Sir h smith (35 Ergebnisse)

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. A good condition book. No dust j…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 vols. 7.5 x 5", gilt lettered red cloth, 325pp, extremities lightly bumped and worn, ink names of former owner on front flys, small bookstore labels on front flys, endpapers unevenly toned, but still a nice set in edge-worn, spotted and unevenly toned (but SCARCE!) dustjackets. The Percy Reprints…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Book Club Edition. Red cloth, hardback book, with gilt title, which sits in oval shape, block black box, positioned nicely at the top of the spine. The book is in good condition, normal wear and marks apply, consistent with use and age. Dust jacket included, not price…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering. No date. Contents: Introduction. A World Born of Fire and Sculptured. Man Looks At His World. The Races That People the Earth. Gathering and Using the Bounty of Nature. Deep Into the Past: The Early History of Man. The Ch…

Zustand: Fine. Facsimile reprint editions of the original 1894 work. Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and lettering to the spines and to the front covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Contains (xviii), 479 pp; (xviii), 501 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throu…

dj. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-304pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations to frontispiece and throughout text. Ownership bookplate of P.F.R. Venables to front pastedown, with his pencilled ownership to rear p…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Lurid claims of three-in-a-bed adulteries put a paid to Dilke's political ambitions (he had been touted as a future prime minister), and rendered him the butt of musical hall jokes. The recipient is not named. 2pp, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper. The letter b…

LETTER: 2pp., 12mo. On lightly aged and worn paper. He summons him to a meeting, telling him to read a memo beforehand, before writing: 'I am not disposed to waive any Crown rights for money advanced | Lenders may have notice, but if P. W L C advance public money, the public must be protected against persons who are trading for…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 96 pages. Features: Cover illustration by William Winter depicts nervous invitation at youth dance; Movie censorship by province (brief article); Young business man Stephen William Garber; Finance Minister Fleming making enemies with his tight pursestrings; Fort William's cens…

An excellent letter, describing the state of affairs in Sicily during the period of British occupation, 1806-1814. The recipient Sir Sidney Smith (see Oxford DNB) was second in command to Sir Edward Pellew, head of the Mediterranean squadron which included Bromley's ship HMS America, a 76-gun third-rater, launched only three yea…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 56 pages. Features: Brief news items - The Dominion's 71st Birthday, No Province Can Live to Itself, Unwholesome Periodicals, Women Under Fascism and Communism, Dominion Day, The South African Election, and Franco-Italian Conversations; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); Air Liner…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A smart, twenty-three-volume, illustrated edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott. Collection comprised of:The Abbot;Red Gauntlet;The Monastery;Ivanhoe;Woodstock;Peveril of the Peak;Castle Dangerous;Waverley;The Black Dwarf and A Legend of Montrose;The Bride of Lammermoor;The Fortunes of Nigel;…