The young lord (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 0852240503 pgs:70. 1967, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Provenance: previous owner stamp. Physical description: 69 p. col. front. (port.) 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction / Douglas Young -- The city of reason and nature / A.J. Youngson -- Hume, Reid and the passion for ideas / George E. Davie -- Adam Ferguson and the idea of community / Duncan Forbes -- Scott and the community of intellect / The Hon. Lord Cameron -- Sydney Smith and the spirit of criticism / allan Frazer. Subjects: Enlightenment Scotland. Enlightenment. Enlightenment Scotland Edinburgh. Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life. Scotland Intellectual life 18th century. Edinburgh (Scotland) History. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 394 pages. missing dj, cloth marked, minor foxing.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original antique hand coloured engraved caricature portrait by Kenny Meadows circa 1870Mounted - matted - and ready to frame. Colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly executed. Very good condition. Shows a fine study of a Young Aristocrat - would make a great gift . Meadows, Kenny (illustrator). …

Zustand: Very Good. 148, col frontis, 20 b/w illus. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w, lightly soiled, in removable protective sleeve. Some light foxing. Illustrated by Peter Scott. Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, (1879 1960) was a British politician and writer, serving in the Royal Navy during the First World War. In 1922 he married Kathleen Scott, widow of famous explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and became stepfather to Kathleen's son, the naturalist Peter Scott. Lord Kennet wrote about the birds of the Kennet valley. The dust jacket states, 'His step-son, Peter Scott, has already won fame by his wildfowling pictures. He shows himself here as acute an observer of the humbler birds of our hedgerows and fields'.…

Zustand: Very Good. 148, col frontis, 20 b/w illus. . HB. 4to, orig. two tone cloth, gt. Light marginal wear. Light foxing to endpapers. No.492, singed by Baron Kennet and Peter Scott. Vg. Illustrated by Peter Scott. Autographed edition limited to 550 copies. Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, (1879 1960) was a British politician and writer, serving in the Royal Navy during the First World War. In 1922 he married Kathleen Scott, widow of famous explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and became stepfather to Kathleen's son, the naturalist Peter Scott. Lord Kennet wrote about the birds of the Kennet valley. The dust jacket states, 'His step-son, Peter Scott, has already won fame by his wildfowling pictures. He shows himself here as acute an observer of the humbler birds of our hedgerows and fields'. …

small 4to., [viii], 148pp., colour frontispiece and 2 other colour plates (each with printed tissue guard), 20 other b/w illustrations by Peter Scott, some light scattered spotting to front and rear endpapers, top edges gilt, partly uncut, orig. green cloth gilt. A practically fine handsome copy of this lovely illustrated work on ornithology. SIGNED & NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES, neatly signed by both E. Hilton Young and Peter Scott.…

First. Illustrations by Peter Scott. 147pp untrimmed. Green cloth with no dj. VG.

One page, folio, good condition. In the form of an instruction/letter addressed to "The respective Captains, Commanders, and Commanding Officers of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels" and Concludes "By the Command of their Lordships [Autograph] W Marsden". Marsden (Wikipedia): "William Marsden FRS FSA (16 November 1754 6 October 1836) was an Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist who served as Second, then First Secretary to the Admiralty during years of conflict with France." James, Lord Gambier and Sir William Young, both Admirals, also feature strongly in Wikipedia. Text of document: "Whereas we have judged it expedient for the better distinguishing as may have been emptied from Cartridges (which is in general much decayed) from the rest of the Gunpowder on board His Majesty's Ships, that the words, 'Powder from Cartridges,' shall be marked upon the Barrels containing such Gunpowder; You are hereby required and directed to order the Gunner belonging to the Ship of Vessell under your command, to mark with white Paint, in legible Characters, the words, 'Powder from Cartridges' upon the Barrels containing the same, whenever such Gunpowder shall form a part of the stores of the ship or Vessel under your Command." No doubt Nelson received a copy of this document.…