Carnac c (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

softcover. Zustand: As new.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 7.48x5.12x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 7.40x5.12x0.67 inches. In Stock.

See the entries for the two men in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of the subject of the letter, Sir Richard Temple's eldest son Captain Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), the future second baronet. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Aged, with the gutter repaired with archival tape, and the reverse of the second leaf adhering to part of its mount. Headed 'Private' and addressed to 'Dear Sir Richard'. His telegram of 16 May reached Roberts in Kashmir, and he 'at once communicated its contents to the Foreign Secretary, but with no result, as I was sorry to find when the Gazette with the Queen's Birthday Honors appeared'. He will however have 'another opportunity of bringing your son's name to the notice of government, for in Sir George White's report on giving up the Command in Burma, Captain Temple's good services are specially alluded to'. (See the Oxford DNB: 'The outbreak in 1885 of the Third Anglo-Burmese War brought Temple once more on active service, and led in 1887 to his being placed in charge of King Thibaw's capital on Thibaw's deposition.') Roberts will be pleased to 'endorse the General's favorable opinion'.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. 10 Volume hardcover set in black cloth with gilted designs on the binding. This set is a 1984 reprint of the 1923 revised and enlarged edition, and is missing volume 6 (VI.) All volumes in this set show some shelf & handling wear, including rubbing and edge wear to the binding, and some volumes have fading/discoloration on their spines and gilting. Text block is slightly shaken/loose on some volumes. All volumes have light markings on their preliminary pages but otherwise remain unmarked with legible, unannotated text. A good set for reading/collecting.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. :: A Crime Club Selection :: Inspector Julian Rivers resented being high-pressured into declaring accidental the death of Chindle, a miserable little clerk in one of the streamlined offices of a government research hospital- and a number of unusual features about the case puzzled Rivers. :: Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards, author and title are lettered down spine in pale-yellow, capped on either end by Crime Club motif. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 204 x 140 millimeters). 220 pages. Grade: Very Good, in a Good+ dust jacket. Book is worn along edges, rubbed a touch at the corners and at the crown and foot. Pages browned with age. Dust jacket is age-toned and faded, with stains, chips and wear along edges, and abrasions / rubbing. Paper has become brittle, and the lower third of the spine has split at the front hinge and torn across. Frail, will send in a translucent protective slip.…

Hardcover. Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First edition. A rare mystery by the British author best-known as E.C.R. Lorac, towards the end of her life. Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard turns up to conduct the investigation of an accident in the snow that involves two vehicles, one of them driven by elderly, who dies in the crash. But when people look inside his car, a second body is discovered. The deceased is not a local, and he died before the accident. Dust jacket has edge-wear, unclipped ($2.75). First edition. 5¾" - 8½". Ezra Jack Keats (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. A set of three scarce first edition works on the history of India, illustrated works with folding maps. Three works from the 'Indian Records Series', published for the Indian Government by John Murray. A scarce set.This series explores many different aspects of life in India and the vast history of the country. The different works consist of selections, notes, and compilations from the records of the India Government of the India Office.Containing;'Bengal in 1756-57' by S. C. Hill. The first edition, complete in three volumes, a very scarce work. Volume I is illustrated with three folding maps and plans, and eight plates. Volume II is illustrated with one folding map, and six plates. Volume III is illustrated with seven plates. Collated, complete.'Old Fort William In Bengal' by C. R. Wilson. The first edition, complete in two volumes, a very scarce work. Volume II is illustrated with seven folding maps and plates, and twenty-six plates. Collated, complete.'The Diaries of Streynsham Master' edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. The first edition, complete in two volumes, a very scarce work. Volume I covers 1675-1677, Volume II 1675-1680. Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, and one folding map. Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, and one folding map. Six pages of adverts to the rear of Volume I. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with dampstains to the boards. Spines are age-toned. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities, loss to the spines of 'Bengal' Volumes I and II. Light rubbing to the cloth. Front hinge is starting to 'Bengal' Volume I. Rear hinge is starting to 'Old Fort William' Volume II. Loss to the front endpaper of 'Bengal' Volume III and 'Old Fort William' Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spot. Good Only. Various (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. 190 pp. Blue cloth with pale blue lettering. Very Good+ with toned contents, offsetting to endpapers , in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly foxed and toned, small nick in front gutter, but unfaded and bright. A rare mystery by the British author best-known as E.C.R. Lorac.…