robert waithman (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear, small tears, sun fading and creasing.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex-library with stamps and stickers, possible library rebind. Red cloth boards in good condition with very little wear. Slight bumping to the corners. Pages well bound and clean throughout.

Zustand: Good. First Published. 175 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. Much more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 384pp. 1st edition 1940. Gilt titles to spine. Spine slightly sunned. Prize label to front pastedown. A decent copy. (p9).

12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Gives the date of a dinner with 'Mr. & Mrs. Thompson & family', to which he invites Dillon and his wife.

4to, 1 p. Text clear and complete. On aged, sunned paper, with some chipping and closed tears to edges. He may not 'be able to get to the Com[mon] Coun[ci]l' as he is 'engaged on the Rota at the Old Baily this week'. He will be at a Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall at one o'clock, and if the recipient and other members of the Council cannot be there a quarter of an hour before, he will 'come out to you'.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original engraved portrait. ca. 1825. Mounted and ready to frame. A splended opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

Zustand: Very Good. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, cream title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 240 printed pages of text. Wear to the spine ends, corners slightly turned-in. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with 40 mm piece of paper missing to the top of the spine, 10 mm piece of paper missing to the foot of the spine, chips to the corners, age darkened spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [History].

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative. Printed circa 1809.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

unknown_binding. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

1p, 8vo. In fair condition, creased and aged. The only piece of Waithman's autograph is his signature at the foot: 'R Waithman'. The rest of the document, apparently in Holste's hand, reads: 'Henry Holste of 22 Bush Lane Merchant, maketh Oath and saith, that he has been resident in London above Fourteen years, and that from the first day of January 1812 to the first day of September 1823. he has not been out of England for a single day | Henry Holste. | Sworn at the Mansion house this Twenty fifth day of August. One thousand eight hundred and Twenty five | R Waithman | Mayor'. Presumaably this was in line with immigration legislation of the time.

1p, 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased. The only piece of Waithman's autograph is his signature at the foot: 'R Waithman'. The rest of the document, apparently in Schmidt's hand, reads: 'John Schmidt Native of Hamburg residing at No 77 Westmoreland place City Road, Merchant maketh Oath & saith that he first arrived in London in the Year 1795. and has continued to reside here up to the present time with the exception of a few Months, but that he has not left England for a single day since the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight. - | J. Schmidt. | Sworn at the Mansion House this first day of Sepr 1824 | Before me | R Waithman | Mayor'. Note: This reflects contemporary treatment of immigrants.

Disbound, traces of wrapper at end. 29pp. Robert Waithman, 1764-1833, was a supporter of political reform, and was elected as City M.P. in 1818, although displaced in 1820 by the Tory, Sir William Curtis. This pamphlet attacks his business practices and his pretensions 'by assuming to inculcate virtues in others, they themselves do not possess'.