A W Read (69 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781567503494.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Charles Glass "The New Piracy" / Mark Doty "Heaven for Helen" (poem) / Marian Fitzgerald 2The Enemy" / Terry Castle "My Heroin Christmas" / Bill Manhire "Death of a Poet" (poetry) / Gregory Dart "Cockneyism" / John Fuller "Iguana Days" (poetry) / Michael Wood "What Henry Knew" / Robert Macfarlane "Read it on the autobahn" / A W Moore "How to Catch a Tortoise" / Kathleen Jamie "Into the Dark" / Hal Foster at the Guggenheim.

8vo. 357pp. Illus: Text figures and plates. Frontis: Aerial photograph of the Ochil Fault-line. Prepared by the Institute of Geological Sciences as part of the Geological Survey: Scotland. . Nice copy in dw which is just sl rubbed at edges (now under clear protective cover).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near VG. First Edition. Transactions of Quatour Coronati Lodge no. 2076 in London with the supplement Miscellanea Latomorum or Masonic notes and queries. Presumed first edition, softcover, top of spine bumped with small split, some wrinkling to paper at spine ends, few creases, light soiling, otherwise solid, a Near VG copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 92 pages. Lord Ponsonby "Are We Too Tolerant?" / Marjorie Bowen "The Faith Of A Novelist" / Lord Snell "The Common Heritage Of Man" / Professor J B S Haldane "Why I Am A Materialist" / Llewelyn Powys "A Foot-Path Way Of The Senses" / Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell "The Twilight Of Civilization" / Sir Richard Gregory "Science And Social Ethics" / C E M Joad "The Gosprels Re-Read" / W B Curry "Rationalism And Education" / Ernest Thurthe "The Ebb And Flow Of Freedom" / Henry W Nevinson "The Bible's Influence" / A Gowans Whyte "When The Pope Was Happy" / J W Poynter "The Catholic Ideal Of Sanctity" / John Rowland "The Synthesis Of Superstition" (U.P.).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 16 pages. WAGE FREEZE/ STEEL TRUST - NEW STYLE / L.R.D.: FORTY YEARS (History of the Labour Research Department - well worth a read) / Finance for the Colonies/ MALAN'S THREAT TO T.U.s / NEWSPAPER PROFITS/ EDUCATION IN 1951/ "Self-Build" Housing (SL#92).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Fair. First Edition. 357 pages. Dustjacket worn with rubbing/chips to spine-ends and corners, rubbing to edges, a 1cm nick and edge creasinhg to bottom front, price-clipped. Book has wear/small creases to spine-nds, light wear to corners. Boards and pages all very clean and unmarked, nice condiiton.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Grey paper covers are darkened at edges. Sound binding, with paper split beginning over front internal hinge from upper edge. Clean pages and plates. Contents include: Presidential Address - Museums in the Present and Future, by Sir Hercules Read; Wayland's Smithy, Berkshire, by C R Peers and Reginald A Smith; The Dorian Invasion reviewed in the light of some New Evidence, by Stanley Casson; Notes on Some English Alabaster Carvings, by W L Hildburgh; Notes on Some Recent Excavations at Westminster Abbey, by H F Westlake; Notes, reviews, etc. 167-270 pages. Contains black and white plates and illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on inside front cover. Pages of main text and plates (including reverse of plates) are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on lower spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119101058. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Tannen Publications, 1953. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Very Good condition. Unlike some other printings, this has lovely creamy white pages. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised Volume 2 (Lessons 20 - 33). Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 410pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Booklet. Condition: Very Good. unpaginated staple bound booklet, staples tight and holding, pages and plates clean and bright, minor stain to back page, very good condition Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Revised edition. Brooklyn, New York: D. Robbins & Co., Inc, 1996. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and fore-edge of the text block. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised 14th printing of the 1927 original. Revised Volume 1 (Lessons 1-19). Bound in the original maroon boards, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. Revised edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 415pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Smart crisp dark blue boards with bright gilt spine and front board titling. All fold-outs and maps/diags in good order throughout. DJ clean and bright with minor corner rubbing. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Light wear to the book, cover, edges and corners. Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Very Good personal copy. ** 487g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition without jacket on blue cloth with gilt lettering and titles to spine and frontis will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Condition: Very Good. Read, John (illustrator). Undated; probably 1930s. Covers unevenly faded.

Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 210x145mm; 327 pages.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 16 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Category: British Association for the Advancement of Science; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, textual figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Category: British Association for the Advancement of Science; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 9 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Category: British Association for the Advancement of Science; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Not marked; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO PROVIDE A FULLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT SHOWS HOW, IN THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO OUR OWN TIMES, INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES INTERIORS OF AUSTERE SOLEMNITY, EXTREME LUXURY OR EXQUISITE DELICACY. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1981. OFF WHITE CLOTH HARDBOUND FOLIO WITH GILT SILVER STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK. 320Pp. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SMALL BLACK MARK ON EDGE OF FRONT COVER AT LEAF EDGE, INSIDE BOARD EXPOSED AT SPINE HEEL, PRICING NOTES ON FRONT BOARD PAGE, INTERIOR PAGES BRIGHT, STRONG SPINE. DUSTJACKET: GOOD-FAIR; 1" TEAR AT CROWN OF SPINE, 2" CHIP AT HEEL OF SPINE, CORNER TIP AREAS WITH SMALL TEARS.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique photographic image printed by a lithographic process in 1896, with short biography. Mounted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Not ex-library. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 210. This volume contains five separate works: A. Tertiary Foraminifera from St. Croix, Virgin Islands, by Joseph A. Cushman; B.A Pennsylvanian florule from the Forkston coal in the Dutch Mountain outlier, northeastern Pennsylvania, by Charles B. Read; C. Reptilian fauna of the North Horn formation of central Utah, by Charles W. Gilmore; D. Bulimina and related foraminiferal genera, by Joseph A. Cushman and Frances L. Parker; E. New Upper Cretaceous fossils from Mississippi and Texas, by Lloyd William Stephenson.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the multifaceted influence of Edmund Spenser on the poetry of John Keats, providing a detailed analysis of the ways in which Keats's language, meter, subject matter, and methods of treatment were shaped by his deep admiration for Spenser's "The Faerie Queene." The author examines the extent to which Keats imitated Spenser's diction, tracing the presence of Spenserian words, phrases, and expressions in Keats's poetry. The book also delves into the broader thematic and stylistic parallels between the two poets, shedding light on the ways in which Keats's preoccupation with sensuous beauty, chivalry, and the interplay of imagination and reality can be traced back to Spenser's influence. Ultimately, this book offers a nuanced understanding of the complex relationship between these two significant figures in English literature, highlighting the profound impact Spenser had on Keats's poetic development and the ways in which Keats reinterpreted and revitalized Spenserian traditions in his own unique style. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Spine very slightly askew; edges slightly yellowed. D/w price-clipped. Additional postage required; please e-mail for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.