R E a Townsend (34 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Softcovers; ex-library; uppermost portion of paper covering of spine perished; wraps w/ creases and several small tears along edges; light creasing of corners of leaves; light tanning of edges; o/w in good condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 371, . A4. PB. Wear to spine with some loss to spine ends, creasing to wrappers. 2-page review of this publication tipped-in onto the final blank page. From the library of one of the contributors, Roger Crosskey (1930-2017), British dipterist, Natural History Museum, London, specialist on blackflies (Simuliidae), with his stamps and annotations to front wrapper. Occasional Paper on Systematic Entomology No. 7. [9780565011222].

Condition: Very Good. 371, . A4. PB. Vg: Small tape mark to inner hinge. Errata sheet pasted in. . Occasional Paper on Systematic Entomology No. 7. [9780565011222].

Condition: New.

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Condition: Very Good. 371, . A4. PB. Light soiling to spine, o/w Vg. Occasional Paper on Systematic Entomology No. 7. [9780565011222].

Condition: NEW.

Condition: New.

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VHG+. Black cloth spine, yellowish boards with inset illustration on front board. xix, 411 pages : profuse color illustrations. Contents: Preface / Michael A. Keller -- Foreword / Roberto G. Trujillo -- Introduction : from a printer's point of view / Peter Rutledge Koch -- The books of Joseph Goldyne / Robert Bringhurst -- Artists' books : some remarks on a legacy of problems / Joseph Goldyne -- Colleagues and working relationships / Joseph Goldyne -- Proofing with Joseph Goldyne at Katherine Lincoln Press / Kay Bradner -- Matching the artist's hand : a Boston-West Coast partnership / Robert Townsend -- Collaboration : images and calligraphy / Thomas Ingmire -- Notes to the catalogue raisonné -- Presses and printers -- Binderies and binders -- Catalogue raisonné -- Limited-edition books -- Unique books -- Limited-edition portfolios -- Unique portfolios -- Unique sheets of calligraphy with prints -- Alphabetical index -- Chronological index -- Printmaking terms -- Illustrations -- Author biographies -- Selected public collections -- Index -- Colophon. "This catalogue is produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Joseph Goldyne: Books, Prints & Proofs presented at the Stanford University Libraries, September 14, 2015-January 31, 2016 . Copies of Joseph Goldyne's limited-edition artists' books and portfolios, as well as a selection of preparatory drawings and prints related to his artists' books, portfolios, and calligraphy sheets are in the Joseph R. Goldyne Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California".

Condition: NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 432 S. Lwd., goldgepr. Front- und Rückentitel , ehem. Bib-Ex mit den dafür typischen Stempeln, minimalst berieben , Ecken leicht bestoßen, sonst sauber , stabil und komplett , Versand in DE 5,50 Euro !!!

First edition in publisher's original peach paper yapp wraps [soft back]. 10" x 7". Contains 104 printed pages of text. Illustrated. Includes: A critical review of John Masefield's book 'The Taking of the Gry' by H. E. Bates. Edges of the wrapper a little ragged. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERARY CRITICISM.

First edition in publisher's original orange yapp paper wraps [soft back]. 10" x 7". Contains 104 printed pages of text. Illustrated. Includes: A critical review of John Masefield's book 'The Taking of the Gry' by H. E. Bates. Edges of the wrapper a little ragged. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATES, H. E. (1906-1974).

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very good. 1954, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp334, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, tan cloth spine over beige boards in dustwrapper.

Condition: Poor. The book binding is loose and in rather a fragile condition, it remains bound together though. Formerly owned, with some obvious signs of use/wear. The content has some foxing, dedication to the inside page. Fine to read/reference.

Paperback. Handbill. Small 8vo. 4pp. Foldout chart. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge (not affecting text). A bright and handsome General Order, issued 1 July 1864, whose cover page briefly notes that it concerns "the cost of clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the Army of the United States. with the allowance of clothing to each soldier during his enlistment, and his proportion for each year." The remaining numbered pages consist of a detailed chart itemizing every last item of clothing and camp equipment and their cost for every type of soldier. The wide foldout chart is titled "TABLE specifying the money value of Clothing allowed to the Army of the United States" and continues this fascinating elaboration of items and their cost to the soldier. Scarce and unusual.

