lieut chas (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Good Plus. 1st Edition. First printing. Red buckram binding. All page edges gilt. Boards have damp staining to outer edges and a few marks. Good solid binding. Foxing to page edges, verso of front free endpaper and frontis tissue guard. Clean text throughout. Frontis photograph of the author. Recent owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 124, ix.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. J.S. Virtue & Co Ltd London nd VG- (navy blue cloth w title in gilt on spine and front board, all front boards have col flag, spines sl dull and vol 3 has marks, head and foot of spines bumped and chipped, edges gilt, boards are sl shaky, some foxing, most illus are tissue protected though some tissue torn or missing) very heavy set extra postage will be required.

Zustand: Good. 2 vols. Not dated C. 1894 Complete in library rebinds (red cloth). Text and illustrations clean. An odd finger mark to margins. Library marks are inobtrusive (front pate-down and verso of title only) Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pp.267 .Engraved frontispiece plate of Pallas, 33 plates, hand coloured from nature, Memoir of Pallas. Bound in original plum cloth, remains of paper label to spine. Contents good and tight, , original green endpapers unmarked, small plate from the Williamson Library Abernethy to the front pastedown. There are several stamps to the page margins and two plates with stamp to the page edge, no inscriptions. A very good copy with wonderful hand coloured plates frustratingly scared by the library ! Size: 12mo. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Unknown (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of insightful memories from a British officer serving in the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Roncesvalles, and insights into Napoleonic combat decision-making. Reminiscences of My Military Life: From 1795-1818, the first edition of an insightful account of a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War, written by Lieutenant Colonel Chas. Steevens, and edited by his son Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Steevens. Published by Warren and Son in 1878.In the decorative publisher's original red cloth, with a frontispiece of Steevens.Serving during a period when Britain were heavily involved within the Napoleonic Wars, and Steevens was particularly active in the Peninsular War, fighting at Roncesvalles. A retrospective account written years after his service, Steevens's inclusion are noteworthy for the intriguing insights that an officer remembers long after their service, including on fellow officers and combat decision-making. In the decorative publisher's original red cloth. Externally, smart, with faint fading marks to the spine and joints, and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Black end papers are clean, with minor fading spots to rear end paper extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spotting to verso of blank and frontispiece. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two plates missing in Volume I. Gutters broken at endpapers on all volumes. Spines faded. A few marks to boards. Several small 1/4" tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine and edges of boards. 1/2" chips to cloth at corners of Volume II. Larger 2/3" circular chip to spine cloth on Volume II. Plates fairly clean, many with two or three spots of foxing to the margins. Tissue guards present to plates. Overall a reasonably attractive set in the original cloth, but lacking 2 of the 43 plates.; No date [c. 1890]. Three volumes. 41 only of 43 chromolithograph plates + 3 chromolithograph title page vignettes. (Two plates missing from Volume I). Illustrated blue cloth boards. Decorative gilt "rope" lettering on front boards. All page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 277 x 214mm.; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 24 chromo lithographs, 24 ship portraits and coloured vignettes to titles. 3 vols. in original 6 parts with no stamps or labels. Blue cloth embossed and mostly very good, but for some wear at top of div I and div III. Gilt edges bright. Some tannig to edges of plates. Pages slightly toned but bright.

W. H. Lizars. 1839, 1840. In Two Volumes. First edition. Small 8vo. Uniformly bound in half tan calf gilt. Marbled boards. Vol. I: Frontis., engraved vignette title page displaying two St. Bernards saving a man in the snow. General series title page and specific title page - Dogs. 267 pages. 33 hand-coloured plates. Vol II: Frontis., vignette title portraying a little terrier "Fury". Specific title page Dogs. Vol. II. 299 pages plus [2]pages errata. 38 hand-coloured plates. Pages browned. Small ownership stamped name. Boards a little rubbed. A very clean and sound set. SCARCE.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Six volumes, all edges gilt. Navy blue, with rope design in red on boards. Bumping to corners. Minor rubbing to extremities. Tight, bright set with colour plates present.

46 chromolithographic plates. 3 vols. 4to. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco. Lower boards and spines of two volumes loose, rubbed. Ex-library, with punch stamps at the top edge of each plate, intruding into the images 46 chromolithographic plates. 3 vols. 4to.

Zustand: Good. Div. III. No date, circa 1890, black covers with gilt title on spine, red title on front cover, no dustjacket, tear to cover, very top of spine, general shelfwear to covers and extremities, light foxing to plates, contents fine.