Cyril Ray Editor (68 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/w Illustration (illustrator). First Thus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is an anthology of fact and fiction on the subjects of food and drink, combining serious prose, jokes and poems and satire. This edition contains a tall story by Wynford Vaughan Thomas, a new translation of a Chekhov story about food and wine and a diary extract from Evelyn Waugh. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Green cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. Slight remainder mark on top text block edge near binding, otherwise as issued. Dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear, nearly as issued. 191 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 192 pages, "Illustrated with sixteen splendid colour plates and eight pages of maps---"; very attractive book in burgundy and cream-coloured covers, bookplate on first blank page, but very gently read, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ heavily chipped and torn, particularly along top edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Paperback. Edges very lightly tanned. Pages very lightly tanned but otherwise good. Cover very lightly tanned with slight wear/bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. 127 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Paperback. Edges lightly tanned with slight signs of foxing. Pages tanned but otherwise good. Cover slightly marked/chipped with slight wear/bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. Spine creased. 124 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (wine, drinking customs, dining) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Paperback. Edges tanned with slight signs of foxing. Pages tanned but otherwise sound. Spine creased. Slight wear/bumping to edges, corners and top of spine. Heavy bumping to base of spine. 128 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ex-library paperback in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. the jacket is torn and creased. a bit marked. contents are clean and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++. First Edition. 224 pages. Illustrated with B&W plates and B&W illustrations in text. Dark red background dustjacket with moderate wear to edges and corners, small tear bottom corner. Clean dark brown hardback binding. Very clean pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition in America.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine; fine dust jacket. 8 vo. 191 pp. Introduction Kingsley Amis, b/w illustrations, green boards. Entertaining compilation of prose & verse, fact & fiction with speically commisioned contributions including a Jemima Shore story by Antonia Fraser.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Red cloth, lettered in gilt, slipcased. A notably well-preserved copy of this wine classic. Minor soil mark on upper front cover cloth, otherwise as issued. Slipcase essentially as issued. 1st ed. 719 pp., color plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Pictorial Card. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. This is the first edition of this edition. Browned pages and fore'edges. 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: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. 1957 printing. This book does include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 pages : 26 cm. Subjects; Wine. Cognac. Distilleries. Cellaring. Cognac : educational guidebook. Imbiber. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Black & White photographic and drawings (illustrator). 1st Edition. Contributors include : Anthony Powell ; Hugh Johnson & Vernon Watkins ; dust wrapper would be very good but on front cover 2 tears - both 2" ; no inscriptions.

1st edition. Tall 8vo. 224pp. Frontispiece and illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial d/w., rubbed and chipped to edges, spine faded, tape repair to tear. ISBN 090989708 US$18.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 256pp; No DJ, orange cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square & clean, spine faded, illustrated purple endpapers, previous owner's name to flyleaf, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage collection of writings about imbibing alcoholic beverages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Decorated title-page; Introduction by the editor; Anthology of extracts from Surtees' novels; A volume in "The Falcon Prose Classics" series edited by Leonard Russell; Hardback: cream paper boards elaborately decorated in red and black; Small bruise to spine, boards a touch dirtied, near fine in torn fair dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Tall 8vo. yellow cloth hardback with decorative gilt titles to spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. 208pp., illustrated in b/w, one and two colours with great contemporary graphic design by F. H.K. Henrion. Articles by Kingsley Amis, Angus Wilson, Iris Murdoch, James Laver and Laurie Lee among others. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Slight discolouration to cloth spine and dulling to gilt titles. A Very Good Copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This fine unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The price clipped dust wrapper is in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. An illustrated anthology of wine and food in prose and poetry from such luminaries as Laurie Lee, Katherine Whitehorn, Charles Causley, Diana Athill, Simon Raven and James Cameron. Ref AAA2.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book in light card covers. Internally very good and free of inscriptions to flyleaf; well illustrated with maps.

Condition: Good. First edition of volume 10 (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 16cm), 224pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. There is some tanning of the contents, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (some chafing of the edges, price-clipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. ISBN 0090989708.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 pages : 26 cm. Subjects; Wine. Cognac. Distilleries. Cellaring. Cognac : educational guidebook. Imbiber. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Wilson Harris "THE FAILURE OF U.N.O." / George Brinsmead "Argentina Today" / Peter Townsend "The New Tide In China" / Brigadier A H Head "The Army We Need" / Cyril Ray "New Deal For Old Vic" (Papers).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. COAL BOARD UNDER FIRE / Wilson Harris "Paris Week-End" / Edward Hodgkin "At The Tribunal" / Rawle Knox "'Up The Republic'" / Peter Campbell "The Odds For 1950" / Cyril Ray "New Film Techniques" / Cleland Scott "Hippopotamus Land" / George Godwin "Horse Trade" (Papers).