Search Results: Authors starting with O from Chesil Books

Paperback. Very Good. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 10th printing, 1978; 80 x 255mm paperback, pp 128; very good copy

Hardcover. Fair. MacMillan and Co., London and New York, 1895 and 1902; two volumes, large 8vo, 165 x 230mm; pp xvi, 640 and xvi, 628; with two large coloured folding maps in each of volume I and II and a further five monochrome maps in volume II; extensively illustrated with tables throughout; red cloth, spines gilt, both spines sunned; joints of volume I cracked and the volume somewhat shaken, some rubbing of the edges of both volumes; some foxing of the prelims and early pages of each volume but otherwise the text clean and firm throughout; some pages uncut in volume II. ... ... ... ... ... Despite the rather misleading title the work covers not only Great Britain but also Ireland. Volume I covers the south of England and medicinal springs while volume II covers the rest of Great Britain and Ireland. The work is a very comprehensive study of the climatology, meteorolgy and hydrology of the British Isles generally, presented county by county though in some cases with both larger and smaller areas.… Read More

Hardcover. Good. The documents comprising the collection all relate to matters around trade dealings between Great Britain and Ireland and to some extent further. More detailed information, including the individual titles, follows: ... ... ... ... ... a. Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council ... upon the two questions ... The Propriety of reducing the Duties payable in Great Britain on the Importation of Goods, the Growth and Manufacture of Ireland, to the same Rate as the Duties payable in Ireland, on the [like] Importation [from] Great-Britain ... [and, secondly] What References are now given to the Importation of an Article, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, by any Duty or Prohibition on the Importation ... and how far it may be in the Interest of Great Britain ... to continue or alter the same. Dublin, P Byrne 1785; pp 74, two folding tables. ... ... ... ... b. The Speech of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Orde, on ... the Bill for a Commercial Adjustment between Great Britain and… Read More

Taipei: Student Book Co., Ltd.. Hardback. Very Good. nd (1967 or later?); pp [1], 61 and 90. Some staining on the inside front cover where the glue fixing the end paper appears to have seeped through but otherwise in very good condition. The book is in two parts, the first largely in English and the second part in Chinese but also with tables in arabic numerals. As the title indicates it's a study of chronological and related information found by studying Western Chou bronzes. NOTE: on account of the size and weight of this books the postage cost will be LESS than the amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed. The Western Chou, or Zhou, period was from 1046-771 BC and in 1928 archaeological excavation began around the relevant area of the Shang dynasty and yielded significant and rich artifacts until the work was interrupted by WWII, subsequently falling to looting and destruction until guided excavation began again in 1975.