Obrien james francis (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 215 pages, illustrations (some color), 29 cm. Contents: Tree forms -- Cracks and crackle -- Crawl -- Drip, dribble, drop -- Splash and run -- Flow and swirl -- Wrinkles and folds -- Flowers -- Miscellany -- Materials and equipment. Subjects: Decoration and ornament; Art Technique; Artists' materials; Nature Aesthetic aspects; Painting Technique; Pattern (design element). 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. O'BRIEN, James Francis Xavier (1828-1905), Irish nationalist politician. Autograph letter signed, 26 September 1899. Single sheet, approximately 130 x 205 mm, on headed paper of the Irish National League of Great Britain, Central Executive Offices, 2 Great College Street, Westminster, with decorative "Union is Strength" device. Written and signed in ink by O'Brien. Addressed beneath to Basil E. R. Gregg Esq., Peterborough, Torquay. Old horizontal fold, some light creasing and handling, with remnants of former mounting along the upper edge of the reverse. About Very Good. O'Brien took part in the 1867 rising and was convicted of treason following the attack on Ballyknockan police barracks. His death sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life, and he was imprisoned at Mountjoy, later held in solitary confinement in London, and subsequently subjected to hard labour at Portland before his release in 1869. He later entered constitutional nationalist politics, serving as MP for South Mayo and then Cork City. By the date of this letter he was Secretary of the Irish National League of Great Britain, hence use of the organisation's distinctive headed stationery. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 88 pages. Features: Two-page Liggett & Myers cigarette ad features great photo of Army-Navy football crowd; Objective - Enemy Beach; Cartoon feature of "Clyde Keen - Space Marine"; Embassy Marines - Part 2; Photos of a double-date in Paris; The Last Banana War - Part 1 - Marines pioneered air-ground tactics during the second Nigaraguan Campaign; The Noise Happy Ghost (storey); Post of the Corps - Concord - the west's largest tidewater ammunition facility; Operation Whipsaw - three-day maneuvers at Camp Lejeune; Photo of Miss California, Suzanne Reamo, with Marines from Moffett Field; Photo of Iwakuni beauty contest winners, including Sherry Ward; El Toro Fish-Off; Transfers; Nice one-page photo of Angie Dickinson leaning on chair; List of retirees with photo of H.B. Wells and John Goffe; Corps Album - great archival photos; Nice Camel back cover color-photo ad features Graeme Howard Jr. of Yale Law, 1960, smoking in law library; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear to back cover. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue. Stark, Leroy; Bristow; Lowery, Louis R.; Tyler, Charles B.; Savatt, Russel W. Jr.; Dickson, Donald L. (cover); Welsh (illustrator).…