Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 101740187X ISBN 13 : 9781017401875
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Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 028273158X ISBN 13 : 9780282731588
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Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0366740393 ISBN 13 : 9780366740390
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Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 1527777812 ISBN 13 : 9781527777811
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Edité par Kessinger Publishing, 2008
ISBN 10 : 1437053742 ISBN 13 : 9781437053746
Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
Etat : New.
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Edité par Kessinger Publishing, 2010
ISBN 10 : 1164852604 ISBN 13 : 9781164852605
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.45.
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Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0366740423 ISBN 13 : 9780366740420
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Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1840 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 159.
Edité par Nabu Press, 2011
ISBN 10 : 1178976378 ISBN 13 : 9781178976373
Vendeur : Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. .
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Edité par Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10 : 1021729612 ISBN 13 : 9781021729613
Vendeur : Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni
Etat : New. In.
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Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1818 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 386 Language: English Volume 2 Pages: 386 Volume 2.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0364892986 ISBN 13 : 9780364892985
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Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1818 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 468 Language: English Volume 1 Pages: 468 Volume 1.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10 : 1020073950 ISBN 13 : 9781020073953
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
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Edité par HardPress Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10 : 0461884232 ISBN 13 : 9780461884234
Vendeur : THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
LeatherBound. Etat : New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1971 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 578 Language: English Pages: 578.
Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
LeatherBound. Etat : New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1817 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 570 Language: English Pages: 570.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1817 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 543.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1818 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 837.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 1017397090 ISBN 13 : 9781017397093
Vendeur : THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1818 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 840 Language: English Volume 1-2 Pages: 840 Volume 1-2.
Edité par John Murray Publishers, London, 1818
Vendeur : PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. London, John Murray, 1818. Second edition. Volume II only. Very good in marbled boards 3/4 bound in black leather. Gilt decorations on spine. Some slight foxing and damp-staining, particularly to the fold-out map. Well-rubbed at corners. Comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. 359 pp. Used.
Edité par PALALA PR Dez 2015, 2015
ISBN 10 : 134799372X ISBN 13 : 9781347993729
Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne
Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Edité par William Tegg 1851; Edward Moxon 1842; William Tegg 1851; Edward Moxon 1840; Edward Moxon 1845, 1851
Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Five titles by five different authors bound as one, Cleveland is first edition, imperial octavo, half bound, textured green cloth boards, gilt lettering to black leather spine between five gilt stamped raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 124pp, xii + 123pp, xvi + 116pp, map + xvi + 128pp, iv + 84pp + iv + 93pp, VG (slight fading & chaffing to spine, some light scuffing to boards, light fraying to board edges, light tanning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadic light foxing elsewhere).
Vendeur : RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, Etats-Unis
London 1818, Murray. 3/4 Calf leather over marbled boards,2 vol. set,Lord Amherst frontis, two large etched folding maps foxed, gold stamped spine titles & decorations, a very solid copy, contents bright, clean, original leather. 2nd. Edition *** *** *** . . AN EARLY DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO ESTABLISH TRADE WITH CHINA . . . EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE ON EARLY CHINA RELATIONS . *** SUBTITLE: continued: . "The Embassy, of the Voyage to and From China and of the Journey From the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Interspersed with Observations Upon the Face of the Country, the Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation. The Whole Illustrated by Maps and Drawings." . *** . WHO WAS HENRY ELLIS [1777-1855]: He was an English diplomat who traveled to Persia and China.: This is an excellent primary work, covering his early travels and first-hand experiences. Ellis was a member of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China. Because Amherst and his mission members refused to KOW-TOW" to the Chinese Emperor Khien Lung in Peking, by touching their fore-heads to the ground nine times, they were sent home in disgrace. Ellis was the third member of the Commission in Lord Amherst's embassy to China 1816-17. . *** On the return journey, their ship the ALCESTE was wrecked off the coast of Sumatra. Luckily, all hands survived and they returned back to England safely. On the return voyage the ship stopped at St. Helena and included in the present text is Sir Henry's interview with Napoleon Bonaparte. On the journey out to China the ALCESTE visited Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Java, and Macao. The work is also important in containing the first detailed map of the Korean West Coast. . *** WHO WAS LORD AMHERST [1733-1857]: William Pitt Amherst, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828. There were some 75 members of his Commission to China. twenty0-five less than accompanied Lord Macarthey . Amherst was Embassador Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary, and the First Member in the Commission . Sir George Staunton: Was the third member of the Commission. . *** FIRST EDITION DETAILS: This edition with its hand-colored aquatints is much prized per Hill p. 413 below. "With fine color plates which do not appear in later editions." . OUR NOTE: The above only applies to the First Edition, second edition description below. . . *** Account of Lord Amherst's disastrous embassy to China by Ellis, "third commissioner". At the Imperil court, Amherst refused to "Kow-tow [bow] to the Emperor at the first meeting caused his efforts to fail. As an omen of further "bad luck" on homeward bound voyage he and his embassy members were shipwrecked near the Sumatra coast. Eventually getting to Batavia of a harrowing and dangerous journey in an open boat for some hundreds of miles. . This work contains accounts of and impressions of the Chinese who were quite xenophobic. It also contains the Ellis interview with Napoleon at St. Helena along the voyage back to England. . The First Edition contain the beautiful and stunning gouache aquatints from sketches by the Hon. Charles Abbot. . *** SECOND EDITION: This contains two large folding copper-etched maps. Volume 1 contains the engraved frontis of Lord Amherst. This has some darkening, foxing and a stain in lower left corner which does not affect the illustrations. The large folding map has 5 folds as issued, sheet size: 54.5 x 43.5 cm., is very clean and sharp, it has a very small tear old on the verso, else exceptionally clean map, most often missing. Text is clean, last few pages some faint stain to top margin and a touch of 'toning' not major. . Volume 2 has a copper-etched folding map frontispiece, sheet size: 27.5 x 21.8 cm, and as usual it is foxed and a bit darkened. Else the title page has a bit of 'transfer' toning the balance of the text is bright and very clean. With appendix, itinerary & index. All edges are color speckled as issued. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Cordier: Bibliography Sinica IV, 2393 * Abbey Travel 536 * Lust 509 * Tooley 208 * Hill p.413 * Borba de Moraes p.286 * Bastin & Brommer 132 * HENRY ELLIS: mber/ellis-henry-1788-1855 . *** Color scans of this and most other items are posted to our website.
