Lewis george cornwall (8 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good.

Cloth Boards. Condición: Poor. No Jacket. In need of restoration, front board loose but extant, spine detached from hinge, PP are all attached and in good order. Size: 8vo.

Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, small closed tear on fold, mainly good condition. "It has been represented to me that the Bill of which you have given notice for Tuesday the 8th is of a nature to affect the rights of the Crown in connexion with the Duchy of Lancaster. | I have consulted the speaker on the subject, & he thinks that from the title it appears to be a private bill, which must by introduced, and not upon motion - | Will you have the kindness to give me some information on the object of it." Note: although Ricardo took an active interest in the railways and telegraph, this probably refers to his initiatives for Free Trade, judging by other letters which came up in the same auctiion lot.…

1st edition extracted from The Review. Large 8vo. 512 to 554pp ( 43 pages ). Begins top of page & finishes bottom of page. Binders marks along inside edge where extracted from bound volume ( could be trimmed ). Clean & tight. VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. 1st Edition. 530 pages in good condition. From the "Library of Useful Knowledge" series. Extreme pages are foxed and spotted. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep and fpdep. Page edges are speckled with red publisher's stain. Darkened on the head edges. Half-bound in brown leather and marbled paper. Boards are darkened and scuffed. Spine is heavily worn and scuffed, with a large chip on the tail end and a torn head. Labels are faded. Joints are worn but intact. Worn around the edges, especially on the corners. 1ST EDITION. G+. Book. …

New edition, corrected," 8vo, xvi & 530pp., spine faded and chipped at extremities, otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Authors Presentation Copy; Written by Sir George Cornwall-Lewis MP of Harpton Court, 132pp, original grey covers, paper title label on front cover, rubbed on corners, sl rubbed top and base spine. Covers sl soiled , Has the bookplate of JW Willis Bund of Worcester on endpaper; Small Octavo.…

First Edition. First and only edition, 12mo, pp. xii, 132; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on upper cover, boards loose, but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper, of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson, May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper, noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside," and about 30 or so annotations, amplifications, and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink, in two different hands (likely Piper and Leyson). "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor, died at his residence, Court House, Ledbury, after a short illness, the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased, who was 78 years of age, has practiced in Ledbury over half a century, and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club, and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" (ledburyhistory.uk[dot]com). …