purves david laing (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. hardback, small 8vo, 155pp, 22pp adverts, frontispiece and title vignette, aeg, occasional slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, green cloth, gilt decs and titles, corners rubbed and staining on front board, Good / no dustwrapper.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

ISBN-13: 9781584775898; ISBN-10: 1584775890. [Purves, David Laing (1838-1873)]. Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., [1860-1869?]. [v], 154 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775898; ISBN-10: 1584775890. Hardcover. Fine. $30. * This is a reprint of a volume that was published in 1868 by W.P Nimmo, Edinburgh, in the series Nimmo's Commonplace Books. It offers a variety of colorful -- and occasionally ribald -- anecdotes drawn from the history of English law, such as "A Judge in the Stocks-Lord Camden," "Eccentric Epitaph on a Barrister," "Lord Brougham's Rebuke of Rigmarole," and "The Last Temple Revel.".

Zustand: Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Library rebinding. Complete Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. beautiful brown cloth cover with extensive decoration in black and gilt shows minimal wear. pages tanned and foxed. 1876 printing.

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

HardBack. Zustand: Good. Caramel brown full leather bound, raised bands, decorated in gilt, crest of Thirsk High School embossed on cover. Corners bumped. Black leather spine title label corners chipped (1mm). Marbled endpapers, glossy gilt page ends. "Awarded to . " on front free endpaper. Signature and other marks on front endpapers. Foxing on ffeps. 5 maps detailing routes. Binding tight.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

ISBN-13: 9781584775898; ISBN-10: 1584775890. "Curious Facts" and "Characteristic Sketches" [Purves, David Laing (1838-1873)]. Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches. Originally published: Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., [1860-1869?]. [v], 154 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775898; ISBN-10: 1584775890. Hardcover. New. $65. * This is a reprint of a volume that was published in 1868 by W.P Nimmo, Edinburgh, in the series Nimmo's Commonplace Books. It offers a variety of colorful -- and occasionally ribald -- anecdotes drawn from the history of English law, such as "A Judge in the Stocks-Lord Camden," "Eccentric Epitaph on a Barrister," "Lord Brougham's Rebuke of Rigmarole," and "The Last Temple Revel.".

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An anthology containing tales of the most remarkable circumnavigations by English sailors, illustrated with plates and maps. Edited with notes by David Laing Purves and R. Cochrane.Containing a series of stories from the most important voyages around the world including Drake's, Dampier's , Anson's, Cook's three voyages. With a preliminary sketch of their lives and discoveries.Illustrated with additional vignette title page as well as four folding coloured maps. Collated, bound without its frontispiece portraits of Drake, Dampier, Anson, and Cook. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, back strip darkened. Internally, binding generally firm. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hard back binding in publisher's original black embossed deep blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, bevelled edges, chocolate lining papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. An anthology containing tales of the most remarkable circumnavigations by English sailors, illustrated with plates and maps. Edited with notes by David Laing Purves and R. Cochrane. Containing a series of stories from the most important voyages around the world including Drake's, Dampier's, Anson's, Cook's three voyages. With a preliminary sketch of their lives and discoveries. Contains 831 pp, with four figure frontispiece of the four navigators, illustrated with additional vignette title page and four folding coloured maps. Ink name and address to the second front free end paper, a little spotting to the front leaves and rear end paper, rubbing across the spine ends and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

Quarter Leather. Zustand: Near fine. First edition of The English Circumnavigators by David Laing Purves and R. Cochrane, published in 1874. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 831pp, [5]. Quarter brown morocco, brown cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands. Solid text block. Includes frontispiece and vignette, and complete with four fold-out global maps. St. Andrew's College stamp opposite title page, otherwise free of marks or notations. New endpapers. An attractive example. This work contains the following accounts of global exploration: Drake's Voyage Round The World, Dampier's Voyage Round The World, Anson's Voyage Round The World and Cook's three voyages.

First edition; 8vo (18 x 12.5); multi-portrait lithograph frontispiece, additional lithograph title with vignette, 4 folding maps, prize bookplate, discreet booksellers ticket, frontis a little foxed; full contemporary purple calf prize binding, gilt vignettes to boards, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, a little rubbed, a very good copy; 831 pp. A handsome copy of this work of the collected voyages of Drake, Anson, Dampier, and Cook, each with a map of their journey.