Ray Allister (14 results)

Condition: Fair. 1950. First Edition. 194 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 194p hardback, grey illustrated dustjacket a little worn with small tears to top and bottom edges and darkened spine, book itself very well preserved with clean bright pages, up-to-the-minute etiquette advice for the Fifties Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Special Re-issue 1951. NOT an ex library book. Name and 1955 date on front endpaper. 192 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 3/4" and shorter chips and tears along the edges.

Condition: Fair. 1950. First Published. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Good + Copy in Good + unclipped D/J. Jacket has some chipping around edges otherwise sound. Previous owners inscription on FFE and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paul Hogarth (illustrator). 1st Edition. The story of William Friese-Greene and his photography inventions. First edition 1948. Page edges slightly tanned but no inscriptions. In a bright complete dust jacket by Paul Hogarth.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Ex-school library sticker to inside cover. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Couple of slight marks to cloth. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: preface. Good Sense at the Office. On the Telephone. Good Fun Off Duty. Don't Trip Up. Invitations. People at Parties. Introductions. Dances. Clubs. Tipping. The Engagement. Arranging the Wedding. The Christening. Cards and Calling. Travel Hints. Thank You For Your Letter. Forms of Address, Meeting Royalty. Making a Speech. So You've Been Elected to the Committee. Mourning. Good Manners at Home. Appendix: Pronunciation of Proper Names. 194 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Used good. 2025 mayFiled director bios.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Used good. 2025 mayFiled director bios.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. [Loc. J5-4].

hardcover. Condition: Good. The dust jacket shows some wear or discoloration. Binding tight, pages in excellent condition with no underlining or highlights.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illus. with b.w. plates incl. frontis. 8vo. orig. cl. Bds. slightly marked else v.g. in worn and torn d/w.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 192pp., frontis., b/w pls., list of patents, index, Biography of 'the father of kinematography', the man who designed & operated thefirst practical cinema camera.