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1793ref. 003579Original letter. NELSON Horatio; HOOD Admiral Samuel Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent written from HMS Victory off Toulon Road 20 November 1793. One leaf written on both sides folio 340 × 190 mm written in a secretarial hand and signed by Hood on the reverse side. Paper browned and water-stained multiple edge losses several fold splits and small holes fragile but just about legible throughout. A fair condition letter. Despite its distressed condition this is an exceptional field-worn survivor of one of the pivotal naval operations of the French Revolutionary War directly connecting Hood Nelson and the rise of Napoleon. Writing from his flagship Victory Hood laments the failure of his correspondent to send adequate reinforcements to the besieged allied garrison in Toulon: "It is extremely painful to me to observe that your Excellency's backwardness in sending succours to the full extent of the powers of the Garrison. is most truly dispiriting I wish it may not prove disastrous in the extreme." He warns that "five or six hundred more men by the Terrible or Egmont would have been of far greater service than as many thousands can possibly be a month hence" and closes in frustration that "at this moment I only received from Gibraltar about 103 of British" signing off "Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant Hood." The letter dates from the critical final weeks of the Toulon campaign when Hood and his subordinate officers-including the young Captain Horatio Nelson then commanding HMS Agamemnon-attempted to hold the port against Republican forces commanded in part by a little-known artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte. Within a month of this letter the allied defence collapsed and Hood was forced to evacuate his fleet marking both Nelson's first combat distinction and the opening act of Napoleon's rise to power. . Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1793. Original letter paperback
2008ref. __0415439558Routledge 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 1600 pages. 9.45x6.30x4.72 inches. Routledge hardcover
1993ref. SONG0198258364Oxford University Press 1993-03-18. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.50x1.00x9.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Oxford University Press hardcover
1893ref. 2469London: Macmillan and Co 1893. First edition thus. First edition thus. 4to. Lavish Zaehnsdorf Exhibition Binding. . Bound in full red rich crushed morocco with gilt scrollwork devices around edges of both covers and extending toward center gilt rules and stippling including outside edges ornate gilt dentelles and superb silk moirÈ endpapers. With Zaehnsdorf's gilt exhibition binding circular gilt stamped device on rear silk moirÈ endsheet. One of 250 unnumbered copies of the Large Paper edition. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Minor rubbing to spine tips and jointsbookplate with remnant of additional bookplate and adhesive residue on first blank; top edges gilt morocco edged slipcase extremities rubbed. Macmillan and Co unknown
1893ref. 2469London: Macmillan and Co 1893. First edition thus. First edition thus. 4to. Lavish Zaehnsdorf Exhibition Binding. . Bound in full red rich crushed morocco with gilt scrollwork devices around edges of both covers and extending toward center gilt rules and stippling including outside edges ornate gilt dentelles and superb silk moirÈ endpapers. With Zaehnsdorf's gilt exhibition binding circular gilt stamped device on rear silk moirÈ endsheet. One of 250 unnumbered copies of the Large Paper edition. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Minor rubbing to spine tips and jointsbookplate with remnant of additional bookplate and adhesive residue on first blank; top edges gilt morocco edged slipcase extremities rubbed. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1872ref. 85871872 London: E. Moxon Son & Co, 1872. Un volume en ANGLAIS : 22 x 27,5 cm. 1 f. bl., VII pp. [Title, CONTENTS.], 1 f. bl., 180 pp., 1 f. n.ch., 1 f.bl., 22 illustrations magnifiques de Birket Foster. Magnifique reliure de Rivière en maroquin vert, plats encadrés de larges bordures dorés, dos à petits fers, cinq nerfs décorés d'un filet doré, capitales en lettres dorées, tranches dorées, coiffe décorée, double-filet et étoiles sur les coupes, dentelle sur les chasses, gardes marbrées. mors et coins supérieurs légèrement émoussés. Quelques rousseurs à l'intérieur sinon très propre. En bon état. / Finely bound by Riviere in green morocco, large and beautiful frame to boards, title in gilt direct to spine, gilded edges, bookplate "Witley Court". Beautifully illustrated by Birket Foster.
