brief memoir (11 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. 1st ed. f/piece with tissue-guard+xxviii+358, faint floral dec. to endpapers; engr. ex-libris plate of Adrian Eeles centre fr. pastedown (tumbling classic columns), small engr. coat of arms of Frank Bridge Hitchcock centre fr. endpaper, slipped in sheet 'information from the College of Arms' has short biog.details of Jekyll (1753-1837) and his wife Anna Maria nee Sloane who died in 1808, with details of his coat of arms on separate slip, the full coloured coat of arms 'Jekyll impaling Sloane' hand-painted on recto front fly, occupying full page, thin paper-split lower fr.gutter, rear gutter split exposing netting but firm, tanning to outer sides of both endpapers. Red cloth covers clean and bright, though sp.a tad faded, circular gilt motif centre fr.,bottom outer corner bumped, others slightly so. Jekyll was a lawyer, M.P. and Attorney General to the Prince of Wales according to College of Arms biog. Byron, Wellington and George IV mentioned in numerous places.

Condizione: Acceptable. 1902 Endpaper detached. Text clean. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows significant signs of wear. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condizione: Very Good. Matteucci offers a short notice on Marianini's life and scientific work, highlighting his contributions to early electrical research. 3 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the fascinating history of The Charterhouse, a renowned English boarding school and one of the great charitable institutions founded in the seventeenth century. The school is a living legacy to the vision of Thomas Sutton, a wealthy merchant who, upon his death in 1611, bequeathed his fortune to establish a hospital and school for the poor and needy. The author traces the school's history from its origins as a Carthusian monastery to its modern incarnation. Along the way, the reader is introduced to an array of colorful characters and significant historical events that have shaped the school's development. The book also explores the school's educational philosophy, which emphasizes academic excellence, moral development, and a commitment to service. Through a combination of historical research and personal anecdotes, this book offers an intimate and engaging portrait of a remarkable institution that has played a significant role in English education and philanthropy for over four centuries. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is an engaging and diverse collection of the author's English poems and prose essays. Composed over a lifetime, the pieces in this volume tackle topics ranging from personal reflections to historical and literary criticism, with particular attention paid to the lives and writings of the circle of friends, poets, and intellectuals associated with Claverton and Prior Park. The author's deep engagement with these figures, and the broader literary and social culture of the 18th century, shines through in their thoughtful and perceptive analysis. Engaging with themes of Christianity and morality, this book also explores the social, cultural, and religious concerns of the Regency period, offering insights into the lives and minds of the period's most influential thinkers. Scholars of English literature and history will find much to enjoy in this rich collection of an accomplished Victorian writer, while general readers will delight in the author's ability to render complex ideas accessible and entertaining. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good-VG. 1st Edition. unf. chart & map+xxx+206+80 (pub.cat.), 19 engr.text figs; inscr. 'To my dear Mother,/from the Translator H.F.MS./ 8-12-86' on recto fly leaf, no other internal markings, fr.gutter cracked but reasonably firm, sl.incipient cracking to rear gutter. Brown cloth covers have a few surface marks & some patches of light discoloration towards outer corners on back, top.sp. rubbed with fraying to top 2 cms. back joint, other extremities a little rubbed. An above average copy of this scarce work despite cover faults. Inscribed by Translator.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo, first edition written at Fettes College, Edinburgh, pp, xxx, 206, with several illustrations and folding map frontispiece, gilt titled brown cloth, 80pp publisher's catalogue to rear, name on leading paste-down endpaper, hinges slightly strained but tight.

