Mri, First Edition (20 results)

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. The Pension Trustee Guide Addresses the knowledge and understanding requirements of The Pensions Regulator. The book: - The Pensions Act 2004 introduced new requirements for the trustees of occupational pension schemes to have an appropriate amount of knowledge and understanding, to enable them to exercise properly their functions as trustee. Reading this book will ensure trustees understand the law and regulations relating to trusts and pension schemes generally, and the principles relating to scheme funding and scheme investments. In addition, it will enable them to appreciate the key documents relating to the scheme (or schemes) for which they are a trustee. "You will find this book highly readable. I recommend it as a valuable overview of a subject that seems to get more complicated all the time." David Willetts MP Formerly Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. "A clear guide to what is becoming an increasingly complex area." Graham Durgan Chairman of the Emile Woolf Group. "A refreshingly easy to read and comprehensive guide to all of the Trustee Knowledge and Understanding requirements." Wayne Phelan. Managing Director, PS Independent Trustees Limited. "This is a well presented, easy to follow, practical guide to trustees of pension schemes on their many and complex duties. I thoroughly recommend it." Mario Conti Partner & Head of Pensions, Martineau Johnson Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . 1st US edition. Slightly dampstained. Writing inside. (medical, medicine).

Hardback, 221mm x 144mm black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 240+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/NoWrapper. Book has been well read. Spine and boards generally bumped, some light staining, boards bowed outward, spine faded. Block edges grubby but pages (and plates) clean, binding good. Owner sticker on inner front board. Biography of an pioneer in the science and business of electricity, written mostly by his widow, with a Foreword by Haslett. Catalogue: Science. Keywords: Ferranti, industry, electricity.

First Edition. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; Author's presentation copy. 'Off-Print from Saorstát Eireann Irish Free State Official Handbook (pp. 212-232). Subjects; Archaeology. Ireland. Saorstát Eireann. Irish Free State. Official Handbook. 1 Kg.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Founded in 1897 by Fred T. Jane. Clean green cloth on boards with gilt titles. Soft sunning to spine and thin sunning to top and bottom boards edges. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and light rubbings. Edges: aged yellowed/brown. Eps: head ffep with name, address/ date 1970; ffep & refp with dj shadowing. Light surface splitting sections to front & rear hinges. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is VG+. 580p Dj: light dusting of age soiling/ yellowing. Top and bottom edge with some open wear, a few thin horizontal sections missing; a few small splits and chips. Spine: 4cm split to spines bottom rearside edge; 3cm split to top rearside edge and a 4 cm split to head frontside edge. Heavy book: 305 x 215 mm / 1kg.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Myra Maguire, Heraldic Artist to the Geneological Office Dublin Castle (illustrator). First Edition. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt title and glt family creast of front of cover; faint dusting of a little rubbing. Edges: very light foxings, small smudges. Eps: with narrow vertical dj shadowing; head ffep with small signature. Clean contents. Colour glossy illustrations of the Irish Family shields. 366p plus Coloured fldg map of Ireland 1300 - 1600 map showing the location of the Principle Gaelic septs together with the leading families of Norman origin.; just few faint foxings. Binding is VG+. Dj: moderate soiling, rubbings and shelf-sunned. Spine: thin creasing down the spine; head & foot with wear, some small sections missing, splits and chips with clear tape repair. Head & foot of flap spines with small open wear, small pieces missing, splits and chips with clear tape repair. Large & heavy book: 280 x 225 mm / 1 kg.

viii, 242 pages on thick paper. - Publisher's gilt-titled red cloth-binding; 8vo.(ca. 21 x 14 x 4 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL. - Corners slightly rubbed, rearpanel with few shallow spots, front endpaper with short ownership-inscription dated 1921, few pencil underlinings; else fine.

First Edition. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; Author's presentation copy. 'Off-Print from Saorstát Eireann Irish Free State Official Handbook (pp. 212-232). Subjects; Archaeology. Ireland. Saorstát Eireann. Irish Free State. Official Handbook. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Elements of Chemistry, including the Most Recent Discoveries and Applications of the Science to Medicine and Pharmacy, and to the Arts by Robert Kane. An American Edition, with Additions and Corrections, and Arranged for the use of the Universities, Academies, and Medical Schools of the United States, by John William Draper New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842 First American Edition (first issue) 8vo in 4s, original blind-stamped brown cloth with gold-stamped spine title (spine with significant losses): decorated endpapers, xii (1), (9) 10-704 pp, numerous in-text figures. Internally VG. Top of title page- signature in ink of Caspar Morris (1805-1884). Morris, son of Israel Wistar (1778-1870) and Mary Hollingsworth (1776-1820), a descendent of a prominent seventeenth-century Philadelphia family, received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1826. He helped establish the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Protestant Episcopal Hospital, the House of Refuge, and the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. His oldest son, James Cheston Morris (1831-ca 1923), mother Ann Cheston (1810-1880), received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1854. He was a physician with the Foster Home for Children, Moyamensing House of Industry, the Episcopal Hospital and served as contract physician for the Union Army (October 1862 August 1863). [The Historical Society of Philadelphia, Collection 2000B Morris Family Papers (1695-1965), Copyright 2007]. Internally book is VG with numerous figures.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 16mo, pp. 232, illustrated paper wrappers worn, creased, spine creased and with small splits, very minor losses, edges mildly curled, interior largely clean, edges dust-dulled, corners bumped, binding tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Softback. Small 8vo. 23 + (1)pp. 3 section fold out bw frontis + 9 bw photos in 4 plates + 2 bw plans. Publisher'sgreen printed paper wrappers, black lettering + double black lines around edges on front. Faint rub rear bottom corner else very clean & tight.Bright attractive copy. VG+.

