The Marchioness of Londonderry (20 results)

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good (Book Condition). A decent copy, with one library blind stamp, one page of what seems like a tea stain and several small stains. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good (Book Condition). A decent copy, with one library blind stamp, one page of what seems like a tea stain and several small stains. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London, McMillan & Co, 1935, first UK Edition, hardcover no DJ. Solid binding, no ownership markings throughout, bright text, foxing to text blocks, rubbing to head and tail of spine, spine slightly cocked forward.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. Fast Despatch Soft Covers - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel leatherette cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, chestnut end papers. Landscape. 8½'' x 10''. Contains 96 pp of monochrome archive photographs throughout, all with detailed captions. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. IRELAND (Éire).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. light foxing photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo.pp. 339. Letters from Martha Wilmot:"Relating to her experiences in the brilliant cosmopolitan Society of Vienna as the wife of the Rev. William Bradford, Chaplain to the British Embassy, during a period when Austria was the political and social centre of Europe, and including a journal of a Tour in Italy and the Tyrol, and extracts from the diary of her elder daughter Catherine for 1929." Frontispiece portrait sketch of Martha Wilmot (Mrs Bradford) from the original pastel drawing by I. Slater. Original publisher's cloth binding in blue, lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations in black and white accompany the text. Edited, with an introduction and notes by the Marchioness of Londonderry and H. M. Hyde. Clean, very good indeed.

8vo. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine and with gilt illustration on cover. pp xxvi, 423. Frontis portrait, 16 plates. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Inscribed & signed by H. N. Hyde in ink on fep; Xmas card included, also signed by the Editor; Blue cloth, gold spine title, gold cover armorial crest, & frontis portrait; A very good copy with partial loss of sheen to cover & spine, In a good + dust jacket; 339 pages. Size: 5.5"x8.5". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Frances Anne Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1910-1966) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Square 8vo, xii + pp209 plus 3 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with the 16 charming colour plates, including frontis illustrated by Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart and b/w illustrations and headpieces throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers binding of red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt illustration to front board in good+ condition with some shelf wear top & tail of spine and tips of boards, a little rubbing to edges and some marking to boards. Inside some small marks to edges of first pages , from page x to page 7, otherwise all pages and plates with top edge gilt in very good+ condition, clean and bright tightly bound. A nice copy of these stories originally written by the Hon. Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, A Political hostess and writer, as a collection of stories in letters to her daughter.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in quarter cloth over decorated boards, printed title label; worn & marked, spine rolled. Remnants of old library bookplate to rear pastedown. VG internally, a few minor tone spots, no inscriptions. Four b/w plates. xxv,196pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 347 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Reprint of the first 1926 edition. Prior owner's details and faint red markings inside front board. Sunning to backstrip. Clearly legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Handsome gilt decoration upon maroon cloth-covered front board. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. 17 by 21 cms.Original red cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration (boy and girl on flying broomstick)to front. Covers slightly worn and marked, spine ends rubbed otherwise a slightly used, else close very good sound copy. Bookplate to front endpaper. No dust jacket. 210, [ii]pp, with colour plate frontispiece and 15 further full page colour plates. Top edge gilt. Short stories (inc The Witch of Strabo, The Wizard of Wealth, The Story of the Sidhe, , The Leprechaun, The Ghost of Banquo) written for her little girl Mary based on old Irish / Celtic legends, illustrated by Brock and her older daughter Margaret.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover without Dust Jacket. First Printing (no additional printings noted). 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Bound in red cloth covered boards with gold title information to spine and gold engraved illustration to front cover.209 pages with 16 full page color illustrations nicely reproduced. VERY GOOD. Binding solid and square. With rubbing to corners and spine ends. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. With stain to back cover and some wear from handling. Not written in or marked. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brock, Edmond; Lady Margaret Stewart (illustrator). 1st Edition. 210, [ii]pp, with colour plate frontispiece and 15 further colour plates. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration on front panel and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded on corners, short cracks on joints and a little fraying around a lightly sunned spine, scattered mild marks. Hint of toning to endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Lady Londonderry, a well-known London socialite and hostess between the wars, says in the foreword that the majority of these stories were written as letters o her family. She was delighted when upon her return she found them typed up and enjoyed so much that she wrote more, weaving legends into the narrative. The stunning illustrations are by the well-known illustrator and watercolourist Edmund Brock and Lady Londonderry?s daughter, Margaret.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Buy it before they ban it. (Warning - magic.) Children's "chapter book." Adventures sparked by interactions with a magical ink pot. 1st Ed. Collectable. Moderate shelf wear, and some bumping of corners. Fairly tight in boards. Slight staining of covers. Illustration of children on broomstick (bristles forward) in gold leaf. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart (illustrator). 1st Edition. 7"x8.5" 208 pgs. + 1 leaf of Listings and Advertisement. X-library w/graphics. Red cloth boards. Gilt broom on front with boy and girl riding it. Gilt letters to spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece: The Magic Ink-Pot, 16 color plates total. Library bookplate to ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slightly toned. Unmarked except for library graphics. Small rubs to corners and edges. Few light soil spots. Bump to BRC.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The Magic Ink-Pot. By The Marchioness of Londonderry. With illustrations by Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart. St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. First Edition. 16 Color Plates (including frontispiece; complete) + 5 black and white in-text illustrations. 209 pp; + 2 pp of ads. 8.5 x 6.75", 8vo. In fair condition. Red cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped; cloth at head frayed. Possible glue or water dampness staining found on front board and spine. Toning to fore-edge of front board. Gilt lettering and deco dulled in some places, but overall bright and attractive. Top edge gilt; dulled. Small water dampness stain on bottom edge of rear board. Gift inscription found on front end-page: "To Beverly Ann, 10th Birthday. Jack and Dick." Normal age-related toning throughout text-block; mostly to edges of leaves. Some scarce instances of age-staining. Plates presentable. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Edith Helen Van-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (née Chaplin; 1878 - 1959) was a noted and influential society hostess of the United Kingdom between WWI and WWII, a friend of the first Labor prime minster Ramsay MacDonald. She was a noted gardener and a writer. She was the daughter of Henry Chaplin (1840-1923), landowner and Conservative political and later the 1st Viscount Chaplin. After the death of her mother, Edith was raised mostly at Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, the estate of her maternal grandfather, the 3rd Duke of Sutherland. In 1903, she was one of the founding members of the first committee of the Ladies Automobile Club. In 1914, after the outbreak of WWI, she was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Women's Volunteer Reserve (WVR). She was the first woman to be appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Military Division. Lady Londonderry's friendship with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, although platonic, was a source of gossip in her time and has since become an iconic friendship of English social history. When her father-in-law died in 1915, her husband inherited the title, whereupon Edith became Marchioness of Londonderry. This made her chatelaine of several large houses for entertaining, notably Londonderry House, the family's the family's London townhouse in Mayfair, and Mount Stewart, the family seat in County Down. They also owned other properties such as Seaham Hall and Wynward Park in County Durham, and Plas Machynlleth in Wales. A number of gifts received by Lady Londonderry from Queen Mary, Sir Philip Sassoon, and others were auctioned at Sotheby's in 2012. 1st Edition, a complete work. Gift quality. Very attractive. RAREB1928DNOB - 05/24 - HK1582 COLL1928DNOB - 10/24 - HKREV143.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1843. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. 'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!