George pratt insh (27 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Edition. 111 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original Blue Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Plus. First Edition. 1947. 111pp. Includes 15 essays: Tom Henderson, Mr George Brown, Scotland; An Essay in Interpretation, Genius Loci, Haworth Pilgrimage etc. Clean pages. Tight binding. The white dust wrapper is complete, but soiled. …

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 1928. Hardcover. Clean copy in blue cloth covers with gilt title to front. Covers showing some age and shelf wear. Light spotting to end papers but remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. In English.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pamphlet.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy with sharp corners, firm hinges, very clean and sharp red boards and clean, tanned, pages. DJ has small piece mussing across crown, small chips but o/w clean, bright, handsome. BP/Scottish History.…

Zustand: Good. 1928. Hardcover. Clean copy in blue cloth covers with gilt title to front. Covers showing some age and shelf wear. Light spotting to end papers but remains a good copy. . . . .

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.…

First Edition. Eclectic essays, including one on the Darien expedition. No jacket. VG.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 343, [1] pages. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Ex-Canal Zone Library! Frontis illustration. Includes maps of The Isthmus of Darien (facing page 113); Chart of Caledonia Bay (facing page 129); Africa (to illustrate the voyages of the "African Merchant" and the ''Speedy Return" (fold-out, facing page 248); and East Indies (To illustrate the voyage of the "Speedwell" facing page 282). Includes Prologue: An Act for Encouraging Trade; Epilogue: The Redding Up; Appendix: Documents Relating to the Voyage of the Content and Speedy Return from the Port Glasgow to Madagascar, 1701. Footnotes. Includes Book 1: Europe; Book II: America; Book III: Africa and the Indies, and an Appendix and index, as well as Illustrations of Arms of the Company on the Frontispiece; The Darien Pistole (from coin in the British Museum on the title page); The Toubacanti Gold Medal (from the original in Possession of the Captain of Dunstaffnage); Captain (Colonel) Campbell's Note on Toubacanti (From MS, in Possession of the Captain of Dunstaffnage); and Captain (Colonel) Campbell of Fonab (from the portrait in possession of the Captain of Dunstaffnage). George Insh was an M.A., D.Litt., R.E.I.S. He was the Author of Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620-1986, and Editor of Darien Shipping Papers, 1695-1707. This volume records the leading activities of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies from the tentative beginnings of 1693 to th formal dissolution of 1707. This is a detailed economic and political account of the leading activities of The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, from its tentative beginnings in 1693 to the formal dissolution of 1707. The designation 'Darien Scheme' was often used, instead of the official company name, by later historians whose attention was concentrated almost exclusively on the story of the expeditions to the Isthmus. The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company, was an overseas trading company created by an act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1695. The Act granted the Company a monopoly of Scottish trade to India, Africa and the Americas, similar to English charter companies' monopolies, and also extraordinary sovereign rights and temporary exemptions from taxation. Financial and political troubles plagued its early years. The governors were divided between those residing and meeting in Edinburgh and those in London, amongst whom were both Scots and Englishmen. They were also divided by business intentions; some intended to trade in India and on the African coast, as an effective competitor to the English East India Company, while others were drawn to William Paterson's Darien scheme, which ultimately prevailed. In July 1698 the company launched its first expedition, led by Paterson, who hoped to establish a colony in Darien (on the Isthmus of Panama), which could then be used as a trading point between Europe and the Far East. Though five ships and 1,200 Scottish colonists landed successfully in Darien, the settlement was poorly provisioned and eventually abandoned. A second, larger expedition (launched before the fate of the first was known) took up the deserted settlement, but was quickly besieged by the Spanish. More than a thousand succumbed to hunger and disease, and in April 1700, two ships carried the few survivors home. All told, the venture, dubbed the Darien Scheme, drained Scotland of an estimated quarter of its liquid assets and played a key role in encouraging the country to the 1707 Act of Union which united the Kingdoms of Scotland and England. The new joint government, in a political bargain, agreed to cover the costs of winding up the Company of Scotland, in addition to compensate for servicing the English national debt and higher taxes for Scotland.…

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Source material for the Darien shipping trade. Green cloth with gilt titles. Fold out map, charts. Some pages uncut. A VG copy.

1st edition. Laurel & Gold series, no.143. Small format. Owner's inscription on front pastedown, covered with paper. Text clean; green cloth a little discoloured at corner of front board & faded on spine; lettering rather worn Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Jacket is Fair, worn and torn with a large piece missing. Book is VG with moderate wear, pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish, slight slant to spine, binding reasonably firm.

Etwas gilbfleckig, leicht berieben und bestoßen/Slightly worn and stained. (H42a:).

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Scottish industrial and economic development from the 17th century, aimed at schools. Blue cloth with light rubbing to extremities.

London and New York: Printed for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932 8vo. 343pp. 5 plates, 4 maps, appendix, index, dw. The Company's trading to Africa and The Indies between 1693 and 1707. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ].…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Essays on Scottish settlement in Darien, children's rhymes, ballads etc. 111pp. Blue cloth with white printed dj. which has chipping to extremities.

orig.boards Rubbed. Page edges foxed. Good. In a rubbed & soiled dustwrapper, dustwrapper. Frontispiece. 22x14cm, 194 pp. Rubbed. Page edges foxed. Good. In a rubbed & soiled dustwrapper, dustwrapper.