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188454399London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Large Quarto. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and Exploration Fund emblems on cover and spine blind-stamped ruling on covers gilt on spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards in color in vol. three and seven. No frontispieces in vols. 4 and 6. Elaborate historiated initials. Decorative endpieces. Profusely illustrated with full page scenic gravures and woodcuts maps and numerous plans and an abundance of in-text drawings. Without General Index and Geological Memoir published later.<br /> <br /> The main contributors to this important survey were Conder and Kitchener. For his work Lieut. Conder received the thanks of the committee and the commendation of the Secretary of State for war. "It may fairly be claimed" wrote Sir Walter Besant "That nothing has ever been done for the illustration and right understanding of the historical portions of the Old and New Testaments since the translation into the vulgar tongue which can be compare with this great work." Kitchener later Field Marshal joined the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1874 beginning his involvement with the East which was to last almost for the remainder of his life.<br /> <br /> "These 'Memoirs' were drawn up from notes in the field by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener. They are divided into 'Sheets' corresponding with the divisions of the Great Map of Western Palestine in twenty-six sheets on the scale of one inch a mile. The method pursued in the division and sub-division of the Memoirs was adopted in accordance with the recommendations of a sub-committee appointed for the purpose of considering the best mode of presenting the information in their hands." Preface<br /> <br /> Vol. I: Sheets I-VI. Galilee 1881. x 420pp. frontispiece 1 folding map Method of Survey 8 plans 20 plates. <br /> Vol. II: Sheets VII-XVI. Samaria 1882. vii 445pp. frontispiece 10 plans plan Kurn Surtubeh facing 397 not 387 as indicated 10 plates. <br /> Vol. III: Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judea 1883. vii 450pp. color frontispiece 5 plans 15 plates. <br /> Vol. IV: Arabic and English Name Lists Transl. and explained by E. H. Palmer 1881. v 438pp. <br /> Vol. V: Special Papers on Topography Archaeology Manners and Customs etc. by Sir Charles Wilson et al. 1881. Frontispiece map. viii 1 362pp. <br /> Vol. VI: Jerusalem by Sir Charles Warren and Claude Reignier Conder 1884. ix with pages v and vi paginated twice 6 plans 1 chart 1 Sloam Inscription 2 plates. <br /> Vol. VII: The Fauna and Flora of Palestine by H. B. Tristram 1884. xxii 455pp. Color frontispiece 20 plates 13 in color with plates 16 and 17 present but bound in at different pages compared to list of plates at front.<br /> <br /> Bindings with some light wear along edges more pronounced at heads and tails of spine. Library plates on inside front covers. Lightly starting at inside covers of vols. 1 2 4 5 starting in vol. 6. Light foxing of endpapers and blocks lightly and sporadic in blocks at times more pronounced. Frontispiece loose but present in vol. 1. Small bookbinder's plates A. W. Bain on inside back covers of three vols. Frontispiece loose but present in vols. 1 and 5. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund hardcover
2023x-1032286008Taylor & Francis 2023. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.19x6.13x0.44 inches. Taylor & Francis paperback
2023x-1032285974Taylor & Francis 2023. Hardcover. New. 216 pages. 9.19x6.13x0.47 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
Features: Cover photo of Chris Cattlin; Bobby Moore writes - a captain's lot is a happy one!; b/w photo of Paul Madeley (Leeds United); When George Best turned his back on United!; Colour photos of David Hogg (Dundee United) and Derek Possee (Millwall); Scotland's Super Saints; Football Ballet - photos; Great centerfold colour team photo of Burnley - Young stars of Turf Moor; b/w photo of David Smith (Rangers and Scotland); Colour photos of Bill Kitchener (Torquay) and Mick Doyle (Manchester City); Celtic - Chammpions of Europe!; Colour photo of Peter Dobing (Stoke City) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
40875starting "will be able to come and if so perhaps you could bring a shorthand-writer to take down what Togo and Nogi say to be published subsequently in your paper. I am telling them to address the boys as to what Bushido is and what it has done for them in Japan." the postscript says that if he has "any difficulty but about a short hand writer I could provide one from here" signed with an initial 'K' 1 side 4to. no place no date but Bushid are regulations for samurai attitudes behavior and lifestyle. It is loosely analogous to the European concept of chivalry. There are multiple Bushido types which evolved significantly through history. Contemporary forms of bushido are still used in the social and economic organization of Japan. Bushido is best used as an overarching term for all the codes practices philosophies and principles of samurai culture. Marshal-Admiral