Forsyth M a William (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, no dj - from a private collection.

Condition: Good. First edition. Good. Leather binding. Covers present but detached, spine cover is missing entirely. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Text block is in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 215 pp. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Patrons, Officers and Council -- Arrangements For 1963 -- Report Of The Council -- Balance Sheets -- Presidents and Awards -- The President -- The Judging Of Roses / F. Fairbrother -- A Symposium On Mulching and Fertilizing / Dr. A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D., Nigel Raban, F. A. Gibson, Colonel W. B. Wright, Lieut.Col. D. Pope, Joan E. Fulford -- Roses In The Home / Ann Orci -- The Rose Of St. Francis Of Assist / Arbel M. Aldous -- The Rose Garden At Roath Park, Cardiff / W. Nelmes -- Fragrance / Rosemary James -- Roses As Specimen Plants / André Leroy -- Spraying Appliances For The Small Garden / Roy Hay -- Rose Root-Stocks: A First Field Trial / O. D. Rowley -- The International Rose Competition and Permanent International Rose Show Of The Hague, Netherlands / I. Rijnveld -- 'Peace' (Mme Antoine Meilland) / Bertram Park -- Rose Growing On A Chalk Soil / W. A. James -- When The Sub-Soil Is Gault / Vera F. P. Day, N.D.H. -- Pruning and The Winter Of 1961-2 / Leonard Hollis, Dr. A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D., G. D. Burch, S. M. Gault, F. A. Gibson, R. L. Pallett -- 'Melrose' / Bernard Jones -- On Beginning Again / J. H. Wilding -- Almost Idolatrous / Nigel Eva -- Repeat Flowering Climbers and Shrub Roses / S. M. Gault -- Chromosomes / Norman Young -- Recent Research On Roses / E. F. Allen -- Some Roses To Grow In Yorkshire / R. C. Balfour -- Book Reviews -- The Amateur Hybridist / The Late Albert Norman -- Albert Norman, A. B. Griffith, William B. Moore, Past Presidents -- The Decorative Classes / Julia Clements -- Bristol Group Summer Show, 1962 / L. A. Anstiss -- Cardiff Group Summer Show, 1962 / Alan Gibbs -- The Summer Show / A. G. L. Hellyer -- Contents -- Northern Rose Show / J. C. Watson -- Autumn Rose Show / Gordon Forsyth -- The Lakeland Rose Show -- The Trial Ground / H. Edland -- Show Awards and Trial Ground Awards 1962 -- International Awards 1962 -- Rose Analysis / L. G. Turner -- By Road To Bone Hill -- Maj.-Gen. R. F. B. Naylor, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., President 1963 -- Two Arrangements For The Home -- The Rose Garden Of Sta Maria Degli Angeli At Assisi -- The Rose Garden At Roatii Park, Cardiff -- Two Types Of Sprayers With Plastic Containers -- Small Hand Pressure Sprayer -- Spray Attachment Using Water Pressure -- Canes Of 'Peace' Showing Effects Of Different Root-Stocks -- International Rose Trials At The Hague -- Colour Plates -- Ambrosia -- King's Ransom -- Casino -- Decoration / Mrs. M. Brooker -- Decoration / Mrs. Bernard Green -- Diamant -- Gavotte -- Wobijrn Abbey -- Hassan -- Milord -- Allegro -- Colibri -- Chinatown -- Europeana -- Anne Watkins -- Summer Sunshine -- Q Lady Sonta -- I Celebration ; G. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. A study of the 18th century from what can be gleaned from the novels of the time: prisons, dress, morals, manners, parsons, Fleet marriages, the JP, the country Squire, gambling, duelling, drunkenness, swearing, highwaymen, masquerades, "pretty fellows" & "Maccaronies", clubs, Ranelagh & Vauxhall, women, coarseness, etc. The dangers of mistaking caricature & satire for truth. Critique of reliable sources : novelists, essayists, art of Hogarth. An analysis of the literature of the selected authors: Mrs Behn, Smollett, Fielding, Richardson, Goldsmith, Austen, Mackenzie, Miss burney, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Manley, Mrs Heywood. HB, Very attractively bound: green cloth boards with blind stamped pattern and gilt pattern to front & back; similar to spine with gilt lettering.green cloth backstripe with gilt lettering to spine. Corners somewhat rubbed. 345 pages incl. index + 5 pages of Preface and 16 pages of Murray book adverts. Ex-owner name & address on blank page before title page. Black endpapers with sticker on last stating "Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London". Some foxing (decreasing) from f.eps. to title page, and to b.eps and to last few pages of adverts. Scarce. Book is tight (but slightly tender, i.e. a little "creaky" on opening/closing), and clean.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition copy of History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; From the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and Official Documents Not Before Made Public. 3 Volumes. Includes a fold-out map and portrait. Light tan binding, with marble-dyed edges of pages. Spine is a slightly darker color, with intricate engraved + gilt designs and 2 dark leather labels, one with the title, one with author + volume. End pages follow the same marbled design as page edges. Slight wear at the extremities, though nothing major. Front and back covers of the volumes have slight discoloration spots and scratches (see images). Front and back covers have a gilt border. Paper ownership label on inside of front cover.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 495 pp., with folding map of St. Helena; Vol. 1: frontispiece of Hudson Lowe xii, 495 pp., with folding map of St. Helena (edges show some tanning, light wear); Vol. 2: frontispiece of Longwood; iv, 490 pp.; Vol. 3: frontispiece of Longwood; vi, 529 pp. Dark blue patterned calf with marbled end-papers and braod raised bands to the spines. A trifle rubbed but a handsome set.