First Edition. First Edition. With 500 engraved drawings on 12 plates. 8vo. The history and characteristics of microscopic organisms, called "animalcules," which were first observed by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek using early microscopes; it's a comprehensive study of the early world of microbiology as seen through the lens of these tiny creatures. Publisher's straight grained blue cloth. Very Good With 500 engraved drawings on 12 plates. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HC - First Ed. RARE in format, condition and in One Volume. Brown leather boards with 5 raised spine bands. Gilt titling to spine. Shelf wear is none to minimal. FFEP has gift inscription. Some mild foxing. TIGHT binding. Straight spine. Clean Interior. No markings. Thick 8vo. Pages (?) in Chapters. Approx. 2,000. fine. collectible. --B.R. Box 98.

Hardcover. 1st edition. Vol. I [January] -- clxxvii, [17], 624 p.: front.(St Maelruan's tree), fold. diocesan map of Ireland; 26 cm. Prospectus at end. Good lt. edgeworn orig. decorated brown cloth, all edges gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce First Edition. Illustrated with 4 folding Plates. 8vo. Contemporary paper boards (soiled), rebacked. 202pps. + 194pps. + ads. Uncut. Very Good copy.

Condition: Very Good. First. A very good copy of this scarce study of the origins of English words Rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine Ex-library but other than the gilt accession number at the base of the spine and slight paste residue on the ffep, there are no other indications of its library ownership Binding is quite tight and sound There is an ink inscription on a fly leaf from the author's son, Major (later Major General) Thomson, dated Montreal, 1842, and a vintage newspaper clipping about English word usage is affixed to the same page Text is age darkened There are a few minor pencil and ink annotations throughout and on the rear fly leaf, but no other marks or damage to text at all A nice copy of a very uncommon volume, there were recently fewer than a dozen copies found on OCLC Major-General Francis Ringler Thomson R E (1794-1863) was the son of the author He joined the Royal Engineers in 1812 and served many assignments, in France and across the Empire, including Ceylon, Gibraltar, Canada and Malta A Major in Canada when he inscribed this book in 1842, he continued to rise through the ranks and was eventually promoted to Major General in 1856 Unpaginated, but approx 200 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Published by Jones & Co., First Edition, 1827. Repaired full leather binding, with new spine to the original boards. With 80 engraved plates and 1 engraved Plan of The Regent's Park. Provenance: Major Stanley Kentish Barnes bookplate to the front paste down. Approximately 10 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles to black leather label, gilt decoration. Joints very good condition repaired, solid. Corners good condition worn. Boards good condition original boards with gilt decoration, marked and worn. Page edges good condition tanned and darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition repaired, sound. Paste downs good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition some marks and foxing, gently tanned. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1827 Binding: Hardback.

Condition: Fine Copy. First. p.p. xvi - 359 + 8 page publisher's list. 20 fine colour plates, majority Irish scenes. Small quarto. Original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hammers.

First edition. First edition. pp. x (including half-title page), [ii], 385; [iv] (including half-title page), [388], [21] (including index and leaf of corrections) [lLACKING the three engraved plates, and one leaf of text (in volume one)]. 2 vols. 4to. Muirhead states: "The most important work on general pedagogy to appear in this country between. Locke's Thoughts. and Herbert Spencer's Essay in 1861" [Muirhead. The English at School, 57]. Maria Edgeworth is also the author of a number of novels and books for children, including Parents Assistant (1796), Early Lessons (1801), Moral Tales (1801), Harry and Lucy (1825), etc. In 1809 she collaborated with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, on Essays on Professional Education [see Welch. Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, p. 167]. Slade 3A Modern quarter brown morocco , gilt morocco spine label, spines ruled in gilt, with raised bands (in six compartments), contemporary marbled paper-covered boards,Owner's contemporary engraved bookplate on front pastedown of volume one. Both volumes have been expertly rebacked with modern brown calf, new endpapers, contemporary marbled paper-covered boards are moderately rubbed, bit of faint scattered foxing to a few pages of text, else very good, with the text otherwise fresh and clean pp. x (including half-title page), [ii], 385; [iv] (including half-title page), [388], [21] (including index and leaf of corrections) [lLACKING the three engraved plates, and one leaf of text (in volume one)]. 2 vols. 4to.