T and a constable (7 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Undated c.1911. Pink cloth with detailed gilt decoration. Spine sunned. Dedication plate in front. Title page and frontispiece unfortunately detached, therefore acceptable. Binding otherwise sound. Contents clear and bright, with lovely tipped-in colour plates throughout. A charming copy.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 195, [1] p., [1] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes; With 25 mounted colour illustrations (frontispiece plus 24 included in the main sequence of the page count). "Text printed by T. and A. Constable, . Edinburgh, illustrations by Henry Stone and Son, Ltd., Banbury"--Colophon. Decorative endpapers. Bound in light purple-gray cloth; front board stamped in gold with central title and author surrounded by a wreath and a motif of swirling garlands, ribbons and fans; figures in period costumes at foot of board; all within a border of fans; spine with title and author within fan and ribbon decorations all stamped in gold; likely designed by Hugh Thomson. Subjects; English drama (Comedy) 18th century. English comedy 18th century. England Social life and customs 18th century Drama. Genres; Drama. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. Folio. Hannay, Robert Kerr, [1867-1940]. The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet, with a List of the Members and Abstracts of the Minutes of the Society, the Commissioners and the Council and the Early History of the Scottish Signet. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. xii, 520 pp. Frontispiece. Folio (12-1/4" x 9"). Original red cloth with gilt stamped spine. Deckle edges. Top edge gilt. Moderately worn. Fading to spine and boards. Small tear to spine. Corner lightly bumped. Title page printed in red and black. Internally clean. $65. * This work details the origins and operations of the Scottish Society of Writers to the Signet, a private group of Scottish lawyers that was part of the College of Justice. Written by Scottish historian Robert Kerr Hannay (1867-1940), who served as the Historiographer Royal for Scotland and was Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. The book's contents include: A history of the Society of Writers to the Signet, a legal body that originated in 1594; An early history of the Scottish Signet, the private royal seal that the writers were entitled to use and supervise; A list of the society's members from its beginning through 1935; A list of the society's office-bearers; Abstracts of the minutes from the society, its commissioners, and its council. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. Folio. (illustrator). …

No Binding. Zustand: Good. B/w chart with red hand colouring 114x71cm. Very good, folded with some annotation. First published on 31 Dec 1874, the latest edition stated is 11 June 1965, with small corrections up to 1974. The main map, natural scale 1:900,000, shows the Omani coast from the Daimaniyat Islands to Ras al Junaiz, with Matruh, Muscat, Ras al Hadd etc labelled, and the Iranian-Pakistani side from Jask to Karachi, with views and elevations of several Jebels, and main roads and caravan routes shown by continuous lines. A smaller map shows Gwatar (Jiwani) Bay on a larger scale. The ms annotations mark the location of a "Submarine Exercise Area" below Gwadar, and another below Pasni, with annotations dated 1988-90 in the line of "small corrections" to the lower edge, also flagging that a new edition of this map appeared in 1992.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. B/w chart with red hand colouring 111x70cm. Very good, folded with some wear at the edges. First published on 31 Dec 1874, the latest edition stated is 25 Aug 1916, referencing magnetic variation for 1917, with no further small corrections indicated. The main map (natural scale 1:900,000) shows the Omani coast from the Daimaniyat Islands to Ras al Junaiz, with Matruh, Muscat, Ras al Hadd etc labelled, and the Persian-Indian side from Jask to Karachi, with views and elevations of several Jebels, and main roads and caravan routes shown by continuous lines. Four smaller maps show Sonmiyani Harbour, Chahbar Bay, Gwatar (Jiwani) Bay, and Gwadar Bay (then Omani) on a larger scale.…