Eiluned Peter Lewis (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition with Brian Cook cover. 5½ x 8½" pp. viii + 120 + 32 publisher's advertisements. Very good in bright red cloth, with yellow lettering to front board and spine. Some staining to endpapers and a little foxing to front boards. Otherwise clean and bright. Coloiur frontispiece and 125 b/w photographs. In good dust wrapper with faded spine and a little loss to spine and rear.…

1st Edition. weight: 1.3 lb. Very good, light foxing to endpapers, in a very good dust jacket with a small piece missing at the spine heel. Illustrated throughout with photographs, color frontis. 22x14x2.8 cm. viii, 120 pp. Red cloth, white titles, top edge stained red, map endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. The Land of Wales by Eiluned and Peter Lewis is an evocative portrait of the Welsh landscape, people and traditions. The authors explore Wales through its mountains, valleys, coastline, towns and villages, while also considering its history, industries, culture and distinctive national character. Combining descriptive writing with an appreciation of Welsh life, the book offers a vivid picture of the country and its changing communities. An appealing introduction to the scenery, heritage and character of Wales. First Edition. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Green cloth rubbed to edges, fading gilt titling to spine. Illustrated end papers. No ownership inscription. 196 pages. Size: 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Condtion. 118 pages, several illustrations, coloured frontis. Original red cloth, gilt lettered. With dustwrapper. Head & foot of spine a little chipped. Dustwrapper protected with a removable clear wrapper. The Batsford books of the 1930s-1950s occupy a sweet spot between reference work and decorative object. Their appeal now lies as much in the vibrant dustwrappers - modernist in spirit, pastoral in subject - as in the texts themselves. Together the book and wrapper form a coherent, collectible aesthetic: bright, optimistic, and unmistakably of their period, yet still wonderfully contemporary. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Batsford Books; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 2nd Revised Edition. Jacket is torn and marked.Gift inscription.Well bound.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Very Good. Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered cream back, maps to the end papers, red dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 118 pp with colour frontispiece and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Sun fading and mottling to the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. WALES & WELSH LITERATURE.…

8.5 x 5.5 inches. In red cloth covers with yellow lettering to spine and front. Red top edges of pages. With illustrated dustwrapper by Brian Cooke. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (d/w. Spine faded. With rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Small nick to top end of spine. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Endpapers darkened. Inscription to half title page ?T.W.G.Terry? Else a clean and tight copy. 120 pp. With b/w photographs and line drawings. Colour frontispiece. Published in Batsford?s "British Heritage" series with wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. A history of Wales and it?s people.…

8.5 x 5.5 inches. In red cloth covers with yellow lettering to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper by Brian Cooke. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (d/w. Spine slightly rubbed at ends. Price clipped. Mild foxing to fly leaves. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 120 pp. With b/w photographs and line drawings. Colour frontispiece. Published in Batsford?s "British Heritage" series with wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. A history of Wales and it?s people.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Not price-clipped. No markings or inscriptions. Paper darkened with age, with the foxing spot on inside edges. Slight discolourations in inside covers - please see photos. Covers with rubbed and bumped corners and edges. Dust jacket has some loss at top of spine, now in protective plastic cover.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A delightful, illustrated selection of Batsford geographical guides, each presented in its original dust wrapper. Collection comprised of: (1937) The Land of Wales by Eiluned and Peter Lewis; (1938) The Face of Britain: West Country (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) by C. Henry Warren; (1938) Welsh Border Country by P. Thoresby Jones; (1947) The Alps by R. L. G. Irving; (1949) The West of England by Ruth Manning-Sanders; (1950) The Face of Wales by Tudor Edwards. All copies are first editions, excluding The Alps, which is the third edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, together with the unclipped, pictorial dust wrappers. Each volume features a colour frontispiece, map endpapers and numerous further photographic plates. The Land of Wales is illustrated with ninety-eight plates; West Country contains eighty; Welsh Border Country contains ninety-two; The Alps contains seventy-four; The West of England contains sixty-four, and The Face of Wales contains sixty-six. West Country and The West of England are collated, complete. A charming collection of geographical guides to parts of England, Wales and wider Europe, with details on local history, important sites and culture. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, together with the unclipped, pictorial dust wrappers. Two pages of travel advertisements tipped in to the rear of The Alps. Externally, very smart with minor bumping and rubbing, light discolouration and a few marks. Dust wrappers particularly pleasing with minor edge wear, including a few small tears and chips, more significant to The Alps, which is cracked along the front joint and more generally torn. All covers lightly toned and spotted with the occasional additional mark. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean collection with sporadic spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…