Guy Pertwee Ernest (61 results)

Condition: Fair. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 131 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Annotations to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to front board.

Condition: Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 145 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Fading to spine. Content has light toning. Circa 1942. No DJ.

Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 584 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean.

Condition: Good. 2nd impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. DJ has some edge wear and toning.

Condition: Fair. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 131 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Includes work by various writers. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Shaky rear hinge. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Slightly stained front pastedown. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. A few small paint spots. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt is bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

Hard Cover. Condition: good+. 254pp + numerous b/w plates; x-library with usual markings in library binding. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is in good condition. Blue cloth board. 250pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. WITH DUST JACKET.Minimal wear to hard back book./dust jacket. D/j, protected, still has price corner.216 pages.Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minor Wear. No Jacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). Third Edition. Please email for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". B Clarke 50 Belgrave Rd Plymou.

Condition: New.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxi, 304 p. ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Recitations; English poetry. 3 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 1934. No dust jacket. Foxing to the page edges. A previous owner's name on the flyleaf. Otherwise a clear, firm copy throughout.

16th edition. Condition: Good; edge wear to boards and spine, some minor soiling to boards, no DJ. Head and foot of spine slightly worn. Interior is clean without markings. Edges are very slightly dust-toned, as with age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th impression, 1946, of a 1934 title. blue cloth a little rubbed at the edges, and with a slight nic to the top back corner. Pages age-browned, but very clean & tight. Name & address on the blank flyleaf. 212 pages.

Hard. Condition: A good reading or reference co. Second impression. A good reading or reference copy,216pp.

Condition: Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth covers. Covers showing some light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Some foxing within. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; lxi, 848 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. Recitations. English literature; 20th century. English literature. Poems; history. Poetry; studies. 3 Kg.

Fourth Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; v. 216 p. ; 21 cm. Subject; Readers and speakers 1870- English literature. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. George Routledge & Sons Ltd undated edition. Pages clean and bright, binding strong, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxi, 304 p. ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Recitations; English poetry. 1 Kg.

Green Cloth Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Companion volume to the "New Spirit in Verse", intended as a collection for those interested in speaking verse, reflecting the spirit of the poetry of the early 20th Century. Embossed leaf design to front board, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bottom edges uncut. Marks to endpapers left by bookmarks. Foxing to edges and some margins. Some bumping to spine and corners. Four blank pages to the rear of the volume have been filled with light outline sketches in red crayon, otherwise good copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Third Impression. book.

Condition: Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth covers. Covers showing some light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Some foxing within. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; lxi, 848 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. Recitations. English literature; 20th century. English literature. Poems; history. Poetry; studies. 1 Kg.

Fourth Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; v. 216 p. ; 21 cm. Subject; Readers and speakers 1870- English literature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/GD/ND. y First Edition Thus Revised, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK, "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. thus, reprint. * Imp: 1st. Date of Publication: 1926* Publisher: George Routledge & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Purple textured cloth boards, gilt title to spine, faded & slightly worn. No bumps, minor rubs, slight shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. Some slight damp marks to both boards. GOOD* Jacket condition: No Dust Wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Given as an elocution prize from Aldro School in July 1927 (inscribed to ffep.). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks & age to end-papers, top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams within text at front.* Pages: 685 pp. text. xxviii pp., indices of authors and first lines & blank pages at rear.* Description: "The Reciter's Treasury of Verse - Serious and Humorous". This is one of the best books written on elocution. The original 1904 Edition by Ernest Pertwee is complete in this 1926 Edition, and is edited and revised by the author's son: Ernest Guy Pertwee, Examiner in Elocution for the Associated Board of Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, and Examiner for Guildhall School of Music. Ernest Guy Pertwee has also added extra poems to this edition, including works by Francis Thompson, James Elroy Flecker, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Thomas Hardy, Vachel Lindsay & many more. Illustrated in the introduction with diagrams showing the organs of the body involved in articulation and pronunciation.* A NEAR VG+ text reprint copy of the 1st thus. with some minor age and wear but no dust jacket.* 1926-01-01. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint 1946 without dust jacket will send 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 175 grams.