Stoneleigh (8 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Very Good. 3 pages, illustrated with photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 24 x 29 cms. Category: The Connoisseur; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Unframed Print. Condición: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the periodÃ"ÃÃs architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGEâ" áFROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Lithograph, drawn from Nature on the stone by J. Brandard [1812-1863], printed by J. Graf, on India paper, a little marking around edges, A finely drawn Victorian lithograph.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2 volumes from the 12 volume Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. These are volume 2 and 7 (numbered on the title page, not on the spine). Both in rust orange cloth with gold lettering and black and gold bands and decoration. Both on good clean bindings, tight and square. About 700 pages each. The books themselves are part of a fairly standard Victorian set of Thackeray - but each has a bookplate -- with the name "Anne S. Brown. Stoneleigh" on the inside front cover. Stoneleigh was the mansion built by Robert Brown just outside of Baltimore, in 1852. Brown was the son of the founder of the Baltimore Medical College. The house was a prim, 22 room, Victorian -- and was torn down to make way for a development community in the 1950s. These two volumes from a member of the Brown family are a nice remembrance of the lost home. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.…

8vo, pp. 72; contemporary green straight-grain morocco, neatly rebacked; gilt edges, blue-grey endpapers. First and only edition: this is a collection of Leigh's juvenile poetry, 'written at a very early age', as he claims in his prefatory advertisement. He also asks that his friends should 'remember that these verses are not published' - this despite the full imprint, which rather suggests that he wanted them to be known. Leigh had been at Harrow with Byron, who was three years his senior, and he seems always to have lived his life in the greater poet's shadow, either as a writer to aspire to or a moral example to avoid: Byron's portrait hung over the mantelpiece at Stoneleigh Abbey, the stately home in Warwickshire he had inherited. He had the compensating benefit of enormous wealth (inherited on his father's death in 1823) and a benevolent and generous disposition which led Leigh Hunt to compare him with Fielding's Squire Allworthy. As is still the case, such wealth and charitable behaviour resulted in his being raised to the peerage, and in 1839 he was created Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh. This book is, nonethelss, quite rare: Copac locates only four copies, at the British Library, Bodleian, Birmingham and Durham. (The BL's catalogue record needs correcting: it ascribes this to 'Chandos Lees'.) WorldCat adds copies in the US at: Minnesota, Texas, Harvard, NYPL, Indiana and Folger.…

Non-Book. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. On offer are two letters connected to William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey (1824-1905). The first is a two-page letter dated Stoneleigh Abbey Jan 28, 1900, handwritten and signed by Leigh to Murray Browne requesting admission for "a Lady to the House of Lords next Tuesday to hear the debate on the Queen's speech when the war in S. Africa is to be discussed. ". The second letter is written to Leigh, handwritten and signed by general and colonel commandant royal artillery, Michael Anthony Biddulph (1823-1904). In this letter, dated January 27, 1900, Biddulph declines Lord Leith's request for a pass to the House of Commons. The first letter measures 7 x 8-3/4 flat, folded to 7 x 4-3/8 inches. It has three pages of writing. The second letter is a single page measuring 7 x 4-3/8 inches. Both VG+ condition. BIO NOTES: William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, co. Warwick [U. K. , 1839] on 27 September 1850. An advocate of British imperialism and opponent of women's suffrage. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire between 1856 and 1905. He held the office of High Steward of Sutton Coldfield between 1859 and 1892.1 He held the office of High Steward of Sutton Coldfield between 1859 and 1892.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J. P. ) for Gloucestershire.1 He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the 3rd Battalion, Warwicks Regiment. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL. D. ) by Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P. C. ) in 1895.1 In 1895 he unsuccessfully stood for North Warwickshire as a Free Trader in the General Election. Quoted from The Peerage online. ; Manuscripts; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 4 pages; Signed by Author.…