1918 1997 (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. x+418 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The General is a 1986 biography of David Sarnoff by Kenneth Bilby, a former executive vice president at RCA, the company Sarnoff founded. The book details Sarnoff's life and career, his pivotal role in establishing RCA and advancing electronic technology like radio and color television, and the rise of the communications industry he helped to build. Condition: Fine in like jacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill, ports ; 25cm. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow (1918-1997) ; Diaries. Politicians -- Great Britain -- Diaries. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Limited and numbered 36 out of 100. Physical description; 26 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Limited edition of 100 copies. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 42 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Poetry. text. Non-fiction. English literature. Satirical. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Single volume only. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow - 1918-1997 - Diaries. Politicians - Great Britain - Diaries. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill, ports ; 25cm. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow (1918-1997) ; Diaries. Politicians -- Great Britain -- Diaries. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED twice by the author. Physical description; 42 p. 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. National Poetry Foundation. poems. Short non-fiction. Nature poetry. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy with illustrated endpapers in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 192 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 3 Kg.

1st edition. 221 - 289, [1] pp. 4 b/w reproduction plates, 'Nature Morte,' 'Femme au Corsage Bleu,' 'Femme Assie,' and 'Nature Morte a la Guitare' by Picasso. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Includes "Letters from France" by Wyatt; "Raffles and Miss Blandish" by Orwell; "A Letter to a Painter" by Gathorne-Hardy; "Poets in Exile" by Manning; and reviews by Spender and Bowra. VG+ (subtle edgewear and suntanning, corners beginning to curve). Yellow paper wrappers with black lettering to covers and spine.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Limited and numbered 36 out of 100. Physical description; 26 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Limited edition of 100 copies. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 42 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Poetry. text. Non-fiction. English literature. Satirical. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; Anvil Press poetry booklets ; no. 4. Physical description; 32 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Egypt History To 332 B.C. Pharaohs. Egyptology. History. Ancient Egypt; rulers. Ancient Egypt; description. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Single volume only. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow - 1918-1997 - Diaries. Politicians - Great Britain - Diaries. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED twice by the author. Physical description; 42 p. 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. National Poetry Foundation. poems. Short non-fiction. Nature poetry. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy with illustrated endpapers in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed by the author. Peter Porter's review copy. Physical description; 95 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; London magazine editions ; 26. Physical description; 51 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Poetry Book Society choice. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 192 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed by the author. Publication year suggested. Physical description; 14 pages ; 21 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; Anvil Press poetry booklets ; no. 4. Physical description; 32 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192p : ill., plates ; 25 cm. Subject; Cricket Annuals. 3 Kg.

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Egypt History To 332 B.C. Pharaohs. Egyptology. History. Ancient Egypt; rulers. Ancient Egypt; description. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed by the author. Peter Porter's copy. Physical description; 96 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Holloway, Geoffrey (1918-1997). English poetry 20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy with illustrated endpapers in the original title-blocked orange cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall with some very slight discolouration to front board. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Physical desc. : 176 p. Front. , ill. , plates 24 cm. Notes: Includes an account of the M. C. C. Tour of Australia, 1950-51. Subject: Cricket - Annuals. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1957 annual on green cloth.

1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: book plate from previous owner. Physical description: 288 pages 20 cm. Subjects: English fiction. 20th century fiction. 20th century fiction in English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed by the author. Peter Porter's review copy. Physical description; 95 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; London magazine editions ; 26. Physical description; 51 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Poetry Book Society choice. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.