Compiled James Rivers (11 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hope, Coral (illustrator). 1945 - as shown on back of DW. 286pp. Near Fine/Good. Black cloth boards, very slightly cocked. Contents clean & tight but for very slight soiling. Nice DW with a little rubbing and minor loss to edges/top of spine, spine darkened, minor scuffing/soiling. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. A collection of short stories and articles, including a section on the legends of Holland, along with illustrations. Contributors include H C Bailey, Hubert S Banner, T O Beachcroft, J D Beresford, Dale Collins, Norman Davey, Lorna Deane H H Fripp, Michael Harrison, Aldous Huxley, Guy Morgan, W Nunan, Ernest Raymond, J E Sewell, Graham Sutton, Hugh Walpole, W A Darlington, Lionel Gamlin, Richard Winnington and Coral Hope. Mainly illustrated with B&W photos, but also some colour illustrations by Coral Hope.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Minor wear and tanning. Previous owner inscription. No dust-jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Some fading on the top and base of the spine. Marks on the end papers. Scuffing, tears and dust spotting on jacket with a little loss at the top and base of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Name of the previous owner. There is a stamp mark on the back of the wrap. With a foreword by Denis Compton. Publication of 233 pages. Frontispiece. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The pages are slightly 'browned', around the edges of the book. The text remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. Rolled spine. No date. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents:- Introduction. Short Stories. The Stage. The Cinema. Radio and Outselves. Legends From Holland. Pictorial Section. Illustrated. 286 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hard back publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8¾" x 5¾" 286 pp. Illustrated. Former message to the front free end paper. In Very Good clean and bright condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945.

Hardback. First Edition. Britains Prospects in the Olympic Games and in Sport Generally Dustjacket in fair condition with pieces missing to the extremities and wear Small neat signature to the front paste down There is the occasional foxing however the contents are generally clean Binding tight pp 270. book.

Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. 286 printed pages of text. Monochrome photographic illustrations. Without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with age darkening of the paper to the spine, two short closed tears to upper panel, not price clipped 12/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. 286 printed pages of text. Monochrome photographic illustrations. Without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with age darkening to paper, two short closed tears to upper panel, not price clipped 12/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original duck egg blue cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 288 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Sun bleaching to the spine, spine edges slightly frayed, shallow rubs to the softened corners and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the Author to the front free end paper 'To Harry Ditton [John White]. In appreciation, James Rivers 1946'. John White contributes a chapter called 'Football Association'. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Football].