Verlag: William Clowes, London, 1824
Anbieter: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. xvi, 335 p. 22 cm. 12 fold-out plates at rear. Original publisher's binding. Front board detached and front free endpaper nearly so. Plates and rear board also nearly detached. Spine deteriorated with chipped head and numerous cracks. Ink note and soiling to boards. Worn edges. Ink signature on front pastedown. Some foxing to first pages. Overall, a complete and neat text block in need of rebinding. Torrens was Adjutant-General to the Forces.
Verlag: Printed and Sold by William Clowes, 1824
Anbieter: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
1st Ed. xvi + 335pp. 12 folding plates. Annotations and markings to text throughout, ex.-libris Edward Seward, browning, early suede, some loss to corners and head of spine, gilt lettered title label. By his Majesty's Command. US$119.
Verlag: London: Printed And Sold By William Clowes, 1824., 1824
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
Erstausgabe
8vo. pp. xvi, 335, [1] + 4 pp. of publisher's ads. 12 folding engraved plates. contemporary half roan (bit worn). First Edition of Torrens' revision of the general regulations for field exercise and movement of the British army ".[I]t was deemed necessary by the Commander-in-Chief to take advantage of a period of peace for re-establishing uniformity, by prescribing to the Army a regulated system; which, while it rests on the leading principles introduced by Sir David Dundas, shall combine the additional formations, with the increased celerity in the mode of executing all movements, which have been partially practised for the last few years." (Introduction).
Verlag: Saint John. Printed by Henry Chubb, Market-Square. 1827, 1827
Anbieter: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Kanada
Signiert
Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, vii,159,xxviiip., folding sheet of music for the melody "Bugle Sounds", original boards, later velum spine, modern paper label, varying degrees of foxing, small circular stain appears on two pages, scarce, our first copy. (cgc) With: Autograph Signed Letter of Major General Sir Henry Torrens. 1816. One page, docketed leaf. Dated House Guards. 29th June 1816. Documents arranging a pension for Helen Fraser. Very good. Sir Henry Torrens was born at Londonderry, Ireland in 1779. He was educated at a Dublin military academy and received his first military commission at the age of 14 when he was made an ensign in the 52nd Regiment of Foot. He served in Portugal (1798), in Holland (1799), and later in Nova Scotia, Egypt and India. He saw action in 1799 at the battles of Hoorne and Egmond van Zee and was wounded at the latter. The regiment he commanded in Nova Scotia was the Surrey Rangers, which he did for one year before returning to England in the autumn of 1801. In 1820 he was appointed adjutant-general of the forces and during his tenure of the appointment he made a complete revision of the 'Regulations for the Exercise and Field Movements of the Infantry of the Army.' They were much in need of it, and he accomplished the task in a manner which gave general satisfaction, embodying the improvements which had been introduced and practiced by different commanders in recent wars (The Compact Edition of the Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. II, 1975). This revision of the British army manual was published in 1824 and was titled Field exercise and evolutions of the Army as revised by Major-General Sir Henry Torrens. The current offering is a shorter version of the latter which is 335 pages, and it is arranged differently. Its introduction states, in part: His Excellency the Commander-In-Chief has found it indispensable to supercede by the following Compilation which he has made chiefly from the late Treatise, all those Rules and Regulations which have therefore been in use for the instruction of the Militia Forces in this Province: and thus to provide for that conformity with the recently established practice of the British Army, which can only be obtained by extending to the Militia Forces, the instructive advantage of the improved code. Torrens died in August, 1828 in Welwyn, England.
Verlag: Fisher & Son, London, 1829
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By Dean (illustrator). This is a fine antique engraving showing fine detail. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an antique portrait of this eminent personage. General of Londonderry.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1860
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original antique engraved portrait. Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition - circa 1860. A fine engraved portrait of Sir Henry Torrens , born 1779.
Verlag: Easton Press
Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Leather Bound. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. All edges gilt; satin page-marker attached to binding; moirà end pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound in genuine leather. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.25.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1840
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.
Verlag: Easton Press
Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Leather Bound. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. Sealed in shrink wrap. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.25.
Verlag: Easton Press
Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Leather Bound. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Light scratching to page edges; Unused ex-libris on first blank page; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.25.
Verlag: Fisher & Son, 1830
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original antique portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Very unusual and decorative .
Verlag: Place indecipherable. 15 August, 1809
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
1p., 16mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Reads: Dear Sir - | I am directerd by the Commander of ther Forces to request that you will pay the enclosed on account of the Extraordinaries of th Army.' Torrens was Military Secretary between 1809 and 1820.
Verlag: Fisher, 1829
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Dean (illustrator). A fine original engraving with name printed underneath. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase this splendid portrait of this famous personage.
Verlag: 'Whitehall 26th. March 12' i.e, 1812
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
See Beckett's entry in the History of Parliament, according to which he held the position of Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs from 1806 to 1817. 1p, foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased at the foot, with strip of discoloration at the head. Folded twice into a packet. Addressed to 'Colonel Torrens'. (Torrens was a British Army officer, economist, editor of the Globe newspaper and an influential figure in the colonization of Australia.) Reads: 'Sir, / Your Letter to Mr Peel [the future Tory prime minister Sir Robert Peel, then Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies] of the 24th. Instant having been referred to this Office and laid before Mr Secretary Ryder, [i.e. Home Secretary Richard Ryder] I am directed to acquaint you, that as Mr Ryder has in no instance granted a Cartel Passage to aliens going to France since the Regulation was established confining them to certain Cases connected with the Public Service, He is induced to hope that H: R: H The Commander in Chief [Prince Frederick, Duke of York] will wave his recommendation in favor of Mr Sonnenberg / I am &c / J Beckett'.