James Felix Jones, First Edition (7 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover by Sylvia Jarrico. 40pp. Stapled wrappers. Small split at the bottom of the spine, very good. A literary magazine out of Southern California with early contributions from Allen Ginsberg ("Shipyard No. 3Richmond"), Gregory Corso ("Poets Hitchhiking on the Highway"), James Comorthoon, Duane Jones, Lachlan MacDonald, Thomas McGrath, Lawrence D. Gurney, James Schevill, Edith G. Wies, Felix Stefanile, George Bluestone, Walter H. Kerr, and Norman Friedman.

Condition: Sehr gut. New artificial leather binding with gilt title on spine and title and publictation details on front cover, xxiii, 500, [1] [folding appendix sheet], 26 folding maps and plates only (of 30; 1 with damage in the plate, 1 with a tear outside printed area and 1 with tear at the folding; lacking 3 maps originally loose in pocket, and 1 bound in), most with contemporary hand-colouring, title defective at inner and lower margin with some worming and laid down on paper, previous owner blindstamp (Salim Ansar) on title, first 3 leaves rehinged at inner margin with paper repair (not very professionally), worm and other small holes with tape repairs, final 3 leaves with similar tape and paper repairs, section title (after p.213) with tear in centre but no text loss, folding appendix with several small holes and chips and laid down on paper, uniform browning throughout, some foxing to the plates, some very small worm holes, affecting text in places but with no major loss, few contemporary notes on some of the plates (noting the relevant text page to the plate), new endpapers, ink ownership inscription to front - a long list of condition issues, but in all better than it sounds. The paper is not brittle, the book can be read finely and all the interesting litograph plates are present (only the maps are missing). Cornerstone of each Iraq collection, one of the most important 19th century books on this area, and one of its rarest. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover by Sylvia Jarrico. 40pp. Stapled wrappers. Small spots on front wrap, very good or better. A literary magazine out of Southern California with early contributions from Allen Ginsberg ("Shipyard No. 3Richmond"), Gregory Corso ("Poets Hitchhiking on the Highway"), James Comorthoon, Duane Jones, Lachlan MacDonald, Thomas McGrath, Lawrence D. Gurney, James Schevill, Edith G. Wies, Felix Stefanile, George Bluestone, Walter H. Kerr, and Norman Friedman.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover by Sylvia Jarrico. 40pp. Stapled wrappers. A tiny spot on rear wrap, else very near fine. A literary magazine out of Southern California with early contributions from Allen Ginsberg ("Shipyard No. 3Richmond"), Gregory Corso ("Poets Hitchhiking on the Highway"), James Comorthoon, Duane Jones, Lachlan MacDonald, Thomas McGrath, Lawrence D. Gurney, James Schevill, Edith G. Wies, Felix Stefanile, George Bluestone, Walter H. Kerr, and Norman Friedman.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. xxii, [1], 500 pp., 28 (of 30) lithographed plates and maps, many folding, most hand-coloured or with partial colouring, folding table at end, modern buckram, lacking 2 of the 3 folding maps in pocket at end, only Map of River Tigris is present, scattered foxing, otherwise copy in good condition, compiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas. RARE WORK. James Felix Jones first served as a midshipman on the survey ship 'Palinurus' commanded by Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines (1802-1860), who is best known for securing Aden on behalf of the East India Company. Later, he was employed in the survey of Ceylon and the Gulf of Mannar, under Lieutenant Powell, and in 1840-41 joined Lieutenant C. D. Campbell and then Captain Lynch in surveying the Euphrates route to the Mediterranean. Jones succeeded Lynch in 1843 and continued this work for several years, and was also involved with Major Henry Rawlinson in gathering information on the Persian/Ottoman border in 1844. Promoted Commander, 13 September 1847, he conducted important archaeological surveys of parts of Mesopotamia, including the course of the ancient Nahrwan Canal (1848), the course of the Tigris and what he believed to be the site of Opis (1850), the Assyrian heartland (1852) and the Baghdad area (1853). Named political agent at Baghdad and consul-general in Turkish Arabia (1854), Jones later became political agent in the Persian Gulf (1855) when he initiated excavations at the site of Liyan on the Bushehr peninsula, but these were abandoned following the outbreak of war. Ill health compelled him to later return to England. His later career was spent carrying out geographical work for the India Office, and in 1875 he completed a beautifully drawn map, in four sheets, of western Asia, including the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates; it remains in manuscript in the India Office collections. Jones served on the Royal Geographical Society council, and was a valued contributor to the 'Geographical Magazine' and a member of the Geographical Club. He died on 3 September 1878, and the Geographical Magazine obituary called him 'one of the greatest ornaments of the old Indian navy' (Geographical Magazine, 1878). This volume contains his most important contributions. The selections comprise: [1] A steam-trip to the north of Baghdad; [2] Journey for the purpose of determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan canal; [3] Journey to the frontier of Turkey and Persia, through a part of Kurdistan; [4] Researches in the vicinity of the medial wall of Xenophon; [5] Memoir of the Province of Baghdad; [6] Notes on the topography of Nineveh and on the general geography of the country between the Tigris and the upper Zab. The most important of Jones's 'numerous memoirs are included in Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government (1857). Jones made an important contribution to the development of safe communications between Britain and India - the basis on which the empire developed' (ODNB). Bibliographical reference: Wilson p.111. #34085.

