Munro j m h (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 12mo, red cloth binding with gilt lettering and bands on spine. Some general shelf wear, heavy discolouration/staining to boards, bumped corners. Red speckled page edges. Binding relatively firm. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

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. No dust jacket. Octavo, bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on backstrip. Pages are age toned, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed at corners, no inscriptions. xiv + 204 pages, portrait frontispiece, notes. Includes plays by J. M. Synge; John Drinkwater; Gordon Bottomley; Harold Brighouse; Eden Phillpotts; Thornton Wilder; Clifford Bax; John Galsworthy and Saki (H. H. Munro).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Large octavo, 240 pages. In Good plus condition. Beige dust jacket with blue lettering inside mylar cover. Substantial scuffing to jacket. Blue boards with gilt lettering. Bumping to spine and corners. Boards and binding are sturdy. Some scuffing to page block. Pages are clean. Shelved Rockville ND-M. 1415414. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Audio CD. Zustand: Sehr gut. Hülle mit kleinen Gebrauchspuren, CD Wie neu OM203F6 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 505.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. viii, 420 p. 26 cm. Blue cloth. Spine and parts of boards are faded. Corners slightly bumped and faint pink mark on top rear corner. Ink signature on front free endpaper. G&M 6311.1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. This handsome Glasgow University prize volume was awarded for Latin in 1893 and personally signed on the presentation label by George Gilbert Ramsay (1835-1921), the distinguished classical scholar and Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow. Ramsay occupied the chair from 1863 until 1906 and was also a keen mountaineer, becoming the first President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. The presentation label is completed in manuscript for Carolus [Charles] W. Thomson and personally signed "G.G. Ramsay L.H.P." by Ramsay. Bound in an attractive contemporary full calf prize binding by Maclehose of Glasgow. A particularly attractive edition of Horace, extensively illustrated from ancient engraved gems selected by Charles William King (1818-1888), the noted Victorian authority on classical gems and glyptics. The designs, reproduced at twice the size of the originals, provide visual counterparts to passages in Horace, with detailed notes at the rear identifying and discussing the individual gems and their sources. The Latin text was revised by the distinguished classical scholar H.A.J. Munro (1819-1885), best known for his important edition and translation of Lucretius. An unusual and scarce production, finely printed at the Chiswick Press. A particularly attractive volume, copiously illustrated with depictions of classical engraved gems. A scarce edition. One of a remarkable group of Glasgow University prize volumes awarded between 1889 and 1895 to Charles William Thomson (1871-.), a notably distinguished student who won fifteen University prizes and graduated M.A. Thomson subsequently pursued a prominent career in Scottish education, serving as Rector of several schools including Larkhall Academy, and was also an author and advocate of Scottish national interests. A founding member and later President of the Scottish Patriotic Association, he is best remembered for his substantial two-volume historical work Scotland's Work and Worth (1909-10). His identity and academic record have been confirmed from the matriculation, prize and General Council records held by the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. Q. Horatii Flacci Opera; Illustrated from Antique Gems by C.W. King, M.A. The Text Revised, with an Introduction by H.A.J. Munro, M.A. (both Fellows of Trinity College Cambridge). Published by Bell and Daldy, Covent Garden, London, 1869. First edition. Printed by The Chiswick Press, London. A very good (plus) full calf leather hardback with gilt Glasgow University roundel to front and top compartment of spine. With gilt and blind stamped borders to covers and elaborate gilt tooling to spine. Raised bands and gilt morocco title label. Some light scuffing and shelf wear to leather and wear to spine. Soundly bound. With marbled endpapers and matching marbled text block edges. A University prize presentation label to the front pastedown records the award to Carolus W. Thomson in the Latin class in 1893, and is personally signed "G.G. Ramsay L.H.P." by George Gilbert Ramsay, Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow. The