1st edition. Large 8vo. x + 162 + (2)pp. Numerous diagrams in text. Publisher's plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front. Original white eps. White label with "FILE COPY " stuck down on front, stamp with " PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY No 27736 " on title page. Book slight leaning else bright attractive copy. VG+. WE SPECIALISE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this very scarce privately circulated volume of poetry by Richard Edward Austin Townsend. A lovely copy of this very scarce privately published collection of poems, dedicated to the British MP and Baronet Sir Charles Lemon, who in the year prior to the publication of this work was appointed to serve on the Transportation Committee of the House of Commons, and was on the committee of management of the South Western Railway.The first forty-nine pages include a collection of short poems, followed by a collection of poems headed 'Thoughts on the British Association at Liverpool, 1837', which constitutes pages 51 to 90. The pagination then begins anew, with further short poems and verses following.A fascinating and very scarce volume of poetry about the railways, published during the early stages of the railway in England; in 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened, establishing the pattern of modern railways. Rebound in quarter calf, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed, retaining original blanks. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned to perimeters, but clean. Chipping to perimeters of first four leaves, all original blanks. Very Good Indeed. book.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR AND TWO DRAWINGS BY F. H. TOWNSEND (illustrator). First Edition. Leather at spine edge and corners with red boards, fancy gilt title and all edges gilt. Lightly rubbed cover with rubbed/torn spine edge and some mild soil stains. Hardcover book with 336 pages. Illustrated. Rare! Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Garnett, R.A.; Austen, John; Gibbings, Robert; Papé, Frank C.; Odle, Alan; Garwood, Tirzah; Hilder, Rowland; Kermode, William; Grant, Duncan; Moon, P.V.; Leighton, Clare; Wolfe, Edward (illustrator). Each volume one of 550 copies, quarto size, approx. 650 total pages, each volume signed by the author. The "Furnival Books" were a series of shorter works from young authors, some of whom would go on to be considered the best of their day. The brainchild of bookseller and publisher A. W. Steele, he published these limited edition copies under two imprints, but the entire series of twelve books were all printed by the Chiswick Press between 1930 and 1932. One of the great bonuses of this series are the frontispiece illustrations, several by some of my own favourite artists: John Austen, Robert Gibbings, Frank Papé, and Clare Leighton. Particulars on the twelve books are as follows: (1) Powys, T.F.; Warner, Sylvia Townsend (Foreword); Garnett, R.A. (Woodcut), "The Key of the Field", 1930, no. 12, 39 pp.; (2) Bates, H.E.; Garnett, Edward (Foreword); Austen, John (Line Engraving), "The Hessian Prisoner:, 1930, no. 477, 42 pp.; (3) Coppard, A.E.; Gibbings, Robert (Woodcut), "The Man From Kilsheelan", 1930, no. 180, 38 pp.; (4) Davies, Rhys; O'Flaherty, Liam (Foreword); Papé, Frank C. (Illustration), "The Stars, The World, and The Women",1930, no. 135, 53 pp.; (5) Hanley, James; Aldington, Richard (Foreword); Odle, Alan (Frontispiece), "The Last Voyage", 1931, no. 232, 73 pp.; (6) Strong, L.A.G.; Coppard, A.E. (Foreword); Garwood, Tirzah (Frontispiece), "The Big Man", 1931, no. 267, 45 pp.; (7) Manhood, H.A.; Williamson, Henry (Foreword); Hilder, Rowland (Frontispiece), "Little Peter the Great", 1931, no. 368, 95 pp.; (8) Warner, Sylvia Townsend; Powys, T.F. (Foreword); Kermode, William (Frontispiece), "A Moral Ending" (also containing "A Parting Gift" and "How to Succeed in Life"), 1931, no. 468, 47 pp.; (9) Garnett, David; Bates, H.E. (Foreword); Grant, Duncan (Frontis), "A Terrible Day", 1932, no. 148, 37 pp.; (10) O'Flaherty, Liam; Davies, Rhys (Foreword); Moon, P.V. (Frontis), "The Wild Swan" (also containing "It Was the Devil's Work" and "Unclean"), 1932, no. 121, 60 pp.; (11) Benson, Stella; West, Geoffrey (Foreword); Leighton, Clare (Frontis), "Christmas Formula" (also containing "Tchotl" and "A Dream"), 1932, no. 419, 67 pp.; [and] (12) Collier, John; Sitwell, Osbert (Foreword); Wolfe, Edward (Frontis), "Green Thoughts", 1932, no. 45, 56 pp. ___DESCRIPTION: The volumes all of a uniform design, with each bound in a different colour of cloth, each with the title in gilt on both the front board and the spine, the author in gilt towards the bottom of the front board, year of publication in gilt at the tail of the spine, top edges gilt, the limitation pages found before the half-titles each signed by the author, each volume with a frontispiece by different artists; binding quarto size (10 1/8" by 6 3/8"), pagination as set forth above. ___CONDITION: The set near fine overall, the boards on most volumes clean (vol. 2 with a thin line on the back board which appears to be some sort of residue, vol. 9 with small spot of soil on the front board, and vol. 12 with what appears to be offsetting from the glue), the corners on most volumes straight and unrubbed but a few volumes lightly bumped and with minimal rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; several volumes with sunning to the boards and most volumes with the spines sunned. Still overall a lovely set, a few condition issues to the bindings, the interiors fine, we noted several signatures unopened. ___POSTAGE: Please note that the combined size and weight of this set will necessitate additional postage, please inquire for details; International customers, also please note that any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