ref. Z1-S-035-03152Orient Longman. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Orient Longman unknown
ref. Z1-C-010-01962National Children's Bureau. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. National Children's Bureau unknown
1970ref. 59820New Haven Connecticut U. S. A. : Yale University Art Gallery. As New. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Vol. I New England : 344 pp. Vol. II Middle Colonies & The South : 300 pp. 26 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1970. 0300011811 . Yale University Art Gallery unknown
1985ref. 84295Fairfax Library. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0039DPWDU. 175 pages; well illustrated; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1985. 0909558906 . Fairfax Library hardcover
1985ref. 84294Fairfax Library. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00371BYLI. 175 pages; well illustrated; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1985. 0909558906 . Fairfax Library hardcover
1985ref. 84292Fairfax Library. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 175 pages; well illustrated; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1985. 0909558906 . Fairfax Library hardcover
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2006ref. 88914Museum; University of Oklahoma Press. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. ; 69 col. Illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Between May 1804 and September 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored a new expanse of America known as the Louisiana Purchase. They encountered lands rivers and peoples previously unknown Americans east of the Mississippi. During the next sixty-five years Lewis and Clark's journey was followed by other explorations of the West from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean and from Canada to Mexico. Artists often accompanied explorers as they encountered the unexpected and unique subjects of the American West. Inspired by the thrill of adventure and the majesty of high mountains great chasms and wide-open spaces artists became eyewitnesses and visual commentators of the changing shape of the frontier-- and the tragic displacement of American Indian tribes. As these artists sought to capture on paper and canvas what they saw during their explorations and travels they gave birth to American western art. After Lewis and Clark highlights more than sixty paintings drawings and prints in the collection of one of America's finest museums of American art the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa Oklahoma. This richly illustrated book presents and places in aesthetic and historical context many of the priceless portraits striking scenes and grand landscapes inspired during the sixty-five years after the Corps of Discovery completed its epic journey. It features the works of notable artists of the nineteenth-century American West including George Catlin Karl Bodmer Alfred Jacob Miller Charles Bird King Paul Kane Seth Eastman Carl Wimar John Mix Stanley Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran. . 2006. 0806199598 . Museum; University of Oklahoma Press paperback
1975ref. 84077Dutton. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN : B002J7TH0Q. 14 204 pages many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1975. Dutton hardcover
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1975ref. 84076Dutton. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001J9I508. 14 204 pages many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1975. 0525098356 . Dutton hardcover
2003ref. 34534Cary North Carolina U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 316 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: This third edition of Professor Hood's highly praised study takes into account the wealth of new information that has come forth over the last six years. This edition shows that the move to abolish the death penalty worldwide has continued to gather pace despite a few set-backs and that international organizations and human rights treaties have increased the pressure on retentionist countries. It also explores how in some parts of the world the range of crimes subject to the death penalty remains wide and the number of executions considerable and how although much still remains to be done there have been further developments in securing protections for those facing the death penalty in retentionist countries. Roger Hood has brought up to date his reviews of studies which shed light on the realities of capital punishment especially as regards arbitrariness and discrimination in its infliction. He also looks further at claims that the death penalty is a unique deterrent to murder and other serious crimes and at the role of public opinion in the debate on capital punishment. -- with a bonus offer--; 520-hoodr; Hood Roger The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE PENOLOGY third edition of Professor Hood's highly praised study takes into account the wealth of new information that has come forth over the last six years. This edi . 2003. 0199251282 . Oxford Univ Pr paperback
1993ref. 56335Yale Univ Pr. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Description: xv 338 p. : ill. some color ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references p. 327-335 and index. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1993. 0300057342 . Yale Univ Pr hardcover
ref. 75326HOOD Washington. Sammelband of government documents with 2 autograph cover letters relating to the work of the U.S. Topographical Engineers 1838-1840. Bound in full black morocco triple-ruled in blind six gilt-rules floral corners elaborate inner gilt dentelles T.e.g. Spine reads: Bureau of U.S. Engineers; Reports of 1838-1839 Inclusive. Army Register for 1839. Orders to 1st Jany 1840. Professionally rebacked spine laid down some faint scattered foxing else very good. Washington Hood 1808-1840 an 1827 graduate of West Point was a noted topographical engineer. Hood's map of the Oregon Territory compiled in 1838 was used by the U.S.A. as justification for its occupation of the territory. In 1835 Hood worked with Robert E. Lee to help develop the boundary between Ohio and Michigan. In 1839 President Van Buren sent Hood to survey the Shawnee lands between Arkansas and Missouri to use to make land grants by law and issue patents to Indian tribes west of the Mississippi. During this expedition Hood contracted the disease that was to kill him at 32. Pages 17-19 of Van Buren's Message #2 below deals with Hood's survey and boundary marking between Indian tribes west of the Mississippi. Pencil ownership note on front endpaper reads "J.W.P. Lewis Esq. Civil Engineer. Care of Joseph Willard Esqr. Attorney at Law Counselor. Boston." Lewis was a civil engineer who became one of the most noted American designers of lighthouses the Sand Key lighthouse Key West Florida in 1853. 