Gibraltar, First Edition (18 results)

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First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 314 pages; Physical desc. : v, 314 p. ; 18 cm. Subject: Reformation --Great Britain --Church of England --History. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 314 pages; Physical desc. : v, 314 p. ; 18 cm. Subject: Reformation --Great Britain --Church of England --History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: NR F/GD+. y First Edition. HARDBACK "SELDOM AVAILABLE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1960? * Publisher: Garrison Library Printing Office.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers with pictorial design, spine in blue leatherette. Some rubs to corners and edges, slight bump and crease to lower front corner, some sunning to boards with some usage marks to front cover. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper as published.*Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, few marks to text, couple of annotations, otherwise NEAR FINE.* Illustrations: A few small b/w vignettes at chapter heads.* Pages: 136 pp. text. with one page of errata tipped in behind foreword. x pp. Advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: This cookery book was issued on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Lord Baden Powell by the Girl Guide Movement in Gibralter to raise funds for the local branches. The recipes are in both English and Spanish which as the foreward puts it:- Will be of real value to service people and others temporarily in Gibralter who have Spanish servants.* A GD+ copy with a VG interior.* 1960-01-01. n.

8vo menor. Plena tela verde del editor; título y diseño en negro en lomera y plano superior; estampaciones en seco en plano inferior. Tapa inferior afectado por humedad.158 pp; bibliografía editorial, 4 h; dos mapas a doble plana y 16 grabados en madera fuera texto.PRIMERA EDICION, luego aparecieron otras en 1882, 1884 & 1892. Descripción de Gibraltar y cercanías con breve historia, algo jingoísta, de los asedios.cf.Palau 101 839 (1911 ed).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. card covers, stapled, 26 pages of text with vintage photos on each page some unusual yesterday and today aerial photos great condition clean no marks.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Jean Bird (illustrator). First edition. A scarce collection of recipes compiled by the Gibraltar Girl Guides Association, written in both English and Spanish. Written in both English and Spanish. First edition. Scarce work. A cookery book compiled by the Girl Guides of Gibraltar on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the movement. Intended to gain funds for the local branch. With recipes from scripture cake and stuffed sardines, to veal stew, beef casserole, and continental gateau, amongst many others. Publisher's advertisements to the front and rear of the text. Dated from Oxford Brookes University Library. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light sunning to the board edges with the odd small mark. Light tide marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink and pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SUBTITLED: An Illustrated Guide Book to the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi; Its History, Its Appearance, Its Business Houses. To which is added A Description of the Resources and Progress of the State of Mississippi, as an Inviting Field for Immigration and Capital. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 272, (124) pgs, index of streets and avenues, 124 pgs of local advertising. Red pebbled cloth with gilt titled spine and cover. 2 folding maps. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Original cloth covers rubbed and worn on edges, corners, and spine ends. Interior has loose first signature, else tight with age toned pages. Maps complete. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Excellent local history and guide book for early Vicksburg. Greatly enhanced by the 124 pgs appendix of merchant advertising. Well illustrated.

Primera edición de este curioso y largo poema dividido en siete cantos. [I] De los fenómenos mas notables que se observa en la Tierra, y en su atmósfera. [II] De los movimientos de rotación y de traslación de la Tierra, alrededor del Sol; de los fenómenos mas interesantes que de ellos resultan; y de los puntos, lineas, y círculos, movibles con el Globo Terráqueo, y fijos respecto de él. [III] Ideas generales sobre el Sistema del Universo; y de la dependencia que tienen del calor del Sol las Zonas, las Estaciones, y los vientos constantes y peródicos. [IV] De las estrellas fijas; de la determinación de las posiciones de los Astros, y del modo de establecer por sus observaciones, las latitudes, las longitudes y arrumbamientos de los Lugares de la Tierra, la hora señalada, y las épocas. [V] De los Planetas primarios y Cometas. [VI] De la Luna; de sus fases y eclipses, de su influjo en los mares y en la atmósfera; y nociones sobre la fuerza perturbatriz de los Cuerpos celestes. [VII] De los Planetas secundarios o satelites; de la velocidad de la luz, deducida de sus observaciones y resumen de los conocimientos mas sublimes, y mas interesantes de la Astronomia. Encabeza la obra una dedicatoria impresa de Gabriel Ciscar al Duque de Wellington, fechada en Gibraltar a 31 de mayo de 1828. XV-223 páginas. Encuadernado en holandesa media piel moderna. Muy buen ejemplar. 16x10,5 cm. Palau 54971.

