preface earl mountbatten burma (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. "This publication accompanied an exhibition organized by the Asia House Gallery of The Asia Society for the summer of 1976" 146, [2] pages : ill. ; 26 x 30 cm. with ephemera loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, gold gilt illustration to front board. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 510pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w photographs, maps, charts and diagrams throughout, map endpapers, fold-out map to page 245. Not library copy, no inscriptions, foxing to inside rear dustjacket flap and few page margins, some wear to edges. (46/4).

Signed limited edition, number 30 of 55 copies signed by Earl Mountbatten, the president of the Society of Genealogists, who writes in his foreword that McNaughton is "the greatest Royal genealogist I know of. His book is a masterpiece in simple presentation of all available facts in a complex study". McNaughton's book remains the standard reference on British royal genealogy. The product of 22 years of research, it charts all legitimate descendants of King George I and, through their intermarriages, traces the family trees of other European royals. The 12,500 names are meticulously indexed and accompanied by extensive tables and illustrations. A trade edition was issued by Garnstone Press the same year. 3 vols, quarto. Original blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines lettered in gilt, gilt crown to front covers, gilt turn-ins, silk moire endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in original red cloth slipcase. Slight fraying to slipcase extremities, else a fine copy.

Facsimile edition, number 142 of 500 copies. This work was reproduced from the original manuscript held in the Public Record Office, Kew. Alongside the diary are Mountbatten's preface and other facsimiles, including plans of the ship, a map of her journey, and a clipping of the The Times's report on the mutiny from 1790. Provenance: from the library of the naval collector Clive Richards, although unmarked as such. He particularly focused on Nelsonalia, owning "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" according to The Telegraph. "Clive Richards, City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary", The Telegraph, 23 April 2021. Folio. With 2 plates, folding map printed in red and black, facsimile signature of Lord Mountbatten of Burma; title page printed in red and black. Original half calf, maroon spine label, raised bands, compartments stamped with gilt devices and ruled in gilt, blue cloth boards with gilt single fillet, front board decorated with gilt device of HMS Bounty, facsimile plan endpapers, speckled edges, blue silk bookmarker. Some light stripping to binding, extremities a little rubbed, endpapers lightly toned, stain to p. vii covering facsimile signature, contents otherwise bright: a very good copy.

Signed limited issue, one of 50 copies signed by Earl Mountbatten and finely bound by Zaehnsdorf, from a total edition of 500 copies (this number 154). Mountbatten contributes the preface to this imposing volume, a facsimile of Captain Bligh's holograph log kept aboard HMS Providence, reproduced from the original manuscript held in the National Archives. This log charts Bligh's second breadfruit voyage, which took place after the Bounty mutiny, where he tried once more to transport the fruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. The volume also includes an introduction by Stephen Walters, a renowned authority on Captain Bligh and the mutiny, as well as notes on the breadfruit plant by David Bellamy and a complete reproduction of John Ellis's book of 1775, A Description of the Mangostan and Breadfruits. Large quarto. Colour collotype reproduction of Sydney Parkinson's breadfruit watercolour as frontispiece, folding maps, facsimiles throughout. Original green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered in gilt, gilt to compartments with foliate motifs, covers panelled in gilt enclosing breadfruit centrepiece to front cover and gilt facsimile signature of Bligh to rear cover, gilt turn-ins, brown moiré silk endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in the original green cloth box. A fine copy; box in very good condition with slight bumping and rubbing.

Signed limited issue, one of 50 copies signed by Earl Mountbatten and finely bound by Zaehnsdorf, from a total edition of 500 copies (this number 177). Mountbatten contributes the preface to this imposing volume, a facsimile of Captain Bligh's holograph log kept aboard the Bounty and maintained throughout his epic open-boat voyage. The National Archives holds the original manuscript. This edition, the first by the luxury publisher Genesis, also includes plans of the ship, a map of the voyage, and a clipping of the original report of the mutiny in The Times. Folio. Folding map at rear. Original blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered in gilt, compartments tooled in gilt, ship and facsimile signature to covers in gilt, gilt turn-ins, red silk endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in original blue cloth solander box lined with silk. A fine copy; box slightly bumped, soiled, and rubbed, lining spotted but overall very good.