G eorge w illiam (16 Ergebnisse)

(21 x 14 cm). 72 S. Mit Abbildungen und 2 Tafeln. Original-Leinwandband. U.a. mit Kapitel über comedy magic, kiddies magic, magical miscellany und magical novelties. - Gut erhalten.

(22,5 x 14,5 cm). XXXVI, 224, 12 S./ IX, 206, 27 S./ XV, 274, 4 S./ XIV, 194, 4 S./ XXI, 300 (2) 6 S. Mit 167 teils farbig lithographierten Tafeln, jeweils mit 1 Seite Tafelerklärungen. Moderne Leinwandbände mit Kopfgoldschnitt. Erste Ausgabe. - William West (1848-1914) "became lecturer of botany at Bradford Technical College. In 1897, he was elected to the Fellow of the Linnean Society, and played an active role for the British Association. His studies did become more specialised, focusing on freshwater algae with his son George. Over the next two years, the two Wests became experts, and eventually published the 'Monograph of the British Desmidiaceae'. Nearing the end of West's working life, he began studying ecology of cryptograms" (Plantspedia). - Titel mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk. Tafeln teils leicht gelockert und Vorsätze mit kleinen Klebeflecken, sonst gut erhalten. - Stafleu-Cowan 17238.…

Oblong octavo. Original publisher's dark brown cloth-backed printed boards. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3 (plot, setting, and costumes), 4 (music tempo and notes), [5]-64 pp. Boards slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; joints split. Minor browning and foxing. First Edition.

8vo. pp. viii, 88. engraved title & 9 engraved plates. woodcut text illus. Untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth (foxing & browning to plates, title & following leaf). Third Edition, with additional prefatory remarks dated July 1847, wherein the author explains why he has made no additions to the text and why he has not discarded present names of ferns and adopted more ancient or other ones. First published in 1837 with seven plates. Freeman 1259.…

8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 207. originally blind-stamped cloth (bit spotted, printing flaw on p. 58 with loss of headline & words on two lines). First Edition, probably first issue. Sir Brenton Halliburton [1755-1860], chief justice of Nova Scotia (1833-60), was born in Rhode Island, the son of John Halliburton, a loyalist who settled in Nova Scotia during the American Revolution. Sabin 31820. cfTPL 4325 & cfMorley p. 103 (with 47p. appendix).…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 348, 32(index). text in double columns. a few text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked (margins of outer leaves chipped with several short tears). Third Edition.

8vo. viii, 120. 10 lithographed plates. A nice copy in original cloth (head of spine frayed). First Edition.

EA; ca 20x13 cm; XVI, 540 Seiten mit 1 gefalteten Karte; Kartoneinband d. Zt. mit Rückenschild (Einband etwas berieben und bestoßen, vereinzelt minimalst braunfleckig; Reihentitel nicht mit eingebunden [wenn es zu dieser Ausgabe überhaupt einen gegeben hat - der Reihentitel ist aus der Einleitung ersichtlich]; gutes Exemplar) Browne reiste 1792 von Alexandria aus nach Siwa, anschlie0end zum Wadi Natrun und betrat als erster Europäer . Darfur, das vorher nur dem Namen nach bekannt war (Henze). Reihe: Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen, Band 1. Kein Versand nach Frankreich.…

6 Volumes. 8vo. 73 plates (some folding; incl. facsimiles & maps 2 of the maps very large, folding & in colour). 6 folding tables. biblio. of over 160pp. Uncut in original gilt-stamped cloth (scuffed, cloth of front cover & front endleaves of vol. III replaced, most inner hinges cracked 1 very weak, foxing to photogravure plates & neighbouring leaves). First Edition of this valuable collection of source material. Included are portraits of the principal characters on both sides in addition to numerous other plates, facsimiles of maps, plans and documents, sixteen previously unpublished documents, now printed verbatim, and a one-hundred-page bibliography of over 2,000 items. Dionne III 2728. …

(26,5 x 22 cm). SS. 308-335. Moderne Broschur. (Aus: Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society). Erste Ausgabe. - "His contribution to approximation theory is honoured in the designation Horner's method, in particular respect of a paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for 1819" (Wikipedia). - Rechte untere Ecke der ersten beiden Blätter mit kleiner Fehlstelle (weit außerhalb des Textes), sonst gut erhalten.…

First Edition. First edition, demy 4to, pp. xvi, [2], 506; 78 plates (4 folding and in color); light foxing in the margins, but generally a very good, sound copy or better in original gilt-stamped decorative red cloth, t.e.g.

