mrs gill (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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

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

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

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 138 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 80 pp.: illustrated (mostly in color); 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0881621714; 9780881621716 LCCN: 85-62899 ; OCLC: 13855209 ; LC: SB453 ; green cloth with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; The aim of this book is to show what can be achieved i n a small space, what types of plants can be grown and how to create different effects by the judicious use of hardware such as paving, cobbles, walls, ornaments and lighting. ; VG/VG. Book.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, surface abrasion to front pastedown following removal of a bookplate but o/w a very good tightly bound copy, text clean and unmarked, map, liv + 285pp. Scarce interesting account of the British possession which lies 1,00 miles of the coast of Africa.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Small Stamp Mark. Publication of 285 pages and 32 pages General List of works. Bookplate from the previous owner. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. Now protected with a cellophane cover. In good condition considering the age of the book 1878. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. the boards have been professionally re-cased retaining most of the original front and rear boards and the spine. new end papers. it is now very sturdy and attractive. the map is present. age related marks and a previous owner's neat signature and book plate under the front board. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

With a Map. liv, 285pp. 8vo. With a Map. liv, 285pp. 8vo. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars, which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. Bound in three quarters modern brown polished calf and marbled boards, red leather title label. Fine.

Zustand: Very good. 1880, London, John Murray, second edition, ppliv + 285 + 32 publisher's catalogue, black and white map frontispiece, brown decorated cloth, containing a substantial introduction by David Gill. David Gill, later Sir David, (1843-1914), astronomer, was the eldest son of David Gill (1789-1878), a watchmaker with a well-established business in Aberdeen. He was educated at Dollar Academy and at Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he was inspired by the lectures of James Clerk Maxwell. He was apprenticed as a watchmaker and became a competent maker of watches and scientific equipment. At the age of twenty he became interested in astronomy and having equipped himself with instruments, some made by himself, he came to the notice of astronomy professionals after taking some long-exposure astronomical photographs of the moon. In 1870 Gill married Isobel Sara (1849-1919). Two years later the opportunity came to devote his time exclusively to scientific pursuits when he undertook the management of a private observatory that Lord Lindsay was setting up on his country estate. After an expedition to the island of Mauritius to observe the transit of Venus in December 1874, Gill undertook a further expedition to the island of Ascension in order to measure the distance of Mars in 1877, using the same techniques as he had used on Mauritius. On this expedition he was accompanied by his wife, who published this interesting account of their experience (the first edition was published 1878). The expedition was a great success, the sun's distance being determined with much greater accuracy than previously. This work earned Gill the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1882. He was later appointed Her Majesty's astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained for 28 years; elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1883 and created KCB in 1900. The Royal Astronomical Society awarded him his second gold medal in 1908 and chose him as president for the period 1910-12.