Drury Major (52 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Damage to front cover bottom right side of book.Anna Kowalczek arrived on Capitol Hill at the start of World War II, old Senator Seab Cooley of South Carolina predicted, "Mark my words, that little lady is going to own this town someday." And thirty years later, Anna almost does: as widow of amiable but foredoomed Senator Gordon Hastings of Texas-as columnist-as television personality-as major political figure-and above all as founder and publisher of the Washington Inquirer and head of a media empire that stretches from coast to coast. How Anna clawed her way to the top of the Washington heap from a modest Polish home in Punxsutawney, PA., is related in this engrossing novel of the Washington scene Allen Drury knows so well and has described so powerfully in his previous political novels. His tale of Anna, her rise and those who either successfully accompanied her or fell by the wayside is, as Seab Cooley also remarked, "some skeerazzle." Here you will meet the people who had to live with Anna and the four horsemen (or, as Anna would put it now, "horsepersons") who came as eager youngsters to the wild and wacky Washington of World War II and stayed to become some of the town's top journalists: Ed Macomb, the narrator, who serves loyally as managing editor of the Inquirer until Anna with the greatest love and reluctance slits his throat professionally and kicks him out- Fat and faithful Bessie Revere, who receives the same treatment yet also remains loyal- Talbot Farson, who survives Presidential enmity, a Congressional investigation and a dubious political past to retain his triumphant grip on the news as editor of the Inquirer- Unhappy Gordon Hastings, married to one of Washington's most ambitious women and eventually destroyed- Young Gordie and Lisa, Anna's children, the only two people their mother couldn't dominate. And, always, Anna herself, brilliant, ruthless, all-conquering-and yet somehow pathetic and vulnerable, likable and touching in spite of the whim-of-iron qualities that make her at the same time one of Washington's most successful women and one of its more formidable monsters. ark my words, that little lady is going to own this town someday." And thirty years later, Anna almost does: as widow of amiable but foredoomed Senator Gordon Hastings of Texas- as columnist- as television personality- as major political figure- and abov (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Thus. G+ in original cloth (wear and rubbing to cloth; hinges cracked; corners bumped). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Prev owners name inside front cover. Inside spine cracked. Maroon cloth with black.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd. Being Stories of Land and Sea. 241pages. foxing. Red decorative cloth. some wear. little grubby.

Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine Slightly Chipped; there is some light wear to the extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spine a little creased and mottled.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This collection comprises: (1) Long Bow and Broad Arrow -1st ed; (2) The Passing of the Flagship; The Peradventures of Private Pagett; The Tadpole of an Archangel; Men at Arms; The Shadow on the Quart er - Deck. All new and cheaper editions. All nice and bright copies with attractive decorative covers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. New and Cheaper Edition. 270 pages. Original tan cloth binding with black lettering and colour on-lay to front board, good with some general wear and rubbing, slighty marked. Contents good and tight, some pages a little foxed, previous owner's neat signature to the front end paper dated Oct. 26th 1912. A good copy. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. very good hardcover copy, colour inset to front board featuring a soldier and sailor New and cheaper edition. A collection of naval tales including two supernatural stories, "The Relapse of the 'Rutland Rakes'" and "The Case of the Wanderer Hulk." There are also three stories featuring the incorrigible Private Pagett.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 270pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Strong binding. External cloth appears quite tidy but there is abrasion to base of spine, and some loss to top. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. New and Cheaper Edition. 241pp. HARDCOVER Outstanding copy. No inscriptions. Beautiful clean copy inside & out. The only fault is a couple of creases to ffep., caused by historical adverse storage. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards which are somewhat soiled. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout, more heavily to the blanks and endpapers; Hardback. Illustrated Red boards with black & gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 5" (0.7 kg); pp 270; 2nd edition. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177683 ||. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. UK.1911-NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION.ABOUT VG HARDBACK/.ALL ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENT ALSO WITH THE COVER ILLUSTRATION ON BOARDS.NO BLANK FEP OR BLANK EP.93/G Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.…

8vo. Prelims. + [236pp.] Occasional slight foxing, original illustrated brown cloth, slightly rubbed to edges. US$9.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Long Bow and Broad Arrow by Major W.P. Drury (Colonial Edition) A copy with slight warp to front panel. Moderate wear to spine edges; bumping to corners. Foxing to fore and bottom edges of text block. Cracks to hinges starting. Offset tanning to endpapers. Mild foxing occasionally to page margins. No jacket present. Title page dated 1911. Bell's Indian and Colonial Library, half-title page. "This edition is issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only." Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; blind stamped lettering and designs to front panel; bottom edges untrimmed. 262 pp. Publisher's adverts laid in. BOOK.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. oblong programme. Some tape repairs to corner. Book.

Condition: Fair. Illustrated edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), [ix], 243pp. 8 b&w plates by Arthur Rackham. Original brown cloth, colour plate inlaid on the front board. Sone rubbing of the spine, inner hinges strained, foxing to the edges of the text block, ownership inscription to the front endpapers. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. 270pp. And other stories, some faint spotting on the outer edges of the pages, dark beige cover with the picture of a ship at night, edges a little used, otherwise clean and tight throughout. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. reprint. ?New and cheaper edition? - title page. 243 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to red cloth covers, previous owner?s label on inside front cover, bookseller?s stamp on front endpaper and flyleaf.

Or.pictorial cloth. 270pp. Name on ffe & a little foxing else a Good copy. 1st ed. William Drury was a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist & playwright, & the Mayor of Saltash from 1929 to 1931. This is a collection of 10 adventure stories for boys.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Red cloth illusatrated in black and gilt. Light rubbing at the extremities, near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. original salmon pink cloth, lettered and illustrated in black. light scuffing, a some foxing (especially on prelims), good. 10 short stories: The Passing of the Flagship, The Dragon of Pyramid Hill, Aceldama, The Blank File, An Audience of Her Majesty, Casserbanker the Second, Concerning a Treaty with France, The Stranger within the Gates, The Rising of Joga & That Which Was Lost. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. no jacket - original red pictorial boards. no inscriptions. very good++ for a 100+ year old book! Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

4 page programme in very fair condition. Some slight soiling/ageing. Starring Jack Hobbs, Allan Aynesworth & Stella Mervyn Campbell.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITON, first printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 236. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black to spine and upper. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries. Binding lightly handled. Near fine.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good. 243 pp, illustrated with 8 black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial cloth. Name in ink on front endpaper and foxing to page edging and a few pages. 8vo. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New and Cheaper Edition. Hardback copy in tan cloth with black lettering to front and spine, pasted colour illustration to front board, no dustjacket. 235pp. Not library copy, ink inscription dated 1914 to ffep, reamins of small bookshop sticker to front pastedown, some page foxing. (11/6).…

One page, 12mo. Good, on aged paper with a little paperclip spotting. Laid down on piece of card. 'It is with considerable misgiving that I thrust my autograph upon the distinguished company you cite in your letter. Since, however, it is unthinkable to refuse the request of a lady, I have the honour to subscribe myself, | Yours faithfully, | W. P. Drury.'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. A nice reading copy of these entertaining stories, withdrawn from the well known collection at the former Mount Wise Naval History Library in Plymouth, UK. Bound in red cloth stamped with black lettering and pictorial designs to upper board and spine. The spine is faded and marked with library catalogue number. Boards are bumped on the corners and edges and spine is worn. Ex-libris plate on front end paper and signature "Carter" in pencil on front end paper. Slight foxing and marks throughout and edges soiled. Library markings opposite contents page. Overall though the text block is firm and generally clean. A nice copy for its age.…