Henry tyrell (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. 16mo. n.d.Backstrip missing. Boards detached but present. Spotting plate of nelson torn. Book.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Publication Date Unknown, circa 1900; brown cloth over boards with black leather corners and spine; covers are marked/discolored; leather is rubbed, and edge are worn; no jacket; front interior hinge is cracked; all edges gilt; some toning to page, but text is unmarked; 484 pages; illustrated by portraits engraved on steel; 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; Additional shipping charges may be required for International and Expedited orders.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 'from the Commencement of the Great French Revolution to the Present Time.including Our Indian Campaigns, and the Present Expedition against Russian Aggression in the East'. No date but c. 1880. Six volumes bound as three, including Lieut-Colonel Williams' account of Britain's military history from French revolution ( Vols. I-III) and Tyrell's 'The History of the War with Russia: Giving Full details of the operations of the allied armies'. (Vols IV to VI). Generously illustrated with numerous b/w steel engraved plates, with decorated borders, and maps, some with colour. Half leather with marbled boards and matching marbling to page edges and end-papers. 4to. Rubbing to edges of leather. Some scuffs to marbled boards. Tanning to page edges. Sporadic foxing within. Bindings sound. Good overall. *Due to size and weight, extra shipping will apply to overseas orders*.…

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 3 volume set, half-leather, quarto. 3 volume set. volumes one & three have weak/splitting hinges, volume two remains tight, foxing, worn and scuffed leather and buckram boards, no marks to the text, fold-out maps, Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Leather. 4to. London Printing and Publishing Co, London, UK. No Date (ca 1855-58). 3 vols. Volume 1: 383 pgs, Volume 2: 380 pgs, Volume 3: 338 pgs plus 34 pgs chronological precis of the events of the war & index. , Illustrated with steel engravings, maps. Text in double column. Bound in 3/4 leather with marble papers covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Spine rebacked. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (portions of the boards are chipped and the paper is entirely worn off). No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Crimean War was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance made up of France, the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom and Sardinia. The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Roman Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at the Ottoman Empire's expense. The war stood out for its "notoriously incompetent international butchery". E-067.…