The Royal Geographical Society; Ian Cameron:
Atlas of the World - signed or inscribed book
2012, ISBN: 3dfa733b40440facc2c81cdeb4a124a2
Hardcover, First edition
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1845. Folding time lines from 2300 BC to 1800 AD. Covers are severely worn. Leather over spine is deteriorated and mostly lacking. Paper paste over … More...
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1845. Folding time lines from 2300 BC to 1800 AD. Covers are severely worn. Leather over spine is deteriorated and mostly lacking. Paper paste over top and bottom boards, is chipped, worn, and torn. Still, most of the text on the covers remains legible. Contents are loosened and are partially or completely detached. There is a stain affecting the bound edges/folds of all contents, though text there also remains clear and legible. Due to size, additional charges will apply for International shipping.. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Poor+/No Dust Jacket. Folio., S. Augustus Mitchell, 1845, 1, NY: Macmillan, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good-Collectible. 6.5"x9.5" 718 numbered indexed pages. Tan cloth boards w/black ink letters on front and spine. Book plate inside front cover. Gutter exposure in front hinge. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Faint soiling to boards. Secure ship w/track #. "An Experiment in Autobiography" was first published in 1934. Within it, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, his eventual literary success, and latter occupation as a prophet of socialism. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, "An Experiment in Autobiography" will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells. Contents include: "47 High Street, Bromley, Kent", "Up Park and Joseph Wells (1827-1910)", "Sarah Wells at Atlas House (1855-1880)", "A Broken Leg and Some Books and Pictures (1874)", "Mr. Morley's Commercial Academy (1874-1880)", "Puerile View of the World (1878-79)", Mrs. Wells, Housekeeper at Up Park (1880-1893)", "First Start in LifeWindsor (Summer 1880)", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. Goodreads., Macmillan, 1934, 3, G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, (n. d. - 1871) Pictorial brown cloth stamped in black. 7 1/8" x 10 1/2" maps printed on one side only. Maps include: 1. Britain Under the Romans. 2. Britain under the Saxons. 3. Historical map of the British Islands 4. Historical map of France. 5. The Roman Empire , Eastern & Western, in the 4th Century. 6. Europe in the Beginning of the 6th Century. 7. Europe in the beginning of the 9th Century - showing the empire of Charlemagne. 8. Europe, later part of the 10th Century. 9. Europe in the 12th century. 10. Europe in the Middle of the 16th century, Period of the Reformation. 11. Germany, Illustrating the Period from the Reformation to the end of the Thirty Years' war. 12. EUROPE, from the close of the Thirty Years' war to the outbreak of the French Rev olution 1648-1789 13. Europe, from the French Revolution (1793) to the Abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte 14. Europe, 1871. 15. INDIA, Illustrating its history to the present time, and shewing its divisions in 1760. 16. Map of the World, shewing the d iscoveries and colonies of the European Nations. 15 pages of lengthy descriptions of the maps. 9 page index of the Historical Atlas. William Collins, Sons & Co. London & Glasgow - at bottom of each map. Printer Edward Weller F.R.G.S. - at bottom right of each map. Nice clean binding has several very small spots - some condition or deterioration of the sizing - also lower right corner of front hit. Toned endpapers list Putnam's Educational Publications and Library Atlases for sale. Binding worn at extreme ends of head and tail of spine and at corners. Endpapers split at hinge - hinge tight however -- several loose pages but is complete. Maps generally have a slight age toned appearance but are generally in very good shape. Map 16 has a short tear in margin with a little browning in the center from the rear endpaper. Very good.., G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, (n. d. - 1871), 0, New York: Bantam Books, 2012. Book. Illus. by Jonathan Roberts. Fine. Unbound. First Edition/First Printing. George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, which started with "A Game of Thrones", is bursting with a variety and richness of landscapes--from bitter tundra to arid wasteland and everything in between--that provide a sense of scale unrivaled in contemporary fantasy. Now this dazzling set of 12 maps each measuring 24 X 36, featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, transforms Martin's epic saga into a world as fully realized as the one around us. The centerpiece of this gorgeous collection is guaranteed to be a must-have for any fan, the complete map of the known world according to Martin, joining the lands of the Seven Kingdoms and the lands across the Narrow Sea for the first time in series history. But this is just one of many unique maps that aren't available anywhere else. There is an alternate version that tracks the movements of the series' protagonists throughout their vast world, along with more detailed versions of the western, middle and eastern thirds of the world, a full map of Westeros combining North and South, one of the Dothraki Sea and the Red Wastes and the Braavos city map. And here also are fan favorites detailing everything from urban sprawl to untamed wilds, maps of King's Landing, The Wall and Beyond the Wall, the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay, Valyria, and Sothyros. Never before has the entire scope of Martin's universe been so exhaustively depicted. The maps in this beautiful one-of-a-kind atlas will enrich your reading or viewing experience, provide another