Bowen Barker (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition ((First Published, 2001). Includes Index, Picture Credits And Useful Addresses. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Embossed Silver Lettering On The Spine. A Hint Of Bumping To He Upper Back Corner. No Ownership Information Present. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear And A Few Tiny Scratches On The Back.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. George Barker "Epitaph (poem)" / Tom Hopkinson "You Really Are a Pet" / C Day Lewis "Ariadne on Naxos (poem)" / David Conde "Harvest Home" / Thom Gunn "Thoughts on Unpacking (poem)" / Edith Sitwell "Coming to London - XIV" / 3 poems by Bernard Spencer / Elizabeth Bowen "Persuasion" / Louis MacNiece "Lost Generations?" / A Letter from Geoffrey Moore.

British first edition. 176 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth; spine head chipped and frayed with lesser wear at heel; some slender wear and loss at board corners; spine's gilt lettering dulled but legible with front board's gilt stamped lettering still bright. Strong toning to edges with interior text leaves affected likewise but with toning diminishing inward from margins (paper stock utilized by printer affected by "economy standards," i.e. wartime-period rationing regulation). Light toning to endpapers; novelist Nancy Hallinan's name handwritten in green ink at top of front free endpaper recto with additional notation in the same green ink handwriting "from Hal Christmas-1945" at bottom of page. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good copy. Features a collection of essays, commentary, poems, etc.: "In Daylight - I" and "Elegy" by John Lehmann, "The Two Loves" and "Some Notes on 'King Lear'" by Edith Sitwell, "Lament" by George Barker, "Island Dances" by George Seferis, "I Hear You Say So" by Elizabeth Bowen, "Five Poems" by Terence Tiller, "No News From Home" by Cecil Keeling, "The Woman Who Was Loved" by James Stern, "The Poems" by Peter Yates, "Two Poems" by Odysseus Elytis, "The Man Who Killed" by Jiri Weiss, "War" by Andre Chamson, "The Hidden Force" by William Plomer, "The Pre-Raphaelite Literary Painters" by Stephen Spender, "W.H. Auden in America" and "The Place and the Person" by Henry Reed, plus other contributions by Heinrich Fischer, Hero Pesopoulos, Demetrios Capetanakis, Alexander Astruc, J. MacLaren-Ross, C.H. Peacock, J.P. Hodin, and Percy Coates. The eldest daughter of Charles T. "Hal" Hallinan (1880-1971), novelist Nancy Hallinan (1921-2014) authored the critically acclaimed novels "Rough Winds of May" (1955), "A Voice from the Wings" (1965), and "Night Swimmers" (1976) as well as the 1980 O'Henry award winning short story "Women in a Roman Courtyard." Her papers are held by Boston University's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.

Soft Cover/Stapled. Condition: Fine. Sue Michel (Illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint of 1978. BRAND NEW Copy. Excellent guide to systematic study of insects preceded by an exposition on Economic Entomology addressing issues of beneficial/harmful insects and biological/chemical methods of control. Text proper, supported by scientific drawings, are: 1, What is Entomology?; 2, How to Collect & Preserve Insects; 3, Equipment You Will Need; 4, Life History of Insects; 5, Identification of Insects by Order; 6, Key to Order of Insects; 7, Exhibitions; 8, Demostrations; 9, Imbedding a Dry Opaque Specimen; and, 10, References. Outstanding feature is explanation of Latin terms, for example, the order Orthoptera (encompassing crickets, grasshoppers, roaches, walking sticks, etc.) means "straight plus wings." Excellent reference/resouce.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. This issue of W.T. Symons's unusual little magazine includes an advance chapter from The Idea of a Christian Society by T.S. Eliot, a review of Finnegans Wake by Elizabeth Bowen, and writing by Laura Riding and others. Unmarked copy, back cover has been largely reattached and has some wear and soil. Not Signed.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fair. 1945-Fall; 1st UK Edition. Dust jacket barely there- it is in 4 pieces, with numerous small chips and tears, sunned and price-clipped. Reinforced with archival document repair tape since it was disintegrating. Book VG. Former owner name on fly page. Binding solid, pages age toned but crisp and clean. Corners and spine lightly bumped with some rubbing at extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 52pp, printed wrappers. This wartime issue of W.T. Symons's important little magazine includes a review of Eliot, Murry, and Barth by George Every, plus writing and reviews by other prominent contributors. Library stamp to cover, else unmarked with light wear. Not Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 178 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.41 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. This issue of W.T. Symons's important little magazine includes essays by Ezra Pound (Gallup C1459), plus a very early essay on psychoanalytic themes by Anais Nin, a poem by Lawrence Durrell, and writing and reviews by other prominent contributors. Unmarked copy with some toning and soil to covers. Not Signed.

Condition: Fine. Original stapled colour illustrated souvenir theatre programme 9'' x 6''. Contains pages with photographs of the characters from the play. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 84. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1911 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 84.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1911 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 86 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 86 Savery, James C,Savery, James C. Crystal gazer. [from old catalog],Barker, Bowen. [from old catalog].

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 540 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.22 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 63 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1911. A concise early twentieth-century work on crystal gazing and related forms of divination, of interest to readers of occult studies, spiritualism, and the history of esoteric practices. The book reflects the period's fascination with clairvoyance, perception, and methods of scrying, and is useful for collectors seeking texts from this specialized field. This concise early twentieth-century work on crystal gazing and related forms of divination will appeal to readers interested in occult studies, spiritualism, and the history of esoteric practices. It reflects the period's fascination with clairvoyance, perception, and scrying, and remains of bibliographical interest for collectors of esoteric texts. Book images are non-contractual.