Captain Charles Morris (6 results)

Single sheet. Condition: Very Good. Single sheet folded twice to 9.5 x 4.5 in. A poem by Charles Morris (1745-1838), here reprinted by Hal Marchbanks, proprietor of the Marchbanks Press, as his 1926 Christmas greeting for his friends. Printed on three sides. Very good copy; small light stain at the top.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to edges and spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Marvels of the Microphone' and many more black and white illustrations. Light foxing to end-papers, front end-papers have repeated purple ink stamp with previous owners name and address. Pages are clean, paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124031. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Scarce. From the library of Christopher Foyle with the burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W A FOYLE, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown. Two volumes bounds as one. Full decorated leather with gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Boards are generally in very good order. Very slight bumping to corners. Highly decorated spine. B/w frontispiece with tissue protection intact. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. Pagination: Vol One: [xx], 335 pp, Vol Two: [viii], 343 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 870g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 033754:1-J4) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 870 G. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of a scarce collection of poetry from the celebrated bard of the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks, including many witty ballads which poke fun at Tory opponents. The first edition of Lyra Urbanica; or The Social Effusions of the Celebrated Captain Charles Morris, of the Late Life-Guards, a scarce collection of poems from the British poet and former dragoon. Complete in two volumes. Posthumously published in 1840, two years after his death. In the publisher's original cloth, with a glit embellishment to the front board. Original end papers and half-titles preserved. Volume I contains a frontispiece of Morris engraved by William Greatbach, and a tipped-in publisher's original advertisement for The Letters of Horace Walpole between front free end paper and half-title. Despite not being a prolific publisher of poetical works, Morris was a notable poet amongst aristocratic social circles in London, being the bard and punch-maker for the famous Whig dining club The Sublime Society of Beefsteaks. So entertaining were his poems that his recitals became a permanent fixture at dinners and earnt him favour with the Prince of Wales. Known for his witty ballads that mocked Tories such as Pitt, this collection contains many he recited from the Society as well as those on the pleasures of love. In the publisher's original cloth, with a glit embellishment to the front board. Original end papers and half-titles preserved.Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint mark and fading patch to boards, with minor fading and rubbing to joints. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. A small split to head of I front joint. Glit embellishments to front boards are intact. Minimal marks to end papers. Tipped-in publisher's original advertisement for The Letters of Horace Walpole between front free end paper and half-title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spots to title leaf and frontispiece of I. Very Good. William Greatbach (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Printing. The Morris editions were based on the work of Captain Eden Vansittart, whose Notes on Gurkhas (first published in 1890) gave rise to a large number of updated handbooks over the following 75 years. The first Morris edition of the Gurkha handbook was released in 1933. This copy with the signature of the author, Captain Charles John Morris (1896-1982) to FFEP. Also dated and inscribed in with an address that we cannot work out. A very rare example, and the only one we can trace with the esteemed Nepal specialist's signature. This example Very Good or much better, without any of the usual stamps or markings usually found on these handbooks. Some bumping to corners, with slight wear to black tape backstrip. Thick card covers with some minor rubbing and the occasional mark. With the colour folding map with a small tear, numerous tables and charts throughout. Now in removable Mylar. Cat. No. 00648. Inscribed by Author(s).…