H c elphinstone (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 176 pp all original HB in green cloth gilt, gilt very bright. This copy signed by author "With my very best wishes. Esmond Lynn-Allen. Oct '46." And with a brief Obituary Notice tipped in. The Master of Elphinstone (illustrator).

4° (ca. 29,8 x 22 cm). 2, VI, 299, 1 S. mit 6 lithograf. Tafeln. Original-Leinenband mit starkem Feuchtigkeitsschaden. Gestempelt u. nummeriert, beide Innengelenke fast gelöst, Titelblatt u. Seite I/II lose. Innen meist sauber, Blätter teils an der Bindung fleckig. Schnitt gebräunt, abgegriffen u. angestaubt. Vorsätze fleckig, Einband stark fleckig u. bestossen mit Beschädigungen. Versandkosten wegen des hohen Gewichts innerhalb Deutschlands EUR 5,00 (versicherter Versand). …

Three parts in 4 volumes 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm) including a slipcase. Folding lithograph frontispiece by J. Ferguson after Cowell, Biddulph and a photograph by Robertson, lithographic title by Ferguson after Elphinstone, title, vi, 299, [1] pp., 6 lithographed tables by H. James and 6 numbered plates on 5 folding sheets of stronger paper; repeated lithographic title, title, table of contents, 638 pp., [1] l.; vii including title, 273 pp., [1] l.; atlas of 16 plates on 12 folding sheets of stronger paper, one on thiner -- in all 22 plates plates lithographed by H. James under the direction of Cameron, numbered I-XX with XVIa and including a rarer 'Sheet III' on thiner paper, some with outline hand-colour; light spotting to text, maps with occasional soiling, some folds with short tears. Contemporary red cloth, covers with blind-stamped panel decoration, flat spines lettered in gilt; spines rubbed and faded with shelfmark labels to foot, slipcase strengthened. First edition of this large work: a very good copy, complete with the 3 volumes of text and all maps, plans and views of Sevastopol - despite the slipcase label showing a somewhat inattentive collation by the H.M. Stationery Office stating "Note.-This Volume is incomplete, no perfect copies are available for issue." Sir Elphinstone (1829-90) was born in Livonia (now Latvia) and was awarded the Victoria Cross in June 1855 for fearless conduct during the Crimean War. At the final assault on Sebastopol on 8 September he was wounded by a splinter on the left side of the head and lost an eye. He later became major-general.…