Clagette Blake (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good minus. First Edition. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, xv + 130 pages, blue boards; b&w illustrations including frontispiece of Charles Elliot. A very good, clean, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good minus moderately worn dust jacket, lightly foxed, with original price. Elliot, a British Naval Officer "in service of the Foreign or Colonial Office.had a hand in marginal history from the abolition of slavery to the Opium War and Texan independence; and was Governor .of Bermuda, Trinidad, and St. Helena." With maps, illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ spine has tears to the lower end which have been tape repaired on the outside and chips to the upper end. DJ rear has several dirty fingerprints. DJ has light wear to the upper outer corners.

Cloth. Condition: Good to Very Good. 130 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Light foxing to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Price clipped mylar covered DJ. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Small quarto in pale blue-grey illus DJ; 130 p.frontis.; illus. 26 cm. Elliot, Charles, Sir, 1801-1875. British Naval History; British Overseas Empire; Texas, Opium Wars; St. Helena, Trinidad, Bermuda; British Imperialism. Fine in VG+ light edge-worn, chipped and spine-faded DJ; in mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eleven black and white plates. First edition. Very good in a very good (edge worn and age toned) dust jacket. ; 130 pages.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, IN SIMILAR DUST JACKET WITH 25s PRICE.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rear panel of dj faintly marked, and spine bit darkened.,otherwise almost unblemished throughout, Collates thus xvi, 130pp. Frontis plus a further 9 maps and plates. This copy is NOT the all too familiar Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Spine is damaged at top with slight chipping to wrapper and crease to cloth, otherwise Fine. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 130 p. Eleven plates. "This life of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot, nephew of the first Earl of Minto, is chiefly interesting as showing the kind of man who carried out British policy when the Empire was approaching its Victorian heyday. Crown quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with light blue and gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is a bit browned along the spine and folds; else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 130 pp. Illus. Index. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Jacket price clipped, has edgewear, portions sunned. A well documented look at the life and Foreign Office and Colonial Office career of the nephew of the first Earl of Minto. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is worn, torn and marked. There are closed tears and chips along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, there is a pasted in plate and signature from Robin Castell. Annotation. Yellow pages. Very light foxing. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing and browning along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges and knocked corners. The binding is secure. Sticker, stamp and ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. Foxing on the early and late pages. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. No other ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy in a Mylar dj cover.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 130 pages; Description: 130 p. Illus. 26 cm. Subjects: Elliot, Charles, Sir, 1801-1875. 4 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 130 pages; Description: 130 p. Illus. 26 cm. Subjects: Elliot, Charles, Sir, 1801-1875. 2 Kg.

Condition: very good. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 130, illus., map, errata slip, footnotes, bibliography and references, index, many pages uncut, slight wear/soiling to bds. Pencil erasure on front endpaper. Charles Elliot was a British Naval Officer "in service of the Foreign or Colonial Office.had a hand in marginal history from the abolition of slavery to the Opium War and Texan independence; and was Governor.of Bermuda, Trinidad, and St. Helena.".

Condition: good, fair. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 130, illus., map, bibliography and references, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears/chips. Pencil erasure on front endpaper. Charles Elliot was a British Naval Officer "in service of the Foreign or Colonial Office.had a hand in marginal history from the abolition of slavery to the Opium War and Texan independence; and was Governor.of Bermuda, Trinidad, and St. Helena." Joined the Royal Navy on the "Leviathan", in 1814. Protector of slaves to British Guiana, 1830. Far Eastern trade and Opium War 1833 to 1841. Missionin Texas, in 1842 to oppose the annexation of this state by the USA.