Herbert Nigel Playfair (25 results)
Language: English
Published by T. Fisher Unwin London
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Good plus or better, light general wear, soiled. Cloth Pages browned, foxed in varying degrees throughout. Armstrong, John.
Language: English
Published by T Fisher Unwin, 1926
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ.First printing. Minimal wear to hard back book. 124 pages. Pages are clean and tight.Illustrated endpapers. No name or inscription. John Armstrong (illustrator).

Published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1926
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1926. First Edition. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corn…er bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1926
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second printing. No dust jacket. Cloth boards have edge wear, minor scratches, rubbed corners/spine, slightly soiled. Foxing to pages. No writing. Book.
Published by Adelphi Terrace
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. Hardcover. 125 pages. Some soiling to covers. Foxing to edges.
Language: English
Published by T Fisher Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. 125 pages Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated endpapers.Boards are dark orange with illustrated label on front.No name or inscription.2nd impression. John Armstrong (illustrator).
Published by T.F. Unwin, London, 1926
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCardboard Covers. Condition: Fine. Small Octavo in orange cloth with paper label to front; 124 p., [8] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; 21 cm. Uncommon. Fine.
Published by J Fisher Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
Seller: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, United KingdomThe Calder Bookshop & Theatre
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Good condition for its age. An entertainment produced at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Charming, witty illustrations. Brown cloth cover. Armstrong John (illustrator).

Published by Fisher Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United KingdomM Godding Books Ltd
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated by John Armstrong Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Riverside Nights
HERBERT, A.P. & PLAYFAIR, NIGEL & GALSWORTHY, JOHN (Foreword) & ARMSTRONG, JOHN (Illus)
Published by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1926, 1926
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition, octavo hardcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1926
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- First Edition
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.Rose's Books IOBA
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Add to basketPastedown Over Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Unwin, 1926. First edition. Textured orange cloth binding with illustrated pastedown showing Elsa Lancaster as a chorus girl. Illustrated endpapers showing the two authors and the characters as puppets on a stage. Illustrated half-title and title. Foreword by Gal…sworthy. 8 additional black and white plates plus additional in-text illustrations. 125 pp. Light wear, light soiling, previous owner name to front endpaper. Very good condition. Armonstrong, John (illustrator).

Riverside nights : an entertainment / written and arranged by A.P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair, as produced at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith ; foreword by John Galsworthy ; illustrated by John Armstrong
Herbert, Alan Patrick (1890-1971). Playfair, Nigel (1874-1934)
Published by London : T.F. Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Near fine copy bound in the original cloth paper decorated boards. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, tight, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 124 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Subjects; Musical revues, comedies, e…tc. Librettos. Illustrated books British Isles 1926. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London:T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1926
- Hardcover
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Add to basketorange cloth, original dw torn with pieces missing, the script of an entertainment as produced at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, with a foreword by John Galsworthy illustrated by John Armstrong.

Riverside nights : an entertainment / written and arranged by A.P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair, as produced at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith ; foreword by John Galsworthy ; illustrated by John Armstrong
Herbert, Alan Patrick (1890-1971). Playfair, Nigel (1874-1934)
Published by London : T.F. Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Near fine copy bound in the original cloth paper decorated boards. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, tight, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 124 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Subjects; Musical revues, comedies, e…tc. Librettos. Illustrated books British Isles 1926. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Unwin, London, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United KingdomDr Jeremy Parrott
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First Edition. A.P. Herbert & Playfair's famous revue, with foreword by Galsworthy. Orange cloth with white paper title labels. Lovely bright, clean hardback with numerous plates. John Armstrong (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, IrelandTemple Bar Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in slightly rubbed cloth, with very light rubbing to the edges. Inscribed on the title page from A.P. Herbert to Michael MacLiamoir. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.
More imagesPublished by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1926, London, 1926
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 125 pp. Cloth with title labels onlaid to spine and board, in pictorial jacket. Jacket torn with loss to head of spine and top corner. Infrequent spotting. Foreword by John Galsworthy. 8vo. Armstrong, John (illustrator).
- Hardcover
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Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHERBERT, A.P. & PLAYFAIR, Nigel. Riverside Nights. An Entertainment Written and arranged by.as produced at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. Foreword by John Galsworthy. Illus. by John Armstron. Orig. cloth with paper labels, dust jacket (torn). London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1926). First edition. A very good copy.

Riverside Nights / an Entertainment Written and Arranged by A. P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair As Produced At the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith ; Foreword by John Galsworthy ; Illustrated by John Armstrong
Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick) , Sir (1890-1971) & Playfair, Nigel, Sir (1874-1934) - Related Name: Galsworthy, John (1867-1933)
Published by London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1926
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 125 pages; Description: 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century English Literature. Genre: Drama / Play Script…. Impressively illustrated throughout with colourfully illustrated end-papers. 1 Kg.

Published by Performance Programme circa . 1929., 1929
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Original stapled souvenir theatre programme 8½'' x 5½'' in black and white patterned paper covers with white paper title label to the front cover. Contains 8 printed pages of text with advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Riverside Nights / an Entertainment Written and Arranged by A. P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair As Produced At the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith ; Foreword by John Galsworthy ; Illustrated by John Armstrong
Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick) , Sir (1890-1971) & Playfair, Nigel, Sir (1874-1934) - Related Name: Galsworthy, John (1867-1933)
Published by London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 125 pages; Description: 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century English Literature. Genre: Drama / Play Script…. Impressively illustrated throughout with colourfully illustrated end-papers. 1 Kg.

A Hundred Years Old 'El Centenario': Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London
Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero; English Version by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker [Starring Celia Johnson, Winifred Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Horace Hodges, Lyonel Watts, Eric Stanley, Herbert Ross in] Sir Nigel Playfair
Published by Performance Programme Dated 25th February . 1929., 1929
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Original stapled souvenir theatre programme 8½'' x 5½'' in black and white patterned paper covers with white paper title label to the front cover. Contains 8 printed pages of text with advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.
More imagesPublished by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only. First edition. A first edition of this humorous drama from A. P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair. First edition. Illustrated with three plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A humorous drama written as "an entertainment" for the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmi…th by Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, an English humorist, novelist, playwright, and law reformist, and Sir Nigel Ross Playfair, an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre in the 1920s. Illustrated by John Rutherford Armstrong, a British artist and muralist who also designed for film and theatre productions. With an introduction by John Galsworthy, an English novelist and playwright. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor fading to the extremities. Minor bumping to the board edges. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in loss to the panels and spine. The odd small closed tear with the odd mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good. John Armstrong (illustrator). book.
Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerForeword by John Galsworthy. 125 pp. Illustrated by John Armstrong. 8vo, publisher's cloth with paper labels in dust jacket. First edition. Wheatley's bookplate, designed by Frank C. Pape, on verso of front free endpaper; fore-edge foxed; slight soiling at the top edge; in a jacket with some chipping to the top of the spine, jus…t affecting the first word of the title; dime-sized chip to the bottom right corner of the front panel; and some soiling to the back panel. Inscribed by A. P. Herbert to Dennis Wheatley on the half-title.