minto countess (26 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 436 Pages.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zustand: Good. General wear to boards with marks. Content mainly clean with even toning. No DJ.

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

Zustand: Fair. 1874. No Edition Remarks. 437 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Volume III of III. Rough-cut and uncut pages. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked, exposing netting and causing boards to be loose; much lighter to gutters. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Physical description; viii, 447 p. fold. map, plates, ports. 23 cm. Subjects; India History 20th century. Great Britain Colonies Asia Administration. Great Britain Colonies Asia History 20th century. India Politics and government 1857-1919. Great Britain Colonies India. India History British occupation, 1765-1947. India Politics and government 1857-1919. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good used hardback copy. Nodustjacket. xiii, 447pp, foldout map, b/w illustrations. Book.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket.viii, 447pp, b/w plates. Previous owner's name inside cover. Book.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket.viii, 447pp, b/w plates. Previous owner's name inside cover. Book.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Three volumes, 8vo, bound in half-leather blue cloth, with raised bands and gilt lettering, stamp and decorations to spines. Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, library stickers to endpapers. All volumes show moderate exterior wear but are otherwise in good external condition. Internally all volumes are securely bound and pages are toned but clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2300grams, ISBN:

Hardback. 447pp London 1934. Very good.

Hardcover. 8vo, 20.5cm, xv,436, (1)pp., folding facsimile letter, appendices, brown cloth, gilt spine title & ruled border on front, some cloth bubbling and some slight wear at the edges else good to very good copy (B3). - Based on his correspondence, a biography of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), a member of the Scottish border family which held the earldom of Minto from 1813. The book was written by his granddaughter. In British Foreign Affairs, Elliot served in Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Naples at critical times in European history that are reflected in the correspondence. . His descendant, the 4th Earl of Minto, was the Governor-General of Canada from 1898 to 1904.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 4to. Light brown 1/2 leather binding with 1/2 blue marbled boards. Raised bands with gilt lettering and black strips on backstrip. Blue marled end pages and pageblock edges. Front and back hinge splits. Frontispiece map. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully bound memoir of British diplomat and colonial governor, Hugh Elliot. First thus, the first edition of this work, of which much of the information was privately printed several years before. With the errata leaf to the rear. In a Riviere & Son binding, with the binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper. This work delves into the life and career of Hugh Elliot. This work contains private letters and notes of Elliot which have been expanded upon to give a wider picture of his diplomatic missions and public affairs. With a facsimile letter from the Queen of Naples to Elliot to page 341. Collated, complete. High Elliot had an illustrious political career holding roles such as the British ambassador to Frederick the Great in Prussia, held office in Copenhagan and was the British ambassador to the Electorate of Saxony in Dresden. These are just a few of the many roles held by Elliot. With the bookplate of William Wickham to the front pastedown. Possibly the William Wickham who was MP for Petersfield and High Sheriff of Hampshire. In a half straight-grained morocco binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Some light shelfwear to the raised bands. Bookplate to the front pastedown, William Wickham. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Occasional scattered spots, heavier to the folding facsimile letter. Very Good Indeed. book.

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and folding coloured map; blue buckram, Elliot family crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, blue top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION CPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. 'With affectionate and heartfelt gratitude to Eva Bell whose expert knowledge, so ungrudgingly given, has been of invaluable assistance in compiling this record of five eventful years of Indian history'. A scarce and important presentation copy.

The collection in good condition, with all but one of the six items carrying ring-binder punch holes. Item One, Articles of Agreement: Foolscap bifolium, 3 pp. Dated 16 September 1904. Printed seventeen-point agreement in the form of a manuscript facsimile. Signed by Johnson, Sir John Edge and Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley, and witnessed by 'W. Watson | R[oyal]. G[ardens] Kew' and 'Frank R. Marten | India Office'. Items Two and Three both with mourning border on letterhead of Minto House, Hawick. Item Two, Mary Countess of Minto ('M Minto') to Johnson. 4to: 1 p. 14 September 1914. She is enclosing 'a testimonial as to the work you did for us in India. I hope very sincerely that you will obtain some good position in Australia, or in some Native State'. She is glad he is 'so much stronger in health', and thinks he is 'quite right not to risk remaining in England throughout the winter, which we all feel very tiring after living for some years in India'. Item Three, Countess of Minto's testimonial, 14 September 1914. 'Mr. J. T. Johnson did a good deal of work at the Government House Gardens, Calcutta andn Barrackpore while Lord and Lady Minto were in India.' Praises his 'throrough knowledge of his work', 'skill and efficiency'. Item Four, Cecil Allanson to Johnson, 'Govt. of India Camp | Coronation Durbar 27/12/11'. Folio, 1 p. Writing 'to say goodbye and to thank you for the very excellent work you put in at Delhi and Calcutta on behalf of the Government of India and Bengal Camps'. He is recommending him 'very strongly indeed for the Durbar medal which you should get without doubt'. Offers to send him 'some small memento of the durbar'. Item Five, Allanson's testimonial. Folio, 1 p. 'He had very limited funds, andn a large area of very difficult ground. He did the whole of this work to my complete satisfaction and in my belief no one in India could have done it better.' Allanson 'formed the very highest opinion of Mr. Johnson's capacity not only as a horticulturalist but as a business man.' Item Six. 4to, 1 p. Invitation to a dinner on 22 December 1935 for Johnson and his wife, headed 'The Viceroy's House, Calcutta', from the Viceroy & The Countess of Willingdon.