sir george forrest (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (South African War, Boer War, Military History, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Popular Edition. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 379p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts Earl (1832-1914). History -- Great Britain -- Victorian. 1 Kg.

New Edition (Reprinted). Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 380p., port. ; 24cm. Subjects: Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Earl Roberts (1832-1914). 1 Kg.

Second edition (same year as the first edition | September 1914) hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xvi), 380 pp with 8 (as called for with 2 plates having 2 photographs) tissue-guarded single-sided photogravure plates throughout. Ink name to the front paste down 'H. A. Ramsden' (author), light foxing to the closed text block edges, and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. . 1914, ex lib embossed stamp to title page, no other markings, spine renewed, clean copy with illus, binging tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes frontispiece, 3 plates, portraits, folded map, 2 plans (l folded) folded facsimile 24 cm. Subjects: Clive, Robert Clive Baron 1725-1774. Statesmen India ; Biography. India History British occupation, 1765-1947 ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (spine faintly creased, some staining to cloth, tissue guard torn opp. p.193, endpapers a bit offset, a few spots & small stains to leaf edges, discrete blind stamp to half-title); pp. xii, 372, with 10 plates and a map. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.

First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [4], 379, [1]; 8 photogravure plates showing 10 illustrations; very good, sound and clean copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Inscribed "Charles W. Ames and Lady / from Lesley / Christmas, 1914." Charles Wilberforce Ames (1855-1921), a native Minnesotan, returned from Boston to St. Paul in 1882 and purchased an interest in the West Publishing Company, a publisher of law books. This association continued until his death in 1921. Under his guidance the company grew to be one of the largest publishers of law books in the U.S. Ames married Mary Lesley in 1883. They had six children, the first born of whom was Charles Lesley. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time serving with distinction in India, Afghanistan, Abyssinia, and South Africa.

22.5cm, 212&208pp., frontis portrait of Cornwallis, index, red cloth, gilt coats of arms on upper boards, gilt spine titles, light staining to board edges, a good to very good set thus. Lord Cornwallis was the Governor General of Bengal from 1786 to 1793. An analysis from 1790 to 1792. Cornwallis' campaign against Tippoo.

Tall 8vo. 23.5cm, viii,372p., with 9 plates including frontis portrait, index, blue cloth with gilt titles and V.C. stamp on upper cover, a fine bright copy. Indian Mutiny; Umbeyla & Abyssinian Campaigns; Second Afghan War; Boer War; Commander in Chief of British Army 1901.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce privately printed catalogue of an exceptional collection of books, pamphlets and manuscripts on the history of British banking and currency; a valuable resource for students and professionals. A very scarce work in the original cloth binding, with a title label to the front board.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and sixty-nine plates, a couple of which are in colour. Collated, complete.An unusual catalogue of a major collection of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts illustrating the history and development of British banking and currency from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. This work draws together many sources including the Bank of England, the library of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, the Gurney family, and incorporating the James Holdsworth Collection on Savings Banks. A fantastic resource for students of economics or for professionals in this particular field, with a foreword by the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Sir George Blunden, and an introduction by Professor Forrest Capie. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart and bright. Front board is slightly warped. A couple of small marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine. book.

Tall 8vo. 24cm, xviii,472&438pp., with two frontis portraits (of Lord Clive), six plates, map of India, 2 plans of Trichinopoly & Plassey, appendices, index, black stamped wine cloth with gilt spine titles, a fine set. With the East India Company, Clive's principal wars included First Carnatic War (1744-1748); Second Carnatic War (1749-1754); Bengal War (1756-1757); Seven Years War (1757-1763). With principal battles: Siege Arcot (1751); Chandernagore; Plassey; and Siege of Pondicherry (1760-1761).

Second edition. 8 plates. 8vo. Good original blue cloth, gilt. xi, 372 pp. London, Cassell, .

Zustand: Poor. The spine of the cover is loose from the textblock. Scuffing to some edges. The content is a little rippled, generally an aged and used copy in average condition.