kiro Shio current to an open polar sea. The 'Jeannette' became icebound northwest 350 Km and sunk in May 1881 some 400 Km from the Siberian coast. The 33 men provisioned three life boats to drag over the ice to open water for the nearest settlements in Lena Delta. On the water they became separated in a gale and one boat vanished. George Melville's boat with 11 men landed in an eastern bay of the Delta and were able to reach a village to find help. De Long's boat with 14 men landed 100 km away on the northern part of the Delta and with winter coming they were not able to find shelter or game and all perished by the end of October 1881. They were found by Melville's rescue party in March 1882 and the bodies journals and artifacts returned to the United States.<br /> <br /> This book is the formal Navy inquiry requested by a joint resolution of Congress for a formal Naval Court of Inquiry on the Loss of the Jeannette which was conducted by the Navy in 1882-3. The 85 day inquiry generated the first compilation of documents and witness statements on the expedition. The Navy Court found no fault in the conduct of the officers or men and commended the actions of De Long and Melville. In Part 2 the Navy transmitted the report of Lieut. G. B. Harber on the search for the remains and artifacts of the De Long party and return the remains to the United States.<br /> <br /> A separate Navy inquiry and report was submitted to the House of Representative in May 1884 48th Congress 1st Session House Ex Doc No. 163. This was a follow up of Lieut G. B. Harber U.S.N.on the search made by Liuetenandt Schetze for the remains of De Long's party and the return of the remains to the United States. This is consider and accompaning report to this 1883 report. Also in 1884 a separate House inquiry was called due to objections to the Navy Court findings by survivors and survivor's families to members of Congress. The family of Jerome J. Collins reporter for the New York Herald assigned to participate in the expedition and died with De Long's party specifically objected to De Long treatment of Collins Melville's failure to rescue the lost party and the "cover-up" of failures by the Naval Court of Inquiry. The Inquiry detailed with the testimony of 20 witnesses 74 documents filed excerpts of the journals of De Long Ambler and Collins and much questioning by representatives of the Collins family and for Emma De Long and George Melville. There were no conclusions findings or recommendations to the Navy from this inquiry. Government Printing Office unknown
186413883Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1864. First Edition Thus. Original wraps. Very good. First edition of the Register of the Commissioned Warrant and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States. Octavo 289pp. Original paper wraps. No additional printings listed. Solid text block wear to corners toning along edges. Tape remnants to the spine and inside corners of wraps. Government Printing Office unknown
