Herbert Preston Thomas (67 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Work and Play of a Government Inspector. Book.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. 1909. Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Good copy with some shelf wear, faded title on cover and some nicks and sunning to spine. Yellowing of pages, otherwise good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Nice & bright but top rear board a little damaged. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'The Work and Play of a Government Inspector' by Herbert Preston-Thomas. William Blackwood and Sons 1909 first edition. Faint withdrawn library stamp to the front endpaper. Small library number at the base of the spine. Fraying to the top of the spine. Good.

Condition: Good. 1909. Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Good copy with some shelf wear, faded title on cover and some nicks and sunning to spine. Yellowing of pages, otherwise good. . . . .

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st ed. f/piece+xiii+387; half-title inscr.: 'For Mr Bettison/ Nov. 5 1909/ with complements from Miss Jane Coode (A Member of the St. Austell Board of Guardians', otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked with good gutters, some brown flecking to fore-edge of textblock, gilt-lettered dark blue covers clean & bright with only minimal rubbing to extremities. A curious mixture of subject matter combining public health, workhouses, Boards of Guardians and eels in the Metropolitan water mains with continental travels around vineyards, mountaineering and the 'Ammergau Passion Play'. 'Fenian outrages' are also indexed. The author's career seems to have spanned the latter quarter of the 19th century down to about 1908. Dates are a bit scanty but he appears to have been born around 1841 since he says he was thinking of retiring at 65 years in 1906 but took a 2 year extension. A nice copy of this curious and informative work.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, sturdy binding, clean unmarked interior. Very mild edge wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. viii, 249, [9] pp. ; green cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The Record And The Future / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- Seventy-Five Years With Roses / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- Garden Memorials / Everett A. Piester -- The Borders Are Covered (A Poem) / Agnes Miller -- The Memorial Rose Garden Of Lewis And Clark College / Quimby L. Matthews -- The Australian Rose Societies And Rose Shows / Dr. A. S. Thomas -- Beauty In Darkness / Dr. Walter D. Kallenbach -- Planning For Landscape Effect / Herbert J. Kellaway -- Release (A Poem) Clarence Edward Heller -- Fifteen Years Of The Plant Patent Act / Professor Clark L. Thayer -- Moss Roses / Mrs. Frederick L. Keays -- Some Worth While Species Roses / Roy E. Shepherd -- Using Single Roses With Other Garden Flowers / Edna Betts Ketchum -- A Plea For The Climber / Sumner C. Burgess -- Two Fine Rose Men Pass On / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- A Little On The Red / Richard Lawrence -- Tree Roses In The South / Mrs. P. D. Fulwood -- The Old Gardener (A Poem) / D. Richwagen -- A Basis For Better Garden Roses / The Brownells -- Rondeau (A Poem) / S. Dutton-Pegram -- Progress In Breeding Hardy Roses / Isabella Preston -- Meeting The Hardy Rose Challenge / F. L. Skinner -- What All-America Rose Selections Mean To You / Charles H. Perkins -- I Believe God Comes (A Poem) / Grace Noll Crowell -- The China Rose Is Hardy / Professor Maurice H. Merrill -- The Rose Still Grows Beyond The Wall (A Poem) / A. L. Frink -- Getting To The Root Of It / Edwin P. Sinnock -- Root Pruning / Fred Edmunds -- Roses On The Wall (A Poem) / Ida Reed Smith -- Common Errors In Rose Growing / C. Eugene Pfister -- Roses Tomorrow (A Poem) / Clarence Edward Heller -- Observations From The Northwest / Dr. Arthur H. Norton -- How To Grow Roses In Nebraska / Charles W. Andrews -- The Rose (A Poem) / Laura S. Beck -- Suggestions For The Central Southwest / Lem H. Tittle -- Roses In Kentucky / Guy T. Ellis -- Johnny Learns About Rose Soils And Fertilizers / George A. Sweetser -- To A Pink Rose (A