Hm the Queen (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fulke Walwyn: A Pictorial Tribute This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. CR6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, a few scuffing on the back right side, light label stain on the back, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x8.25", unpaged. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex library, clean pages, no dogears, notes or highlighting.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

dark blue gilt lettered cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. plate 21 has a corner crease, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. minor rubbing, wrinkling along top edge, head & tail of spine rubbed &chipped. not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ second revised edition (first published 1951). first printing (nap). ix+184p. glossy pages throughout. appendices. 80 glossy b&w plates. references. abbreviations. foldout floorplan map of castle at rear in mint cond. world history. architecture. archaeology. art history. english history. biography. medieval history. the normans. the plantagenets. king edward iii. king charles ii. king george iii. king george iv. ~For those who desire to know about Windsor Castle, there are few books which are at the same time scholarly and readable. Here is a book which may be read with pleasure both for ease of style and its command of the subject. Moreover, it is illustrated by over 80 splendid photographs, specially commissioned for this volume. Sir Owen Morshead, former Royal Librarian, lived within the castle for thirty years, and is still recognised as the leading expert on its history. In a swift and masterly narrative he traces its development through nine centuries of its royal occupation. He reveals it both a stronghold and as home. thus completing the picture of a building which stirs the imagination of all.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ALBUM OF COLOUR CIGARETTE CARDS. 1937. WITH DESCIPTION UNDERNEATH. 50 CARDS SHIPPING COSTS WILL BE REDUCED AS LIGHT ITEM.

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

Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. Binding is black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; very tight and clean. Dj now protected inside a cover. Size: 9" x 6". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 243pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ALBUM OF COLOUR CIGARETTE CARDS. MAY 12TH 1937. WITH DESCIPTION UNDERNEATH. 50 CARDS PULL OUT INTO FREEZE. COVERS LITTLE BENT. SHIPPING COSTS WILL BE REDUCED AS LIGHT ITEM.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Thompson, Tim (illustrator).

Rep. "This anthology of assurance will be treasured by many for its reassurance, and enduringly at that." Pp.272, owners name to fep. Paperback, minor creasing to spine. VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Pbk 16pp inc 9 full-page plates.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. JACKET HAS WEAR TEAR & STAINING. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 20BK/26.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Purbeck grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, purple end sheets. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Second impression printer's code 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Contains [xxv], 272 pp with maps, diagrams and colour photographs on loaded art paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £18.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Soft. Condition: Good. Very good condition apart from small damp stain on title page. Size: 12mo.

Pbk 16pp inc 9 full-page plates.clean & bright VG+.

Condition: Good. 48mo. 12 Black & White Photographs In Spiral Binding, Very Good with some creasing and minor staining.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Aceptable. . (illustrator). London. Imp. Staples Printers. 1902 - 1952. 23x14 cm. 464 Ilust. 2 Planos plegados. Texto en inglés. # manual.

Paperback, 21*26. Condition: Gut. 131 Seiten kaum angestoßen, altersbedingt guter Zustand 200710075 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Condition: Fine. 8½'' x 4½''. Certified Copy No. 9 of 13 first day Royal Navy cover stamped envelope. SIGNED 'David Hart Dyke'. One cachet insert. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] ix-xi [xii] [1-2] 3-328, Illustrations by T. H. Robinson, publisher's pictorial light blue cloth stamped in black and gold, top edge gilt, bottom edge untrimmed, decorated endpapers. First edition. A collection of nineteen legends, including ten tales by Elisabeth of Wied (Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise, 1843-1916), the first Queen of Romania, translated into English by Alma Gertrude Vansittart Harrison (née Strettell, 1853-1939), a British translator and poet known for her translations of poems, folk songs and folktales from Greek, German and other languages, whom critics praised for her "genius for felicitous paraphrases" from foreign languages and her ability to make her translations sound as if they were originally written in English. Following the ten stories by the Queen of Romania are nine tales "collected from different parts of Germany" translated and adapted by Strettell, most of which being "somewhat amplified and developed" or "worked into one tale" if they were legends belonging to different districts but the incidents had a common source. Touch of rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, a clean, tight, very good copy. A well above average copy of a lovely book. (#177122).