George gordon macdougal (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Light tan stiff card covers printed in black, tan paper spine; xiv, [i] contents, 188 pages in English, black/white plate "Fig. I" and "Fig. II" facing page 59, 6 folding sheets each with multiple figures at end; overall measurements approx. 9 x 5.5 inches [22.5 x 14 cm], page edges untrimmed; from WorldCat: OCLC Number: 5271692 Notes: P. 1-138 tr. from the Danish by George Gordon Macdougall; the remainder by John M'Caul. Description: xiv, 188 pages illustrations, 7 plates 22 cm Contents: Brief exposition of the oldest Icelandic and Norwegian accounts of Ireland.--On the stone implements of the pagan Northmen.--The Runamo inscription.--Account of some bronze antiquities found in the island of Fyen.--Account of some ancient Scandinavian chess-men.--On the Ruthwell obelisk and the Anglo-Saxon runes. This publication contains one of the earliest descriptions of the discovery of the Lewis chess-men, a cache of 12th-century Norsk ivory chess pieces discovered in 1831 on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. CONDITION NOTES ON THIS COPY: paper spine wasted, covers detached and somewhat grubby, edges rubbed; text block in multiple pieces, some of final plates loose, but internally still almost Very Good condition, clean and unmarked save as noted, page edges untrimmed, all plates clean with no separations at folds; old library oval ink stamp on front cover, call letters in ink UL corner, oval ink stamp on title page; old newspaper excerpt glued inside front cover; period gift inscription to the Davenport Academy of Sciences is faint and almost legible, but the signature is not clear; 2-inch tear to outer b lank margin of pages 23/24 extends into text but with no loss.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Light tan stiff card covers printed in black, tan paper spine; xiv, [i] contents, 188 pages in English, black/white plate "Fig. I" and "Fig. II" usually found facing page 59 is pasted inside rear cover, and is colored in bronze/gold tones; 6 folding sheets each with multiple figures at end; overall measurements approx. 9 x 5.5 inches [22.5 x 14 cm], page edges untrimmed; from WorldCat: OCLC Number: 5271692 Notes: P. 1-138 tr. from the Danish by George Gordon Macdougall; the remainder by John M'Caul. Description: xiv, 188 pages illustrations, 7 plates 22 cm Contents: Brief exposition of the oldest Icelandic and Norwegian accounts of Ireland.--On the stone implements of the pagan Northmen.--The Runamo inscription.--Account of some bronze antiquities found in the island of Fyen.--Account of some ancient Scandinavian chess-men.--On the Ruthwell obelisk and the Anglo-Saxon runes. This publication contains one of the earliest descriptions of the discovery of the Lewis chess-men, a cache of 12th-century Norsk ivory chess pieces discovered in 1831 on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. CONDITION NOTES ON THIS COPY: paper spine mostly wasted, covers detached and somewhat grubby, edges rubbed; text block sewing secure, internally almost Very Good condition, clean and unmarked save as noted, page edges untrimmed, all plates clean with no separations at folds; old inscription "Romeo Elton from R.S N.A." at top of front cover, "Romeo Elton"s" on front blank leaf, pencil marks in Greek letters UR corner of title page; some light pencil notes by a previous owner on verso of front cover and on front blank leaf. Romeo Elton (1817-1889) was an American academic and author.…