j suffolk (18 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Exhibition Edition. 9.75 X 0.8 X 10.75 inches; 192 pages; color and B&W photographs throughout the book. Some rubbing discoloration on the front spine joint. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Fourth edition. 6 x 7 3/4 inches. xii, 439 pages. Condition is Very Good; wear to spine ends, leather torn at top of spine edge 2 inches, light to moderate foxing on pages, text unmarked, binding tight. Sport RGR.

Illustrated Brown Cloth. Zustand: Good. J Sturgess (illustrator). Fourth Edition. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES Fourth edition, thoroughly revised, xii, 439pp, illustrated with black & white drawings in the text, colour frontispiece plate has tissue, patterned endpapers with neat bookplate to pastedown, pale foxing to edges and throughout internally, illustrated brown cloth with white and black, fold marks to front endpaper and title page otherwise a good sound copy. Size: 7.75 x 5.25 Inches. Sports.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good. J. Sturgess (illustrator). Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end; Hardback. Decorative Brown boards with gilt & black titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 5½" (1.3 kg); pp (xii) 440; Index; In the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes series; Includes: 4pp. publisher's list; Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197708 ||.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library Hardback with illustrated boards, no DJ. Officially withdrawn with usual library stamps and markings. John Milton - Areopagitica published in 1968 by University Tutorial Press Ltd., London. A good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-5E*.

Zustand: New. Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This Very Short Introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution the experience of war and.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. 10.75x9.75x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. The boards are edge worn with scuffing and light marks along the edges. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front paste down. Small ink mark on the front end page. There are no other ink inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decorated russet cloth covers, gilt and two-tone lettering and rider to the spine, black background illustration and navy and white lettering to the upper panel, publishers light green and white swan and sail illustrated lining papers. 8vo 7¾'' x 6'' (xiii)-blank, 423 pp. Full and part-page monochrome illustrations and engravings throughout by G. D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allen. Rubbed mark to the front fore edge, foxing to the end papers, rubbing across the spine ends and corners and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Polo].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Scribner's 1928. No jacket. Top and bottom spine edges quite frayed, otherwise moderate external wear. Clean pages, firm binding. A little edge foxing. Owner bookplate inside front cover.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. J Sturgess (illustrator). The third edition of this work concerning racing and steeple-chasing from the Badminton Library series, with illustrations by John Sturgess. The third edition of this work, a comprehensive guide to racing and steeplechasing. In the Badminton Library series, a sporting project aiming to cover all major sports and pastimes, edited by Henry Somerset.The racing part was written by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and W G Craven, while the steeple-chasing part was written by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E T Watson. With a general history and the development of the two sports, and chapters focused on rules, races, betting, and more.Illustrated in text throughout by John Sturgess.A special copy signed Charles Kemeys-Tynte April 1892, Eton College, and A C James. Tynte was a British aristocrat and Justice of the Peace, son of Halswell Milborne Kemeys-Tynte and 8th Baron Wharton JP. This volume is heavily inscribed to the front free endpaper and its verso, to the imprint page, and the verso of the title page with much information on some horse races. Some interesting entries such as 'On Aug 25 1804 Captain William Flint (White) beat Mrs. Thornton riding side saddle in a dress of buffalo leopard colour, blue sleeves and cap over the Knavsmire. Much unpleasantness followed - Col. Thornton applied in the King Bench for a criminal information against Captain Flint for challenging him to a duel and for horsewhipping him on the race ground at York the summer after the match took place.' In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, minor soiling to the boards. Previous ownership signature Charles Kemeys-Tynte April 1892, Eton College, and A C James. With previous owners' inscriptions to the front free endpaper and its verso, to the imprint page, and the verso of the title page with much information on some horse races. Internally, firmly bound. With some offsetting to the lower margin possibly due to a minor damp damage. Illustrated in text throughout by John Sturgess. Good. book.

Zustand: Good. 1891, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., ppxiii + 423, black and white illustrations by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.

Zustand: Very good. 1906, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., new edition, ppxii + 391 + (iv), black and white illustrations by J. Sturgess, J. Charlton, G.D. Giles and A.C. Sealy, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.

Zustand: Good. 1895, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., third edition, ppxiv + 448, black and white illustrations by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.

