barrington hon (16 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Barrington (1729-1800) was an able officer who fought in, amongst others, the Seven Years War and American Revolution; he rose through the ranks after joining at eleven to become an Admiral. Includes a b/w frontispiece. Complete in two volumes, I-x, 46pp, II-xxxii, 378pp. Half-bound in blue buckram with cream buckram to remainder. Society's emblem in gilt to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Spine-strip sunned. Fore and lower page edges have been left untrimmed. Slight wear to extremities of boards. Surface imperfection across lower spine of Vol.I.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes bound in cream and brown colored buckram in VG+ condition. Internally clean, unmarked, hinges firm and corners just gently bumped. BP/British Naval History.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnbTitle:/b Miscellanies. [With plates.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world s largest research libraries holdi.

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Quarter Leather. Zustand: Very Good. VG, 1781, 5 pls, 1 illustration. In modern quarter calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, portrait frontis, [3], 344-432 pp, 5 pls (frontis + 4 tables), 1 full page illustration, new endpapers, frontis with a few small chips to edges. This being a 2nd printing of an extract from Barrington's Miscellanies which was first printed in 1770. Barrington, judge, antiquary, and naturalist, whose paper on Welsh castles in the first volume of the Antiquaries' Archaeologia in 1770 was the first of some twenty-four communications published in that journal on topics as varied as the history of archery, gardening, and card-playing in England, Caesar's invasion of Britain, and the history of the Cornish language. Though some of this work had lasting value, Barrington's enthusiasm as an antiquary was not always matched by his skill and accuracy. See ODNB for a full Bio.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By H.T.Ryall (illustrator). A fine original antique engraving. Mounted and ready to frame, mount size approx 12 x 10 ins, 30 x 25 cms. In excellent condition. ca 1850. Elaborate ornate border.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. xii + 578pp, some minor foxing and very slight marginal worming but a good sound copy, new quarter calf, title label inset on morocco, 4to. *Important study of British Law in realtion to history, a book important for its ingenuity & curious learning (D.N.B.).ARD COVER, NO DUST JACKET , NO MARKINGS, TITLE SLIGHTLY FOXED O/W IN SPLENDID CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE. FIFTH EDITION.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. SHARP Wm. (illustrator). 1st Edition. In half morocco over brown morocco cloth, some blind tooling. edges worn. Spine, gilt tooling & titles edges worn. Internally, folding genealogical chart, portrait frontis, [3], 344-432 pp, 1 chart (folding), 4 tables, red marbled endpapers, text block reddened, book plate to fpd (John Eacott Manahan, noted genealogist & husband of Anna Anderson, the supposed Princess Anastasia of Russia. Not dated but c1781. (258*205 mm). The DNB, in the entry for Sir John Wynn, states that his manuscript of this work, much prized in Wales, 'was at last published by Daines Barrington in 1770. and reprinted with additional notes in his 'Miscellanies' in 1781. For these editions Dr ThomasPercy. contributed genealogical tables and notes'. The 'History's' main objective is to tell the story of Sir John's ancestors and show their noble lineage. The Welsh gentry of the early modern period were famous for the importance they attached to lineage. The 'History' was composed when the hierarchical values of the Middle Ages were still one of the cornerstones of society and noble ancestry reinforced a landowner's status and power. So important was ancestry to society during that period that Sir John was forced to defend himself in court after Thomas Prys of Plas Iolyn brought a case against him for claiming that he was a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. John Wynn, MP, 1st Baronet of Gwydyr: Also Known As: "John Wynne", "John Winn", "1st Baron Wynn of Gwydir", "Wyn", "Sion Wynn", "Wynne" Birthdate: 1553 Birthplace: Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst, Conwy Valley, Caernarvonshire, Wales Death: March 01, 1627 (73-74) Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst, Conwy Valley, Caernarvonshire, Wales Place of Burial: Llanrwst, Conwy Valley, Caernarvonshire, Wales, United Kingdom Immediate Family: Son of Maurice Wynn, MP for Caernarvonshire and Jane Bulkeley Husband of Sydney Gerrard Father of Mary Wynne; Elizabeth Bodvile; Roger Wynne; Sir John Wynne; William Wynne and 7 others Brother of Margaret Salusbury; Ellis Wynn, MP; Catherine Wynn; Dorothy Wynn; Elin Wynn and 1 other Half brother of Jane Wynn; Edward Wynn; Morris Wynn and Robert Wynn Occupation: Author, Antiquarian, member of Parliament, Baronet 0.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 424. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering at spine, and gilt diagonal lines and lettering at front: "My Sisters". Minor rubbing at extremities, a few raised spots at front covers, else content clean and very bright. Very good indeed.

121pp. with three portraits with tissue guards and 4 genealogical tables. Black ½ leather ; titled in gilt on spine; pp. untrimmed. Original card covers bound-in at rear. Editor's insert on title page: 'having been so fortunate to obtain the Copper-plates, from which the Three Portraits annexed to the Work were taken, and which were not promised in the Prospectus, is confident the Subscribers will gladly pay an additional Shilling for the same.' Very clean pp.; minor rubbing to part of the spine leatherwork.

Hardcover. First published in Barrington's Miscellanies in 1781. This first separate republication (same year as London edition) was occasioned by renewed interest in reaching the North Pole & a Northwest Passage, with a 34 page appendix added discussing this in question & answer form. Contains new material on Arctic peoples. 8vo, 187pp, frontis folding map of North Pole & surrounding seas and land, A New Edition, With An Appendix Containing Papers On The Same Subject, And On A Northwest Passage, by Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. Original papered boards, simple and attractive re-spine with title label. Inner hinge a little loose, moderate fox spotting, previous owner signature, William Ashby Jr., at top of title page. Sabin 3029. OCLC: 937482372.

First edition in book form; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); woodcut vignette to title, folding map as frontispiece; later half blue calf, marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, gilt red morocco lettering piece, a very good copy; xxiv, 258 pp. The scarce first edition in book form of a series of papers on the possibility of a Northwest Passage, published the same year as Sir John Ross's first Arctic expedition. The papers were originally issued as pamphlets in 1775 on the eve of Captain Cook's third and final voyage to find a Northwest Passage. Daines Barrington, the original author of these papers, had been a lawyer by trade but an active member of the Royal Society and wrote on many topics of science and natural history. He had been inspired to write these papers by Captain Phipps's 1773 expedition towards the North Pole, in which Phipps had been one of the first to take a scientific approach to his journey. His failure, as well as the failure of Cook's voyage to ascertain a possible route through the Northwest, convinced a generation that the passage was highly unlikely or downright impossible, including Gore, Bligh, and Vancouver. Colonel Mark Beaufoy (1764-1827) was a pioneering astronomer and mountaineer. He was the first Englishman to summit Mont Blanc, and commanded one of the most important private observatories at Hackney Wick. He edited Barrington's papers and added several of his own, starting at p.228, to bring knowledge of the Arctic up to date amidst a resurgence of interest in Arctic exploration. Perhaps most importantly is the map, compiled by Beaufoy, to bring a new map of the Arctic into circulation. It was published just a month before Ross left on his expedition, and shows just how little of the American side of the Arctic had been revealed. Sabin 3629.

Second Edition. With the half-title page, a folding "Map of the Countries Around the North Pole According to the Latest Discoverers"; and a vignette on the title page.~~In contemporary mottled calf, which has been rebacked in sympathetic japanese tissue, which has a rather blank appearance as there is no spine label. Marbled endpapers. With a booksellers label at the bottom of the pastedown. Previous owner name on the first blank leaf. 258 pp.