slight julian (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback wooden board, later buckram spine with gilt titles. 11 x 7cm. [2], 182pp, [1]. Ninth edition. nd. circa 1843. Complete with folding frontis and 4 further full page plates, one illustration in the text. New end-papers, inner hinges reinforced. Both boards are cracked, the rear board has been repaired with marbled paper. Frontis repaired at fold. The final leaf, laid down, torn with slight loss on text. (R8).

Zustand: Very Good. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Thirty-twomo (3x4 inches) Original quarter leather with gilt titles over wooden boards. A very good indeed copy with only slight wear.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A unique work on the loss of the Royal George, bound here in wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S. Royal George. Bound with wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S Royal George.Illustrated with a folding plate to the frontispiece, and two plates.A work accounting the life of the H.M.S. Royal George, a first rate gun ship in the Royal Navy. The ship sunk in 1782, when it was anchored at Spithead to take supplies to go and relive Gibraltar. The ship sunk and lost more than eight-hundred lives. In this work, the anonymous authors recounts the sinking of this ship.The author also talks about Major-General Charles Paisley's 1839 attempted to clear the wreckage of the ships. His operation included breaking up the wreck using barrels of gunpowder.By Julian Slight.Ink inscription of the Earl of Portsmouth, 1842, to the paste downs, his ink inscription to a couple of other pages.The fifth edition of this work. In the original publisher's wooden boards. Externally, generally smart, with light discolouration and some marks to the boards and spine. A little rubbing to the spine. Boards are a little bowed. Front hinge is starting but firm. Ink inscription to the paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few odd spots. Ink note to a few leaves. Very Good. book.

1842, Portsea, printed & published by S. Horsey, fifth edition, pp136, black and white frontispiece, three plates, complete, black cloth spine with gilt lettering, boards bound in wood of the wreck. The preface is signed ?ÄúJ.S.?Äù Upper board split and crudely repaired, otherwise good.