Sir William Read (23 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New. All That Was Left of Them (Paperback or Softback).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint, hardcover, bookplate residue to front pastedown, top front spine corner lightly bumped, otherwise clean and tight, a Near Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. 162pp; 42pp. Full black leather; ribbed spine; gilt decoration-stamping. All page edges gilded; marbled endleaves; attached silk ribbon bookmark. Contents clean, tight, textually unmarked; no library stamps. Affixed to front paste-down is leather, gilt-stamped bookplate; Limited Edition 804/1500. Special reprint edition of Second Edition circa 1710. 18.5 cm x 11.5 cm.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tight and unmarked hardcover in neatly price clipped jacket. 1973 third printing. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Idioma inglés. Ejemplar en muy buen estado. Encuadernación de tapa dura, en plena tela. Ilustrado con 54 láminas. Dimensiones: 24x16 - 453 pp.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique portrait, circa 1819. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine, scarce engraved portrait. Plate size 12.5 x10 ins, 32 x 25 cms. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Mount size approx. 13 x 11 in, 34 x 28 cm. Attractive, decorative and unusual. A portrait of Sir William Read.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Edition, 2nd printing, 1970. No markings in text. Dust Jacket in Fair condition with tears and sticker on front. Slight lean to spine. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Soft cover. 4to. pp 40. Blue, black and white illustrated covers. Occasional illustrations in black and white throughout. The contribution of Harold Pinter is credited to 'Harold Pinta'. good plus condition, with some mild creasing at corners, light shelfwear and some spots of foxing at rear cover and final page.

HMS Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and launched in 1837. Her direct-acting engines (in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft), built by Seaward and Company, were the first to be fitted in any vessel. She was scrapped in 1864. 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, but with the signature torn away. Addressed, with seal in black wax, to 'Benjamin Sharpe Esq | 19, Fleet Street, | London' (Sharpe's father had been resident partner at that address in the banking firm of Gosling & Sharpe. The first paragraph reads: 'Dear Sharpe, | I have just returned from the Gorgon, and my visit to her has verified the substance of our Conversation on Thursday last. | Her present armament consists of 4 32-pounder (bored) guns & 2 84-pounders (10-inch) on the weather deck. if properly armed she would also carry 12 32-pounders on the main-deck, but she is deficient in these. Her draft of water is about 15th. & 15 . 6 which, I believe, is what she ought to draw if her armament were complete, with the full compliment of men, water, provisions, munitions &c.' The letter continues with detailed criticism, with reference to a trail 'in the river in July last, with Ld Minto & other lords of the Admiralty on bd', the fact that 'her displacement had been sadly miscalculated',an incident on the coast of Spain, her engines and paddle-boards. 'To judge of Gorgon, whether she be a failure or otherwise, she should be tried as an armed vessel, carrying 16 32-pounders & 2 swivel guns [.] We have no more money that we know what to do with - no more workmen than we to keep pace with our wants in the shipwright department - & yet we are sacrificing both to the vain endeavours of adventurers in naval architecture, while there are plenty of persons in the service who might be advantageously employed in preventing the occurrence of these & other discreditable blunders if it were not the fashion to prefer speculative notions to the plain & unerring principles of the of naval Construction'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, light wear to edges, sound binding, clean pages and clean darkened end-papers. Very many black and white or brown plates, vignettes and photographs. Part 1 has fold out diagrams facing pages 87 and 137 and one bound at rear. Part 2 has fold out at pages 211, 219, 290, 304 (in colour), 334, 336,341, 342 (x2, both in colour), 528 (x5). Some pages are unopened in both parts. Contents: I. Chancery Proceedings from 15th Century by Trice Martin; II. Crystal of Lothair by Ormonde Dalton; III. Post-Visigothic Churches in Spain by Arthur Hill; IV. Hauberk of Chain Mail by J. G. Waller; V. Records of Durrington Manor, Wilts by T. F. Kirby; VI. Standing Cup of Silver Gilt with the Arms of William the Silent by Charles Hercules Read; VII./XV. Excavations at Caerwent, Monmouthshire, on the site of Venta Silurum by T. Ashby; VIII. Roman and later remains from the site of Newgate Prison by Philip Norman; IX. Imagery and Sculptures on the West Front of Wells Cathedral by W. H. St. John Hope; X. Traces of Roman Fulling in Britain by George E. Fox; XI. Gold Standing Cup belonging to Duke of Portland by Read; XII. Thirty Pieces of Silver by G. F. Hill; XIII. Notes on 14th Century Conveyancing by T. F. Kirby; XIV. Island of Ictis by Clement Reid; XVI. Linares Bas-Relief and Roman Mining in Baetica by Horace Sandars; XVII. Excavations of Roman Silchester, Hants by St. John Hope; XVIII. Wall Paintings in All Saints' Church, Friskney, Lincolnshire by Henry John Cheales; XIX. Augustinian Priory of St. Bartholomew, West Smithfield by E. A. Webb; XX. Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos by Arthur Evans. ix, 1-352; xvi, 353-584. 2-volume set (complete). Contains colour and black and white plates. No dust jacket, as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on front end-papers and prelims. Pages of main text and plates (including reverse of plates) are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119041032. 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. 1st Edition. London: E. Marlborough and Co., 1894. First and only edition. This is a very good copy. The maroon cloth shows some faint staining to the front panel, with light bumping at the tips and corners, and slight lifting at the foot of the spine. Internally, the gutters are slightly cracked but remain firm. There is some loss to the final leaf of text. The book is inscribed to the front pastedown, 'R. B. Raffles 1898' in black ink. These are the initals of R. B. Raffles, Assistant Curate and licensed in the Diocese of London. His father was William Winter Raffles, whose uncle was Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Loosely inserted is a letter by William Henry Macleod Read, the British statesman involved in the commercial, political, and social life of Singapore between 1841 and 1887. His card is tagged in, with an address added in manuscript: '16 Montpelier Row, Blackheath'. Written in black ink, it is a fascinating letter. It notes that the author of this title, a Dutchman, "is hardly fair to Sir Stamford". He continues with remarks on the site of Government House, as established by Sir Stamford Raffles, and the landscape of Java. It concludes: "I am an old Singaporean. I arrived | there in 1841 & left it for good in 1889 - | my father arrived there in 1828 & left | in 1836. | I knew Lady Raffles and Ellen, Mr | Flint & all that family. I mention | that to show that I write with earned | authority." Remarkably, as Read himself asserts, this letter is indeed written with earned authority on Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Singapore, and Java. It is signed at the foot 'M. H. Read'. Overall, this is a superb association copy, linking the Raffles family with later scholarship on the life and work of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 318.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 318.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 318.