1. Documents Accompanying the Report of the Chief Engineer. Washington DC: n.p. 1838. 1st ed. Pp. 189-415. 3 engraved folding maps Flinns Knoll Light Governors Island Oc. 1838; 2 Prequ'ile maps of 1838. Relates to the Cumberland Road in Indiana the Arkansas Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and Lake Erie. With several marginal pencil marks by Hood. 2. Message from the President of the United States Showing the Operations of the Topographical Bureau during the Year 1839. 26th Congress 1st Session. Senate Doc. 58. Washington DC: Blair & Rives printers 1840. 1st ed. 271pp. Pages 17-19 relate to Hood's survey west of the Mississippi and have two pencil corrections by him. There are other marginal annotations by Hood including a note criticizing a decision about using hemlock timber. 3. Officia. unknown
1904ref. 30England: Edward Arnold 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine. Octavo. 94 pages. Blue cloth over tan textured boards. Paper title label to front cover and spine. Limited to 200 copies of which this is copy #57. Printed with three drawings by Reginald Savage under the care of C. R. Ashbee at the Essex House Press. This copy has an original drawing by Reginald Savage which is reproduced on page 24 depicting Miss Kilmansegg being thrown from her horse. Unique. Edward Arnold, hardcover
ref. 94104. 2 pen and ink drawings image approx. 69 x 41.5cm ; sheet approx. 71 x 46 cm contemporary ink title at foot laid down on backing sheet for preservation very good framed and glazed. Both signed by the artist. The Tryton Gilbert Slater commander latitude 20. 30' South Mer: Dist from Java Head 32' West 26th Jan.y 1751/2 Signed "John Hood at Limehouse 1769" TOGETHER WITH The Durrington Richard Crabb commander latitude 32 South longitude from London 42' East the 30th May 1748. The Stretham Captn William Pinnell in company. Signed "John Hood. Delin. Fecit. 1765" These two large pen and wash "sea-pieces" of East Indiamen were drawn by the Limehouse shipwright and marine artist John Hood. An exhibitor at the Society of Artists and the Free Society in the 1760s Hood is known in particular for large drawings of this type achieved in "Indian ink". The drawing of the Triton shows the ship in high seas off "Java head" in January 1752. Despite two broken masts the East Indiaman launched in 1751 and on this voyage captained by Gilbert Slater d.1785 survived the storm seeing service trading between England China and India into the early 1760s. Capt. Richard Crabb made his fortune with the Durrington the other ship depicted here on a voyage to Mocha in 1749. This voyage may be that recorded in a contemporary printed pamphlet A narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr William Wills late surgeon on board the Durrington Indiaman Captain Richard Crabb in her late voyage to the East Indies. London 1750-1. Several similar examples of Hoods maritime drawings are held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich. unknown
ref. 122321London David Nutt 1888. . First edition one of 1000 copies; large 8vo 230 x 175 mm; half-title tissue-guarded frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane decorative head and tail-pieces occasional spotting heaviest to half-title short closed tear to front free endpaper small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text auctioneers slips from 1976 loosely inserted; publisher's Japanese vellum boards spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood boards toned a few small marks on lower cover corners gently bumped a very good-plus copy that presents well; preserved in a later chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; x 116 2pp. A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children comprising: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Mason 313. London, David Nutt, 1888. hardcover
1855ref. 140948287London: Lowell Reeve 1855. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Color lithographic title page plus 24 handcolored lithographic plates highlighted in gum arabic protected by tissue guards and accompanied by text descriptions. Folio bound in full green morocco with ornate gold tooling to spine borders and turn-ins all edges gilt teal endpapers. Near Fine with moderate scuffing and staining to leather. Hinges repaired 20th century bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to prelims and occasionally throughout light thumbing throughout pencil inscriptions to upper right corner of title page and lower left of plate XV. Minimal bleedthrough from plate watercolors. Binding sound colors bright and beautiful. Sitwell p. 101. A landmark botanical work published by subscription with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert heading the list of subscribers. The Rajah of Burdwan reserved one copy as did Cambridge University and the Royal Library of Berlin. The East India Company ordered thirty. The lithographs were executed by the legendary botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch who for decades was the sole draftsman and lithographer used by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Fitch adapted drawings by the botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and by Indian artists working under the direction of J.F. Cathcart. Hooker had traveled through central and eastern Himalaya from 1847 to 1849 collecting around 7000 species of plants on the journey. His Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya 1849-51 began a rhododendron craze among British gardeners and was also illustrated by the skilled hand of Fitch. Hooker was appointed director of Kew Gardens in 1865 and held the post for twenty years. As a close friend of Charles Darwin he had the distinction of being the first audience for Darwin's theory of natural selection. The bookplate in this copy is that of Dr. Paul Jay Bowman 1893 - 1985 a charter member of the American Rhododendron Society. Bowman was drawn to northern California by its rhododendrons and ran the Redwood Coast Hospital in Fort Bragg for over forty years. A lovely book with a nice provenance. Lowell Reeve unknown