Poem) / Dr. Hugh Findlay -- Rose Soil Balancing / Larry L. Daunoy -- Red Clay Can Be Made To Yield / Arthur R. Boerner -- Rooting Roses Under Glass Jars / W. H. Hoefle -- The Thrill Of Doing Your Own Budding' / Gale S. Robinson -- Save All The Wood Harles / A. J. Gallagher -- Blackspot Can Be Controlled / Dr. L. M. Massey -- The International Rose Test Garden At Portland, Oregon / George L. Koehn -- DDT Controls Rose Midge / Dr. W. E. Blauvelt -- The Common Leaf Rust Of Cultivated Roses / Dr. Vincent W. Cochrane -- The Insect Pests Of Roses / Dr. Cynthia Westcott -- Improving Our Rose Shows / Arnold M. Davis -- The Thomas Newton Cook Rose Library / Quimby L. Matthews -- Trials, Tricks And Tribulations / Judith Hills Packard -- The Rose In Uruguay / Delia Rodriguez Lopez -- The Meilland Family And Roses / The Meilland Family -- Growing Roses In Cuba / Jose Garcia Montes -- A Word From England / Courtney Page -- Fungicides And Insecticides Used On Garden Roses / Dr. H. R. Rosen -- Rating The Hybrid Tea P. Of P. Roses / Horace N. Stevens -- The 1946 Proof Of The Pudding -- New Roses Of The World -- Index -- Illustrations -- Facing Page -- Peace. Ht. (In Color) -- Frontispiece -- Dr. Charles Vernon Covell -- Debonair. Ht. (In Color) -- Mrs. H. M. Eddie. Ht. (In Color) -- Garden Of Mrs. George W. Han Flour, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts -- Dream Girl. Lc, (In Color) -- Patricia Macoun. Cl -- Seedlings Of Patricia Macoun -- Root Growth -- Root Pruning -- Francis E. Lester -- Cohn Kelly. Ht. (In Color) -- Facing I -- Shades Of Autumn. Subzero Ht. (In Color) -- Budding Technique -- Blackspot (In Color) -- International Rose Test Garden, Portland, Oregon -- Rose Rust -- Pink Bountiful. Hpol. (In Color) -- Goldilocks. Hpoi. (In Color) -- Ernie Pyle. Ht. (In Color) -- Fantastique. Ht. (In Color) -- City Of York. Lc. (In Color) -- Sweet Sixteen. Ht. (In Color) -- V For Victory. Sub-Zero Ht. (In Color) ; tear to back endpaper ; small waterstain, FAIR. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 387 pages; 23 cm. Subjects: Preston-Thomas, Herbert; Preston-Thomas, Herbert 1841-1909; Poor Great Britain; Poor laws Great Britain; Local officials and employees Great Britain ; Biography; Poor laws England. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN CLEAN BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVERS, THIS 1909 FIRST EDITION BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD IS VG. X111/387pp WITH PREFACE BY JOHN BURNS M.P. AND 34 CHAPTERS AND INDEX. FRONTIS PHOTO OF HERBERT PRESTON-THOMAS. CONDITION VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. viii, 249, [9] pp. ; green cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The Record And The Future / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- Seventy-Five Years With Roses / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- Garden Memorials / Everett A. Piester -- The Borders Are Covered (A Poem) / Agnes Miller -- The Memorial Rose Garden Of Lewis And Clark College / Quimby L. Matthews -- The Australian Rose Societies And Rose Shows / Dr. A. S. Thomas -- Beauty In Darkness / Dr. Walter D. Kallenbach -- Planning For Landscape Effect / Herbert J. Kellaway -- Release (A Poem) Clarence Edward Heller -- Fifteen Years Of The Plant Patent Act / Professor Clark L. Thayer -- Moss Roses / Mrs. Frederick L. Keays -- Some Worth While Species Roses / Roy E. Shepherd -- Using Single Roses With Other Garden Flowers / Edna Betts Ketchum -- A Plea For The Climber / Sumner C. Burgess -- Two Fine Rose Men Pass On / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- A Little On The Red / Richard Lawrence -- Tree Roses In The South / Mrs. P. D. Fulwood -- The Old Gardener (A Poem) / D. Richwagen -- A Basis For Better Garden Roses / The Brownells -- Rondeau (A Poem) / S. Dutton-Pegram -- Progress In Breeding Hardy Roses / Isabella Preston -- Meeting The Hardy Rose Challenge / F. L. Skinner -- What All-America Rose Selections Mean To You / Charles H. Perkins -- I Believe God Comes (A Poem) / Grace Noll Crowell -- The China Rose Is Hardy / Professor Maurice H. Merrill -- The Rose Still Grows Beyond The Wall (A Poem) / A. L. Frink -- Getting To The Root Of It / Edwin P. Sinnock -- Root Pruning / Fred Edmunds -- Roses