By Richard Pulteney (1730-1801). With additions; and a brief memoir of the author [by Thomas Rackett (1757-1841)]. Catalogues of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. With additions; and a brief memoir of the author. Illustrated with plates. Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley. London 1813. Collation: pp. I-II, 1 leaf (1 engraved portrait: "Portrait of Richard Pulteney, M. D."), pp. III-IV, pp. 1-106, 1 leaf (1 engraved plate: "Melbury Fossils"), pp. 107-110, 12 leaves (with 23 engraved plates: "Twenty-three Plates of Shells"). The text pages are printed in double columns. Recent black half leather with leather corners and recent marbled endpapers. Gold embossed title on spine. Contemporary gilt edges on three sides. Folio (400 mm x 250 mm). Condition: In the second edition there were errors in the pagination of some copies, namely on pp. 53-68, which were corrected with printed overstickers. As a result, the leaves in question were occasionally glued together. Later, small holes appeared when these adhesions were removed. In the present work, this happened to 4 leaves (pp. 53/54, 57/58, 59/60 and 61/62). Apart from this minor defect, the volume, printed on high quality paper produced in 1810, is in very good condition. The portrait, usually mostly brown-stained, is of very fine condition in this copy. The plate leaves are also mostly in very good condition. Overall a very nice copy. - In contrast to the first edition from 1799 - which was not illustrated - this second, expanded edition, edited by Thomas Rackett, contains a portrait of Richard Pulteney engraved by John Basire, a plate ('Melbury Fossils') engraved by John Cary after Mary Foster with 17 illustrations of shells, and 23 plates ('Twenty-three Plates of Shells') engraved by Peter Mazell with about 372 (!) illustrations of shells on 12 leaves. This is a new edition of Emanuel Mendes da Costa's 'Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae' of 1778 with six additional plates (I, IV, V, XIII, XVIIII and XIX), omitting some of Da Costa's illustrations and inserting others appropriate to the locality of the subject. While the text deals with the three subjects mentioned, the plates show only shells and fossils. - Richard Pulteney appeared as a physician, botanist and malacologist. Among other things, he belonged to the Linné Society as well as the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He left his collection of shells and minerals as well as his herbarium to the Linné Society. The herbarium is now in the British Museum. - Neueres, schwarzes Halbleder mit Leder-Ecken sowie neueren marmorierten Vorsätzen. Rückentitel in Goldprägedruck. Dreiseitiger zeitgenössischer Goldschnitt. Folio (400 mm x 250 mm). - Zustand: Es gab in der zweiten Auflage bei einigen Exemplaren Fehler in der Paginierung, und zwar auf den S. 53-68, die mit gedruckten Überklebern korrigiert wurden. Dabei kam es in der Folge vereinzelt zu Verklebungen der betreffenden Blätter. Späterhin sind beim Lösen dieser Verklebungen kleine Löchlein entstanden. Bei dem vorliegenden Werk geschah dies bei 4 Blättern (S. 53/54, 57/58, 59/60 und 61/62). Von diesem kleinen Mangel abgesehen ist der auf hochwertigem Papier, das im Jahre 1810 hergestellt wurde, gedruckte Band von sehr guter Erhaltung. Das Porträt, das üblicherweise zumeist braunfleckig ist, ist in diesem Exemplar von sehr schöner Erhaltung. Auch die Tafelblätter sind überwiegend von sehr guter Erhaltung - lediglich bei zwei Tafeln sind stellenweise leichte Ausbesserungen vorgenommen worden. Insgesamt immer noch ein schönes Exemplar. - Die hier vorliegende zweite, erweiterte und von Thomas Rackett bearbeitete Ausgabe enthält im Gegensatz zur Erstausgabe aus dem Jahre 1799 - die nicht illustriert gewesen ist - ein von John Basire gestochenes Porträt Richard Pulteneys, eine von John Cary nach Mary Foster gestochene Tafel ("Melbury Fossils") mit 17 Abbildungen von Muscheln sowie 23 von Peter Mazell gestochenen Tafeln ("Twenty-three Plates of Shells") mit etwa 372 (!) Abbildungen von Muscheln auf 12 Blättern. - BrM (NH) Vol IV, p. 1622. Jackson, p. 251. Lowndes Vol. IV, p. 2009. Nissen, ZBI 3250. Pritzel (1872) 7367. Sprache: en 1282 Gramm.

Condizione: Very good. 1909, London, T. Fisher Unwin, pp282, black and white illustrations, green cloth.