Downing Rupert (11 results)
Published by Mayflower 1968
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition Thus. 175 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. If I Laugh: The Chronicle Of My Strange Adventures In The Great Paris Exodus, June 1940. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and…thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Frederick Muller Limited 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1943. Fifth edition. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.
Published by Mayflower Books 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, United KingdomZardoz Books
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112471. Condition: vg. vg Mayflower Book 112471 - 1968 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by Dragon Books / Arthur Barker 1959 1959
- Softcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United KingdomHall of Books
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. First edition hardback, 1942, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with several chips and nicks, white rear cover slightly soiled; green cloth boards generally clean and crisp. Internal…ly clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Arthur Barker, UK 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCheltenham Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright, clean, unfaded and complete. It shows insignificant soiling to the back panel. The wrapper is unclipped. Looks sharp in protective plastic. THE BOO…K : The book is square and tight. The boards are clean and bright. The spine ends are a little bumped, as are the upper corners. The pages are clean. The closed page edges are unmarked. The text block is a little dulled. No dog-eared pages. The binding is tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A decent copy. PayPal accepted.
[R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford, archaeologist and art historian] Typed Letter Signed ('R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford') to Miss Robin Place.
R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford [Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford] (1914-1994), archaeologist and art historian [T. D. Kendrick [Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick]; the British Museum]
Published by 14 October ; on letterhead of the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities British Museum London 1947
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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4to: 1 p. 22 lines. Text clear and entire on lightly aged and creased paper, with one 1.5 cm closed tear (not affecting text). Congratulating Place on her 'Assistant Principalship'. He considers she was 'very wise to take the opportunity'. He has discussed 'the house-key question with the Keeper [T. D. Kendrick]', who regards Sa…turday afternoons 'as a sacred time reserved for peaceful work, undisturbed by ones colleagues'. Consequently 'it would be rather difficult to accommodate you as a helper on Saturdays and after your week's work at the ministry'. He is 'sure you will soon find better things to do on a Saturday afternoon than languish in the Iron Age Gallery!' If she wishes to come in to do some research, 'There is someone on duty, and it is our duty to help. [.] we count you among our most successful helpers.'.
Published by Arthur Baker, London 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, United KingdomCamilla's Bookshop
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Signed by the author on the title-page, and inscribed "To Ray and Johnie, with affection and best wishes from the Author, August 1956" on the front free endpaper. 176pp with torn dustwrapper, (15% missing from front panel.) Blue boards and gilt lettering to… spine: spine slightly sunned at bottom two inches. Generally VG and attractively priced. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Arthur Barker 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: P Rulton Rare Books, Leominster, United KingdomP Rulton Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. 176 pp Bound in light blue cloth with gilt titles both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The jacket is just a little edge worn.
More imagesPublished by Frederick Muller, London 1944 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United KingdomROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD
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Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Octavo. 229pp. Original blue cloth with pink spine titles. Covers lightly used and marked with slight spine fading and corner bumping, otherwise very good. Ink name of Norman Scarfe to endpaper. No dust jacket.
More imagesMan of Valour | The Life of Field-Marshal Lord Gort V.C. | John Rupert Colville + (Signed) John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort | Close Cut Signature + Period Monochrome Photograph
Colville, John Rupert [Sir John Rupert Colville, CB, CVO (28 January 1915 - 19 November 1987), known as Jock Colville, was a British civil servant. He is best known for his diaries, which provide an intimate view of number 10 Downing Street during the wartime Premiership of Winston Churchill]. Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 - 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord.
Published by Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition . 1972. 1972
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black, end paper maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 285 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Tiny ink squiggle to the verso of the front free end paper. Fine condition…book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine tips and corners, red band across the spine sun faded, not price clipped + corner mounted close cut signature on light blue sugar paper of the period and probably from a souvenir | autograph book to the title page SIGNED 'Gort' + mounted period monochrome photograph. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.
