Beatson Major General Alexander (7 results)

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Map; 6 plates 'Engraved by Mr. William Daniell, from the Drawings of Samuel Davis Esq'; Contemporary ownership inscription "Lieut Cole Kinnaird, Comandant St. H. A. 12th Octr 1818" with his notes to rear free end-paper and 4 pages of text; Leather-Bound Hardback: half brown calf on marbled boards, spine panelled with raised bands, black leather lettering-piece; Some wear to leather, i section of spine damaged, a little foxing, vg+. William Daniell (illustrator).…

Hard 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.

1st 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.…

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.

Hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Half 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).…