Sharpe rev john (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed by the author on the inside of the front cover. Light wear to the binding. A few superficial damp stains here and there to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. No broken hinges. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage (binding damp stains already noted). No soiling. Sun fading to the spine. No dust jacket (as issued?). Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. HISTORY UP TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. WITH TWENTY SEVEN PLATES Volume 1, all published, large folio in contemporary diced calf, rounded rubbed edges. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [8], [3] 4-146, [2], [1], [ii-clxxiii], [1], [12], [1], 2-1035 pp, 27 pls (includes 17 pls on coins), + 1 illustration within text, 1 map (folding, hand coloured in outline, by W Hughes), half title, title and dedication page in red & black inks, ms publishing details to verso fep, modern endpapers. In English, Latin, Old French & Anglo-Saxon. (406*259 mm). Contains first printings of 3 famous Welsh Chronicles - Gildae Sapientis De Excision Brittanniae Historia, Annales Cambriae and Brut Y Twysogion (The Chronicle of the Welsh Princes). …

Half-Leather Bound. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket Issued. Written by Petrie who was assisted by Sharpe, only volume 1 was published before the death of Petrie. From title page verso "The historical selections and histories contained in this volume were collected and prepared for printing by the late Mr. Henry Petrie, assisted by the Rev. John Sharpe, and were printed by command of. King William the Fourth, under the direction of the Commisioners of the public records of the Kingdom. The volume was not finished by Mr. Petrie, and since his death it has been completed and the prefatory matter added by Mr. Thomas Duffus Hardy". Volume 1 covers the 'earliest period to the Norman conquest of 1066, which is largely the Anglo-Saxon period running from approximately 449 to 1066. Includes 27 plates (17 of coins, 10 of manuscripts) and a fold-out map. Title pages printed with red and black text. Pages 4+146+clxxiii+1035pp. Three-quarter bound in leather four raised bands to spine and gilt lettering to spine. Green paper covers the remainder of the boards. Joints were strengthened with additional leather strip believed to have been as published (other copies also have this). Corners heavily rubbed and bumped. Wear to paper and boards on all edges. Strengthening leather strip rubbed.Text block is in very good order with sporadic spotting, including to endpapers and title pages. Overall given it's age and size/weight this is a very attractive copy.…

Demi-cuir. Condizione: Assez bon. Henry PETRIE-The Rev. John SHARPE-Thomas DUFFUS MONUMENTA HISTORICA BRITANNICA OR MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD Volume 1 (Extending to the Norman conquest) 1848, , Editions Command of her Majesty Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode Fort In-folio (27,5 x 41,5 cm), relié, 1035 pages, english book, livre en anglais Reliure demi-cuir marron à coins, dos à nerfs titré illustré de 27 planches hors texte dont numismatiques et d'une carte dépliante en couleurs Etat : reliure écorchée aux coiffes et aux coins, pages de gardes élimées et décalées, papier propre, ouvrage solide Poids : 6,5 kg.…

Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Volume 1, all published. 1035 pp. Ex-library copy rebound in a solid modern cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. 27 plates (17 of coins and 10 manuscripts) + folding map. Deckle edge. Minor marking to boards and light bumping to extremities. Some chipping to leaves along fore-edge. Occassional library stamps, both ink and perforated. Limited foxing. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. Folio.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large folio, approx. 16 3/8" by 10 3/4". 1035 pages. 27 plates of which 17 are of coins and 10 are manuscripts. Large fold-out hand-colored map. Very good, first and only edition in one volume. Professionally repaired as to spine and end-papers. Paper covered boards are stained overall and rubbed in several places. Board edges are rubbed as are the leather fore-edge corner tips. Leather spine has been replaced and provides overall very good stabilization. External page edges are age- and soil-toned. Pages toward the front and back are smudged, as well as chipped along some of the edges. Minimal age-toning and limited foxing to text pages. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. This large and oversize volume will require additional postage depending on location. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.…

First Edition. First and only edition, large folio, pp. [6], 146, [2], clxxiii, [12], 1035; titles printed in red and black, lithograph dedication in red and black, 17 plates of coins, 10 plates of manuscripts, folding map hand-colored in outline, text in Latin, English and Anglo-Saxon; contemporary half tan calf, rubbed, but sound. Contains some of the earliest texts for a history of Britain, including those of Gildas, Bede, Alfred, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, etc., and with a descriptive catalogue of early English coins and manuscripts. Petrie, a close friend of Dibdin, drew up plans and solicited public support for this grand undertaking, which included all the then-known references to Britain in the Greek and Roman writers, in inscriptions, charters, bulls, synods, etc., as well as general histories and annals. The first volume was completed in 1835, and a large body of materials had been collected for a second, but the work was "suspended by an order of the record commissioners, due to a misunderstanding between them and Petrie" (see DNB) and none but the first volume was published, posthumously, by Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, who had been trained by Petrie.…