Beatson Alexander Major General (6 results)
Published by W. Bulmer ; W. Nicol (Printers), London, 1820
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Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United KingdomBesleys Books PBFA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Collation pp. xiv, 163. 23.5cm x 14.5cm. 4 engraved plates. 1st edition 1820. Original paper-covered boards, new spine. Extremities rubbed, pages uncut. Occasional slight foxing, pencil notes on rear pastedown.
Published by London: Printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1820
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Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United KingdomFrancis Edwards ABA ILAB
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Add to basket1st Ed. xv + 163pp. 4 plates. Some light browning, early marbled boards, C20th calf corners and spine, gilt motifs and gilt lettered label to spine. Alexander Beatson (17591830), army officer in the East India Company and colonial governor. '. After his return to England in November 1813 he devoted much attention to experimental… agriculture on his farms, his major work in this respect being his influential [above work] (1820), with a supplement (1821). This work ran through three editions in German (1828, 1829, 1830) .' US$186.
More imagesPublished by London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1816
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Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 28 cm. Bound three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Front board detached. Spotting/foxing, mostly to plates, especially at outer margins. lxxxvii, 295-330 pages. 6 plates. No map present. Library book plate, blind stamps. Goldsmiths'-Kress 21458.
More imagesPublished by Printed W. Bulmer & Co., sold by G. & W. Nicol and J. Booth, London, 1816
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Seller: HALEWOODS : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United KingdomHALEWOODS : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION, Quarto.(275 x 220mm). Half-title. [occasional light spotting /soiling] Engraved map, 6 aquatint plates by William Daniell after Samuel Davis. Contemporary half calf rebacked. Beatson was a reforming governor whose measures were not always appreciated (there was a mutiny on the island in… December 1811), but his main aim was to make the island more self-sufficient and less reliant on the East India Company. His period as governor lasted from 1808 to 1813. Abbey Travel I, 312; Gay 3088. Good Copy.
More imagesPublished by W. Bulmer, London, 1816
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Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. Bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards, expertly restored with covers reattached preserving the original binding. Very good condition. Complete with all seven b/w plates engraved by William Daniell from the drawings of Samuel Davis. An important illustrated account of the island at the…time of Napoleon's captivity.
More imagesPublished by Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers toHis Majesty and by J. Booth. 1816, London, 1816
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Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United KingdomFoster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA
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Add to basketHalf Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. xix, lxxxvii, 330 pp. 6 aquatints. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with blind tooling to edge of leather at boards and gilt lettering, ruling and devices to spine; all edges and endpapers marbled. Sympathetically recased with the head and tail strengthened…. Rubbing to binding. Minor marking/spotting internally, though generally quite clean. The aquatint views are engraved by William Daniell, fromd drawings by Samuel Davis. Also included is a geological plan and elevation of the island. Major-General Beatson was in 1816 late Governor of the island. 4to. Daniell, William (engraver) ; Davis, Samuel (drawings) (illustrator).
