Arthur E Kirkby (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in light purple cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 195pp. B/w frontispiece 'St. Peter's Church, Humberstone', b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. Not library copy, neat ink inscription dated 1954 to ffep, small mark to margin of p.185. (54/6).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in purple cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 196pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations and maps throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, 'Ex Libris' sticker to front pastedown. (14/1). …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Related ephemera mounted to rear endpapers. Remains well-preserved overall. Notes; Signed and dated by the author. Physical description; 196 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, plans ; 22 cm. Notes; Compiled from printed, manuscript and oral sources by Arthur E. Kirkby. Illustrated by May Horner. With a foreword by K. C. Edwards. Subjects; Kirkby, Arthur E. Humberstone (England) History. Humberstone (England) Social life and customs. Villages England Lincolnshire History. Lincolnshire (England) History, Local. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Related ephemera mounted to rear endpapers. Remains well-preserved overall. Notes; Signed and dated by the author. Physical description; 196 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, plans ; 22 cm. Notes; Compiled from printed, manuscript and oral sources by Arthur E. Kirkby. Illustrated by May Horner. With a foreword by K. C. Edwards. Subjects; Kirkby, Arthur E. Humberstone (England) History. Humberstone (England) Social life and customs. Villages England Lincolnshire History. Lincolnshire (England) History, Local. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition; First Printing. "Compiled from Printed, Manuscript and Oral Sources". In Near Fine Royal Purple boards with bright Gilt titling to the spine and front cover. In the original publishers' silver-grey, black lettered dustjacket, with a coat of arms illustrated on the front of the d/j. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, but has some marks/tears with a little loss/chips and closed tears (a couple with traces of old repairs) all of which are now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d/j with clear archive tape, and the d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks quite good. Very light 'toning' to the page fore-edges, and a few very light spots to the plain endpapers, o/w internally Fine with NO Inscriptions or Marks. 196 pp. With a foreword by K. C. Edwards, Professor of Geography University of Nottingham. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations, mainly by Mary Horner, but also a few photos on glossy paper. Contents cover: - A Brief Glimpse ; Site of the Village. Layout of the Land. Origin of the Name ; The Manors and the Land ; St Peter's Church ; St Mary's Abbey ; Nonconformity ; Notable Families ; The Humberstone Foundation School and other Charities ; The Government of the Parish ; Local Lore ; The village Feast, Local Sports ; Village Crafts ; Field and Farm Names ; The Twentieth Century ; General Index and Subscribers List. Quite scarce and probably a limited print run, since the subscribers list only numbers around 200. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Mary Horner (illustrator).…