Dayrell Reed (11 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading 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,450grams, ISBN:

HC. B&W maps (illustrator). 354pp Contents include: Preliminaries; The Heroic Begetting (c. 500-593); Gestation (592-688); The History Of The Church Of The West Saxons (635-709); Ine's Reconstitution Of The Realm (688-726); A Tentative Survey Of The Saxon Settlement Of Dorsetshire; A Tentative Survey Of The Saxon Settlement Of Dorsetshire--continued. good, faded red cloth (hardcover) underlining on a few pages.

Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Bound in orange cloth over boards with blue lettering on the spine. Gentle sunning to spine, light edge wear, and minor scuffing to corners. Complete with maps, charts, and tables, including a fold out table. The interior is gently and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear throughout. Pages:(10) 354 Dimensions:7(7/16) x 5(1/8) x (13/16).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Type: Printers Copy Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardback Orange covers are faded. Browning on end papers. Former owners details on front end paper. With maps including one fold out. 354 pages Wt 0.5 Kg Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ix, 351 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Blue. First Printing. Near Fine Book, Light Use, No Marks, No Fraying Or Stains. Dj Priced 18 S. Net., Worn, 1" Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge, 1/4" Chipping Across Top And Bottom Of Spine, Small Losses At Tips.

Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In light brown cloth covers with blue lettering to spine. In light blue dustwrapper. In very good condition. Dustwrapper tanned on spine and a little faded on front, with some foxing spots. Cloth clean. Slight tanning to endpapers. Pages clean and tight. Else a clean and tight copy. 354 pp. With 6 maps and charts and genealogical tables. The history of the Saxon Kingdom of Wessex, from the earliest post-Roman records to the reign of King Ina. Includes the British resistance.

A sound copy of this first edition. Original burgundy hardback. (no dust wrapper). The boards are a little stained and rubbed, with slight splitting to the spine edges. Titles in white to the spine. To the front end paper is a gift inscription from the poet John Masefield to Alastair Mach (unknown recipient). The book is internally clean and tidy throughout. Printed on wartime economy paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with sometoning to covers, and darkening to spine. Prev. owner bookplate. Scarce.

Small 8vo. 7.25 x 4.75 inches. 96 pp. Bound in original buff cloth, with green titles and pictorial block on front board. A little browning of flyleaves and light spotting of edges; otherwise a very good clean copy. Signature of C. F. Sturges Hinton St. Mary 1934 on second free endpaper. Bookseller's stamp of B. Hanks Clock House Sturminster Newton, Dorset on rear pastedown. Illustrated by line drawings in text and on half title. A light hearted account of the history, equipment and playing of the game known to Samuel Pepys as Shuffleboard. By Trelawney Dayrell-Reed, poet and historian, known for his books on dark age history. A scarce title. SPORTS/PASTIMES GAMES SOCIAL HISTORY GAMES 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED SPORTS/PASTIMES.