text is bright and clear throughout, with just a few light spots to endpapers and occasional scattered mark. A few marginal pencil annotations to text. The engraved gems illustrations used throughout are drawn at double their actual size, and at the rear of the volume are full details about each one, and their source. A most attractive volume. Text in English and Latin. xxxiv + 456pp. Dimensions: approximately 228mm high x 160mm wide x 36mm deep. Weight: Approximately 1020g (unpacked). C.W. King, M.A. (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Gerald Green (1928-2019) was Constable No 2640 in the Police Mobile Force (PMF)'s Administration and Technical Company, Jenin (Nov 1946 to Mar 1947), then Armoured Car Troop Driver in Operational Patrols at PP HQ Haifa where he was badly injured in a terror attack (Sep 1947). The PMF was the Palestine Police's fully militarised strike force. Included here are his references, Constable's Manual, Notebook, correspondence about his injury, AMO propaganda, Service Record, 3 maps, 3 PP Magazines and plaque. REFEREES: WG Leishman, Lead Observer 14 Post Royal Observer Corps credits Green's identification skills (30 Jul 1946); and RH Cottrell, Cotswold Pharmacy his daring and initiative (4 Aug). CONSTABLE'S MANUAL: Deputy Inspector General AJ Kingsley-Heath, 2nd edition revised 1941 by O/C Police Depot and Training School J Munro. Blue wraps with PP emblem 11x17cm. Government Printer, Jerusalem. (4), xii, 143pp. G, torn along spine, archival tape to front hinge. Green's PMF details inside front. This covers the PP Constitution; Organisation; General Duty; Meetings & Processions; Investigation of Crime; Arrest & Search; Evidence; Criminal Procedure; Judicial System; updated Ordinances, Rules & Orders. Worldcat lists only the 1st edition (1931) and Hebrew edition (1934). NOTEBOOK: Navy cloth with silver PP emblem 10x15cm. 100pp refill (unused). (1)pp instructions for crime scenes in English, Arabic and Hebrew to record dates, statements, witnesses, persons, property, distances, marks, injuries, stained clothing etc. Green's details entered. G. HAIFA EXPLOSION: 2 letters from PP Assistant Inspector General FW Syer + 6 telegrams and 2 letters from Colonial Office Under Secretary for the High Commissioner informing Green's father and updating on progress: "dangerously ill", "doing well", "condition unchanged", "transferred from dangerously ill to seriously ill", "improved considerably", and "now out of danger" (30 Sep - 10 Oct 1947). His Service Record states 20 days off after this. ARAB MILITARY ORGANISATION: "For the Record - The following information has been gathered from Communiques and Press releases by the Government of Palestine - British Soldiers! British Policemen! British Civilians! Remember the following dates and keep alive in your memory the following names". Printed wraps 16x23cm. 23pp recording 44 "incidents of Jewish outrages against the Britons" from 6 Nov 1944 to 31 Dec 1947 with 170 dead and 418 injured. Green's is n35 (10 killed, 12 seriously injured), Lord Moyne n1, the King David Hotel n4. The AMO, attached to the Mufti's Arab Higher Committee, issued such material to urge British neutrality (George Milner Collection, St Antony's College). G. No other copies located. SERVICE RECORD: Pink card 36x28cm printed both sides with Green's photo, signature, and ms entries for personal and family; education; appointments; divisions served; courses attended; medical; arms and saddlery. G, folded. MAPS: (1) Palestine - Police Boundaries PDR Misc 3686, RE 13 Field Survey Squadron 6/47. Colour 1/500K 63x48cm. G, folded with small perforations. This shows Civil District, Sub District and Police Station Boundaries, HQ, District HQs, Divisional HQs, Stations and Posts. Worldcat records it with no locations // (2) Survey of Palestine Motor Map 1947. Colour 41x62cm 1/500K with town plans in illustrated panels with Ringart's Bookshop ticket 12x21cm. NF with Green's Armoured Car Troop details dated 31 Aug 1947 inside front / (3)-(4) 2 copies - Palestine North MDR 1509/12375 Jan 1946, colour 1/250K 65x91cm. G, folded, repaired, one with ms "RT-WT Control Room / Haifa Operational Patrols". PP MAGAZINE: Mar, Jun, Dec 1947 (v1, n1, 2, 4). Revived after suspension in 1942 due to paper shortage. Edited by LH Lovett, published quarterly by Force Welfare Officer. Illustrated wraps 17x24cm. 80, 71, 56pp. G. The latter names the Haifa fatalities. Rare. PP PLAQUE: Old Comrades Association emblem on wood base 15x18cm.…

Opuscolo turistico spillato in brossura ad ampi risvolti con carte della regione e della città al verso, 32 pagine illustrate a colori con testo in inglese. Lievi fioriture sulla prima pagina, buono stato. Foxing on first page.