Campbell John 9th Duke Argyll (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Harmsworth Bros. Ltd., [1901]. Undated, but includes account of the Queen's funeral so cannot have been published before 1901, and Bodleian catalogue gives 1901. First edition. xii+396p. Black and white illustrations throughout, and 2 chromolithograph portraits of the Queen when 4 years old and in 1899, the latter a frontispiece. Very clean internally, and bound in publishers light blue cloth boards with bright gilt and black & lettering and decorations to upper board and spine, slight wear to corners and edges of spine. A very good copy for its age. A heavy book which will incur extra postage outside the UK. .

Hardcover. [iii]-viii, 570 p. ([539]-570: paraphrases of other Scriptural texts): title-page vignette of Mount Sinai; 19.5 cm. Good ex-lib. navy cloth, crown shaved, g.t. Lacks half-title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued. 2nd Edition. Second Edition (stated), title page dated 1867. Tightly bound in brown quarter leather and marbled boards with gilded titles. Rubbing at the edges and some drying to the leather. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There are no external indications of the library's ownership. There are handwritten numbers, underlining and the Mercantile Library stamp on the title page and some of the internal pages. The endpapers show a few paper-glued spots. The rear free endpaper has a chip along the top margin. The book remains tightly bound. International shipping may require added postage charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Engraved by Edward Whymper (illustrator). (no date, ca 1885). viii, 224 pages (+ 8 pages of ads "Illustrated Books on Travel"). 28.5 cm. Pictorial burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt blind stamping illustrations to front cover and floral blind stamping on rear cover. Floral design on end papers. All edges gilt. Frontispiece (b/w woodcut with tissue guard). Illustrated with numerous b/w woodcuts. Large colored folding map. Index. Foxing to tissue guard, title-page and on a few scattered pages. 4 cm. tear to map. Ex-library (withdrawn stamp on title-page, remains of pocket on end-pages). Interior bright and clean.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Signed Letter byJohn George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll. Letter dated 1904. John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, 1845 - 1914, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. he was the husband of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. He was the first president of "The Rangers Football Club", thanks to his Argyll ties to the original founders of the football club. Size is 175mm x 110mm. Condition is good. Gum marks to rear and mark to front edge. Light centre crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16652. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter written and Signed by John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll C1911. A letter to Lord Burleigh in inquiring about the employability on an individual. John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1845-1914, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. he was the husband of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. He was the first president of "The Rangers Football Club", thanks to his Argyll ties to the original founders of the football club. Size is 175mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Light soiling to rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16870. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: good to very good. 1st Edition. 22pp. Octavo in original fragile blue wrappers with folding map showing the Governor General's route, Chipping to extremities and head of foot of spine. Scarce. good to very good Peel 3rd Edition #959. John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the 9th Duke of Argyll was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. (8.3 x 6.4 inches). Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette and two other full page mono plates. Finely bound in late 19th/early 20th century arts and crafts style leather binding of full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with three gilt dots. The compartments rule, lettered, and fully decorated with floral devices, all in gilt. Both boards with matching triple ruled borders and decorative floral, dot and ruled line design. Board edges with single gilt ruled lines. Turn-ins decorated with triple ruled lines, dots and floral devices, all in gilt. Plain green endpapers. All edges gilt. A lovely copy of this 19th century poem in a fine, highly attractive, but sadly unsigned by the binder, leather binding. --- Lorne was a Liberal politician, son in law of Queen Victoria, through his marriage to Princess Louise, and in 1878 was appointed Governor General of Canada by Disraeli. He wrote several books, including both travel and poetry, combining two of his great loves in this volume.

Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, married this British nobleman in 1871; he served Argyllshire as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, then in 1878 was appointed the youngest-ever Governor General of Canada, serving until 1883. ANS, 1p (lettersheet), 5" X 8", Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 November 1894. Very good. Addressed to Mr. Armour (P.W. Armour, secretary of the British India Steam Navigation Company of which Campbell served as a director). Mildly worn and age toned. On blind-embossed letterhead of the "Roxburghe Hotel / Edinburgh," Campbell (who was educated in Scotland) accepts an invitation: "Thanks for the Telegram. I shall be present, I hope, on Wednesday. I return [Copy?] of the last meeting." Boldly signed simply "Lorne" -- he bore the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne until the death of his father in 1900).

Condition: Very good. - Letter penned in black ink filling both sides of a sheet of cream-colored 6-1/4 inch high by 4- 1/2 inch wide paper. Signed "Argyll". There is some very minor soiling to the letter with a small area of light creasing to the top edge. There is an ink blot to one word on the first side. Folded once for mailing. Very good. Argyll writes about his wife's health: "I am sorry to say that my wife is in a state of health which the Doctors say will become serious unless she stops exhausting functions. Winter journeying must be avoided as far as possible, so that more expeditions like that to Leeds are prohibited."John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll [1845-1914], usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. In 1871 he married Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, the first time since 1515 that a daughter of the sovereign had married a subject of the crown. When his Canadian appointment was announced there was great excitement throughout Canada at the idea of having a royal resident in Rideau Hall, though the press disapproved. Lord Lorne was intensely interested in Canada and Canadians and he and his wife made many lasting contributions to Canadian society, especially to the arts and sciences. A number of Canadian places were named in honor of Lorne and his wife.

Condition: Good. Card, 2.5" x 3.5" Oblong. Very Good with slight bowing.

Condition: Fine, old folds. 7 pp. recto only. 1 vols. Small Folio. with emendations. 7 pp. recto only. 1 vols. Small Folio.

7 pp. Folio. Condition: Backed, with splitting. 7 pp. Folio.

Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, married this British nobleman in 1871; he served Argyllshire as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, then in 1878 was appointed the youngest-ever Governor General of Canada, serving until 1883. ANS, 1p (lettersheet), 4½" X 7", illegible address, 29 November 1900 Near fine. Addressed to Mr. Armour (P.W. Armour, secretary of the British India Steam Navigation Company of which Campbell served as a director). On black-bordered mourning stationery (his father, the 8th Duke of Argyll, having died on 24 April), the newly-named 9th Duke of Argyll acknowledges receipt of three checks and names the amount of each. Boldly penned in black ink and signed simply "Argyll" -- he bore the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne from 1847 until the death of his father in 1900. With original black-bordered mourning envelope addressed by Argyll with postal cancellation from Dumbarton -- Argyll served Bute, Elgin, and Dumbarton as a Member of Parliament (1895-1900), so perhaps the illegible location penned on the letter was an address he maintained in that region.