Heald Gordon (15 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. Fine in dust wrapper. DW, price clipped, showing shelf wear with nicks and small tears, front sellotaped. Internally previous owners name on ffep otherwise text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. Fine in dust wrapper. DW, price clipped, showing shelf wear with nicks and small tears, front sellotaped. Internally previous owners name on ffep otherwise text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy. . . . .

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Library label on spine foot of dust jacket and front endpaper. Library stamp on front pastedown. Library lettering and numbering on front endpaper. One or two marks made by coloured marker pens on front pastedown and endpaper. Jacket is a little faded. Small tear on front upper edge of jacket. Minor wear on hardcover leading corners and spine ends. Several stains on boards and pastedowns. Contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF. Ex-Library.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 303p ; 22cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Public opinion Great Britain History 20th century.Public opinion polls Great Britain. Public opinion Great Britain. Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne.Politics and government Public opinion. Public opinion. Politik. UmfrageO?ffentliche MeinungFranchise Great Britain.Great Britain Politics and government Public opinion. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 303p ; 22cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Public opinion Great Britain History 20th century.Public opinion polls Great Britain. Public opinion Great Britain. Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne.Politics and government Public opinion. Public opinion. Politik. UmfrageÖffentliche MeinungFranchise Great Britain.Great Britain Politics and government Public opinion. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A bright copy of this survey taking a snapshot of opinion on a host of issues in the middle years of Thatcherite rule. Both authors were directors of Gallup. The text, black casing and d-j of this copy are all undamaged and show no wear or tear. Appendices and index. 303 pp. Not an ex-lib copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Language: eng.…

Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 303pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 303 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ix, 161 p.

Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket has light scratches/marks and outer edges have minor scuffs. Book content is in very good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 161 Seiten Guter Zustand/ Good With figures. Ex-Library. ha1034314 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 360.

1970. Tavistock. Hard Cover. Book - VG. Gilt title on spine. 8.5.x5.5. 161pp. Charts.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, October 1919, Vol. XLIII, No. 258 - My Mine-Sweeping Experiences Mallet Tree Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his W. Illustrated by Wood, Stanley L.; Silas, Ellis; Bates, Leo; Webb, Arch.;Evison, G.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Simmons, Graham; Peddie, Tom; Carruthers,George P.; Robinson, T.H.; Boyer, Jacques (illustrator).…