As hamilton (5 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 247 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.62 inches. In Stock.

pp. ix, (iii), 210. Frontispiece, a few illustrations in text and full page. A very good copy in unclipped dust wrapper.

All 54 are printed on paper 12 x 9 cm. Each is captioned and numbered in roman numerals, with the first as III and the last as XCVII. Carter published his 'Views of Ancient Buildings in England' between 1786 and 1793, and the six volumes contained a total of 120 views. Those LACKING from this collection, in arabic numerals, are 1, 2, 6-10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 36-38, 43, 48, 53, 57-59, 63-66, 69-71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 81-84, 90-94, 96, and 97-120. The 53 present are in fair condition, on lightly-foxed paper, with small pinholes in the margins of a few of the engravings (not affecting image or text). Simply-executed and charming, the images range from '[III] View of the chapel of St. John Baptist, and part of the tomb of Sr. Thomas Vaughan Kt. treasurer to Edward IV. in the east end of the Abbey Westminster.' to '[XCVII] North view of the Gate of Bermodsey [sic] Monastry, [sic] in the Borough, Southwark.' The images are not confined to London.…

Sista avsnittet med rester av ett stelnat gummiband, som ursprungligen hållit bunten samman. Sällsynt följetongsupplaga i 51 avsnitt och lika många prydligt vikta tidningsblad ur SvD (25 juni-14 augusti 1990). Ytterst ovanligt att tidningsföljetonger tillvaratagits och sparats som här. "Den hedervärde mördaren" utkom 1990 och är den femte romanen i serien Coq Rouge om den svenska underrättelseofficeren Carl Hamilton.…

No date, on mourning stationery. No salutation, but probably the same correspondent as above. Thanking her for an unspecified gift, and very appreciative of her correspondent's friendship. "If I put my hand out in the dark, I feel that yours is there. You never fail in anything that I need. This letter was companion to another, no longer in our possession, from Isabella Gardner to Margaret Cushing Osgood, consoling her on the recent death of her husband, Dr. Hamilton Osgood. Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) was a Boston philanthropist. There have been at least three biographies of her; also published were the letters of Henry James to her and her correspondence with Bernard Berenson. She built and endowed a museum to house her personal art and other cultural artifact collection - the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston -which includes the famous portrait by John Singer Sargent of Mrs. Osgood s daughter Gretchen Osgood Warren and grand-daughter Rachel. Two conjugate leaves, three pages, paper remains from mounting on p.4. Very Good.…