50 books and pamphlets from the personal library of the furniture designer and high-end London shop-keeper Sir Ambrose Heal which reflect his love for the Arts and Crafts movement and his passion as a pioneer and champion of design. The collection reveals Heal's connections with many of the leading figures of the time with inscribed copies from his fellow furniture designer Hamilton Smith, review copies of works by William Lethaby and his own copies of early publications by the Designs and Industries Committee which he had helped found. There are polemics by Clough Williams Ellis as well as obscure exhibition catalogues and reports (several unrecorded) from organisations that he supported and helped to run. Altogether a fascinating insight into the life of an influential taste-maker and businessman in England in the first half of the century who ran Heal and Son on Tottenham Court Road for 40 years and played an active role in cultural life in London and further afield. The collection includes: BOOKS 1 'The Caliph's Design, Architects ! Where is Your Vortex?' by Wyndham Lewis. First edition. First Impression. Scarce one of only 1000 copies produced. A printed label to the front cover.Original blue marbled wrappers over card worn away to spine panel. Internally in very good condition. Published by The Egoist Ltd. 2019. Laid in is a printed invitation from the Royal Society of British Artists requesting the company of Mr A Heal dated March 29th 1930. 2 GIFT TO HEAL FROM A FURNITURE DESIGNER 'The People's Album of London Statues'. Described by Osbert Sitwell. Drawn by Nina Hammett. Published by Duckworth, London 1928. Ambrose Heal book plate to front paste down. Hand written pencil note to front free end paper reads 'Given to me by Hamilton Smith Christmas 1928' - Hamilton Temple Smith was a fellow furniture designer with whom Heal shared a patent.Brown cloth boards with decorative embossing to front in good condition. Contains black and white illustrations throughout.Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing. 3 'England and the Octopus' by Clough Williams Ellis. 1928. Boards and internally in good condition. All that remains of dust jacket is front cover which has been excised neatly and laid in. An influential polemic against urban sprawl. 'Heal' inscribed in pencil to front paste down. 4 'Britain Must Rebuild A Policy for Regional Planning' by Frank Pick. Published by Kegan Paul. In good condition. 'Ambrose Heal' written in pencil across front board. Front free end paper inscribed 'Ambrose Heal Nov '41'. 5 GIFT TO HEAL 'Henry Irving'. The Vellum Parchment Shilling Series. No III. Published by Field & Tuer. By William Archer. In good condition. Annotated 'HH from C.C.B. '92'. 6 'Guinevere' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Byam Shaw. Published by TC & EC Jack. Pocket book. Inlaid decorative gift card reads 'From Philip Carr, To Mr Ambrose Heal'. 7 'Cosmic Vision' by TJ Cobden Sanderson. First Edition 1922. Blue cloth covered boards a little worn to edges, end papers and text clean. b/w frontispiece protected by dust sheet, in very good condition overall throughout. 8 'Lettering in Ornament' by Lewis F Day. First Edition 1902. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. 218 pp. 9 'William Richard Lethaby 1857-1931'. Published by Central School of Arts and Crafts 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a little discoloured. Text block sound, overall in good condition. 86 pp. Laid in is a compliments slip from the Principal of London County Council. 10 REVIEW COPY 'Art and Handicraft' by John D Sedding. First Edition 1893. Green cloth covered boards with gold titles. Edges and spine sunned /darkened but in very sound condition. End papers clean, some foxing, text clean throughout. Inlaid is a printed note from Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. To the reverse is a faint pencil drawn sketch of a building with tree in foreground. 11 'Handicrafts and Reconstruction. Notes by Members of the Arts & Craft.

Leather Bound. Condition: new. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2026, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1814. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 454, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 454.

Leather Bound. Condition: new. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2026, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1814. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 458, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 458.