Harris rev george (11 resultados)

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. University library withdrawl with clean bright unmarked text; red cloth sunned on spine but clean with barely a touch of shelfwear. 310 pp illustrated.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Library withdrawl with clean bright unmarked text; sign of pocket removal to rfep; dj chipped at top of spine, but otherwise with just moderate shelfwear, in protective mylar sleeve. 310 pp illustrated.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Original Wraps. Condición: Good. First Edition. 38 pgs dampstains interior. Rare. Owner's Bookplate.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Full-Leather. Condición: Good+. Contains the First, Second & Third Series, each with thei Original Title Pages. 18 Illustrated Plates by Cruikshank & Tenniel. Frontis Illustration has a Portrait of Rev. Barham. Contemporary black full leather binding with Gilt Title to front & spine. All page edges Gilt. Endpapers have foliate decoration. 7 1/4" Tall. No inscripions. Hinges a little cracked. Leather has a little edge wear and 2 nicks at top of spine.Tiny hole in leather at front, not penetrating the board beneath. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Cruikshank, George & Leech, John (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Lovely copy in Period Brown Tree Full-Leather binding with 5 raised bands and Gilt title and decoration to spine. Endpapers marbled and all page edges Gilt. XXIII/23 preliminary pages including the memoir and Preface. 7 3/4" Tall. Frontis has B&W portrait of Rev. Barham. 18 more B&W full-page Plates. Contains the First, Second and Third Series of stories and a memoir. Fine split to leather along right side of spine. Spine colour slightly faded. Hinges sound and text block firm. Nice old presentation label on endpaper from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals dated 1903. No inscriptions. Cruikshank, George & Leech, John (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. xii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm ; OCLC 5593443 ; Bound in red cloth. Pictorial front cover and spine stamped in gold. All edges colored olive green; George Herbert (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947), two English writers who worked together on several children's adventure books, wrote under the pen name Herbert Strang. ; "Samba lay face downwards upon the yellow sand, amid which his body shone in the sunlight like polished ebony. Behind, the rising bank was thick with trees and shrubs ablaze with colour, overspread with the delicate tracery of lianas and, creeping plants. Here was a spot of red, there a dash of orange; at intervals the pale yellow flowers of climbing gourds and the mauve blossoms of convolvuli peeped from the wall of vivid green. Tiny rills made music as they trickled through the foliage; and near at hand was a path trodden by herds of antelopes as they came to drink." ; "Nearly a generation has passed since King Leopold was entrusted by the great Powers with the sovereignty of the Congo Free State. The conscience of Christendom had been shocked by the stories, brought back by Stanley and other travellers, of Arab slave raids on the Upper Congo; King Leopold, coming forward with the strongest assurances of philanthropic motive, was welcomed as the champion of the negro, who should bring peace and the highest blessings of civilization to the vast territory thus placed under his sway. For many succeeding years it was supposed that this work of deliverance, of regeneration, was being prosecuted with all diligence; the power of the slave traders was broken, towns were built, roads made, railways opened-none of the outward signs of material progress were wanting.the civilized world has been horrified to find that this imposing structure has been cemented with the life blood of the Congo races; that the material improvements to which the administrator of Congoland can point, have been purchased by an appalling amount of suffering inflicted upon the hapless negoes. The collection of rubber, on which the whole fabric of Congo finance rests, involces a disregard of liberty, and indifference to suffering, a destruction of human life, almost inconceivable. Those who best know the country estimate that the populationis annually reduced, under King Leopold's rule, by at least a hundred thousand. No great war, no famine, no pestilence in the world's history has been so merciless a scourge as civilization in Congoland." ; Contents: The Coming of the White Man -- "Rubber is Death" -- Monsieur Elbel -- Night Alarms -- The Order of Merit -- Samba is Missing -- Blood Brothers -- Jack in Command -- Samba Meets the Little Men -- A Trip with a Crocodile -- Bula Matadi Comes to Ilola -- Samba comes Back -- "Honour thy Father and thy Mother" -- Lokolobolo's First Fight -- A Revolt at Ilola -- The House by the Water -- A Buffalo Hunt -- Elbel's Barrels -- Breaking the Blockade - David and Goliath -- A Dash and all Together -- A Message and a Meeting -- Elbel Squares Accounts -- A Solemn Charge -- A Break for Liberty -- Turning the Tables -- The Return of Lokolobolo -- The Chicotte -- Reaping the Whirlwind -- Sinews of War -- Summons and Surrender -- The Dawn of Freedom -- Conclusion ; front endpaper excised ; dig at top of spine ; else G. Book. …

Both on 4to biofoliums, and addressed, with postmarks, on the reverse of the second leaf. Both in fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE (22 February 1844): Concerning the unfortunate state of 'the Glasgow congregation' since Harris's removal to Edinburgh. His successor 'Mr. T[aylor].' stated his 'present views' to 'Messrs C & Smith', 'and they said at once he ought to resign the pulpit [.] The end cannot be far off. Mr. T. declared he would not quit the pulpit till he was dragged out of it'. The letter continues with references to 'Mr Taylor' and 'Mr Davidson'. TWO (5 March 1844): Announcing Taylor's resignation, 'carried last night at a Congregational meeting by 37 to 34.'. …