Michael Barsley Selected By (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has soft covers, that has minor bumps and scuffs. There is tanning and spotting on the front and back covers. The staples have gone rusty, but remain to hold the book tightly together. There jacket is no jacket with this book. The pages are in a very good condition, with spotting on the front and back inside cover, and end papers. Each page inside has rust where the staples are, this doesn't affect the reading quality of the book. There are black and white pictorial illustrations drawn by Nicolas Bentley. 'Each week readers submitted newspaper cuttings to illustrate the English attitude, its foibles and follies. The book is described by Michael Barsley as a 'record', sometimes of tortuous hypocrisy, sometimes unconscious humour guaranteed to baffle foreigners' The overall condition of this book is very good, especially given its age. Nicolas Bentley (drew pictures) (illustrator).…

Card Covers. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Card covers, stapled spine as issued, foxing to covers and text block edge, with wear and sl tanning to spine and other edges, 30mm tear to tail of spine, minimal occasional internal spotting, small inscr to inside front cover. ; 215x140mm; 80 pages. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Second Printing - Reprint. 144 pages. No dustjacket. Red hardback binding with lightening to spine which has colour-faded ends with wear/small creases. Boards' corners worn and a little curled. Five line ink gift inscription dated 1946 to flyleaf. Light foxing to page-edges and front end-papers o/w pages clean and sound.…

Condition: Good. 1943. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Needs rebinding but remains good. All prints present. . . . .

Condition: Good. 1943. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Needs rebinding but remains good. All prints present. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Pictures by Nicolas Bentley. Paperback. 80pp. Reprint. Covers slightly damaged and marked. Good.