macdonald geo (5 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Light wear.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good-. Wraps; 25pp; Covers clean & bright, slight wrinkling at bottoms of pages, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage freethought publication about the torture implements used by the Catholic Church in the 15th & 16th centuries, from the Nuremberg collection, including specimens from the Holy Inquisition. Illustrated. Published circa 1950s.

[no date]. (Staplebound) Very good. 25pp. The Nuremberg collection, including specimins from the Holy Inquisition. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrations. Minor chipping to the corners and a small tear at the top of the spine. (Religion, Holy Inquisition, Religion, Religious Persecution, Torture).

Paperback. Condición: Near fine. NY: The Truth Seeker Company, nd. 25pp. black and white illustrations throughout. 8vo. Stapled binding. This small pamphlet been folded in half at some point in time, however the crease marks are slight as the pamphlet has been stored flat for many years Near fine softcover.

", Volume 1: (illustrated title page with colour engraving die cut tipped in hand written text, Index) 57 pages , title page inscribed "In Memoriam", decorative initials throughout, various types of acrostics, small red Playfair crest pasted in; Volume 2: (frontispiece and illustrated floral title page with ink sketch around text) 59 pages (including Index), floral ink sketches around text throughout (including zinnia, garden pea, mercury, wild camellia), owner's loose inserts (incuding cabinet portrait "Geo Macdonald PlayfairConsul Packchoi China 1880" with pencil annotation "the author of this book" and author's page "notes") ; 2 volumes of handwritten verses [some original compositions] on a variety of subjects (including translations from French, German, Chinese and Greek, lyrics, humorous, "Peking", "Pygmalion and Galatea", "End of a Little Life" referring to his late daughter Dorothy and mourning verses with a pressed Maidenhair frond), both volumes initialled "D O N". Absolutely fascinating and unique, meticulously written and illustrated - Linnet Song appears to be in memory to late daughter." , Original Edition , wear and rubbing to covers of both volumes, volume 1 has slight split to lower spine edge, volume 2 bumped corners, backstrip missing with lower joint partially detatched, (volume 1) slight foxing throughout, (volume 2) marking to endpapers, both volumes pages a little tanned with a few marks, firmly held good condition (vol 1) half bound red morocco with gilt rules to boards and spine, gilt titles with black decoration to upper board, raised bands; (vol 2) navy morocco with bevelled edges, blindstamped rules to upper gilt rules to lower board, all edges gilt both vols folio, 19 x 26.5 cms, 28.5 x 24.5 cms Hardback SIGNED BY AUTHOR (INSERTS) ISBN: