Frederick duke york (40 Ergebnisse)

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

Second son of English king George III and Queen Charlotte (1763-1827). Paper dimensions approximately 2 inches by 4 inches. In very good condition. Reads 'I am, | Sir, | Yours | Frederick'.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine antique engraving. . Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase a decorative and attractive portrait. Engraved By Jenkins (illustrator).

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. Circa. 1790.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid portrait, engraved by William Thomas Fry (1787-1835). Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative. Engraved By William Thomas Fry (illustrator).

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait, printed circa 1827. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase an unusual and attractive portrait.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Fine original engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. An original, delicate, finely engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Decorative, attractive and unusual.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. An original, delicate, finely engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Decorative, attractive and unusual.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original engraved portrait of an eminent person. Professionally mounted and ready to frame. Unusual, attractive and decorative.

Two plates (port. & facsim. letter). Disbound from a volume, but retaining orig. drab printed wrappers. Renier signature. (ii), 9-24pp. v.g. A very well-preserved first part of John Watkins' memoir. With two plates, but without the preliminary leaves which were issued with the final part.

Stipple engraving, from 'Contemporary Portraits', good margins, some spotting.

Front. port., 2 plates, 4pp cata.; some staining. Uncut in orig. blue grey boards, corners worn, spine defective & marked with tape, front board loosely attached. Renier booklabel on leading pastedown. Published in parts. The Duke was found personally not guilty of involvement in Mary Ann Clarke's schemes.…

Front. port. with sl. offsetting, 8pp cata. Uncut, sewn as issued in orig. drab wrappers; spine partly defective. Renier signature. (4), 79, (1), 8pp. By the private secretary and aide de camp to successive members of the royal family, friend and executor of York, who conducted the negotiations with Mary Anne Clarke among other confidential duties.…

Uncut, sl. dusted. Disbound. Renier signature. (ii), 53pp. In defence of the 'undeservedly attacked [and] ungenerously abandoned' Duke.

Disbound; sl. spotted & dulled. Contemp. ink signature on titlepage 'W. Childe'. (2), 62pp. Dated Sept. 2, 1808. On verso of title page: 'The publisher thinks proper to observe, that six thousand five hundred copies of this pamphlet have been already disposed of.'.

Ad. leaf preceding text. Uncut. Disbound. Contemp. signature on titlepage. Renier signature. (2), 140pp. In defence of the Duke.

Titlepage sl. spotted. Signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte Aust 24 1808. Disbound. (2), 53pp. Completely re-set & revised. In defence of the 'undeservedly attacked [and] ungenerously abandoned' Duke.

Disbound. Renier signature. xiv, 68pp. With a lengthy introduction by Clerc Smith, bookseller to the royal family, avowing the letter's authenticity; a response to contrary claims from the Duke's friend and executor, and much repeated in press. Discussing Catholic emancipation.

hardcover. 2 pages (front and back), 9 x 7.25 inches, Bolton, January 3, 1825. In this letter, Frederick recommends a military appointment that would have great consequences for the United Kingdom, in part: "I beg to offer you, but I fully concur in opinion.to the propriety of recommending Sir Combermere for the Chief command in the East Indies." Note: as a result of this letter, Combermere, who at the time was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, was transferred to India (1826) where he besieged and took Bharatpur. Twenty-two years earlier, this fort had defied the genius of General Gerard Lake and was deemed impregnable. For this service, his last in the field, he was created Viscount Combermere. Several folds; very good(+) condition. Second son of George III; Commander-in-Chief of the British Army.…

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Engr. title, front., port., plates. Contemp. half brown calf, marbled boards, spines ruled in gilt, black morocco labels; extremities worn, rough old repairs to the spine of vol. I. English defeat by French forces was rather conveniently overshadowed by the trial of The Duke of York - George III's second son and commander-in-chief of the army - in 1809. Accused by Gwyllm Wardle Esq. M.P. of involvement in the sales of commission by his former mistress, Mrs Mary Anne Clarke, the Duke became under investigation and was called for dismissal. 'Printed from the Minutes of the House of Commons', readers and historical enthusiasts are assured a 'factual, intimate account of the events as they were spoken'.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Limited Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xxii, [2], 410pp; xi, [3], 394pp. Purple cloth, title in gilt on spines. Top edge gilt, silver emblem stamped to front covers. Solid text blocks, sunning to spines, light wear to tips, shelf wear, faint wear to gutters, a very good set. Lacking dust jackets. Complete with 15 full page illustrations in Volume I, 25 in Volume II, some in color. Complete with 28 maps and plans in Volume I, 16 in Volume II, including large fold-out maps at rear of each volume. Stated copy 21 of 60. (Sutcliffe, 10) Signed on the foreword by Prince Albert as Colonel of the Regiment. Upon the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, Prince Albert would ascend to the British throne as King George VI. Signed by Prince Albert, the future King George VI, this is the limited edition of The History of the Scots Guards by Major-General Frederick Maurice. (illustrator). Signed.…

Disbound. Contemp. signature of N. Murray on title. (2), 62pp. Edition statement at head of title. Major Hogan claimed that he had been passed over for promotion in consequence of refusing to meet the demands of the Duke's former mistress, Mary Anne Clarke. It had been widely rumoured that Mrs Clarke had used her influence over the duke to secure commissions for financial inducements.…

0. Sprache: Deutschu.

Titlepage a little spotted. Disbound. (2), 140pp. In defence of the Duke.

Final ad. leaf. Disbound. Contemp. signature of N. Murray on title. 54, (2)pp. Edition statement at head of title. Refuting Hogan's accusations.

See Beckett's entry in the History of Parliament, according to which he held the position of Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs from 1806 to 1817. 1p, foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased at the foot, with strip of discoloration at the head. Folded twice into a packet. Addressed to 'Colonel Torrens'. (Torrens was a British Army officer, economist, editor of the Globe newspaper and an influential figure in the colonization of Australia.) Reads: 'Sir, / Your Letter to Mr Peel [the future Tory prime minister Sir Robert Peel, then Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies] of the 24th. Instant having been referred to this Office and laid before Mr Secretary Ryder, [i.e. Home Secretary Richard Ryder] I am directed to acquaint you, that as Mr Ryder has in no instance granted a Cartel Passage to aliens going to France since the Regulation was established confining them to certain Cases connected with the Public Service, He is induced to hope that H: R: H The Commander in Chief [Prince Frederick, Duke of York] will wave his recommendation in favor of Mr Sonnenberg / I am &c / J Beckett'. …

Half title; faulty impression on p.3 with 2 words supplied in pencil. Disbound. Signature of C. Stather 10 April 1809 at head of text. Renier signature. (iii), 44pp. Not in BL. Not listed on Coapc or OCLC. A strong defence of the Duke's character. 'I will not for a moment believe that his royal highness is not an honourable man; the second son of our august sovereign may. be liable to the treacherous allurements of interested persons, and that his character in consequence may have suffered.'.…

FIRST EDITION. Disbound. (2), 53pp. In defence of the 'undeservedly attacked [and] ungenerously abandoned' Duke.