Earl elgin james bruce (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages; Description: 44 p. ; 28 cm. Subjects: Clubs -- Leadership -- Youth -- Great Britain. 1 Kg.

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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.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Extracts from the Letters of James, Earl of Elgin | to Mary Louisa, Countess of Elgin, 1847-1862 | James Bruce Earl of Elgin | Taschenbuch | 276 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783744766012 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

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.…

8vo. pp. xii, 467. + 20(ads). original black-stamped cloth (some fraying to spine ends, library rubberstamp on title). engraved bookplate of Frank B. Pidgeon, Omemee, by Leslie Victor Smith, dated 1946. First Edition. Elgin served as Governor of Jamaica (1842-46), Governor-General of the Canada (1847-54), and Viceroy of India (1862-63). As Governor-General of Canada Elgin was responsible for putting into effect the principle of Responsible Government. In 1849 he signed the Rebellion Losses Bill in the face of violent Tory opposition which culminated in attacks on his person and the burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal. It was largely due to his personal diplomacy that the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 was ratified by the United States. "In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, in the retaliation of the torture and execution of almost twenty European and Indian prisoners, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting invaluable loss of cultural heritage. Subsequently, he submitted the Qing Dynasty to the unequal treaty of the Convention of Peking, adding Kowloon Peninsula to the British crown colony of Hong Kong." (Wikipedia).…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely example of the very scarce first edition of this collection of the personal correspondence of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. The very scarce first edition.Edited by Theodore Walrond and with a preface from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, this work compiles personal correspondence and journal entries of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, who served as Governor of Jamaica, Governor General of the Province of Canada, and Viceroy of India.Walrond, a civil servant and historian, arranged the material chronologically and added contextual commentary. Rebacked, in a tree calf binding, retaining the original endpapers. Retaining half title.With a 1946 prize bookplate to the front free endpaper, awarding the work to Claudius Aurelius Smith.This work covers Elgin's diplomatic and colonial service from the 1840s to his death in 1863, including his controversial actions during the Second Opium War in China, and his tenure in India. Rebacked, in a tree calf binding, with back strip laid down. Externally, excellent. Retaining the original endpapers. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 12mo. 4 pages on Windsor Castle stationery. ELGIN, James Bruce, Ninth Earl of Elgin [1894-1899] [Viceroy of India (1894-1899)]. Autograph letter, signed "Elgin", dated March 2, [18]99, on Windsor Castle stationery, to William Murray Esq. at Athol Bank in Hamilton. 12mo. pp. 4. (horizontal fold). with envelope (stamp cut out). Elgin proceeds to thank Murray in the letter for what is assumed to be praise. He also mentions his desire to return to his place of birth in Canada. "I desire to thank the Bard for the statements he has so kindly expressed both in verse and in prose, and it will perhaps be thought not inappropriate that I do so from this place where I have been summoned to receive the honour from Her Majesty which she has been pleased to confer upon me and on which you congratulate me. It is very gratifying to see & think that some at least of my brother Canadians have watched and approved my conduct during the last five years. I may be fortunate one day to revisit the land of my birth, but I hardly think it will be in the manner you indicate.". Signed by Author(s). …