High Walpole (8 results)

good spine slant, spine slit.

very good some clear tape.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to soft cover book. 238 pages.Pages are clean,tanned.Minor colour fade to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Reprint. 1,021 pages. No dustjacket. Dark green rexine binding, impressed decoration to front and spine as are gilt-coloured titles to both. Light/moderate wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. B&" drawings. Page-edges lightly browned o/w pages clean and tidy.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Regular. R10242. Los Libros de nuestro tiempo Cartoné con sobrecubierta. Firma de anterior propietario. Sobrecubierta con roturas. 171pp. L. NOVELA.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60063428: 1966. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 208 pages. Premier plat illustré en couleurs. Premier plat légèrement fendu ainsi qu'une partie des pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…

Jerningham's entry in the Oxford DNB, states that he died unmarried, 'despite habitual flirtations with young actresses'; the present letter indicates that the members of the other sex were not exempted from his attentions. 2pp, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, on a leaf of laid watermarked paper, folded for postage. Twenty-six lines of text. Dated '1798' at top right, with 'From Edward Jerningham the Poet' above it. Unsigned, but in Jerningham's distinctive hand. Begins in near-Wildean tone: 'As I go to the new play, Reflection tells me it would be abusing of your goodness to dine with you to day, It would certainly be convenient, But you are much too young & handsome to be convenient, and so I will beg Leave to dine with you another time when I shall be able to enjoy the decious feast of your Reason and Drink the flow of your soul -'. The second half of the letter gives biographical details regarding Lady Stafford and her nephew's three sisters, two of whom became nuns: 'One of the nuns is still living, at her Death my Brother claims the Barony which devolves to Him thro' his mother who was niece to the late Earl of Stafford'.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1972 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 218 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 218 Volume 1972.…