16,5 : 10,5 cm. 80 pages With 1 manyfolded engraving and one coloured engraved map. Contemporary half cloth. Very rare oeuvre on Gibraltar with a history of his 13 besieges. The manyfolded angraving shows the siege of Gibraltar, the map is of Spain. - - Exlibris, otherwise fine.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. softback (approx. 22.5 x 15cm) in original paper covers with visible stitching, pages uncut. 52pp. with engraved frontispiece and large folding Plan of the Peninsular bound in after title page. Also a large loose Plan of the Town and Fortifications, hand-coloured and also dated 1782. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Uncut edges somewhat dusty with occasional light creases. Bound-in Plan has a few small closed tears and creases to rather dusty edges and very faint mottling. Large loose Plan has light foxing and some tiny closed tears to edges of large margins. Original paper wraps rather creased and torn. Overall a Good, Sound Copy with extra GOOD+ map. (Shelf 130 TOP) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Segunda muy aumentada edición. 2 partes en 1 tomo. 19 : 11 cm. 7 hojas, 106 páginas, 3 hojas, páginas (107) - 206 Con una lámina grabada, plegada. Encuadernado en medio pergamino en estilo de época. Extensiva descripción de Gibraltary de la isla Minorca. - Edición extremamenta rara. El grabado muestra un puerto de Mahon, el Fort St. Philipp y debajo una vista de Gibraltar.

17,5 : 10,5 cm. 16 páginas con un plano plegado en colores. Cubiertas originales. Muy raro. - Descripción de la fortificación de Gibraltar. El plano mustra una vista detallada de Gibraltar hasta la frontera con España.

16,5 : 10,5 cm. 80 paginas. con 1 grabado doblado y un mapa coloreado. Encuadernacion de epoca de media piel. Historia muy rara sobre Gibraltar con sus 13 asedios. El grabado doblado muestra el asedio de Gibraltar, el mapa es de España. - Exlibris, en buen estado de conservación.

2 partes en 1 tomo. 17 : 10,5 cm. Titulo, 2 hojas 98 páginas Con 6 grabados plegados y dos retratos grabados. Media piel de época, lomo abundantemente dorado. Completa descripción de la historia de la cuidad y fortificación de Gibraltar con una abuntante descripción de las actividades de las tropas de Francia y España durante los años 1779 hasta 1783, tambien como su defensa. - JUNTO CON: (Buchenröder, Joh. Nic. Carl). Elliots Leben nebst practischen Bemerkungen aus Dessen Leben gezogen zur Bildung junger Krieger und andere Personen vom Stande; wie auch einer Soldatenpredigt der tapferen Garnison zu Gibraltar zugeeignet.beygefügt Grundriß einer Geschichte und Geographie von Gibraltar. Hamburg, Möller, 1783. 1 hoja, XXXII, 183 páginas. - Las dos obras juntas tratan de la historia, geographia etc. de Gibraltar, la segunda obra contiene ademas una biografia de la vida de Elliot. Las láminas muestran differentes vistas de Gibraltar y las fortificaciónes flotantes delante de Gibraltar. Los retratos son del autor Georg August Elliot y de Georgius III. En una encuadernación my decorativa. - Tapas un poco rozados. Un bello ejemplar, muy raro!

