Younger edward (29 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean except for light foxing on the preliminaries; no owners' marks; the full red cloth cover has two short scuffs and some dimming along the spine, light surface wear at spine ends and joints, a faint brown spot at the lower front, and some corner wear, otherwise well-kept and sound. x, 433pp.; as with most first printings of this book, the index is absent. John A. Kasson came to Iowa from Charlotte, Virgina, already an accomplished lawyer, and in 1860, he was a delegate to the convention that selected Lincoln as the Republican Party's candidate for President. Under Lincoln, Kasson served as First Assistant Postmaster General and played a prominent role in US diplomacy. He died in 1910. ; Iowa Biographical Series Series.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by State Historical Society of Iowa, 1955. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. 1955. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. …

Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, gilt seal. x, 450pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mildly edgeworn, but tight. Attractrive first edition of this biography of the prominent Iowan (1822-1920), a noted Des Moines attorney and politician.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, gilt seal. x, 450pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Small abrasion at upper left of front pastedown and near bottom of title page -- visible but not disfiguring. A handsome and tight first edition of this biography of the prominent Iowan (1822-1920), a noted Des Moines attorney and politician.…

Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, gilt seal. x, 450pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Handsome, tight first edition of this biography of the prominent Iowan (1822-1920), a noted Des Moines attorney and politician.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 219 pages; Description: 219 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: World politics --1955-1965. 2 Kg.…

Very good condition. Name at top of front fly leaf. Paperclip mark at top of front endpaper and all pages before page one. Spine tips and corners are rubbed. 450 pages with index plus 16 pages of illustrations.

Zustand: New. In English.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Pages tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 219 pp., 23 cm. Contents; Co-existence with Soviet communism / Richard Lowenthal -- The political economy of the Cold War / Thomas Balogh -- British defence policy / John Strachey -- The Middle East / T.E.M. McKitterick -- The Far East / Kenneth Younger -- Policy for the Commonwealth / P.C. Gordon Walker -- Beyond power politics / Denis Healey. Subjects; World politics 1955-1965. International relations. Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear; The cloth on the spine is sun-faded. The Mylar protected dust jacket has the price intact and light handling wear. 8.75 inches tall; 240 pages with an index. This work stands as an essential primary source for Civil War scholars and students, offering rich context for understanding the inner workings of the Confederate government. Kean's reflections also illuminate the broader challenges faced by the Confederacy and its leadership, including issues of governance, war strategy, and the ultimate collapse of the Southern cause. Edited by noted historian William H. Reeder Jr., this collection of Kean's private diaries provides invaluable insight into the day-to-day operations, political intrigue, and personal challenges faced by those working within the Confederate government. Kean, a young Virginian, was an aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee and held various roles in the Confederate War Department, allowing him a unique vantage point on the events shaping the Confederacy's military and political strategies. The diary covers a critical period from 1861 to 1865, capturing the complexities of Southern leadership and the difficulties of maintaining a functioning government under siege. Kean's writing reveals his observations of prominent Confederate leaders, including Jefferson Davis, and reflect the growing tensions and disillusionment as the war progressed. The diary also offers an intimate perspective on the political and social dynamics of the Confederate capital, Richmond, and provides a personal view of the logistical struggles that plagued the South, including shortages of supplies, manpower, and political unity. [Adapted from Reviews from Journal of Southern History and Civil War History].…

Hardcover. 3rd edition. ix, [1], 305 p.; 10 woodcuts in text; 22.5 cm. [First printed in 1887] Subjects: James Bainham, doing penance at Old Paul's Cross, afterwards burned in Smithfield, A.D. 1532 -- Anne Askew, burned at the stake in Smithfield, A.D. 1546 -- William Wiseman, who died in prison, and was cast out to the dogs, privately buried at night, A.D. 1555 -- Gospellers, sent from Colchester to Bonner to be tried: most of them were burned, A.D. 1557 -- Rose Allen, whose hand was burned by Edmund Tyrrel. She was burned at the stake, A.D. 1557 -- Gospellers, worshipping in the woods at Islington in the reign of Queen Mary. Thirteen of them were burned, A.D. 1558 -- The death cart. Barrowe and Greenwood (Nonconformists) executed a Tyburn, A.D. 1593 -- Thomas Aldam tears his cap before Cromwell, saying: "So shall thy Government be torn from thee and thy House." A.D. 1658 -- Stevenson, Dyer and Robinson (Friends) on their way to the gallows on Boston Common, Mass. A.D. 1659 -- Edward Wharton, a Friend of Salem, Mass. flogged at the cart's tail by order of Governor Endicott, A.D. 1664 -- Burning of Old Newgate, during the great fire of London, A.D. 1666 -- Horsly Down Meeting of Friends, held in the street, broken up by the soldiers, A.D. 1670. Fair orig.green cloth. Binding sound, covers stained and spotted. …

