William George Transl (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued, color pictorial dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ed. 220 pp., illus. w/ color photographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in red. Slight soiling to covers. Contents clean. Contents: The Christmas Putz of the Pennsylvania Germans (Nitzsche), Early Christmases in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Rominger with transl. by Schwarze), The Moravian Christmas Putz (Myers), The Christmas Poetry of the "Pennsylvania Dutch" (ed., intro. by Reichard), Twelvetide (Fogel). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Includes Slipcase In Fair Condition With Minor Impact Tears.

Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. First English Edition. (Vol. 2 only of 2, in two parts) Full leather, little edge wear, little scuffed, corners bumped. Private library book plates, inked numbers on inside covers. A little light foxing, scattered light pencil marks in margins. These two volumes make up the second half of the entire work, containing Sermons 26 - 52 complete. Size: 8vo. 576 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Religion & Theology; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.…

Organization of the Army of Prussia, and her Civil Institutions. Translated from the French. [by Major William Brereton] Light browning, otherwise very good in modern black morocco-backed black linen boards. 66pp. T. and W. Boone, "This little work is but a transcript of notes made during a residence at Berlin of twenty days, and during a journey of twenty-six days in going and returning. I must, however, make an exception as to what I have said upon the military institutions of Prussia; this has been the result of much reflexion and enquiry." [From the Author's Preface] This copy inscribed as "Presented to the U[nited] S[ervices] C[lub] by the translator - Major Brereton, Royal Artillery". Brereton, a veteran of the Peninsula and Waterloo, where he was severely wounded, must have felt this paper by his fellow artillery officer to be of sufficient topical interest to deserve translation. A couple of corrections in Brereton's hand to the Appendix.…