view of your favorite characters' epic journeys, and open up captivating new worlds--plus, they'll look great framed and hung on any wall. ., Bantam Books, 2012, 5, London: Macmillan, 1986. PResumed first U.K. edition/first printng. Hardcover. Good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed to Warren Eisenberg. Some page discoloration. DJ has some wear and soiling.. xviii, 467 p., [24] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. Illustrations, Bibliography. Maps. Index. From Wikipedia: "The Rt Hon Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC (born 25 October 1936) is a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of over eighty books, including works on the Holocaust and Jewish history. Gilbert is a leading historian of the modern world, and is known as the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill. Gilbert was born in London to Peter and Miriam Gilbert. [3] Nine months after the outbreak of the Second World War, he was evacuated to Canada as part of the British efforts to safeguard children. Vivid memories of the transatlantic crossing from Liverpool to Quebec sparked his curiosity about the war in later years. After the war he attended Highgate School, and then completed two years of National Service in the Intelligence Corps before going on to study at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1960 with a first-class BA in modern history. One of his tutors at Oxford was A.J.P. Taylor. After his graduation, Gilbert undertook postgraduate research at St Antony's College, Oxford. In 1963, he married Helen Constance Robinson, with whom he had a daughter. He had two sons with his second wife, Susan Sacher, whom he married in 1974. Since 2005, he has been married to the Holocaust historian Esther Gilbert, née Goldberg. Gilbert describes himself as a proud practising Jew and a Zionist. After two years of postgraduate work, he was approached by Randolph Churchill for help in writing a biography of his father, Sir Winston Churchill. That same year, 1962, he was made a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and he spent the next few years combining his own research projects in Oxford with being part of Randolph's research team in Suffolk, working on the first two volumes of the Churchill biography. When Randolph died in 1968, Gilbert was commissioned to take over the task, completing the final six main volumes of the biography. Gilbert spent twenty years on the six narrative volumes, releasing a number of other books throughout the time. Each main volume of the biography is accompanied by two or three volumes of documents, and so the biography currently runs to 24 volumes (over 25, 000 pages), with another 7 document volumes still planned. In the 1960s, Gilbert compiled some of the first historical atlases. His major works include a definitive single-volume history of The Holocaust, as well as single-volume histories of The First World War and The Second World War. He has also written a notable three-volume series called A History of the Twentieth century. Gilbert describes himself as an "archival historian" who makes extensive use of primary sources in his work. Interviewed by the BBC on the subject of Holocaust research, Gilbert said he believes that the "tireless gathering of facts will ultimately consign Holocaust deniers to history." He wrote the foreword to Denis Avey's 'The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz" which he described as 'a most important book' and stated that Avey's 'description of Buna-Monowitz is stark, and true. ' [6] The accuracy of certain aspects of Avey's account have subsequently been challenged In 1990, Gilbert was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1995, he was awarded a Knighthood "for services to British history and international relations". In 1995, he retired as a Fellow of Merton College, but was made an Honorary Fellow. In 1999 he was awarded a Doctorate by Oxford University, "for the totality of his published work". He lives in London. Since 2002, he has been a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan, and between 2006 and 2007 he was a professor in the history department at the University of Western Ontario. In October 2008, he was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at Churchill College. He continues to lecture around the world on Churchill and Jewish history. Gilbert was appointed in June 2009 as a member of the British government s inquiry into the Iraq War (headed by Sir John Chilcot). His., Macmillan, 1986, 2.75, London: Times Books; John Bartholomew & Son, 1983. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 18" by 12". None Stated. A beautiful full colour atlas of the world with moiré end papers and bound in full morocco. Bound in full black morocco with detailed gilt decorations to the front and spine, raised bands to the spine and gilt fore edges. Moiré patterned end papers. Privately printed for the library of M. L. Philips. A special edition for The royal Geographical Society of The Times Atlas of the World. With 123 full colour plates. Collated complete. The full colour maps that were used to make this special edition Atlas were prepared by John Bartholemew & Son ltd and features a preface written by Ian Cameron. This beautifully bound atlas provides a visual guide to our planet with additional details on the history of exploration by the Royal Geographical Society. Bound in full morocco with moiré end papers. Externally very smart with only light rubbing to the extremities and the odd minor mark to the boards. Discolouration to the extremities of the end papers. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages with only very light age toning to the extremities. Very Good Indeed, Times Books; John Bartholomew & Son, 1983, 3<
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