atkinson e translator (9 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 415.

Condizione: New. pp. 415.

Condizione: New. pp. 415.

8vo. Original gilt lettered calf-backed grey cloth, top edge red (VG), slipcase (VG). Pp. 154, illus with vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence and endpaper maps (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 229 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Fraying to cloth at tail of spine. Hinges broken. Bradford Grammar School prize label dated 1877 on front endpaper. A 12mm tear to lower margin of title leaf.; Second edition. [2 (advertisements), xiii, [3], 542 pages + [2], 32 (advertisements) + lithograph frontispiece (colour) + 1 lithograph plate (colour). 429 in-text woodcut figures. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 181 x 122mm. Spine title: "Popular / Natural / Philosophy / Ganot". Text in English. "The present work has its origin in an attempt to comply with a suggestion which has frequently been made to me, that I should prepare an abridged edition of my translation of Ganot's 'Elements de Physique', which could be used for purposes of more elementary instruction than that work" - from the Preface.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Series. A very good, burgundy leather bound, hardcover, with bright gold lettering and decoration on the front board. Faded lettering on spine. Wigan Grammar School and coat of arms, within gold border on the front board. Floral gold decoration and five raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers with latin bookplate inscription on front pastedown. Moderate spotting on endpapers. 362 pages edged in gold on 3 sides, illustrated. Topics include the Eye and Optics, Music, Ice and Glaciers and Goethe's scientific research. Pages lie flat, indicating minimal handling.1 Light edge wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. As. New Edition. xiv, 348 pp. 8vo.; vi, 265 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth covered boards with gold embossed title and illustration on cover boards, spine. Light wear to boards, bumping to corners. Front cover of Volume II has scuffing at base of author name. Endpapers of each volume have light foxing, clean within.

Hardcover. 1st. First Edition in English (originally published in 1910-11 in the Revue d'Infanterie as 'Les japonais en Mandchourie'). Small octavos; original red vertical-rib cloth, gilt lettered spines and front covers, map case with brown cloth ties intact. Text volumes Very Good (somewhat soiled, Volume 2 has faint staining to upper board, significant to lower; map case rear outer hinge has a 2" split). Folding maps in pocket at rear of Volume I (#s 1 through 12) and in map case (#s 13 through 22) are in fine condition, likely never opened). All maps with previous owner's blindstamp. This work is considered '.the most important critical work on the Russo-Japanese War.' (Encyclopedia Brittanica). Note that for this English edition the copious maps were redrawn on a larger scale and the positions of troops shown in color. Blainey in 'The Causes of War' described Cordonnier as "one of France's finest generals." In 1921, Cordonnier published 'Une Brigade au feu; Potins de Guerre,' a tribute to the 87th brigade which he commanded in World War I. One of publisher Hugh Rees' Pall Mall Military Series, which included works on military theory and history by European as well as British authors.