Resultados de búsqueda: British History from Respectful Exits

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1903. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wilfrid Meynell, Benjamin Disraeli, An Unconventional Biography. With forty illustrations, including two photographic plates. New York: D. Appleton, 1903. First edition. Handsome bright green cloth binding, gold titles, top edge gilt, rough cut pages. Heavy paper. 513 pp. Lightly used ex-library(borrowed twice). Very good condition..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Unbound. First Edition. 4to.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First edition. Unbound original article, 17 pp. with 14 engravings that include 2 maps. Occasional light foxing, very good condition..

Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1928. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928. 8vo. Cloth binding, 459 pp. Previous owner name, light water stain to board (does not affect text or integrity of book). Good..

Paris: Hachette, 1881. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Léon Renard, Bibliothêque des Merveilles: Les Phares (Library of Marvels: Lighthouses). In French. Paris: Hachette, 1881. Stated third edition. Hardcover bottom, half-leather. 7" 1/4 x 4" 3/4. 260 pp., 49 engravings. An interesting and graphic-intensive book on lighthouses, including chapters on: The Origin of Lighthouses, The Science of Lighthouses, English Lighthouses (Eddystone, Smalls, Bell-Rock, Skerryvore, Wolf-Rock, North-Unst, Sunderland), French Lighthouses (Corduan, Lighthouses of la Hève, Héaux de Bréhat, Les Triagoz), Iron Lighthouses, Light Ships and other signaling devices, The International Association of Lighthouses of the World, Life at the Lighthouses, Shipwrecked People. Very light foxing present, hand-written inscription on presentation page: "Paris 3.XI.1902 and hand signature unreadable. Very good condition in solid binding..

United Kingdom: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2005. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. 4to. U.K.: Sutton, 2005. First edition. 4to. Cloth binding, 299 pp. Pictorial endpapers, every page in color on glossy paper. Where and when treasure finds have been made in Britain. New in new dustjacket..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over dark green boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, rough cut pages, gray endpapers, illustrated in black and white throughout, 355 pp. Dust jacket price clipped. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 414 pp. Index. Black and white photographs. Douglas was the lover and companion of Oscar Wilde, and this book sheds new light on Douglas' relationship with Wilde and his role in Wilde's eventual downfall. Moderate edgewear. Very good in very good jacket in mylar cover..

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 370 p. Illustrated. Index. Now First published from the Original Manuscript Prepared for the Press, with Introduction and Notes By Frederick A. Pottle, Sterling Professor, Yale University, with a Preface By Christopher Morley. Maps on endpapers. Edgewear. Jacket has shelfwear and chipping at edges. Very good in good dustjacket in mylar cover..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1914. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Hardcover. 12mo.. New York: Crowell, c. 1914 (no publication date). 12mo. Hard cover binding, 272 pp. Color photograph frontispiece of roberts, 16 additional plates and two maps. Indexed. Ex-antique library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC (30 September 1832 - 14 November 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. Occasional library marks. Lacking rear endpaper. Light foxing. Good..

New York: Continuum, 1983. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York: Continuum, 1983. 4to. Cloth. 207 p. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. An illustrated history of every aspect of English life, from natural history, archaeological findings, the government and law, way of life, cultural and religious heritage, and more. Slight cracking of hinges. Shelf wear. Very good in very good dustjacket in mylar cover..

London: Longmans Green, 1948. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Longmans Green, 1948. 12mo. Cloth binding, 215 pp. Previous owner name and bookstore sticker inside. A book on citizenship and the role that each citizen in expected to play. Very good..

New York: Atheneum, 1970. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Atheneum, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 215 pp. Little-read ex-university library book with expected stamps. 150 black and white illustrations, most never seen, and 4 pp. of maps. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a new archival-quality mylar cover..

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 94 p. Index. Black and white photographs. Maps. An attractive travel guide to York, England. Jacket is edgeworn. Fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

London: Private Press, 1908. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Vellum. First Edition. 4to.. London: Private press, 1908. First edition, privately printed. Bookplate, unnumbered. Quarter-vellum over paper boards, gilt titles, top edge gilt, untrimmed pp. 380, 376, 351 pp. Silk ribbon markers. Minor flaws. Near fine..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. Book. Illus. by Hering, George. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Decorative green cloth with art nouveau design in black, titles in gilt, topstaining. 316 pp., plus 4 pp. advertising. Seventy-seven black and white illustrations (plates and in-text) by George Hering. Hering became famous for his Italian landscapes, so this work in West Yorkshire was rare. Tiny bump to one corner. A bright copy without writing inside. Near fine..

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1851. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1851. First edition. Disbound pages, 18 pp. A complete Parliamentary Act, disbound from a larger volume. Original 1851 document. Fine.. First Edition. Disbound. Fine. 4to..

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1842. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1842. First edition. Anno Quinto & sexton Victoriae Reginae. Disbound pages, 15 pp. A complete Parliamentary Act, disbound from a larger volume. Original 1842 document. Fine.. First Edition. Disbound. Fine. 4to..

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1857. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1857. First edition. Disbound pages, 6 pp. A complete Parliamentary Act, disbound from a larger volume. Original 1857 document. Fine.. First Edition. Disbound. Fine. 4to..

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green buckram. 888 pp. Near fine condition. Scarce..

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Green cloth binding, gold titles, 562 pp. including index. Corners bumped, else in fine condition..