the Marquis T g Heihachir 1848-1934 served as admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. In 1911 T g returned to England for the first time in over 30 years to attend the coronation of King George V the Coronation Fleet Review at Portsmouth to attend naval alumni dinners and visit dockyards on the Clyde and in Newcastle. Count Nogi Maresuke1849-1912 was a Japanese General in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. Nogi is significant to Scouting in Japan as in 1911 he went to England in attendance on Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito for the coronation of King George V. The General as the "Defender of Port Arthur" was introduced to General Robert Baden-Powell the "Defender of Mafeking" by Lord Kitchener whose expression "Once a Scout always a Scout" remains to this day. Although the first page is missing this letter is from a collection of letters to Sir Robert BADEN POWELL 1857-1941 Defender of Mafeking & Founder of the Boy Scouts and as it referring to addressing scouts it has to be to him. unknown
0483152250.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1341057518.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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193029661Paris Limoges Nancy Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie 1930 In-8 448 pp , un plan de l'exposition coloniale de 1931
937371899. . 2 volumes Folio44 x 35 cm each consisting of 2 leaves printed entirely on vellum within fancy gilt borders each with respective coat-of-arms to head original red and green straight-grained morocco gilt both volumes signed by the respective Clerks to the House with a hand-written letter from Lord Kitchener to Colonel Long.<br /> Printed entirely on vellum and bound in the finest morocco a magnificent tribute to the participants in the capture of Khartoum.<br /><br />The officially printed resolutions by both Houses of Parliament thanking Major General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and other leading participants in the Nile Campaign of 1896-7-8. The present example is that presented to Colonel Long and includes a hand-written letter form Kitchener to Colonel Long dated 17th July 1899 notifying Long of the vote of thanks and also personally thanking Long for his "indefatigable work". Also with a handwritten letter from Henry Graham Clerk to the House of Lords dated 10th August 1899 sending the "authenticated transcript on vellum of the Resolutions of the House of Lords on the 8th June last placed in an appropriate cover". Also with a printed document from the War Office concerning Colonel Long's pension £150 per annum.<br /><br />In 1898 at Omdurman an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. This was the culmination of the Egyptian Campaign undertaken by Kitchener to reclaim the Sudan and to gain revenge for the death of General Gordon in 1884.<br /><br />Colonel Long was later responsible for the most Victoria Crosses seven won during a single action in the Boer War at Colenso in 1899.<br /> 1899. hardcover
2019x-1138059668Routledge 2019. Hardcover. New. 378 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
1996VG283621996 ix, 174 p., num. figs, 4to, paperbound. Library stamps and number on spine. Scarce.Contributions are divided in four main chapters: Biodiversity and Biogeography, Conservation, Ecology & Vertebrates and Human Welfare.
1960mon0000181766Longmans 1960-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Exact edition and date of publication are unknown. Longmans paperback
PrakashN-9780062429490ECCO. Hardcover. New. ENGLISH ECCO hardcover
PrakashN-9780062429490ECCO. Hardcover. New. ENGLISH ECCO hardcover
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19862924306Yale University Press 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0300035799 Yale University Press hardcover
0300035799.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
190050277- Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190050969- Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
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A summary account of Egyptian history from the building of the Great Pyramid to the overthrow of the dynasty of Mohammed Ali by General Neguib and his military junta. 299 paginated pages. Index. Dust jacket has wear around edges with small tears and loss. Green cloth covers. Slight stains to base of front cover.
43500showing them head and shoulders in uniform with medals 6¼ inches high with their names underneath On 23rd December 1899 Roberts left England to return to South Africa with his chief of staff Lord Kitchener on the RMS Dunottar Castle to take overall command of British forces in the Second Boer War subordinating the previous commander General Redvers Buller. Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff 19001902 in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer and African civilians in concentration camps. unknown
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 3 plates; original printed wrappers, covers lightly soiled else a good, clean copy. Includes short bibliography and several trade advertisements.