16mo. Self-cover. 8pp. Near fine. Binding traces at gutter (not affecting text). This lengthy and fascinating General Order chronicles the Fort Snelling court martial trial of Captain James Starkey of the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers, charged with "Making false muster," "Willingly signing muster rolls containing false musters," "Making false return to his superior officer of the state of his Company" and "Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." Each charge is elaborated in great detail. Starkey was found guilty of most of the charges and sentenced "To be cashiered, and to be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the Government of the United States" -- this latter sentence commuted by President Lincoln, who always believed in giving someone a second chance. Signed in type at the conclusion by Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. General Orders were usually made in modest quantities for distribution to the various army commands, where the company clerks would collect them (hence the occasional file holes). A great many were destroyed during the course of the war, and original examples of most survive in surprisingly few copies.

12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War," this General Order consists of Townsend's report of a prisoner exchange arranged between Generals William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood that took place in Rough and Ready, Georgia, on September 19, 22, 28 and 30, 1864. "United States prisoners received -- 146 commissioned officers. 212 non-commissioned officers. 770 privates. In all equivalent to 2,047 privates. Confederate prisoners received -- 128 commissioned officers. 225 non-commissioned officers. 979 privates. In all equivalent to 2,045 privates." How these numbers add up to 2,047 and 2,045 privates is beyond us -- must be the Old Math. Accompanied by a fine modern (circa 1960) glossy 8" X 10" photograph, a superbly done reprint of the well-known head-and-shoulders portrait of John Bell Hood in Confederate uniform. Verso bears red inkstamped "From the / Abraham Lincoln Book Shop / Collection." A superb pair.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 November 14. 16mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the resignation of Major General George B. McClellan on November 8 -- though not stated, just after losing the presidential race to Lincoln -- and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General: "That for the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and patriotism of his troops. on the 19th day of October, at Cedar Run, whereby. his routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days." The acceptance of McClellan's resignation without comment or praise over a job well done speaks volumes about the much-disliked commander's lackluster performance.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 September 21. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the President's permanent appointment of Major General Philip H. Sheridan "to the command of the Middle Military Division, consisting of the Middle Department, the Departments of Washington, of the Susquehanna, and of West Virginia." Handsome and clean.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 December 2. 12mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the Secretary of War's appointment of Major General Grenville M. Dodge "to the command of the Department of Missouri" and of Major General William S. Rosecrans "being relieved" of same and ordered to "repair to Cincinnati, Ohio" to await further orders -- which never came. Very attractive. General appointed -- general relieved!