Gayre, G R (33 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Previous owner's personal bookplate. Worn jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white folded map. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight and square, bright covers and spine. Foxing of endpapers else interior is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First. 8vo. discolouration of the feps and pds. moderate wear to covers, back hinge splitting. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 176 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. PLEASE NOTE: There is mottling / foxing to the end papers and paste downs. A "good" clean reading copy. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

473.GAYRE G.R. 1948 WASSAIL. IN MAZERS OF MEAD. 176PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET. POOR CONDITION. (OBG-BASE-25).

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Extensive inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 1946. Faber & Faber, London, 1946. Hard cover, maroon boards, gilt titles. Book Condition : Very good, a clean unmarked copy.Fold out map of Sicily at rear of book.Covers have shelf wear. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #007404 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A.

Condition: Fair. 1948. First Edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Heavier to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 176 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; "References and notes": pages 165-176. Subjects; Mead. Mead History. Drinking customs Great Britain. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Great Britain. Mether Alcoholic Beverages Vessels History Social Honey Consumption Use Wines. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Faber & Faber L:TD 1946 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, no dust jacket, inscription on first page. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Age toning to pages, 176pp. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 176 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; "References and notes": pages 165-176. Subjects; Mead. Mead History. Drinking customs Great Britain. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Great Britain. Mether Alcoholic Beverages Vessels History Social Honey Consumption Use Wines. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: good. 1st. Phillimore, 1948. Slim 1st edition hardback, no dustjacket. 176pp, with frontispiece & various illustrations. Slight bumping to spine, some wear to covers, tanning & spotting to flyleaves, comensurate with age, light tanning to pages. Good vintage 1st edition copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First edition. Phillimore & Co., 1948; "First published." stated, no additional printings indicated; 176pp., photo frontis as well as 12 b&w illustrations in text. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very small dent (almost not worth mentioning) near top of spine; very minor wear to edges of blue cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; illustration and text very good throughout; very mild foxing to edges of page block. Light wear, mild toning to clipped dust jacket; small cluster of brown damp-spots on rear panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. A very presentable copy of this classic study of ancient liquors and drinking vessels. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Previous owner's stamp inside. Moderate foxing to the extremities. Contents clean, binding sound. The jacket is moderately edge-worn, and darkened to the edges etc (now protected).

First edition. Green cloth with gilt titles on slightly faded spine; slight bumping to top edge of front board; pages neatly preserved; book has been checked and all maps/illustrations & figures are present, including 8 in. pocket at rear. Binding tight. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. RELIE TOILE VERTE . TRES NOMBREUSES CARTES .DANS LE TEXTE ET HORS TEXTE.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Sub-title: a Diagnosis of the Racial Basis of the Germano-Polish Borderlands, with Suggestions for the Settlement of German and Slav Claims. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, many plates of illustrations, 41 maps, most bound in to text block (including many folding) but with 8 (as called for) in a pocket to rear. Condition: A little bumping to the boards; maps, plates and text block all in good, clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition hardcover, no writing, minor offsetting to end-papers. Dark blue cloth binding with gold lettering, not cocked or bumped. Jacket quite nice, minor edge wear, slight darkening, not price-clipped. 10 illustrations plus black and white photograph, chapters on honey and mead and beer and cider, etc. M00072.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Red cloth. Grey jacket, lettered in red. 220 x 135 mm. 254 pp + fold-out map of Sicily at back. Extracts from the private journal of G. R. Gayre, Educational Adviser to the Military Government in Italy and Director of Education in the Control Commission. Cloth a little rubbed at extremities. Jacket browned at spine, and chipped and creased at edges. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 65 pp, cover foxed, toned and stained at the back, edges lightly soiled Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy order.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. 1st UK Edition. Frontispiece features black and white photograph of Mead House, Gulval, Cornwall. Total of 11 black and white illustrations. 164 pages + 12 pages of references and notes. Previous owner has signed name and date on half-title page. Front and back endpapers are lightly stained. All pages are otherwise clean and crisp. Navy blue cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Front cover has a couple of light marks. DJ is blue with black illustration of an angel at an alter on front cover, and black titles on spine and front cover. Lengthwise red stain on front cover near joint of spine, light stains on spine, and tail of spine is torn. VG+/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. An account of Mead, Metheglin, Sack and other Ancient Liquors, and of the Mazer Cups out of which they were drunk, with some comment upon the Drinking Customs of our forebears. 10 b/w illustrations. 176 pages. Book is clean except front and back endpapers have some foxing. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. Light blue DJ with dark blue design and titles on front, titles on spine. VG/VG. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. With 41 maps and 18 illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 76pp, photos, folding maps and diagrams in text and to sleeve on rfep. Diagnosis of the racial bases on the German-Polish borders. Clean and tight in light wear unclipped wrapper with minor chips. Gifted to an anthropological society by the author.650g. Gifted and Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. green cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 76 pp includes maps dj soiled, torn and worn front inside joint split Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Condition: Very Good. first edition; 76 pp., numerous folding maps within the text and in the sleeve at the back; hardcover, book plate to the front paste down, small hand stamp to the title page, else very good in an edge-rubbed dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardback. A diagnosis of the racial basis of the Germano-Polish borderlands with suggestions for the settlement of German & Slav claims. 76pp, 18 plates, 41 maps (many fldg.) 1944. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Pp xiv, 91. Plates, some in colour, some tipped-in. Original cloth, lightly marked. No. 34 of an unspecified total number.