Disbound. xxii, 553 p.; 8 chromolithograph pl., 14 mounted photographs, 6 woodcuts in text, fold. map at end; 22.5 cm. Subjects: James Bainham, doing penance at Old Paul's Cross, afterwards burned in Smithfield, A.D. 1532 -- Anne Askew, burned at the stake in Smithfield, A.D. 1546 -- William Wiseman, who died in prison, and was cast out to the dogs, privately buried at night, A.D. 1555 -- Gospellers, sent from Colchester to Bonner to be tried: most of them were burned, A.D. 1557 -- Rose Allen, whose hand was burned by Edmund Tyrrel. She was burned at the stake, A.D. 1557 -- Gospellers, worshipping in the woods at Islington in the reign of Queen Mary. Thirteen of them were burned, A.D. 1558 -- The death cart. Barrowe and Greenwood (Nonconformists) executed a Tyburn, A.D. 1593 -- Thomas Aldam tears his cap before Cromwell, saying: "So shall thy Government be torn from thee and thy House." A.D. 1658 -- Stevenson, Dyer and Robinson (Friends) on their way to the gallows on Boston Common, Mass. A.D. 1659 -- Edward Wharton, a Friend of Salem, Mass. flogged at the cart's tail by order of Governor Endicott, A.D. 1664 -- Burning of Old Newgate, during the great fire of London, A.D. 1666 -- Horsly Down Meeting of Friends, held in the street, broken up by the soldiers, A.D. 1670. Fair olive brown cloth, lacks spine, covers and end pages loose.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Noted: "Second large printing." Octavo. 71pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Quarter cloth spine and decorated paper-covered boards with printed paper cover label. Recipients neat ink name on front flyleaf, dated in year of publication, short bumped tear to cloth at crown of spine, light wear and nicks to extremities, else a very good copy, with the text very clean. A collection of poetry written in "black dialect," presumably by a white author, illustrated with caricatures of African-Americans. Inscribed by Edward Francis Younger: "To George Boller: You will have to share responsibility for this book as I have accepted your judgment all the way through. Sincerely, E. F. Younger".…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxvi, 241; frontispiece, special edition, signed by the editor; original blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket; jacket clipped, else fine. The diary begins on September 15, 1861 and ends in December 1865.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 24 pp. Stiff, stapled printed wraps. Very good with marginal staining. Includes black and white illustrations. Part of the California Museum of Photography Bulletin Newsletter series, Volume 6, No. 4.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue and creamy white paper covered boards. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. Contains 48 pp with 12 colour plates and 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs to the tips and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITAIN IN PICTURES.…

Zustand: Very Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue and creamy white paper covered boards. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. Contains 48 printed pages of text with 8 colour plates and 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Ink message to the title leaf 'Bayham Abbey Estate, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 9th August 1943.' Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 3s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITAIN IN PICTURES. …

Zustand: Very Good. Hardback. Single volume of 8 comedy plays collected from spearate volumes of The British Theatre. Bound together, each with frontis, in contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, rubbed and chipped but sound, a few pages slightly marked, otherwise very good.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated teal cloth covers, title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (xii), 468pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue with 41 monochrome illustrations throughout. Lacking the half-title, corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, foxing to the tissue guard. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'Follett Papsmoresy? With the author's best wishes, Fred Whymper, November 12th 1898.' Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).…

A little dusted. Sewn as issued. 40pp. Edward Solly, 1819-1886, chemist and antiquary, Hon. Professor to the Horticultural Society, Professor of Chemistry, Addiscombe College, Hon. Member of the Society of Arts, one of the promoters of the Great Exhibition. The 'Trade Museum' was envisaged as a repository for all sorts of materials, raw and manufactured, in order to assist commerce, together with 'illustrations of all manufacture' demonstrating progress. The aim was to establish the museum in London 'within reach of merchants and others', to show the 'most recent improvements in each art'. An appendix lists animal products and their uses. There is no record of the Museum progressing further than this initial exhibition held in a room at the Society of Arts.…

Oxford 1957, 241 pp. (code E-109H).

Folio, 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium, with the verso of the second leaf docketed, under the heading 'King's Warrant'. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Headed '(Copy)', and with 'George R' in a bold hand in the top left-hand corner. Although the signature is almost certainly not in the hand of the king, the document is docketed in pencil: 'Signature of his late beloved Majesty King George III on Copy of a Warrant retained by General Saml. Townsend'. Begins (in another hand): 'Whereas We are given to understand that our Trusty and Well beloved Major General Samuel Townsend Inspector General of the Recruiting Service is set insuper in the Account of Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Counseller Richard Rigby late Paymaster General of Our Forces for the Sum of Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Four Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight Pence being Money Imprested to him for carrying on the above Service from the end of the year 1778, to the 24th. day of June 1786 [.]'. The document records that the original was signed by Pitt, Eliot and Aubrey, as 'Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts', 'the Commissioners having recommended unto Us to discharge Major General Samuel Townsend from rendering any further Account of the same'.…