On The Wall (A Poem) / Ida Reed Smith -- Common Errors In Rose Growing / C. Eugene Pfister -- Roses Tomorrow (A Poem) / Clarence Edward Heller -- Observations From The Northwest / Dr. Arthur H. Norton -- How To Grow Roses In Nebraska / Charles W. Andrews -- The Rose (A Poem) / Laura S. Beck -- Suggestions For The Central Southwest / Lem H. Tittle -- Roses In Kentucky / Guy T. Ellis -- Johnny Learns About Rose Soils And Fertilizers / George A. Sweetser -- To A Pink Rose (A Poem) / Dr. Hugh Findlay -- Rose Soil Balancing / Larry L. Daunoy -- Red Clay Can Be Made To Yield / Arthur R. Boerner -- Rooting Roses Under Glass Jars / W. H. Hoefle -- The Thrill Of Doing Your Own Budding' / Gale S. Robinson -- Save All The Wood Harles / A. J. Gallagher -- Blackspot Can Be Controlled / Dr. L. M. Massey -- The International Rose Test Garden At Portland, Oregon / George L. Koehn -- DDT Controls Rose Midge / Dr. W. E. Blauvelt -- The Common Leaf Rust Of Cultivated Roses / Dr. Vincent W. Cochrane -- The Insect Pests Of Roses / Dr. Cynthia Westcott -- Improving Our Rose Shows / Arnold M. Davis -- The Thomas Newton Cook Rose Library / Quimby L. Matthews -- Trials, Tricks And Tribulations / Judith Hills Packard -- The Rose In Uruguay / Delia Rodriguez Lopez -- The Meilland Family And Roses / The Meilland Family -- Growing Roses In Cuba / Jose Garcia Montes -- A Word From England / Courtney Page -- Fungicides And Insecticides Used On Garden Roses / Dr. H. R. Rosen -- Rating The Hybrid Tea P. Of P. Roses / Horace N. Stevens -- The 1946 Proof Of The Pudding -- New Roses Of The World -- Index -- Illustrations -- Facing Page -- Peace. Ht. (In Color) -- Frontispiece -- Dr. Charles Vernon Covell -- Debonair. Ht. (In Color) -- Mrs. H. M. Eddie. Ht. (In Color) -- Garden Of Mrs. George W. Han Flour, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts -- Dream Girl. Lc, (In Color) -- Patricia Macoun. Cl -- Seedlings Of Patricia Macoun -- Root Growth -- Root Pruning -- Francis E. Lester -- Cohn Kelly. Ht. (In Color) -- Facing I -- Shades Of Autumn. Subzero Ht. (In Color) -- Budding Technique -- Blackspot (In Color) -- International Rose Test Garden, Portland, Oregon -- Rose Rust -- Pink Bountiful. Hpol. (In Color) -- Goldilocks. Hpoi. (In Color) -- Ernie Pyle. Ht. (In Color) -- Fantastique. Ht. (In Color) -- City Of York. Lc. (In Color) -- Sweet Sixteen. Ht. (In Color) -- V For Victory. Sub-Zero Ht. (In Color) ; some page corners folded, else VG. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 387 pages; 23 cm. Subjects: Preston-Thomas, Herbert; Preston-Thomas, Herbert 1841-1909; Poor Great Britain; Poor laws Great Britain; Local officials and employees Great Britain ; Biography; Poor laws England. 1 Kg.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a glimpse into the professional and social world of a government inspector as seen through the eyes of the author - a former public servant who spent half a century in the British Civil Service. The author shares a delightful collection of personal anecdotes and astute observations that provide insights into the inner workings of government and the lives of those who served it during a period of signicant social and political change. It was in the twilight years of the Poor Law of 1834 when the author joined the Civil Service, just as those principles established generations earlier began to show their age and the need for reform. In the years that followed, the face of the nation changed rapidly, spurred on by the Industrial Revolution and a new era of technological innovation. The author captures a vivid sense of this transformative era, as seen from his perspective in some of the most important and active government departments. His reections traverse the corridors of power through the reigns of several British monarchs, providing a unique perspective on a period that saw the expansion of the welfare state, the creation of new public services, and the gradual establishment of modern Britain. Along the way, the reader is treated to behind-the-scenes tales of momentous events such as the Cattle Plague and the American Civil War, with a colourful cast of characters ranging from Queen Victoria to the Prince Consort, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale and Herbert Spencer. This fascinating account serves as a valuable historical record of the daily life of a government inspector and the machinery of the state, while also exploring the evolution of Britain's social and political landscape over half a century. