Boyd Patrick Stirling (9 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 12mo. pp; 128. Edges coloured red, black endpapers. With a hand-written note to the verso of the ffep (Presumably from the editor, extolling the virtues of one of the contributors). Moderate spotting to title page. Small area of loss to the top inner corner of pp.5-10, old place-marking crease to the top corner of p.10 (The list of contributors). A Good copy in green boards with double gilt-ruled borders to upper board, gilt inner single border with decorated corners, central gilt escutcheon with titles. Double blind ruled borders to lower board. Mild rubbing to extremities and light wear to boards. An elusive title with only 11 titles on WorldCat. A volume of the best essays and poems submitted to an un-named Anglo-Irish essay society. Possibly a subscription-only title as there is a list of members of the Anglo-Irish gentry requesting copies in the introduction (The profits going to missionary education work).

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Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 136. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1874 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. Language: English Pages: 136.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stirling (illustrator). 1st Edition. THE AUSTRALIAN AND CALIFORNIAN GOLD DISCOVERIES AND THEIR PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES; OR, AN INQUIRY INTO THE LAWS WHICH DETERMINE THE VALUE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS - PATRICK STIRLING F.R.S.E The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries and Their Probable Consequences; or, An Inquiry Into the Laws Which Determine the Value and Distribution of the Precious Metals - Patrick Stirling F.R.S.E Short Description With Historical Notices of the Effects of the American Mines on European Prices in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. 1853 Oliver & Boyd first edition. Folding frontispiece of the value of precious metals gained showing the impact great discoveries of the 1840's. An important book comprising an economic discourse on gold and the history of coinage, comparison with silver, and the economics effects of the Australian and California gold discoveries. Original gilt brown embossed cloth, later rebacked rather crudely in fine burlap spine else very good. with the original engraved Gold charts in front folding clean charts a rare book, there is no other copy on the market only a facsimile from Greenwood Press. priced to sell. could use a professional reback else very good Important gold book with early Australian content.