Gilbert Rumbold (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. C. 1949. Yellow hardcover cloth binding with red lettering soiled, square, binding secure. 1949 gift note, some writing in taxt, hinge cracked pg 48/49. Story book about John and Wendy - twins who found a way to talkt ot all sorts of things lkike clocks, telephones cars, radios, etc. 80 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rumbold, Gilbert (illustrator). …

hardcover. 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. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1934. First Edition. 175 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Stunning colour illustrations throughout by author - with a delightful Art Deco feel. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front. Boards have mild to moderate shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Boards are slightly bowed. This is really an art book and an absolute feast for the eyes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Pictorial boards, pictorial free end papers, gold lettering on front cover and spine. This is a facsimile edition. The cocktail recipes in this book have been compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel London. The original book was printed in 1930. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". Rumbold, Gilbert (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No dust jacket, covers soiled paper starting to split at hinges, scuffing to spine ends, tips worn, gift inscription to front flyleaf. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. RUMBOLD, Gilbert. The Wayside Book. Written and illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Original publisher's cloth, with dust jacket. Condition: Good. Solid, square boards with a tight and secure binding. The text block is intact and internally clean, with no inscriptions, annotations, or markings. The dust jacket is present and complete, showing shelf wear to the upper and lower spine, with general edge wear consistent with age and sunning but no major losses. Overall, a sound and attractive copy of this first edition. Notes: The Wayside Book is a charmingly written and illustrated work by Gilbert Rumbold, reflecting the interwar British tradition of nature writing and illustration. First editions in original dust jackets are increasingly uncommon, particularly in sound condition, and this copy remains a pleasing example.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No Date. Published in 1946 according to the British Library catalogue. Hardback: illustrated in colour and b/w by GILBERT RUMBOLD, no dj, book is bound in cloth which is slightly marked, spine is a little faded and rubbed, some foredge and internal foxing, else vg. sm 4to, 80pp. A story-book about twins John and Wendy who find a way to talk to all sorts of things, like clocks, motor-cars, telephones and radio sets, to find out how things work. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in colour pictorial boards, black cloth spine with red lettering, no dustjacket. 175pp. Colour illustrations throughout, colour patterned endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some rubbing to board edges. (67/3).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 180pp including index. Illustrated boards with titles to front and spine in protected unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Boards very lightly worn at extremities. Dustwrapper sunned with some chips and small losses. Textblock, maps and illustrations clean tight and bright. A very nice copy of this charming book. RUMBOLD Gilbert (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Hardback Book Condition: As New Previous owner name on page 1. Being in the main a complete compendium of the cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzers, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes and other drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle observations upon Wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the manners and customs of people of quality in a period of some equality. The cocktail recipes in this book have been compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London 287pp.…

Condition: Very Good. dw. 1st. Yellow cloth-covered boards. Red lettering on covers. 17cm x 21cm. Produced to Wartime Economy Standard. Dustwrapper a little worn at edges. Endpapers unevenly faded. VG in other respects. Rumbold, Gilbert (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Pictorial hardcover. Spine ends rubbed, corners lightly bumped. With illustrations throughout the book by the author. Light foxing on a few of the pages. Dust jacket condition: Loss to spine ends and cover edges, chipped with slight loss. A 3 cm tear on top of the spine. Not price-clipped.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback, in yellow cloth boards with orange lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 80pp. With colour and b/w illustrations throughout by Gilbert Rumbold. Dustjacket has ink stains to front and rear flaps, with wear and tears to edges. (39/3).…