Half-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Finely bound in half leather by Hatchards of Picadilly. Dark blue morocco spine and corners, with gilt ruled borders.Five raised bands on the spine, gilt title lettering, and date, with sporting emblems decorating four compartments.Top edge gilt.Ochre cloth boards, and marbled endpapers.xiii,423 pages. With numerous illustrations by G.D.Giles,Frank Dadd and J.Stuart Allan. 5.5 X 7.5 inches.There are some very few scuffs and rubbing to the leather here and there. Browning to fore edge, and some spotting to first and final pages with offsetting to endpapers. Original owner's ex libris leather gilt lettered label on the front pastedown.Very good copy, pages mostly very clean throughout, with a very sound and solid binding.

See E. A. H. Webb, 'History of the 12th (The Suffolk) Regiment, 1685-1913' (1914). Picton was the uncle of 'the illustrious Picton', Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815), who was his sole executor and residuary legatee. The year of Picton's birth is variously reported, but the Monthly Magazine, December 1811, is among several sources reporting his death in Bond Street at the age of 87. 4pp, folio. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and with closed tears along the three fold lines. Endorsed on reverse of second leaf: '12th. Regiment of Infantry | General William Picton | to J: N & B: Pearse | Assignment Offreckonings | From 6th July 1800: | To 5th July 1801 | For £3825: 5s: 4d'. Beneath this, in another hand: 'Entered at the Board of General Officers | J: Johnson' and in a third hand: 'Entd. In the Office of the Paymr. General. | Henry Harmood.' The page also carries a statement of the accounts, with four entries, with the total of £3825 5s 4d over '365 days'. The document proper is on the recto of the first leaf, written out in a secretarial hand, and signed at the foot by 'William Picton.' with his chipped seal in red wax at bottom right. Witnessed by 'J. C. Pleydell' and 'Alexr Cumming'. It is addressed by 'William Picton General in the Army, & Colonel of the 12th Regiment of Foot', to 'Messrs: John, Nicholas, & Brice Pearse, of Lothbury, in the City of London' (according to the article on John Pearse in the History of Parliament, his firm 'operated as Blackwell Hall factors at 41 Lothbury and as army clothiers at 98 Long Acre'). The document is intended for 'the Right Honourable Thomas Steele & George Canning, joint Paymaster's [sic] general of His Majesty's Forces'. Giving the total of 'all the Offreckonings [sic] of all and Singular, the Serjeants, Corporals, Drummers, Fifers, and Private Men, of, and belonging to the 12th Regiment of Foot, under my Command'. On the reverse of the first leaf: 'Entered in the Office for Inditing the Public Accounts the 3d December 1801 | Thos Gibbes'. Covering the whole of the recto of the second leaf is a communication, dated 18 November 1801, 'To | The Paymaster General of His Majestys Forces, or the Paymaster General for the time being', signed by three 'General Officers of the Clothing Board': 'Wm. Fawcett Genl. | G: Hotham Lt Genl. | D. Dundas [Lt?]'. (Fawcett (1727-1804) had been Adjutant-General to the Forces, and at the time of writing was Governor of Chelsea Hospital. After a distinguished military career Dundas (1735-1820) would serve as s Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1809 to 1811. Lt-Col. George Hotham was elder brother of the distinguished admiral Sir William Hotham (later Lord Hotham).) The letter states that, further to a letter from the Secretary at War, the Clothing Board have 'passed and allowed' the offreckonings, 'without requiring the usual Certificate of the View of the said Clothing'.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged, with traces of glue from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded three times. The recipient is not named, but is clearly a book illustrator, and the letter provides an interesting view of the practices of book illustrators and engravers in Victorian London. Whymper begins by stating that he is sorry to have missed his 'Call', and to have been 'equally unfortunate this afternoon', when he left at his house 'Two pieces of wood & a little book I want you (if convent [sic]) to make me a Front[ispiece]. for by Thursday Morng. The subject to be from Page 10. where the stranger (who really is her father) plants the rose tree for her on her mothers grave. The Author has supplied me with a rough sketch (enclosed), as to the kind of scene wished. but which you are no further to be bound by than merely that it is chiefly wished to be a more landscape subject figures small. it shd be towards evening with a view over valley and on end of church as given otherwise you can alter. compose and make a pretty subject of it as you always do'. With reference to the future Sir John Gilbert he reports that 'Gilbert has done the vignettes for I did not know of yr return and I have left one at yr house that you may avoid any disparity in figures'. He has been 'daily expecting to call' on him, or he would have thanked him for his letter, and for 'leaving Hardings book for me'. The book is 'a great treat', which he wants to read 'with some diligence to read learn and inwardly digest it'. He wants to see what the recipient has 'done in the North', and hopes that he has 'returned invigorated'. He suggests a time when he will call, if he does not hear from him.