Townsend c h t (9 Ergebnisse)

Second Impression. Very good cloth copy in a very good edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; xix, 327 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (1 color), facsimiles, maps, plan, portraits (1 color) 26 cm. Subjects; Military history. India. Army. Mountain. Artillery. 1880-1947 Personal observations. Collections. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Good+ condition in worn dust wrapper in protective cover, octavo, mid brown cloth spine with tan cloth boards, Lonsdale initial and crown in gilt on front, titles and gilt across spine, neat gift inscription dated 1962 on front free end paper, Foyles booksellers label on front end paper, one instance of marginalia - the list of winners of the Grand National stop at 1954, a previous owner has completed from 1963 to 1967. otherwise text is clean and bright and the binding firm, illustrated with a colour plate frontis piece and 69 other illustrations on plates and 5 other illustrations in text (there is a discrpancy between the dust wrapper and the number of plates called for; 334 pages including index. [QP]. Various (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2d, rev. ed. ; 332 pp. ; LCCN: 62-1104 ; LC: Z791 ; OCLC: 575005 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; bump to fron top cover corner ; binding imperfection on front cover affects one thread ; spine slightly sunned ; a summary retrospective of the "contemporary background of London's libraries will indicate something of the wealth of literary and scientific resources to which the chapters of this book may serve as signposts. The libraries described are of every kind and size, and the chapters are arranged so far as possible in a logical order. The first six chapters are concerned with those having a definitely national status, beginning of course with the British Museum itself. Two chapters follow describing the libraries of Parliament and the Government Departments, and then three dealing with those maintained by the City of London, the London County Council and the London boroughs." ; VG. Book.…

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Quarto. 242 pages. Leighton Son and Hodge contemporary maroon cloth binding with gilt design border, inlaid illustration to upper panel surrounded by gilt design, matching gilt design to spine and titles, all edges gilt, blind stamping to lower panel, chamfered edges. Yellow front end paper missing, small crop to top of title page, light foxing to early and latter pages, bumps to lower corners, spine tips turned over. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British]. …

Zustand: V.g. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st edition. V.g., edges of pages sl. tanned; jacket frayed at margins. A masterful flora of Iraq, excluding the highlands, with keys to genera and species, descriptions, synonymy, distribution including altitude and citation of individual collections. The fieldwork for this flora was undertaken while the author was visiting professor at Baghdad University; much was carried out in the company of Evan Guest and Ali Al-Rawi, who are thanked for their excellent companionship and cooperation. (6), 746 pp. Weight: 1.8 Language: English Publisher's dark green boards, dust jacket.…

Zustand: Good. 3 preliminary leaves and 40 etched plates. Text and illustrations on India paper, mounted. (Folio) 37x25.5 cm (14½x10") period three-quarter green morocco and cloth, title in gilt on front, spine gilt, all edges gilt; marbled eps. Binding worn, some foxing; very good. (Bookplate of Melville E. Stone. Melville Elijah Stone (1848 - 1929) was a newspaper publisher, one of the organizers of The Associated Press, and a leading figure in American journalism.)Illustrations by members of the Etching Club, artists include: T. Webster, C.W. Cope, T. Creswick, R. Redgrave, F. Tayler, H.I. Townsend, J.C. Horsley, C. Stonhouse, and John Bell.Preceded the trade edition of 1842, published Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Gordon Ray. The Illustrator and the Book in England, no. 214.…

Seven parts. 280, 289, 249, 303, 232, 242, 428 p., 9 plates, paperbound. Paper covering of lower end spine of part 7 damaged with some loss of paper. Library stamps, some numbers written on top margin of front covers, else a good, unopened set. This is undoubtedly Townsend?s magnum opus and was privately published by Townsend himself in Brazil. It went through 12 parts, here we present the first 7. Although important, sets or even loose parts are rare.…