conquest java von thorn william (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Zustand: Very good.

Hardcover met stofomslag. Zustand: Good. Reprint. Condition: Goed. Binding: Hardcover met stofomslag. Edition: Reprint. Year: 1993. Language: Engels. Description: Prima strak boek met verkleurde rug en licht vlekkerige snede. Enkele gebruik-/opslagsporen.

Zustand: Very good.

Reprint. xxiv + 369pp + xxxv colour plates showing scenes of Java and maps (includes map on endpapers). 25.5 x 18cm. Dustjacket spine sunned with a very small closed tear at tail, a very good hardback copy.

8vo. XV, 664 S. Kt.-Einband der Zeit. Rücken nur noch in Stücken vorhanden mit großen Fehlstellen, Einband stark stockfleckig und knickspurig, Papier aufgequollen, stockfleckig, partiell mit Schimmelspuren, altersbedingt gebräunt, sämtliche Karten fehlen. Das Exemplar ist durch große Feuchtigkeitseinwirkungen gekennzeichnet, der Text ist aber gut und leserlich erhalten.

Singapore, Periplus Editions, 1993. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 35 maps and coloured plates. XXIV,370 pp. Nineteenth-century Java seen through the eyes of a soldier of the British empire: Memoir of the conquest of Java with the susequent operations of British forces in the Oriental Archipelago.

First edition; 4to (30.5 x 24.5 cm); large double-sheet engraved map as frontispiece, 18 further engraved maps and plans (12 of which folding), 17 plates (4 of which folding), one engraved and the rest aquatints by J. Jeakes, touch of very light spotting, minor marginal tears to hinges of frontispiece map, small tear to margin only of plate 20; modern half black morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, a near-fine copy; xxiv, 370 pp. One of the most important early books on Java alongside Raffles' Java. The book is notable for its fine aquatint views of Batavia. The plates are by Joseph Jeakes who worked as a painter and engraver in London, probably after drawings by Johannes Rach and his school. 'The most important of these is the Water Castle (Taman Sari), built by Sultan Hamenkubuwana I of Jogjakarta from 1758, the first print to depict this justly famed architectural wonder of central Java' (Bastin). William Thorn (1781-1843) served in the Maratha Wars under Lord Lake and in the expeditions against Mauritius in 1810 and Java in 1811, becoming Deputy Quartermaster-General of the British army in the island, and took part in the actions against Palembang and Jogjakarta in 1812. Abbey (Travel), 553; Bastin & Brommer p.7.