Tait m s (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Gilt lettering on spine. Edges of leaves uncut. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Brown hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. [First Edition]. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Pevious owner inscription to fep. Some marking to boards. A little browning within. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 320pp. Sepia photograph of Ferguson frontis.

Original Blue Cloth Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1953. 200pp plus annual report and list of members to rear. Gilt titles to spine and gilt stamp to centre of front board, bevelled edges. 15 illustrations. Contents include: The Minutes of the Trades Maiden Hospital; James Ronaldson, Baker, Typefounder, Philanthropist; An addition to Laing's Chartulary of St. Giles; St. John Street: an early civic improvement; Convoys to the trade on the east coast of Scotland; Icehouses of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; The Notebook of Sir William Fettes Bart.; Charles II Lead equestrian statue, Parliament Sq.; William Forbes Gray: An appreciation. No inscriptions. Slight stain to edge of upper board, otherwise a very good copy. Heavyish book so extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 348 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.82 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. An interesting text containing an intriguing collection of scientific papers, this handsome Glasgow University prize volume was awarded in 1893 under the authority of Gulielmo (William) Jack, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1909. The presentation label is completed in manuscript for Carolus (Charles) Thomson, for the Class of 'Mathematica' (Mathematics), and is attested "Gulielmo Jack" in his own hand. Bound in an attractive contemporary full calf prize binding by Maclehose of Glasgow. One of a remarkable group of Glasgow University prize volumes awarded between 1889 and 1895 to Charles William Thomson (1871-.), a notably distinguished student who won fifteen University prizes and graduated M.A. Thomson subsequently pursued a prominent career in Scottish education, serving as Rector of several schools including Larkhall Academy, and was also an author and advocate of Scottish national interests. A founding member and later President of the Scottish Patriotic Association, he is best remembered for his substantial two-volume historical work Scotland's Work and Worth (1909-10). His identity and academic record have been confirmed from the matriculation, prize and General Council records held by the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. The Scientific Papers of the late Thomas Andrews, M.D., F.R.S., Vice-President and Professor of Chemistry, Queen's College, Belfast. With a Memoir by P.G. Tait, M.A., Sec. R.S.E., and A. Crum Brown, M.D., F.R.S., Professors in the University of Edinburgh. Published by Macmillan and Co., London and New York. First edition, 1889. A very good full calf leather hardback with gilt Glasgow University roundel to front and top compartment of spine. With gilt and blind stamped borders to covers and elaborate gilt tooling to spine. Raised bands and gilt burgundy morocco title label. Some mild scuffing to leather and light wear to spine, and all soundly bound. With marbled endpapers and matching marbled text block edges. A University prize presentation label to the front pastedown records the award to Charles Thomson in the Mathematics class in 1893, and is signed "Gulielmo Jack", in his capacity as Professor of Mathematics at the University. The text is bright and clear throughout. Just a few very light spots to endpapers. Contains a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece with facsimile inscription of Thomas Andrews. Also contains VI Plates, including 4 fold-outs (all as called for). A most attractive volume. Text in English. lxii + (1) + 514pp + VI Plates. Dimensions: approximately 224mm high x 151mm wide x 40mm deep. Weight: Approximately 1181g (unpacked).…

The 1812 HMS Dublin was the third Royal Navy ship of that name. At the time of this document she was a 40-gunner, and the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the South American station Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Hamond (1779-1862). See the entries on Barton, Hamond and Tait in O'Byrne's 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' (1849), and Hamond's in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape foolscap 8vo. Aged and creased. Docketed on reverse: 'Dublin / Treasure conveyed. / 31. March 1838. / E1/1 / Entd 2d. April. / W Let'. Headed: 'A Return of Treasure conveyed in Her Majesty's Ship Dublin, Robert Tait, Esquire, Captain, between the 1st. day of January, and the 31st. day of March 1838, to answer the provisions of the Freight Proclamations.' The entry is arranged in a table, with columns for: Ship's Name, Captain's Name; Received [three columns: When; From Whom; At what place], Consigned [two columns: To whom; To what place]; Species of Treasure, or other Articles on which Freight is payable; Total amount received on board, noting whether, certain or estimated; Rate per Cent; Where landed, or to what vessel transhipped. If unshipped, to be inserted as a new Shipment; Greenwich Hospital Proportion; Name and Address of the Agent authorized to give information respecting the proportion due to the Hospital.' Signed at bottom right for 'Sick. Captain. / Ralph Barton. Senior Lieutenant.'.…

Zustand: Fine. 29'' x 23''. Hand written number 461 of 850 Limited Edition colour print | WW2 The Sinking of the Tirpitz | Signed by 10 flyers with Certificate of Authentication + SIGNED by Frank Wootton. In Fine condition. Sent rolled in a tube with plastic end caps. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.…