Macdonald sir john (19 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Pages lightly toned, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a faint crease on the front panel. A collection of 24 crime stories by: Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dashiell Hammett, P.D. James, John D. MacDonald, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, W. Somerset Maugham, Dorothy L. Sayers, Avram Davidson, Edgar Allan Poe, G. K. Chesterton, and more.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine antique lithograph. Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase a decorative and attractive portrait. c.1900.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine portrait of this eminent personage. Mounted and ready to frame. Excellent condition. A fine opportunity to purchase a splendid coloured litho portrait. Very detailed and decorative and somewhat uncommon.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine portrait of this eminent personage. Mounted and ready to frame. Excellent condition. A fine opportunity to purchase a splendid coloured litho portrait. Very detailed and decorative and somewhat uncommon.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original lithograph portrait, dated 1881. Mounted and ready to frame, this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase this splendid portrait, very detailed and with fine colouring. With biographical text.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 4° - 200pp - Color & B/w reproductions. Second edition, text in English language. Original Binding. In Fine condition.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: Aircraft Carrier to Africa; Fighting French Back Their First Film of the War; Incident in the Channel - The Air-Sea Rescue Service Saves Wrecked Aircraft; A new Dance is Born - The Panamericana Dance - with photos of Betty Grable and Cesar Romero dancing; Tom Wintringham Stands For Parliament; Men at Work - photos of soldiers doing hard physical work; Two New Life-Savers - U.S. Waacs find new way to make stretcher floats; Individualists - article with photos of Sir Ernest Benn, Viscount Leverhulme, Collin Brooks, W.W. Paine, Dr. C.K. Allen, Donovan Touche, and Sir Frederick Hamilton; Flying Wrens Test Radio Equipment; Petain - The Last Word; Bird's Custard ad on back cover; Many more nostalgic ads; and more. 28 pages. Complete with moderate wear. Rubber stamp atop front cover and page 3. A sound example of this vintage WW II-era issue.; Folio.…

First edition. 8vo., x, 603 pp., lacks half title, very large folding engraved map laid on fine linen, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a very good copy. Scarce. Kinneir had served in the Madras infantry and was later attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission in Persia in 1808-1809. In 1813 he set out for India travelling overland via Vienna and Constantinople, crossing Asia Minor and visiting Cyprus. Thence he crossed back over Asia Minor to the Black Sea and Trebizond, continuing thorough Armenia to the headwaters of the Tigris at Mosul, reaching Bombay in 1814. Blackmer 914; Cobham-Jeffrey p31; Navari, Cyprus, I, 282; cf Atabey 636 (later French ed.). Not in Koç I.…

4to. pp. 1 with integral blank. (horizontal & vertical folds). with initialed free-franked cover. Reading: "I beg leave to state that in my opinion you, as Registrar of Montreal, are an officer of the Local Government, and that by such Local Government your securities are to be approved." Over the course of many years MacDonald supported George Herman Ryland, Registrar of Montreal and former Clerk of the Executive Council for the Province of Lower Canada, in his efforts to obtain financial compensation from the government. Ryland's claim was based on a promise made to him by Lord Sydenham, the first Governor-General of the United Province of Canada (1841). At the time of this letter Macdonald held the portfolio of Minister of Justice and was in the second year of his first term as Prime Minister.…

8vo. pp. 2 p.l., with integral blank (horizontal & vertical folds). Reading: "I have done what I could, and have not yet been able to persuade Council to dispose of the matter. I will try again when we re-assemble at Ottawa.you will have early opportunities of seeing [Alexander Tilloch] Galt [Minister of Finance] with whom the initiative in money matters rests.". Over the course of many years MacDonald supported George Herman Ryland, Registrar of Montreal and former Clerk of the Executive Council for the Province of Lower Canada, in his efforts to obtain financial compensation from the government. Ryland's claim was based on a promise made to him by Lord Sydenham, the first Governor-General of the United Province of Canada (1841). At the time Macdonald was attorney-general for Canada West.…

8vo. pp. 2 with integral blank. (horizontal & vertical folds). Reading: "There should be a presentation from the County Judge Mr. Fairfield who is ex officio Chairman of Quarter Sessions of the prevalence of the crime of maiming & shooting cattle in Prince Edward and a recommendation that a reward should be offered. This reward can only be offered for some specific act of killing & maiming & which should be deposed before the judge or some J.P. Rewards are at present only offered in Cases of Homicide or Arson.". At the time Macdonald was attorney-general for Canada West.…

8vo. pp. 1, with integral blank. (horizontal & vertical folds). With initialed cover, with seal & note mentioning an enclosure from the Duke of Argyll which is not present. Reading: "I enclose you the Duke of Argyll's letter and am glad to learn that there is some prospect of your long standing claims being adjusted. I shall take an early opportunity of enquiring as to the appt. of the other arbitrators." Over the course of many years MacDonald supported George Herman Ryland, Registrar of Montreal and former Clerk of the Executive Council for the Province of Lower Canada, in his efforts to obtain financial compensation from the government. Ryland's claim was based on a promise made to him by Lord Sydenham, the first Governor-General of the United Province of Canada (1841). At the time of this letter Macdonald was attorney-general for Canada West. George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, a British Liberal politician who served as Lord Privy Seal (1852 and 1855) in the cabinet of Lord Aberdeen, and then as Postmaster General (1855-58) in Lord Palmerston's first cabinet, was a leading supporter of Ryland's case for financial compensation from the British Government. His son, the 9th Duke, best known as Marquess of Lorne, was Governor-General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.…