The scottish office (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Includes fold-out map. 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Zustand: Bon. Petite(s) trace(s) de pliure sur la couverture. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Edition 1991. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slightly creased cover. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Edition 1991. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.

28pp, maps, bw photographs. 21x13, illustrated stapled wraps. Staples rusting, a little edge rubbed, otherwise very good. Touring driver's guide to the historic churches and abbeys of the south of Scotland, nicely illustrated. Not dated, but the Office of Works ceased to exist in 1940, so probably late 1930s.…

12pp (White Paper), xii, 84pp (explanatory 4pp note from head of planning at Devon County Council loosely inserted); iv, 94pp. 25x15, wraps. Owner's name on front of both volumes, very good thus. The Community Land Act was the third attempt by a Labour government to gain greater control over land for development, and (along with the associated Community Land Tax Act 1976) to capture some of the value for the public purse. As with the previous two attempts in the 1940s and the 1960s these efforts ended in failure, with the Act heavily criticised from all sides and repealed soon after the change of government in 1979.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Moyes was the printer of the Literary Gazette, and Jerdan is making a suggestion that he feels would improve the dealings between printer and periodical. 1p, 12mo. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, the verso of the second leaf of which is addressed 'private / J Moyes Esqr', and docketed 'Mr. Jerdan. / 1831.'In good condition, lightly aged and folded for postage, with the second leaf bearing witness to the tearing open of the wafer. The letter reads: 'My dear Moyes / That nice lad Lewellin is fifteen years old on Lady-day, I wish you wd. apprentice him at that date. I think I might arrange so that he might sleep here, and bring & take the bag regularly so as to save much trouble & time / Yrs truly / Jerdan'. At head of page, in nineteenth-century hand: 'Editor of the Literary Gazette'.…

Harper's note is on the recto of the first leaf of a 4to bifolium, addressed by him to 'George Chalmers Esqr' on the reverse of the second leaf, which is docketted by Chalmers 'Notes of Documents from - 1760/67'. Chalmer's memorandum is written lengthwise and upwards on the reverse of the first leaf. In good condition, on aged paper. Harper's note reads: 'Mr. Harper presents his Respects to Mr. Chalmers with many Thanks for the kind Notice with which he is pleased to honour him. | The Reading Room will be open to Mr. Chalmers whenever he finds it agreeable to avail himself of it'. Chalmer's memorandum consists of eight dated entries, totalling 18 lines, from March 1760 to April 1767, with citations, under the heading: 'Documents - for the and reign of Geo. 3. Plantn. Office'. The first entry ris for a 'Representation with regard to the illicit trade carried on by Cartels', and the last reads 'Letter to Lord Shelburne with regard to the Salaries of Govt. Judges &c'.…

See Birnie's entry in the Oxford DNB. The Alien Office was created as a department of the Home Office to implement the Aliens Act 1793, which attempted to control the influx of foreign visitors and refugees caused by the turmoil in France. It ceased to exist following the Registration of Aliens Act 1836. created to control the influx of French refugees and suspected revolutionaries. The present document is 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice with wafer on reverse. Written out by a clerk, and signed by Birnie and Mette. Reads: 'Middlesex towit / Eckhartt [sic] Martin Mette of No. 14 Vale Place Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex Tailor maketh oath and saith that he has either lost or mislaid the paper that exempts him from attending at the Alien Office every six Months / Eckhardt Martin Mette / Sworn before before me this 28th. May 1829 at Bow Street / R: Birnie'.…