Edition : First Edition. , Contemporary full marbled calf, rebacked skillfully. Gilt decorative border on boards. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt text on morocco label on 2. Gilt ornamentation on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Tooled dentelles on all edges., An outstanding work on present day Iraq. Of particular importance is the magnificent large scale wall map of Baghdad which is included. This book contains the most important of James Felix Jones?s memoirs in regards to his travels in Persia, Turkey, and Iraq. It includes six important historical, archaeological and geographical essays covering Baghdad, the Nahrwan canal and large parts of Kurdistan, the topography of Nineveh and the old course of the River Tigris. The author and surveyor, Commander J. F. Jones (1813-1878), joined the Bombay Marine - later renamed the Indian Navy - at the age of 14. By the late summer of 1839 he had begun work in the Persian Gulf, where he was to spend most of the next 25 years. He was a Political Agent in Bushehr from 1855 to 1862 and had an important role to play in the British invasion of southern Persia in 1856. In 1844 Jones, in company with Major (now Sir Henry) Rawlinson, was sent to collect information regarding the disputes between Persia and Turkey. The results were officially printed in 1849, under the title ?Narrative of a Journey through Parts of Persia and Kurdistan.? In 1853 he completed a map of Baghdad on a large scale, with a memoir on the province. , Size : 4to (255x170). , Illustrated with 30 plates and maps (all hand coloured and most of them folding), and some in-text woodblock engravings. , This book contains the bookplate of R. Frederick Barlow and the donation plate of Mrs. Miles on behalf of her late husband, the famous Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, on the verso of the top cover. A few unobtrusive blind stamps of the Bath Public Library , References : Wilson p. 111, P. Blank. Title page. Contents and index (iii-xxii). List of maps and plates. 1-500. Appendix. A fine example of this scarce work. Plates and text are clean and crisp bound in decorative period binding. Although scarce, this book is normally found with partial hand colouring. But in this example all plates have full hand colouring.

Large 8vo. XXII, (2), 500, (folding leaf of appendix) pp. With 27 (of 32) plates, mostly folded and coloured. Modern half calf with marbled paper boards. Red morocco label to gilt spine. First edition, very rare. The volume includes seven important historical, archaeological and geographical essays covering Baghdad, the Nahrwan canal and large parts of Kurdistan, the topography of Nineveh and the old course of the River Tigris. Also included are some 30 maps and plates, many in colour, most notably the ground-plan of Baghdad. Felix Jones first saw service on the Palinurus, surveying the northern part of the Red Sea, whilst a later commission found him engaged on the Arabian survey under Haines. In 1839 he surveyed the harbour of Graine (Kuwait) and this led to an almost continuous period of service in Mesopotamia and the Gulf, ending in 1862 as Political Agent in the Persian Gulf, in which capacity he planned the British invasion of Persia. - Lacks the large maps of the Katul es Kesrawi and River Tigris. Labels to spine chipped, spine faded, occasional blue pencil markings between pages 259 & 288, and between pages 364 & 368. Generally text and plates very clean and fresh, map at page 136 torn at fold with no loss. - No pocket is present in the rebinding nor are the 3 maps which the pocket should contain. Paper slightly browned, otherwise in good condition.