R l playfair (22 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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

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

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 2. 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: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Zustand: New. pp. 210.

Zustand: New. In English.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. xii, 193 pp., [1 errata], 1 folding map, title gilt on spine & front cover, appendix, index, previous owner's name inscribed verso front & lower cover, otherwise copy in mint conditipn, reprint of 1859 Bombay edition. " From the commencement of the Christian era to the present time, including an account of the British settlement of Aden". A reprint of 1859 Bombay edition. Copy in mint condition. One of the earliest books on Aden under British occupation. Aden was captured and annexed to British India in 1839 after a ship under British colours was wrecked near Aden in 1837 and its crew and passengers previously maltreated by the local Arabs. Playfair played a prominent role in Aden, as assistant to Sir James Outram, the first British political resident and his successors, from 1854 to 1862, and during the British occupation of Perim in 1857. #10149.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Relié. Zustand: Bon état. in-8 Description :316 pp. Collection "Les Pouvoirs inconnus de l'Homme". Langue : Français Nb de volumes : 1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book. This is an ex-library copy with the usual amount of stamps. Moderate loss to spine and mild fraying to boards. A crack in the hinge beside the contents page makes the front board a little loose. The textblock itself is in sound shape for it's age, with only mild signs of dust and crisp, unfaded print. Gold gilding on page edges is intact. Excellent for use as a reading copy.…

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

0. 8° 2 vols in 1, 144 Seiten, 560-614 Seiten. Hardcover, Gewebe Einband mit leichten Gebrauchssp. Sprache: Deutschu 0,800 gr.

Cloth. Zustand: Fair. First edition. The first edition of this uncommon historical and travel account, which aims to retrace the journeys of James Bruce. The first edition.An uncommon work, which depicts the journeys of James Bruce, a renowned explorer known for his travels in North Africa, particularly Algeria and Tunis.Written by R. Lambert Playfair, a British soldier, diplomat and naturalist.With a monochrome frontispiece, folding coloured map and twenty-nine further monochrome plates. Collated, complete.With the publisher's original green cloth boards.With a page of advertisements to the rear. With the publisher's original green cloth boards.Externally, front hinge failed. With rubbing and marks to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the rear endpapers detached but present, and amateur tape reinforcements to the front free endpapers. Fair. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Zustand: Poor. This book has a weak spine. Torn backstrip and scuffed cover. Pictorial. Dog eared corners. Slight foxing inside. Clear text.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.…

1st Ed. xiv + 327pp. + [i]. Folding frontis. plan, 6 plates including 3 folding. Ex.-libris Robert Richards, sporadic spotting heavy in parts, light age toning throughout, dec. e.ps., original gilt lettered black rule edged dark red cloth with gilt device to upper board, bevelled edges, spine faded and lightly water marked with head and tail bumped. The author was Consul-General at Algiers. US$149.…

664 S. mit 5 mehrf. gefalteten lithographischen Karten. 25 x 16 cm, blaues Orig.-Leinen (Rücken gering beschädigt; Karten u. einge Seiten am Rand bzw. rückseitig mit Bibl.Stempel). - Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten * Mit drei Bibliographien. - With three bibliographies: (1) Bibliography and Cartography of Hispaniola (by H. Ling Roth), 58 pp. - (2) Bibliography of Algeria from the expedition of Charles V. in 1541 to 1887 (by R.L. Playfair), 305 pp. with 4745 entries, 2 indexes - (3) Bibliography of the Barbary States. Part I. Tripoli and the Cyrenaica (by R.L. Playfair), 60 pp. + 1 map, 2 indexes. - Furthermore: Southern and South-Western China (by Archibald. R. Colquhoun), 40 pp. + folded map in 2 parts. - Afrika: Explorations in Zanzibar Dominions (by Chas. Stewart Smith), 25 pp. + 2 fold-out maps. - On the measurement of heights by the barometer (by John Ball), 42 pp. - J.F. Needham's Journey along the Lohit Brahmaputra between Sadiya in Upper Assam and Rima in South-Eastern Tibet, 72 pp. + 1 fold-out map. - Hudson's Bay and Strait (by A.H. Markham), 45 pp. (ex-library copy with some stamps to margins).…

A New Introduction by George Sprague Myers; A New Foreword by Albert E. Gunther. Newton K. Gregg, Kentfield CA 1971. Large 4to. 154+XXI plates [hereof 6 in colour]. Publisher's cloth. Near fine- with some wrinkling to the colour plates [as often seen]. Bookplate inserted. * Facsimile of the 1856 edition. Limited to 350 copies.…

0. 2243 Nrn. neuw. Zust. Sprache: Deutschu.

Zustand: fair. 327, illus., map, index, pencil marginal notes on a few pgs, flylves discolored, some foxing to text, weakness to fr bd, bds scuffed. Edges of boards and spine worn. The history of British relations with Algiers from its origin as a piratical state until the abolition of Christian slavery by Lord Exmouth in 1816 and the final conquest of the country by the French.…

First edition, 4to, x, 300, (1 advertisement, 1) pp. Frontispiece, 28 plates and a coloured folding map, inscribed from the author on the half title to the explorer and author George Dennis, some light foxing to the first few leaves. Original gilt and black decorated green cloth, a.e.g., recently recased. Dennis wrote the classic "Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria" (1848).…

First edition. 21 lithograph plates (6 with original hand-colouring and gum arabic). Large 4to. Original olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; professionally recased, original spine laid down, spine and extremities sunned, corners bumped, otherwise near very good. Library stamps of R. Harry Jr. to ffep, title-page and p.iii, small damp stain to the lower gutter of the uncoloured plates, rest of interior clean and fresh. xiv, 153, [1 blank] pp. London, John Van Voorst, A significant contribution to the ichthyology of Zanzibar, with six beautifully hand-coloured plates.  The work was a collaboration between the Scottish diplomat Robert Playfair (1828-1899) and the celebrated German-born British zoologist Albert Günther (1830-1914). Günther was a remarkably active taxonomist, describing thousands of reptiles and fish, and authoring (and contributing to) an impressive range of lists and catalogues during his career. This is among the small number of his works to feature hand-coloured illustrations. Reference: Claus Nissen, Die Zoologische Buchillustrations, 3187. …