Charles augustus smith (22 Ergebnisse)

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

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

Zustand: New. In English.

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

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

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

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

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.…

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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.…

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.…

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Hardcover. First edition. Short quarto. 640 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering inside black border on spine. Scuffing to spine and exterior, otherwise book is in good condition. The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (abbreviated as the HMC) was established in 1869 "to make enquiry as to the places where manuscripts and private papers of historical interest were located and to report on their contents". The HMC's offices were located at Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, close to the old Public Record Office. The general public were able to visit Quality House during regular office hours to use the National Register of Archives, a computer database of archival references drawn from catalogues and published lists of manuscripts, useful for the study of British history, held in private hands and repositories in both the UK and overseas. In April 2003 the Keeper of Public Records became the sole Historical Manuscripts Commissioner. The chief executive of the National Archives is now Keeper of Public Records and Commissioner of Historical Manuscripts.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Blank notebook. Small quarto. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper boards. The boards are rubbed and worn at the edges, very good. Contains about 100 manuscript pages, including a title page, one full-page hand drawn map, and tipped-in illustration. Handwritten itinerary tipped onto front pastedown. A lively account, by one of the participants, of a journey undertaken by five rowers in a Thames rowing gig *Wild Goose* from April-May, 1856. The five Englishmen, named on the title page, journeyed from Paris to the Mediterranean (via the Seine, Saône, and Rhone Rivers), and then to Bordeaux (via the canal du Midi and Garonne River), a total of approximately 670 rowing miles, with other parts of the journey accomplished by portage overland. Much of the narrative concerns appalling weather and mishaps during the voyage, including lively descriptions and humorous asides. The exploits of these eccentric Englishmen captured the public imagination, and the Wild Goose's travels were also well-documented in the press. In later stages of their journey, landfalls were attended by large and enthusiastic crowds: " as we approached the town, the excitement became greater and greater; we were accompanied by hundreds of men and boys running along the towing path, while women and old men stationed themselves so as to see us pass when we reached the foot of a staircase of five locks the sides of the locks, the lockgates, and the windows of the overlooking houses, were simply a mass of human faces The crowd was composed of all ranks, from ladies with white parasols and Paris fashions down to peasant girls with bare feet, and half savage, mahogany colored rustics And although we could not but be flattered by such an ovation, our self-love was rather hurt at hearing that the principal cause of all this excitement was a report that we had undertaken the journey for a bet of 500,000 francs." Included in the account are extracts from the French and English press, highlighted by a wood engraving of the gig and its crew tipped-in from the popular French magazine *L'Illustration*. The hearty oarsmen achieved further fame by rescuing passengers in a carriage from drowning, an event which was reported fulsomely in the *Daily News* on May 26th. An actual, non-fictional account of the sort of English eccentricity popularized 30 years later by Jerome K. Jerome's comic novel *Three Men in a Boat*. …