George Timpson (38 results)

x-lib. with all attendant defects o/w a good clean working copy Reprint Cloth Clean and tight. Pages lightly browned.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Faded spine. Bumping to corners. Content is aged toned. Rough cut pages. Gift message to ffep. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A nice book with mild wear to Jacket boards and contents.

0. 8°. 190 S. OLwd., berieben, Anstreichungen, Vor-u. Rückblatt beschrieben. Sprache: Deutsch 0.500 gr. OLwd., berieben, Anstreichungen, Vor-u. Rückblatt beschrieben.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustwrapper. 1st. 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. owners name inside front cover contents and map very good. Book.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 32pp, signed by the editor on endpaper, with a gift inscription, text clean and binding sound, quarter-cloth, gilt titles, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Paperback, spine damaged, b/w illus. ex libris BMS library 86 Pages.

Undated but letter from the translator (loosely inserted) suggests 1950; also gift inscription with full signature of translator on front free endpaper; tightly bound in blue cloth with slightly faded spine - gilt lettering rather worn and indistinct; page fore-edges and endpapers slightly yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG SIGNED (by translator) hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG SIGNED (by translator) hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 32pp. Inscribed A.H.K. Slater London July 1958. Cream linen spine over blue/grey paper covered boards, gilt titles. A long autobiographical letter written in 1903 by the editor of the O.E.D. forms the basis of this small book. Nice letter from Murray's grand-daughter K. M. Elizabeth Murray to the books owner, Slater. dated 1977. Several newspaper clipping taped to the end-papers. Incomplete d.j. [review copy?]. Some ink marginal notes by Slater.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. ships from U.K d/j chipped to top edge, creased top edge.Book is clean and sound,a couple of faint marks to boards, slight rubbing to spine ends.slight spotting to feps, inscription by author to fep.pages are clean and bright.One of 500 copies printed Size: 8 Vo. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Inscribed by the translator. Dustwrapper, now protected, is proce clipped and has some tears and marks. Signed by Translator.

Fine. Marking the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Mill Hill School on the 150th anniversay of it's foundation. Signed and dated by the author to fep. One of only 500 copies printed on Goatskin Parchment paper. Hardcover book , 96pp, 33 illustrations. Minor spotting to endpapers, pale dj marked and chipped with some loss top front. A near Fine copy in G+ DJ.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pictures (illustrator). First Edition. ex-lib. so expect the usual faults, printed to commenorate the visit to Mill Hill School of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Signed by Author.

Condition: New. In German.

Condition: New. pp. 94.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Privately Published. Type: Book Some marking and slight loss to d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover in good condition, with jacket is acceptable condition. 'Inscribed for Prof. HG Fiedler with many happy memories of Oxford days, by George F. Timpson, October 20th 1936.' penned on FEP Fiedler was the Prince of Wales' tutor at Oxford University. Fiedler, the first Talorian Professor of German Language and Literature, is featured with a photo in the book. Chips to dust jacket and sunning to spine, pages unevenly cut. Coth spine faded. Chapters on King Edward VIII, Josiah Wedgwood, etc. Eratta listed on page 191. Signed by Author. Used.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (xiii) 87 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title and lion design to front cover and spine. Dust-jacket price clipped with blue titles and illustration, lightly chipped and bumped at corners, with some small patches of red ink stains around edges. Illustrated from photographs and old prints. Tight clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo,Original Cloth Binding,Half Title,Frontis,xvi[2]+191pp.Inscribed & Dated 1936 To Fep By Timpson Reading:Inscribed For The People Of South Wales By George f.Timpson.2 Priory Of St.Teilo Stamps To Front Endpaper[No Other Stamps Present]Two Faint In-offensive Letters To Bottom Of Spine,Couple Of Pages Uncut.Overall A Very Good Copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 94 pages. German language. 7.50x5.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. SIGNED by the former Governor of Jamaica, George F. Timpson, being a Presentation Copy, published by Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd., 1938, London. Only one additional copy in this signed state available on-line. From the publisher's blurb on front flap inside: "Jamaica, the oldest and most beautiful of our tropical colonies, was the great stronghold of British slavery; on her shores Christianity and the slave system met in mortal combat. The stirring story of Jamaican emancipation is told in this volume, which closes with a description of the Island today . . . " In point of fact, a self-backpatting from a former representative of the former slave state-colony akin to Christian back-patters regardig Abolition in the U.S. It's not as if equality then began to reign. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, gilt lettering and illustration at front cover and lettering to spine, still sharp. Bumping to spine head and foot, moderate rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and with a chip missing at spine head, protected by a plastic coat. Preface by the Rt. Hon. Ord Olivier, facsimile at end thereof, 86 pp., with full bibliography and a final black-and-white engraving, the 18th of the entire book .Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1937, this book contains the German text of an unpublished autobiography describing life in Germany from 1884 until 1931. Editor(s): Osborn, E. K. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100. . 2015. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First. 1938 First Editon Hardback wtih Dust Jacket. From Library of the Royal Empire Society, its plate and stamps to the book. Book good condition with light foxing to pages heavier to end papers, Dust Jacket poor with lost to the spine, tears and chips to edges, stains to the back of the dust jacket, covers of the book clean. U5a40.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1937, this book contains the German text of an unpublished autobiography describing life in Germany from 1884 until 1931. Editor(s): Osborn, E. K. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100. . 2015. paperback. . . . .

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (oxford english dictionary) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This collection of essays was printed for private circulation to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Only 500 copies were printed, on Goatskin Parchment paper. Mill Hill started as a London Grammar School in 1808, and became a Public School in 1895. There are 7 essays about the school, and 3 about old boys, including Henry Shaw, the father of St. Louis. There are 30 b/w photos, and the book has 4 pages of rubricated calligraphy at the front and 4 colour pages of heraldry at the back. The book is covered on orange cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front. It is signed on the free end paper by the author with a dedication to Theodore H. Robinson, who was at the school at the turn of the century, and subsequently became Professor of Semitic Languages at University College, Cardiff, and was the author of many books and articles. THE BOOK IS OFFERED WITH A LETTER, on Mill Hill headed note paper, dated 15/2/98. It is to "My dear little Mother" and starts "Father has been writing to me to say that you are not well". Near the end is the sentence "I was kicking a football around the other day when this happened, but I soon brushed off the mud", followed by sketches of a boy kicking a football and then on his back in the mud. It is signed off "Your loving son, T. H. Robinson". Condition - The white dust jacket shows finger marks on the front. It is worn at the corners and ends of the spine, and has 2 small tears. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Small 8vo. xiii + (1) + 86 + (1) + (1)pp. 10 bw photo plates + bw single page map. Publisher's blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, small gilt sitting lion on plinth on front. Pale blue dw, blue lettering, blue illustration wooden boat by sea shore on front, not price clipped 6/- net. Original white eps. 4 line neat dedication by the author with date " February 22 1940 " on fep. Covers : faint rubs top/bottom of spine + corners. Dw : VERY small chip top of spine + bottom of spine, slight rubs corners, slight browning. Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG/VG.