8vo. (21 x 12.5 cm). pp. vi + 84 + adverts and errata [1]. Contemporary half black morocco over grey morocco boards, gilt ruled spine with gilt lettering, red sprinkled edges. Engraved frontispiece and 17 engraved plates. A very good copy. 'Manby, George William (17651854), inventor, was born at Denver, near Downham Market, Norfolk, on 28 November 1765, the son of Matthew Pepper Manby, a captain in the Welch fusiliers. Thomas Manby (17691834) was his younger brother. He attended a school at Downham, kept by Thomas Nooks and William Chatham. He then attended school at Bromley, Kent, studying under Reuben Burrow, then teacher of mathematics in the military drawing-room at the Tower. After a short time he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, but because of a delay in obtaining a commission in the artillery he joined the Cambridgeshire militia, eventually attaining the rank of captain. Manby married, in 1793, the only daughter of a Dr Preston, and went to live near Denver, but in 1801 domestic problems caused him to leave home and settle at Clifton, near Bristol. Here he devoted himself to literary pursuits and in 1801 he published The History and Antiquities of St David's, followed by Sketches of the History and Natural Beauties of Clifton (1802) and A Guide from Clifton to the Counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan (1802), all of which were illustrated by engravings from his own drawings. In 1803 Manby wrote a pamphlet entitled An Englishman's Reflexions on the Author of the Present Disturbances, in which he dealt with the threatened invasion of England by Napoleon. This work attracted the notice of Charles Yorke, then secretary of war, and in August of the same year Manby was appointed barrack-master at Great Yarmouth.' (ODNB) Manby's great love for Clifton is exhibited throughout this work, which includes sketches and maps of Clifton, as well as frequent quotations from Romantic poets to describe the city's beauties. In the dedication of the work he writes: 'When Clifton becomes the object of my choice, I am not insensible of the difficulties of the undertaking; from a knowledge of my own incompetency, and from the scanty materials in my possession to trace the histories of those primitive fortresses, which are left as monuments to perpetuate the renown of their once antient occupiers, who by unanimity, and sentiment of patriotism, could humiliate every nation, render themselves invincible, and fix a lasting impression on posterity.' (iii) (Abbey Scenery, 100).…

St Paul's from Blackfriars Engraving aquatint, original hand colour. A view of St Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars Bridge. The cathedral is in shadow, but the bridge and river are bathed in sunlight. The view is dedicated to Thomas Smith, the Lord Mayor of London for the year 1809, from the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. William James Bennett (1787 1844) was a British painter and engraver, active in the United States from 1816. He was a founder member of the Associated Artists in Watercolour in 1808, and twelve years later was elected an Associate of the Water Colour Society. George Fennel Robson (1788-1833) was an English watercolour painter, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807. He was a member of the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolour, and was elected president in 1819 for a year. BM 1880,1113.1485; RIBA SC131/7. Image: 401 by 592mm (15.75 by 23.25 inches). Sheet: 530 by 713mm (20.75 by 28 inches).…

Rare chart of the North Carolina Coast, showing the towns of Newberne and Washington, extending north to south from Cape Fear to Cape Hatteras, inset charts of Cape Fear River from its entrance to Smithville, Beaufort Harbor, Cape Fear, Cape Lookout, Hatteras Shoals and, Bar & Roads of Occracock. A detailed blueback chart, oriented to the west. In good condition.…

Rare chart of the North Carolina Coast, showing the towns of Newberne and Washington. Blueback chart, oriented west, extending north to south from Cape Fear to Cape Hatteras, inset charts of Cape Fear River from its entrance to Smithville, Beaufort Harbor, Cape Fear, Cape Lookout, Hatteras Shoals and, Bar & Roads of Occracock.…

"Übers. u. mit Anmerk. versehen v. M. C. Sprengel. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar 1800 (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen, 1). XVI, 540 S. mit 1 gefalteten Kupferkarte. Ppbd. d. Zt. Alter Stempel und handschriftl. Eintrag auf Titelblatt. Ecken, Kanten und Gelenke berieben u. bestoßen. Innen sehr gut. (betrat) "als erster Europäer (.) Darfur, das vorher nur dem Namen nach bekannt war. (.) Durch B. erhielt man nun erste Aufschlüsse über die Verteilung der Siedlungen und deren Charakter, über den Jahresgang des Klimas, über die Vierfüßer, Vögel, Kriechtiere und Insekten des Landes, über dessen Mineralien und Pflanzen, über Regierungsform, Geschichte, Ackerbau, Handel, Sitten und Bräuche der Bewohner." (Henze I, 371 ff.). Seine Aufzeichnungen blieben bis zu den späteren Forschungen im 19. Jh. maßgeblich. "Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.".…