Close charles frederick sir (4 Ergebnisse)

Reprint. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxxv, 164p [14]p. of plates : ill, ports, facsims. Subjects; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Cartography Great Britain History. 1 Kg.…

First Edition in this form. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxxv,164p,16p of plates : ill., maps(1 col),ports. ; 23 cm. Subject; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey History. 1 Kg.…

Third Edition - Eighteenth Thousand. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; iv (i. e. vi), 336 p. incl. illus., tables, forms : xxx (i. e. 32) pl. (incl. maps, diagrs.) ; 27 cm. Notes; Plates (including 1 folded in pocket) are part colored and part folded. Subjects; Topographical surveying. Surveying. Genre; Illustrated. 2 Kg. …

All three letters good, on lightly aged paper. Close's first letter (12mo, 2 pp): He is pleased to hear 'that Professor O. T. Jones is convalescent and back at work'. Close will write to him to ask if he will take part in the 'Commission' on the 'Terrasses littorales'. Having none 'handy', he is writing to the Admiralty Hydrographer for a 'list of Admiralty Charts'. The Closes have 'settled to take a house in Jersey for the children's holidays', so there is 'little chance of our being at Oxford for the British Association meeting'. 'It is very hard to find a small house in this neighbourhood.' Close's second letter (12mo, 1 p, in stamped, addressed, postmarked envelope): He is sending on the Admiralty charts from 'Captain Douglas, the Hydrographer'. 'You will see from the enclosed that you can keep the Catalogue. I hope that you will find in it what you want.' Douglas's letter (4to, 1 p): 'In this Catalogue [not present] will be found an Alphabetical list as well as a Geographical list of Charts, and in the end of the Cantalogue Index maps showing, amongst others, Charts of the Mediterranean: there will also be found an Index map of the Sailing Directions. I do not think I can do better than let him have this Catalogue, which he is quite at liberty to retain for future reference.'.…