Keir David Ed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Includes 16*colour and 62*b/w photographs and several colour illustrations. 240pp. DJ heavily worn with small missing segments to top of front panel and closed tears to edges of rear panel.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, thick octavo, red cloth lettered gilt to spine, no jacket. A very good tightly bound copy, previous owner name to the head of the front free endpaper, the body of text is clean and unmarked, Folding map to the rear, b&w plates, 1044pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The Automobile Association; 1955. First edition. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Dust cover in poor condition Portions missing and taped to spine. Blac and white and col. ills. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, President of The Automobile Association and an introduction by Captain The Rt Hon. Lord Teynham Chairman of the Automobile Association. Binding tight and text clean. No inscriptions or previous owners names. Index. Book in very good condition. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrations and maps. Some minor marking to edges; a very small inscription from a previous owner on front free endpaper. D/w very lightly rubbed at extremities; front top edge slightly sunned; very slightly grubby. Additional postage might be required; please e-mail for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Illustrated. Edges slightly yellowed, with some minor marking; spine very slightly sunned; inscription from a previous owner on front free endpaper. D/w spine and edges yellowed; slightly loose; lightly rubbed at extremities, with some minor loss at bottom edge. Additional postage required; please e-mail for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely copy of this extensive description of the city of Edinburgh, the first edition complete with its large folding map. The first edition of this work, providing a fascinating depiction of the life in the city of Edinburgh, edited by David Keir in the series 'The Third Statistical Account of Scotland.' With a record of the history of the city, and chapters discussing the people, financial structure, the Edinburgh Festival, the world of art and literature, and much more.In the unclipped dust wrapper designed by George Mackie. An excellent copy, illustrated with numerous photographs throughout, complete with the large coloured folding map to the rear. From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor soiling to the wraps. and a touch of sunning to the spine. With evidence of the removal of a small sticker to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with numerous photographs in black and white. Complete with the large coloured folding map in excellent condition. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…