W.B. (William BRETON)

Militia discipline: the words of command , and directions for exercising the musket, bayonet, & carthridge

Winthrop, Museum Research Associates, 1975. Used - Very Good. VG in limp leather . Bicentenniel edition, 1975. facsimile of 1717 edition, in soft brown leather with rawhide thong binding. Leather a little faded Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_72884_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS295499I

Breton, William.

Dieci giorni a zero zero.

Traduzione di Roberta Rambelli. Milano, 1990, Mondadori Ed. Coll.Omnibus. cm.14,5x22,5, pp.360, legatura ed.soprac.fig.a col.

Libreria ChiariProfessional seller

Book number: 279942

Catalogue: Letteratura Gialli

BRETON, William Henry

Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway-

London: J. Bohn, 1835. With Eighteen Plates of Scandinavia of which Five are Hand Colored BRETON, William Henry. Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway- London: J. Bohn, [1835]. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 133mm.). [viii], [1]-354 pp. Lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16 lithographed plates, of which five are hand-colored illustrations of costumes. The rest of the plates are on India paper, mounted, one of which is double-page, folding lithographed map at end. Bound by Rivière ca. 1900 in full speckled calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt, two red morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. With the armorial bookplate of John Sheepshanks on the front paste-down and the engraved bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst on the free endpaper. An excellent example. William Henry Breton (1799-1887) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy who wrote the memoirs Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Dieman's Land, during the years 1830, 1831,1832 and 1833, first published in 1833 and Scandinavian Sketches, or, A Tour in Norway, published in 1835. The books resulted from private visits to Australia, or New Holland as it was then known, in 1829-30 and 1832-33 and to Norway, Sweden and Russia in 1834. On his return to Britain, he published Scandinavian Sketches, a travel narrative that struck his contemporaries for its open-mindedness and observational detail while the finely-executed plates conveyed the drama of the Scandinavian landscape. John Sheepshanks (1787–1863), British manufacturer and art collector, was born in Leeds, and became a partner in his father's business as a cloth manufacturer. Sheepshanks collected pictures, mainly by British artists, and in 1857 presented his notable collection to the nation. These are at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, which no longer observes all the conditions which he attached to the gift. He retired from business in 1833 and died a bachelor in 1863. Robert J. Hayhurst inherited and improved a successful group of retail pharmacies, John Hayhurst & Son, based in Nelson, Lancashire. He was a keen collector of naval history and of eighteenth-century literature in contemporary bindings. Abbey, Travel 255; Bobins V, 1679. .

David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 05900

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Costume Views Voyages and Travels

Christianson, John A. (Director); Jacqueline M. Breton; William J. McKee

A Study of the Education of Handicapped Children in Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Government of Manitoba, July, 1965. First edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 132. 8vo. Stapled red card covers. Light shelfwear to covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. The Study of Handicapped Children was established by the Government of Manitoba in October, 1963 with the stated intention of conducting a comprehensive study of the number, geographical distribution as well as a survey of the facilities and programs available to them. .

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Book number: 239

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; education; handicapped; canadiana; gender studies; medicine and health;