Alpha the Plough (79 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 4th printing of this edition (March 1922), 12mo, orange cloth backed in tan, illustrated endpapers, 272 pages, b/w illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: minor wear, spine is lightly wrinkled, light browning to endpapers, internally clean and tight. Papers originally published by Dent in the Wayfarer's library, these are the author's columns in "The Star" during WWI, now published with Brock's illustrations. Charles E. Brock. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. nicely illustrated. Ex-Library with usual markings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with tanning spots. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Book slightly shelf-cocked. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Condition: Fair. 1921. Reprinted. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Orange and cream cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Creasing to front board. Slight staining overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Decorative blue covers are faded, edgeworh.Pages are deckle-edged, illustrated throughout with line drawings. 275 pages. The author's fourth collection of essays..

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In "Prophets, Priests, and Kings", Mr. Alfred George Gardiner, who was also known by the pseudonym of "Alpha of the Plough", presents a collection of genial essays, which in some way are brief biographical excerpts, but for the most part are Mr. Gardiner's personal views of the individual chosen. They are a goodly assortment, some of which will be familiar to all, and others may have retired to the dusty corners of history's back shelves. Some of them were, in fact, kings and heads of states, some priests . and all of them held considerable sway over the social and intellectual topics of their day. They were shakers and movers. Some moved very little . others made waves that are still being felt today. There are handsome reproductions of portraits of some of the subjects rendered by Clive Gardiner. This is a reprint, issued by J. M.Dent in its Wayfarer's Library in 1914. (The book was originally issued in 1908). CONTENTS : Included are essays on the following historical personages: ** King Edward VII ** George Bernard Shaw ** Arthur James Balfour ** John Singer Sargent ** George Meredith ** The Premier ** The Kaiser ** Sir Edward Grey ** James Keir Hardie ** Lord Northcliffe ** Dr. Clifford ** John Redmond ** Florence Nightingale ** The Primate ** David Lloyd George ** Mrs. Pankhurst ** Lord Moreley of Blackburn ** Rufus Isaac, KC ** The Bishop of London ** Prince Bülow ** Lord Rosbery ** General Booth ** Lord Loreburn ** Thomas Hardy ** Henry Chaplin ** Lord Curzon ** Winston Churchill ** The Rev. R. J. Campbell ** The Speaker ** Herbert Samuel ** The Tsar ** Dr. Horton ** Philip Snowdon ** Robert Burdon Haldane ** John Burns ** William Jennings Bryan ** Lewis Harcourt ** Augustine Birrel ** Rudyard Kipling ** G. K. Chesterton ILLUSTRATIONS ARE OF THE FOLLOWING : ** George Bernard Shaw (Frontispiece) ** Arthur James Balfour ** George Meredith ** Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith ** Sir Edward Grey ** James Keir Hardie ** The Primate ** Mrs. Pankhurst ** Lord Morley ** Thomas Hardy ** Henry Chaplin ** Rudyard Kipling ** G. K. Chesterton SERIES : The Wayfarer's Library TITLE : Prophets, Priests, and Kings AUTHOR : A. G. Gardiner (Alfred George Gardiner, 1865 - 1946) Gardiner was an English journalist, editor and essayist whose work is still well-regarded. His pseudonym was "Alpha of the Plough". Gardiner was chairman of the Anti-Sweating League, which was active in campaigning for a minimum wage. IMPRINT : J. M. Dent & Sons PLACE : London DATE : No date [but, 1914] EDITION : Reprint PHYSICAL DETAILS " Contains 13 plate illustrations; Has the Author's Preface to this Edition (Dated April 1914); [342] pages , plus 2 pages of publisher's list; approx. 4 1/8" x 6 7/8"; brown, cloth-covered binding with gilt lettering on spine; publisher's device stamped in blind on front board. Pictorial end-papers are printed in pale olive green - depicting fairies, and cherubs playing lutes. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR : Spine extremities are compressed; gilt lettering still bright; boards display only mild signs of handling. binding color is strong; text-block edges are toned, else clean . BINDING : Not as tight as when issued, but still solid. INTERIOR : End-papers have toning; paper throughout is mildly toned. No writing, no underlining or marginalia. The original owner's gift inscription is inked on the front paste-down. (To Richard from Stella F. Martin & Frank."). Photo Portraits (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. First edition. xvi, 272pp; various black and white in-text illustrations. Quarter bound in cream cloth under orange cloth-covered boards; gilt design on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed black; illustrated endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edge tanning, remaining edges starting to tan; foxing. Free endpapers tanning; gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat, clean and bright. Gardiner, Clive (illustrator). …

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: Good. E.P. Dutton & Company New York 1919 first edition. buckram binding over paper boards. boards are soiled. previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. previous owner inscriptions to ffep. frontispiece is loose.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. 1923. No Edition Stated. 251 pages. Brown leather with gilt decoration and lettering. 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.…

Red Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Reprint. NO dustjacket. 272 pages. Orange hardback binding with cream spine and spine-junctions. Moderate forward lean to book. Moderate wear to spine-ends & boards' corners. Page-edges browned, ink name to half-title page and back page, bookplate pasted to back of flyleaf, foxing to early and late pages o/w pages clean and tidy. Illustrated By Charles E. Brock (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1932. Reprinted. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. No publish date printed. Spine is tanned, edges are rubbed and there is a lean to the spine. Internally clean and unmarked. AD. Used.

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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Boards are generally in good order, just a little grubby. Slight bumping to corners. Spine is faded with bumping to ends. Somewhat cocked. Age discolouration to endpages. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. 256 pp. Previous owner's mark to ffep. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 281g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 029572:1-Q9) Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall Language: ENG 281 G. Book. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Reprint. Spine browned, with near-illegible lettering. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket).

PF. Condition: New.

hardback, small 8vo, xvi,250pp, illustrations by Clive Gardiner, owner's name on endpaper, edges and pictorial endpapers browned, text clean and sound, orange and cream cloth, gilt titles, spine browned and rubbed, Good condition.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Soft dark brown suede covers with impressed title and design with gilt on front cover. Small tears on top end of spine. Rounded corners. B/w frontispiece, decorative title page. No inscriptions. A selection of papers from The Star. A very nice copy (B20A).

Reprint. Wayfarer's Library edition. Binding tight; board edges dented; spine faded, with loss of colour on both boards; dust jacket worn, with some loss to browned spine; dust jacket not price-clipped. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.

Hardback. Reprint. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Good Condition. Small repaired nick to top of spine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 255 pages. A collection of highly regarded essays which appeared in 'The Star' evening newspaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wayfarers' Library edition. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Clean unmarked book.Normal shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 128 pages. 170g. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, Very Good with contents tight and clean.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. 1922 printing. A soft suede leather covered (not paperback!) volume in Acceptable condition, general handling wear to covers, attractive blind-stampde front decoration with some gilt, interior generally clean and quite bright. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…