george frederick warner (2 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 8pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. A small booklet of sheet music including "By Thy Sign", "Praise Now Our Comrades Brave", "A Soldier's Prayer", "The Call of Duty", "Carry On", and "God Keep Our Regiment".

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Illustrated throughout with facsimile plates, present here are the first two volumes of the first series of this impressive publication from the New Palaeographical Society, bound in four volumes. A very scarce collection of publications from the New Palaeographical Society, with the first two volumes of the first series - bound in four volumes - present here, illustrated throughout with colour facsimile plates.The New Palaeographical Society was dedicated to the reproduction and study of ancient and medieval handwriting, providing high-quality facsimiles of significant manuscripts from across Europe.Present here are:First Series, Vol. 1, Part 1, 1903-1912, illustrated with fifty-four plates.First Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, illustrated with sixty-nine plates.Collated, complete.First Series, Vol. 2, Part 1, 1903-1912, illustrated with sixty-six platesFirst Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, illustrated with sixty-three plates.Collated, complete.With detailed photographic and lithographic plates, each accompanied by scholarly commentary explaining the script, historical context, and manuscript provenance.The aim of the Society was to support the study of palaeography - the historical development of handwriting -by offering accurate reproductions for academics, librarians, and collectors who lacked direct access to the original manuscripts. The facsimiles encompass a wide chronological and geographical range, including Latin, Greek, and vernacular texts from the early medieval to the early modern period. With the bookplate of the General Theological Seminary Library to the front pastedowns, and with their perforated stamp to first and final leaves of each volume.Edited by Edward Maunde Thompson; George Frederick Warner; Frederic George Kenyon; Julius Parnell Gilson et al. In the original cloth bindings. Handwritten library bindings to back strip tails. Light shelf wear to back strip tails, with back strips lightly age toned. Otherwise, externally smart. Front hinge of volume II, part II significantly strained and tenderly held. Front hinge of volume II, part I strained, with board a touch tender. Library labels to front and rear pastedowns. Front free endpaper of volume I and IV detached but present. Front hinge of volume IV strained and tenderly held. Internally, all volumes strained throughout, with two leaves detached and loosely inserted to volume I. Significant closed tear to one leaf of volume II. Perforated stamp to title page and final leaf of each volume. Pages bright, with light handling marks throughout. Good Only. book.