dispatches letters relating blockade brest de leyland john editor (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Original Edition. Edited by John Leyland. 2 Volumes. Naval Records Society, 1899. lxvi,369;liii,390pp, Index. Large 8vo. Blue cloth back & cream cloth boards, lightly worn and soiled, private bookplates, very good condition. Portrait of Hon. William Cornwallis, 2 plans, 3 maps. The tenacity of Cornwallis during the Blockade of Brest prepared the way for Trafalgar (Introduction). Publication of the Navy Records Society Vol. XIV.; Illustrated; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is bound in tan boards with a black spine. There is a gilt crest on the front cover & gilt letters on the spine, all clean & bright. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The front hinge is starting to crack. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. VOLUME I ONLY.

VOLUME 2. AN EX-LIBRARY COPY BOUND IN NICE BLUE CLOTH, GILT TITLES, USUAL LIBRARY STAMPS, FRONT END PAGE CRUDELY STRENGTHENED, OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. WITH FOUR FOLD-OUT MAPS AND 390 PAGES.

First Edition. 2 volume set. Very good matching bindings. 8vo. Vol. I. : pp.lxvi /[3pp.]/pp. 369/[3p.] - Dated 1899; Vol. II. : liv./[2pp.]/pp.390/pp.3 - Dated 1902 . 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.5". Navy blue spine over white buckram. Boards soiled. Bookplate to verso of each front board: "Saxton Noble Kent House Knightsbridge". Toning to endpapers, otherwise clear text and illustrations throughout, just the odd light blemish. VG .

First edition, 8vo, lxvi, 369, (3) pp. Autograph letter from Leyland tipped onto the paste down. Original two tone buckram, marked. The letter thanks the recipient for the loan of some of Cornwallis' papers, with a printed acknowledgement in the introduction.

Hardcover. Condición: VG. Volume 1: 1899; 369 pages; illustrated frontispiece, 2 maps. Volume 2: 1902; 390 pages plus advertising; 2 plans and 2 maps. Pages are in very good condition; edges and endpapers yellowed, especially the endpapers in volume 2. Previous owner's name in volume 1. Black cloth over white boards. Gilt titles and emblem. Spines a little faded, corners bumped, boards lightly soiled. VG. Book.