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Issues of the Virginia-based magazine, which ran from v. 1-15, April 1950-July 1964.; 14 issues from 1960 and 1962 ; illustrations, maps. 20 cm. ; LC: F234.F8 ; OCLC: 8234752 ; LCCN: 55-24198 ; OCLC: 8234752 ; Selected contents: January 1960: Lee-Jackson Birthday Ball -- Old Virginia Homes: Saint Julien /Janie Preston Boulware Lamb -- The Virginia Muse: Remembrances / E. Preston Summers -- Hemline tread / Lucille Agniel Calmes -- The Voice of Prophesy / Boyd Hanchette -- Self Pity / Herbert Parker -- Trains at Night / Edna Wells -- For Rent / Sophie Fisher -- Reveille Before Disaster / Thomas Vaughan -- Vignettes / G. Albert Cooper -- Through the Garden on Hands and Knees / Levin Houston -- Thomas Vaughan's Epigrams -- Sparks of Fire / Thomas N. Carruthers -- Abe Martin's Astrological Lore -- Virginia Cookery -- The Old Virginia Gentleman / George W Bagby -- The Life of George Washington / M. L. Weems -- Kenmore Kernels -- Poor Richard's Maxims -- The Affursims of Henry W Shaw, Josh Billings -- Virginia Game & Furbearing Mammals -- Brain Teasers / Edna Wells -- Birds of Virginia / J. J. Murray -- February 1960: Ecnomiums -- The Tryst / I. F. Fields -- The Affurisms of Henry W Shaw, Josh Billings -- Flowers and their Symbols -. - The Virginia Muse: In this day of advertising / Harry J Beardsley -- Light of Understanding / E. Preston Summers -- The Heart / Fannie B Sebastian -- The Chandelier / Edna Dessar Wells -- The Inspired Ones / Herbert Parker -- Pipes / Thomas Vaughan -- Vignettes / G. Albert Cooper -- Through the Garden on Hands and Knees / Levin Houston -- Thomas Vaughan's Epigrams -- Sparks of Fire / Thomas N. Carruthers -- Brain Teasers / Edna Wells -- Poor Richard's Maxims -- Virginia Cookery -- The Old Virginia Gentleman / George W. Bagby -- Abe Martin's Astrological Lore -- The Life of George Washington / M. L. Weems -- All About Dogs / Harry Miller -- Virginia's Game & Fur-bearing Mammals -- Kenmore News -- Medals of Honor -- Birds of Virginia / J. J. Murray -- March 1960: Encomiums -- Grace Sherwood, the One Virginia Witch / Richard F Hamill -- The Virginia Muse: For Birthdays / Lucille Agniel Calmes -- The Truth Necklace / Edna Wells -- I'd Like to Go Out / Herbert Parker -- Our Customs / Harry Judson Bearsley -- Street Singer / Thomas Vaughan -- Oh Time / E. Preston Summers -- Vignettes / G. Albert Cooper -- The Affusims of Henry W Shaw, Josh Billings -- Through the Garden on Hands and Knees / Levin Houston -- Sparks of Fire / Thomas. N. Carruthers -- Thomas Vaughan's Epigrams -- Brian Teasers / Edna Wells -- Virginia Cookery -- The Old Virginia Gentleman / George W. Bagby -- Abe Martin's Astrological Lore -- The Life of George Washington / M. L. Weems -- Kenmore News -- Poor Richard's Maxim's -- Birds of Virginia / J. J. Murray -- April 1960: Encomiums -- Historic Garden Week in Virginia -- The Virginia Muse: Friendship / Herbert Parker -- Since Christ has Died / George T Jenkins -- An Elm in Spring / Enda Wells -- Forget-me-not / Lucille Agniel Calmes -- Old Virginia Homes : The Willis House -- Grace Sherwood, The One Virginia With / Richard F Hamill -- Thomas Vaughan's Epigrams -- Dogwood has Tiny Flowers -- Through the Garden on hands and Knees / Levin Houston -- The Affurisms of Henry W Shaw, Josh Billings -- Virginia Cookery -- Vignettes / G. Albert Cooper -- Brain Teasers / Edna Wells -- Poor Richard's Maxims -- Sparks of Fire / Thomas N. Carruthers -- Gold Nuggets -- The Old Virginia Gentleman / George W Bagby -- Abe Martin's Astrological Lore -- The Life of George Washington / M. L. Weems -- Kenmore News -- Advice to the Dog-Lorn / Harry Miller -- (similar articles in issues through November 1960) -- December 1960: Old Virginia Churches: St. John's Church -- January 1962: George Washington, Fox Hunter / Eddie W. Wilson -- Among the Camps / Thomas Nelson Page -- Virginia Wildlife, Questions and Answers -- This Month's Solar Horoscope -- etc ; paper wrappers, foxing , else VG. Book.