Condition: Good. Second impression. HB. Grey cloth with black title to spine, no dustjacket. 128pp. With b&w illustration as frontispiece from etching by the author. Reflections on science, evolution, mind and religion. Chpaters include: The Proton Theory of Living Matter and New Light on the Darwin Theory. A Good copy. Wear to covers with rubbed edges, red marks to front, and creased spine. Owner's name stamp to flyleaf. Pages generally clean and well-bound, occasional pencil marking of passages in margin, browning to leaves next to endpapers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 480 grams. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Near Fine. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock with decorations by Gilbert Rumbold. Published by Richard R. Smith in 1930. First edition second issue with no number on the title page & no erratum slip on page 23. Very good in very good boards. Some rubbing to gilt boards on the back cover and front, frontspiece intact and still quite bright. The spine lettering is very well preserved. The pages & decorations are vivid and wonderfully preserved. The binding has a slight lean but remains strong and tight. Overall a better than usually seen copy of a very influential book. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing, without number to the title page or errata slip; with 2pp Booth's advertisement before the title page. An association copy, inscribed with compliments by A. J. Higgett of Booths Distilleries to the front endpaper. Bound in the publisher's quarter cloth and decorative boards, the spine rather worn, the gilt titles faded and no longer visible, the spine ends fraying and with loss, the joints splitting and fraying. The boards rubbed as usual, resulting in scattered marks. The corners worn and bumped. Inscribed to the front endpaper, and with an ownership inscription. The hinges loose and the binding occasionally delicate. Verso of half title page heavily coloured in in red crayon, and on one smaller occasion besides. Some spotting to the closed page edges and margins throughout. An interesting association copy; Booth's have advertisements in the work, and feature in numerous recipes. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus. with cold. drawings and decoration. 8vo. cl. backed dec. bds. covers very rubbed and worn, inscr., occasional foxing, generally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Solid text block with a missing backstrip. Signatures remain tight with paper stripping covering most of spine, maintaining integrity. Front and rear boards remain attached with both having wear to corners and wear and light scuffing to decorative boards. Light foxing to prelims and scattered throughout. All decorative pages clean. Pages to rear reserved for notes have a few lines filled with comments and personal recipes. A rare first/first edition, printed in the UK. More information available upon request. TM/Rare Shelf. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vintage book of strikingly attractive design. Hardcover with black cloth spine stamped in gilt, and boards covered in pictorial printed foil of silver, black and green in a striking art-deco type design. The are a couple of small chips to the foil where it meets the cloth spine, and slight edgewear at the corners. The rear cover, of solid gold colored foil has a larger triangular chip of about an inch by a half inch at the largest part, and one smaller chip, also at the cloth?foil juncture. A bit of scuffing and corner wear is also evident on the back cover. First edition tall 12 mo of 7 3/4 inches in over all very good condition. No dust jacket , as published. An extremely scarce volume. The compiler of the recipes is Harry Craddock, of the Savoy Hotel in London and the striking illustrations throughout the beautiful interior are by Gilbert Rumbold. Extensive entries for "all the cocktails" and wine fill the book, with little asides from the author. The pages are divided by various colored dashes and lined top and bottom in several alternating colors, red and black, green and black, orange or yellow and black. Small humorous illustrations in these same deep and intense colors are scattered throughout the pages of the book. 286 pp. Very Scarce Book, Antiquarian, Drink recipes, Coctails, Wine, Illustrated in brilliant art Deco style. Rumbold, Gilbert (illustrator).…

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Fourth Printing. The boards are covered in goldtone foil. The front board has a black title block and an illustration and a decoration in green and black. The spine strip has black cloth, but about a fourth of it is chipped off, leaving brown paper exposed. 286 pages; color illustrations, including on the endpapers. The author wrote "Here's How!" above his signature and "February 3/33" below his signature. 2/3's of the black area of the title block has rubbed (white) spots. The foil on the back board is wrinkled along 7 inches of the edges and one other place. The foil has chips on all but one of the boards' edges. The foil is fragile and more chips can occur unless the book is handled and shelved with great care. The text block ends have darkened. Water stain is along nearly all edges of the front endpaper; the back endpaper is less so, but the non-print side of the FEP has more water stain. Nearly half of the pages each have a margin with light water stain, from 1/4 in. to full length of the margin. A few pages have water stain on 2-3 margins. The pages are a little wavy. Photos of the book will be e-mailed upon request. International shipping will require extra shipping cost. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator). Signed by the Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 175pp; black cloth spine, pictorial front board, similar pictorial d/j with edgewear and repair, tanned at spine, black title, illustrations in colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rumbold, Gilbert (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 287 pp, 5" x 7.75" yellow cloth boards, red spine letters, in colorful unclipped DJ. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, page coloration bright, unfaded, intact as published. Light exterior wear only at the very top edge cloth. DJ shows wear, chipping at the extremities. DJ Color still Fine, as published, preserved in DJ protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Plus. First Edition. Book measures 20x13.5.cm. Collation, [12],175,[5]pp, illustrated throughout Bound in original publishers decorative hardcover. Bumped on edge of bottom board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, chipped with loss, dust/dirt marked. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Size: 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition? 4to. Unpaginated. Numerous three-colour illustrations in scarlet blue & black. Yellow black & green original publisher's paper covered boards, silver lettering on front, black original cloth spine. Coloured patterned eps. Dedication dated ' Christmas 1934 ' on fep. First page of empty log at end has to and from names entered matching dedication at front. Covers : slight bowing, spine and corners rubbed, few fox spots and light marks. Contents : clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. [175] pp. RUMBOLD, Gilbert Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1934 7.75" x 5.25" w/ decorations by Gilbert Rumbold famous for The Savoy Cocktail Book Imagine time-traveling back to the England in the 1930s, hoping in a car with a witty and sophisticated companion and touring the English countryside. This book is about as close to that as one can get and what fun it is! Mr. Rumbold takes us out from London along eight different roads pointing out all the charming old inns, the swimming pools, the fashionable places to dance or play golf along the way.…

[NONE] 1976. (hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. 287pp. 12mo. This edition (1976), is a revised, updated version of the original book, published by Constable and Company Ltd., London: 1930, and reflects the style, flavour, and minor imperfections associated with the print process of that time. Yelow cloth, red title stamped to spine. There is a bump at the upper edge, which the dust jacket, pristine, puts out of sight. The cocktail recipes have beeen compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. A compendium of odd places wherin charm lies awaiting appreciation. A book compiled for all who love the England of today and yesterday. To all true vagabonds who carry a silk purse and know good living when they find it. 180pp lavishly illustrated in Rumbold's graphic and idiosyncratic style. The book in near fine condition, the dustjacket with two small closed tears and edgewear to the lower top, otherwise good. Gilbert Rumbold (illustrator).…