Felstead S Theodore (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First American Edition. True accounts of crime and criminals as seen through the eyes of Scotland Yark. Undated, 1950s. 206pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, only minor wear to black cloth. No dustjacket. Weight, 380g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1949. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright. Mild crushing to spine ends. Clipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have noticeable edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Tape markings to reverse of jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1947. Second Impression. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographs. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to front and rear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Dust marking to sunned head and tail of spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1940. No Edition Stated. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. First printing. 192 pp. including index, plus illustrations. The boards are bowed and a bit mottled. The spine is slanted and sunned. Previous owner's name, dated Nov 1946, is written on the front free endpaper. Another PO's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Otherwise unmarked and in a sound binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. 1947. Second Impression. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ has seen better days! Mainly, top and bottom of spine have been Scotch taped. Small tears at corners and on back of DJ. Back has some dust. ; B and w photos; Oblong Small 4to 9" - Oblong 11" tall; 288 pages.

Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Mild scuffing to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Boards are mildly warped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good for year, hardcover. Some fading to boards. Dustjacket chipped, torn and damaged on spine. 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1946 first edition hardback in good condition. Previous owner's inscription on inside cover, slight marking to page edges. No other marks, tight binding. The red cloth boards have some mottling to main faces and knocked corners. With a dust jacket in poor condition. Sellotape repairs to front, the lower half of the spine has been lost, the rear is intact but rather soiled. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Is In Good Condition For Age Spine Worn At Top And Tail, Board Corners Bumped Jacket Worn Along Top And Tail Edges, Small Tears Around Edges And At Spine, Binding Tight And Secure Pages Clean And Bright Throughout Previous Owner Has Left An Ink Stamp In The Front Of The Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated (circa 1940s), 212pp. Grey cloth-covered boards; red titles on front and spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and rounded spine ends, spine cover and board edges moderately stained and soiled. Corners rubbed and rounded. Text block edges lightly foxed, a handful of pages at fore edge untrimmed, prelims lightly foxed. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring the occasional spotting at the page margins. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear with tears and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Based on the secret German police dossier "L'Affaire Cavell" discovered after the Great War, the author describes in vivid and moving words the story of Nurse Cavell, culminating in her execution along with Belgian architect Phillippe Bancq at the Tir National shooting ground in Brussels.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1945 Robert Hale Hardback edition on red cloth.

HB BROWN CLOTH OWNERS SIGNATURE FOXINGVERY GOOD PP253 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Contemporary analysis of the English and European lack of inteligence re HitlerÕs arms build up.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good with some spine slant in a Good jacket. 1st Printing. WW 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With colour frontispiece and other black/white photographic illustrations, newspaper clippings pasted to front endpapers, a publishers note loosely inserted at pg 169 giving apologies to Mr. Godfrey White for publishing an untrue story that refers to him (Godfrey White was sporting editor of the West Australian newspaper). Dustjacket has chipping at spine ends and edge wear along bottom edge otherwise a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 220 x 140mm; 288 pages.

A colourful history of horse-racing, focusing on the first half of the twentieth century. Includes illustrations from Vanity Fair. First edition. 8vo. 288pp. No dust-wrapper. A fair copy, good for reading.

Hard Cover, No Dustjacket. Condition: Fair. Cover, spine and edges scuffed. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: 5" X 8".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Felstead, S. Theodore. Stars who made the halls: a hundred years of English humour, harmony and hilarity. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1947. 2nd impression. Hardback, VG in unclipped dustjacket. DJ as some shelfwear to edges and age discolouration to white portions on reverse, but generally VG. Some tape repairs to inside of dj, neatly done. Red boards with black lettering to front and spine. Binding strong and tight. x, 192pp., b/w illustrations. Rear pastedown has bookseller label, Falcon Books Saltaire. Contents all clean and bright. "Will fascinate those who want to know what the halcyon days of Variety were like" (from the cover). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Fair hardback copy. Green cloth covers slightly rubbed. No dustjacket. 288pp, colour frontis (Fred Archer characaturefrom Vanity Fair 1881), b/w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. orange paper covers, front detached, spaine partially detached with 3cm loss to top and bottom. 304pp. text good.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. The author recounts some of the strange and remarkable stories that crossed his path during his career. A good many of the tales in this book were related to him by detective officers whom he met from time to time, revealing the extraordinary diverse types of humanity dealt with by the Criminal Investigation Department. Where for instance could you find such an 'impudent rascal' as the individual who committed the gross sacrilege of stealing the Nelson Relics and afterwards coolly walking into Scotland Yard to claim the reward? Or the Fence who Fooled the Force? Picturesque characters endowed with an audacity of nature. Other chapter headings include : A Victim of Circumstances; The Dope Devil; The Man Who Missed His Way; The Grand Duchess's Pearls; Fire! Fire! Fire!; Bunty Pulls Her Last String; A Drama of the Ghetto; Blue Blood a la Carte; The Forger; Blackmail; All's Fair in Love and War; Secret Service; An Error of Judgement; The Ship Scuttlers; A Tale of Two Faces; The Murderer and the Miracle; A Strange Story of the Southern Seas. 288pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned edges and eps, lightly marked covers, sl. dull sp. Nr. Vg. Extremely Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. London: T Werner Laurie Ltd, 1946. Very informative book on the music halls and the artists who entertained there, 192 pages in bright clean condition, a little rippling to some pages, several old newspaper cuttings concerning music halls pasted onto endpapers, one is by A H Atkins and his signature is on half title page as it was his own copy of the book. On front endpaper is a handdrawn caricature by George Robey, one of the Music Hall stars and inscribed by him Good luck George Robey, underneath in A H Atkins hand is Presented to me by George at the Metropolitan. Many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are worn top and bottom of spine which is faded and spotted. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book especially with caricature and signatures SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by George Robey. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1930. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 285, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 285 285.