Chambers captain william (3 risultati)
Altre immaginiEditore: London: W. & R. Chambers 1858
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Da: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Stony Hill Books
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EUR 40,56
EUR 4,81 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Bound together in half black leather over marbled boards, each volume contains 416 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo], spine inexpertly repaired but presentable; Vol.…IX contains serialization of Capt. Mayne Reid. Oçeola, a Romance, 2 January 1858 to 26 June 1858 (weekly)., as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Vermont Heritage Press Inc. and Vermont Historical Society, Bennington and Montpelier, Vermont 1984
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Da: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.Cultural Connection
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EUR 157,75
EUR 3,50 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
A full color facsimile which is a faithful reproduction of the original 1779-1780 manuscript version. Introductory essay by J. Kevin Graffagnino. xxxi, 70 pages. 31 plate maps, (most fold-out plus large "Plan of Lake Champlain from Ft. John to Ticonderoga" at back. Dark blue grey cloth stamped in silver. Elephant Folio 15 3/4" x… 12 1/4". Very clean. Tight. Bright. Dust jacket. near Fine/ near Fine.
Editore: P. Byrne, and W. Jones 1793
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Da: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, , Regno UnitoHünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB
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EUR 537,34
EUR 26,08 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia. Dublin, P. Byrne, and W. Jones, 1793. 8vo. [16] + 643 + (1 blank)p. Contemporary calf, gilt title on spine label; worn. Early reports on the Far East inc…luding the first published account of Tibet by an Englishman, Captain Samuel Turner, who was sent there by Warren Hastings. It contains Turner's letters to John Macpherson, the Governor-General of Bengal relating to his interview with Teeshoo Lama at the Monastery of Terpaling, and an account of a journey to Tibet made by Poorungeer, a Gosseyn, and his reception by the Lama. (Turner's full narrative was not published until 1800.) The volume also includes studies of eastern arts, sciences and literature including chapters on the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India, the chronology of the Hindus, the Indian game of chess, the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac, the plants of India, an account of Nepal, and a discourse on the method of catching wild elephants at Tipura. Sir William Jones made his name with his Persian grammar, founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784), and edited its Journal of Asiatic Researches (PMM pp 141-142). ESTCN 8164.
