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Good Soldier Pub. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Good Soldiers Publishing, 1986. Octavo. Green boards stamped in gold. Signed and inscribed by author on flyleaf. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear with small tears on bottom front and back top edge. 130 pages. ISBN: 0961649909. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
1876 Woodburytype of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal by (Sir Richard Baggallay) - 1876
by (Sir Richard Baggallay)
1876 Woodburytype of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
by (Sir Richard Baggallay)
- Used
- very good
London & Edinburgh and New York: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet; Sir Richard Baggallay (1816-1888) British judge, "...counsel to Cambridge University from 1869 to 1875...As attorney-general Baggallay piloted the Judicature Act of 1875 through committee, and by that act he was created in turn justice of appeal (29 October 1875) and later lord-justice of appeal, and joined the privy council. Much of the burden of construing the Judicature Acts and determining procedure under the new system fell upon Baggallay..." (DNB); oval Woodburytype, (photoglyptie) patented in 1864 by Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-1885) an early form of photomechanical print, made by embossing a photographic image on paper with a metal mold containing the gelatin relief of a photographic negative: "...the tonal scale of the resultant image was highly luminous...has a continuous tone, showing neither a screen nor a grain pattern..." (Baldwin, 1991); this image from the series of biographical portraits in "Men of Mark..." by Thompson Cooper, Lock & Whitfield photographers; a few light spots to the margins, image not affected; a handsome and striking portrait of the noted British judge in very good condition. . Very Good.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Publisher Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Place of Publication London & Edinburgh and New York
- Date Published 1876
- Keywords Ephemera Antiquarian Great Britain British History Politics Diplomacy Europe Photograph Photography Photographic History 1876 Woodburytype of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal Law Judiciary Legal History counsel to Cambridge Unive