Edité par Philadelphia: A. Small, 1818
Vendeur : Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Full contemporary leather binding. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. vii, 526 p. illus. 23 cm. Some toning/browning. Large fold out map. Cordier Sinica 2394. See our pictures. Philadelphia: A. Small, 1818. Early American Imprint.
Edité par London, Printed for J. Murray, 1817
Vendeur : Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Restored copy, with water damage. 28 cm. Contemporary leather boards rebacked on later brown cloth. Damp staining and spotting throughout. Soiling to many of the margins, and evidence of restoration work throughout. Complete, except lacking one leaf of the table of contents (leaf vi). vi, [1], 526, [2] p. frontispiece portrait; 7 aquatint color plates (Summer Palace opposite Tien-Sing, Anchorage at Tong-Chow, Temple of Quan-Yin-Mun near Nankin, See-Lang-Shan, Gan-Kin-Poo from the west, Seaou-Koo-Shan from the east, and Island of Pulo Leat), 3 maps (Large folding map in front of Canton to Peking, Map of Java Sea, Map of Yang-Tse River.) Portrait of Ellis has a number of closed tears, also the title page has a tear, which have been restored. Folding map has been rehinged. Sir Henry Ellis, began his career as minister plenipotentiary ad interim to Persia, and returned after only a year, having successfully negotiated a peace treaty. This volume is a first edition of the author's account of the European expedition to China, which was a rare undertaking during this period. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation. Provenance: F. Wolferstan Thomas's book plate. Abbey, Travel, 536; Tooley 208; ordier BS 2393; Lowendahl 791; Lust 509; Morrison I, p. 255.
Edité par John Murray, London, 1817
Vendeur : P.H. Whetman (P.B.F.A.), London, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
Half Calf. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. pp viii (title, Advertisement, Contents, Directions to Binder), 526, [2] errata, imprint; portrait frontis, large folding map little browned and with small repair to tear, 2 further maps, both foxed, 7 hand coloured aquatints, letter from Lord Amherst laid in loose, to an unnamed recipient, largely about his son's illness and school record, stamped bookmark of Kinleside Gratwicke on fep, cont. half calf, good calf reback, spine decorated in compartments. Amherst was sent as ambassador to the Emperor of china and was the leader of the expedition.
Edité par John Murray, 1817
Vendeur : Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
1st Ed. 4to. vii + [i] 526pp. + [ii]. Soft ground etched port. frontis. (spotted), 3 maps (foxed) including 1 folding (offset and with sm. repaired tear), 7 hand cold. aquatint plates. Light browning and occasional spotting, partially unopened, sm. closed tear repaired to title page, rebound in modern grey boards with original title label to spine, minor marking. Cordier, 2393; Abbey Travel 536; Tooley 208; Prideaux pp.250-1, 335;No obvious watermarks to the plates.In 1816 Ellis accompanied Earl Amherst on his mission to China, and he recorded his experiences in [the above work]. The mission, to negotiate a new trade agreement, was unsuccessful. Ellis was not impressed by the Chinese, whom he considered xenophobic, ultra-traditional, and 'uninteresting' (Ellis). On the return voyage, Ellis and his companions were wrecked in the Strait of Gaspar and only reached Batavia after a perilous journey of several hundred miles in an open boat. Later they called at St Helena, where Ellis met Napoleon. Napoleon later hotly disputed Ellis's account of the meeting .' ONDBEllis was Third Commissionar of the embassy. Ellis's account was authorized and he includes an appendix of official papers, largely translations from the Chinese.These delicately hand coloured plates include views of the Summer Palace of the Emperor, the bustling anchorage at Tong-Chow, the Temple of Quan-Yin-Mun near Nankin, etc. US$1257.
Vendeur : Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australie
Interspersed with Observations upon the face of the country the polity moral character and manners of the Chinese Nation. .London: John Murray 1817. Quarto bound in original full diced calf skilfully re-backed with the original spine laid down with morocco title-labels to spine. viii 526 2pp. With engraved portrait of Lord Amherst; 3 engraved maps 1 of which is folding; 7 full-page hand-coloured aquatint plates the original hand-colouring remains fine and sharp. An old rubber stamp has been excised from the verso of the title-page; this is otherwise a fine copy of the first edition complete with the errata-leaf at end. Sir Henry Ellis 1788-1855 noted diplomat served as third commissioner on Earl Amherst's embassy to the court of the Chinese Emperor in 1816. The embassy was dispatched by King George III to negotiate new trading conditions following a series of altercations between foreign merchant seamen and local Chinese authorities at Canton. The mission was ill-fated as Earl Amherst like Lord Macartney before him refused to kowtow to the emperor. On the return journey the embassy was wrecked in the Gaspar Straits whereupon they proceeded to Batavia by barge. Ellis' Journal is notable because as Ellis points out in the advertisement "[a]n Embassy to China is so rare an event in the History of Europe that a correct narrative of the occurrences attending it possess a degree of interestââ ¦" p. iii Of greater interest perhaps is Ellis' account of his meeting with Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena recounted in chapter VIII the party's final port of call before reaching Spithead.