Maurice Kidd (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 460 Pages Illus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wrappers. Inscribed on the upper cover by the editor, "For Charles [Wintour?]"; several manuscript marks and corrections. Loosely inserted menus/wine lists (each with lists of current members; two with cellar lists) for the 91st, 92nd, 95th and 102nd meetings of the club, 1977-83. The Saintsbury Club, founded in honour of George Saintsbury (1845-1933), journalist, sometime Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University, and author of Notes on a Cellar-Book (1920), first met in 1931, its founding members including Hilaire Belloc, E. F. Benson, Duff Cooper, Sir Gerald Du Maurier, A. P. Herbert, Vyvyan Holland, Compton Mackenzie, André Simon and A. J. A. Symons, and, recorded Alan Bell in 2000, "it has continued to meet . . . twice yearly ever since. It consists in principle half of 'men of wine' and half 'men of letters', but the membership is much more varied than that would perhaps suggest, with diplomats and doctors as well as those of primarily literary background . . . Membership is restricted to 50, that being the greatest number that can conveniently be accommodated out of an eight-bottle (6 litre) impériale.". Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original white illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains 20 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout, double page map. SIGNED by Maurice Edward Kidd [Rector of Chartham Church]. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Canterbury].…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1988 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: 442 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: 442.…