Major thomas skinner (8 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good-. Rep. of 1891 first printing, pbk, Good, some marking/rubbing and a little general age wear, contents clean, bright and tight, some age-toning to endpapers, frontis., title and leading and top pge edge blocks, pp224. The Ceylon Historical Journal Volume Twenty One.

Condizione: Befriedigend. Reprint. 8vo. XVI, 224 S. Farbig illustrierter OKt.-Einband mit farbig illustriertem OSchU. Schutzumschlag berieben und mit Randläsuren, Schnitt mit kleinen Flecken, sonst ordentliches Exemplar. = The Ceylon Historical Journal Vol. 21. Als junger Offizier wurde Thomas Skinner nach der Eroberung der Gebirgsgegend um Kandy durch die britische Armee mit dem Ausbau des Straßennetzes beauftragt. Seine Autobiographie schildert sein Leben und Erfolge in diesem Bereich und erschien nach seinem Ausscheiden aus der Kolonialregierung 1867.…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint. This as new copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued.There is fine unclipped dust wrapper The contents are bright, tight, white and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. An Autobiography By The Late Major Thomas Skinner Originally published in 1891 , this reprint was edited by his daughter Annie Skinner With A preface By Monnier Williams. Major Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner CMG (22 May 1804 - 24 July 1877) was a British Army officer and engineer. He was a prominent road builder in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) Soon after, Skinner was appointed to the public works department which is responsible for building the roads in the island. He gained his lifelong lasting fame for constructing the Colombo-Kandy highway. He was appointed as head of the Colombo defence guard in 1825, lieutenant quartermaster general and surveyor general in 1833, and commissioner of highways in 1841. He is also noted for mapping previously uncharted parts of Ceylon. In 1848, Skinner gave a testimony before a Special Working Committee of the British House of Commons on the Matale Rebellion. His statement exposed the maladministration of the British that led to the rebellion and how British policies altered traditional ways of life of the native Sinhalese. This book is just one of a number of books on the history and social history of Ceylon that I am selling on this site. Ref TTT 2.…

1st ed. thus card covers with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xvi + 224pp., frontis., appendix, Ceylon Historical Journal Volume Twenty One. Work originally published in 1891.

Card Covers. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. 1974 reprint of the original 1891edition. As new and unread. Interior is clean and unmarked. Stiff pictorial card covers are clean with minor shelfwear to show. Unclipped dustjacket has two short tears to the foot of the spine at the flap edges. Minor soiling and shelfwear to show. The Major was born in 1804 and died in 1877. He went on to join the British army as an engineer and officer and built many important highways in Ceylon. The Ceylon Historical Journal Volume Twenty One. Photographs (illustratore).…

(E.A.). X,327 S. m. e. Ttlportr., Wegen der PPWR-Bestimmungen (Verpackungsmittelverordungen der EU) liefern wir nicht in Staaten der EU, mit Ausnahme von Österreich. Due to PPWR regulations (EU Packaging Directives), we do not deliver to EU countries, with the exception of Austria. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 OLn. 2, E m. Goldpräg., L L, Inh. u. Schnitt L Fl., Wi, Inv.-Z. (Bibl. Prof. Dr. Heinz Bechert).…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Bon. 327 p. Bookplate of the fraser Institute. Binding a bit worn (rebound).Soine missing. Front cover weak. Internella very goog condition. code 1057.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Volume I: xi 324 pp. steel engraved frontispiece portrait / Volume II: 291 pp. engraved frontispiece of Lake Tiberias, half-titles, later cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed round edges, spines faded, occasional foxing or staining. Thomas Skinner (1800 - 1843) served as an officer in India in 1826. After returning to England on leave, he went back to India in 1833 by the overland route through Egypt,Syria and Palestine. Thence he proceeded down the Euphrates,and embarked on the Arab Gulf. He describes the navy of Imam of Muscat and the city of Muscat. Bibliographical References: Blackmer 1547; Tobler p. 156; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 237; Rohricht 1808. #28674.…