Rev thomas boyles murray (6 Ergebnisse)

First edition thus; first published in 1853. The book proved to be a tremendous seller. This edition includes a preface for the twelfth edition, dated July, 1860, with a history of the publication up to that time and subsequent events concerning Pitcairn. Small 8vo, brown decorated cloth, gilt ship on front board, spine decorated in gilt, all gilt rather dull. Binding worn at ends and part of the right edge of the spine. Illustrated with plates. Frontispiece of John Adams, the last surviving mutineer, who died in 1829, and a folding facsimile plate of a document written by him. Includes a portrait of Captain William Bligh and an account of the famous Bounty mutiny.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 72pp including notes. Red cloth with charming gilt illustration of a sower to front cover and gilt tiles to spine. Boards bumped and worn at extremities with fragility to base of spine. Small ink stain to front cover. Charming inscription to fep 'To Looloo from her Father 12th July 1848' together with details of how he sourced the book for her from Scotland when she became ill whilst teething in Calcutta. The poems are delightful - there is one for each letter of the alphabet - N is for nest - Authentically aged and utterly adorable.…

Zustand: Near Fine. Hard back binding in publisher's original deep aqua green cloth covers, gilt and black lettering to the spine and the upper panel, Breadfruit vignette to the spine, gilt vignette of John Adams, rope, anchor and ship illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼'' xvi, 368 [page]. 17 monochrome illustrations throughout. Some interesting newspaper clippings concerning Pitcairn Island, from the 1930's, tipped to the front free end paper, corners sharp and pointed, without any foxing, spine not faded, without any ownership markings and in very near Fine condition, super condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. PACIFIC (Oceania).…

Twelfth edition, with a new preface bringing parts of the text up to date, 12mo, pp. 414; engraved frontispiece, 17 plates, and a few small illustrations in text; mild dampstaining, front free endpaper reinserted, rear free endpaper excised, spine ends cracked, else very good in original terracotta cloth gilt.…

Twelfth edition, with a new preface bringing parts of the text up to date, 12mo, [2], xiv, [15]-414, [4] ads; engraved frontis, 17 plates, and a few small illustrations in text; very good in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, and gilt vignette of a ship on the upper cover.