London, Printed for B. Cornwell, 1782. 8vo. Stitched as issued, entirely uncut, mid 20th-century grey cloth; pp. [ii], 52, engraved frontispiece, bound without final advertisement leaf for an 'oriental vegetable cordial'; small central stab hole, frayed edges: povenance: ink stamp of an artillery school on rear paste-down, recent armorial bookplate inside front cover of Cefntilla, the family seat of the Barons Raglan.Extremely rare first edition. This publication, instigated by the Admiralty, combines a thorough description of the British possession with a very detailed blow-by-blow account of the Great Siege of Gibraltar, the thwarted attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. Provenance: Following the death of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855), commander of allied forces during the Crimean War, 1,623 of his friends, admirers, and comrades purchased the estate of Cefntilla Court in Monmouthshire, Wales, presenting the home to Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-1884) and his heirs in perpetuity as a memorial in remembrance of his father's contribution to the British military.ESTC T72995.

Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1782. Contemp. boards. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. (12),98 pp. and 1 folded engraved map, divided in 3 sections: 1. Grundriss des Fort St. Philipp. 2. Grundriss der Gegend von Porto Mahon und Fort St. Philipp. 3. Abriss der Festung Gibraltar. A few faint brownspots. The scarce first edition.

1st Edition. Very good. Dissected and laid down on original linen as issued. Original hand color. Minor soiling; some fraying of linen at a juncture of folds, else excellent. Size 16 x 22 Inches. This is a scarce, separately-issued c. 1770 Jean Lattré map of the town, port and peninsula of Gibraltar. This eastern-oriented map is richly detailed, showing the remarkable and forbidding topography of the peninsula and its fortifications. The map shows the positions held by the Spanish and the British during their long stalemate following the 1727 Spanish siege of Gibraltar. Lattré appears to have produced this map as a separate issue near the end of the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763), coinciding with Spain's entrance to that conflict. Although the war ended without any action at Gibraltar, it would have been considered a possible theater of engagement. State of the Map This third state of the map we suspect to have been printed in the 1770s, following British modernization of the port's defenses. This state includes significant additional British fortification, and a 'Supplement' added to catalogue these changes. It may have been printed as late as Spain's 1779 declaration of war on Britain: since Spain's primary aim in entering that war was the recapture of Gibraltar, the update of this map would have been timely. Publication History and Census This map is rare, and it is not well catalogued. As a consequence of it being an undated, separately issued map, there is no clear agreement on its dating among institutional collections. The map was listed among the offerings of Lattré's shop in the catalogue accompanying his 1762 Atlas moderne , so an approximate date of 1762 is warranted for the first printing. Other Examples We have identified four states: c. 1762 First state (see copy at the Institut Cartographic i Geologic de Catalunya, misdated 1770.) Lacks names for bodies of water, depth soundings. c. 1763 Second state (see Instituto Geographico Nacional: Adds 'Mer Mediterranee,' Partie de la Baye de Gibraltar,' depth soundings and anchorage off northwest coast. Lines of fire from Spanish batteries and fortifications to the North have also been added. c. 1770 (?) This state (our example) has significant additions. English fortifications on the southern heights of the peninsula are noted, as well as military positions throughout. A supplemental legend has been added to the lower right, detailing the newly added features. A scale has been added, and the notation 'rochers inaccessibles' is included on the cliffs dominating the eastern coast. More anchorages are also marked facing the western approaches to the port. c. 1783 (Princeton Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library, misdated c. 1756) This state adds significant detail pertaining directly to the Grand Assault of the Great Siege of Gibraltar, including depictions of the floating batteries devised by French engineer Jean Le Michaud d'Arçon, so this state could not have been produced prior to 1782, and probably was not produced prior to the conclusion of the siege in 1783. There are only six examples of the map in OCLC: two of which are state 3, and one of which is state 4. (others undetermined). Not in OCLC, but in their online collections, are the state 1 at Cartographic i Geologic de Catalunya and the state 2 example at the Instituto Geographico Nacional. An edition by Treuttel et Wurtz was printed in Strasbourg, copied from the fourth state of the Lattré. References: OCLC 956285559.