Edited stanbury thompson (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 22cm, xxiii,437p., frontis portrait, 16 plates, 5 text illustrations, appendices, index, red cloth, illustrated jacket chipped along edges, fine in good jacket (s7.5) The memoirs of an officer in the Scots Brigade, a mercenary regiment in the pay of the Stadtholder of the Netherlands. An interesting picture of social, military, and diplomatic life, in the middle of the 18th century.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First edition thus. First edition thus. Book has very light wear. DJ has closed tear on front panel, else only light wear and chipping to page edges. Illustrated with 9 B & W plates and 5 textual sketches. Stedman lived from 1744-1797, was a member of the Scots Brigade and later as a Dutch mercenary on an expedition to Surinam in 1772. He retired fairly early and spent the rest of his life working on his journals and a history of Surinam. Includes appendices, miscellanea and an index.…

Hardback, cloth. Condizione: Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. The Journal of John Gabriel Stedman 1744-1797, edited by Stanbury Thompson Hardback, 1962, first edition, published by The Mitre Press, London, xxiv + 437 pages.Measures around 5 3/4" by 8 3/4" by 1 5/8". Pictorial dust jacket, which is price-clipped, displays marking, scuffing and some tattering and tearing with tape repairs at top edge. Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, very clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges. Bumped corners. Some slackness to binding but book contents firm. Page edges a little marked, slightly browned, scuffed and foxed. Page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. xxiv, 437 pp. …

Red Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. xxiv, 437pp, black & white illustrations in text and black & white plates, spotting to edges, this has seeped into the margins of some pages, red cloth, gilt spine lettering, some discolouration to cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, rubbed and worn, edges especially, has been mended internally. This journal gives a true picture of social, military and diplomatic life in the middle of the 18th century. John Gabriel Stedman was an officer in the Scots Brigade. Size: 8.75 X 5.75 Inches. Military.…

First edition. Hardcover. Very good in very good dustjacket. Illustrated with b/w plates.