Millicent Thomas (72 results)

314pp. 8vo Illustrated in black and white Gray cloth Edited by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin. Foreword by Millicent Carey McIntosh. Poet Julie Randall's signature on endpaper, bound upside down, edges lightly foxed, soiled: VG/VG dj (price-clipped, lightly soiled, spine top torn) 0-87338-232-3.

First edition Fine and bright slate gray boards in close to fine pictorial price-clipped dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Attractive and nicely illustrated with vintage photographs.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 1958. Fifteenth edition. 149 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1979) 314 pp. Original dark gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean; modest rubbing to spine ends. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Previous owner's small address label to top corner of rear endpaper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARGE H. DOBKIN ON FRONT ENDPAPER, W/ A LETTER SIGNED FROM AUTHOR LAID-IN. DJ lighty soiled w/ approx. 1/2" closed tear at foredge of front panel; top of rear panel sunned. Illust. w/ b/w portraits. Contents very nice. Inscribed and Signed by Editor.

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

hard cover with dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece drawing. 19 cm. 134 pages VG/G. Very good book prize label on front endpaper and a little soiling and browning to page edges in good price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear and soiling, small areas missing around edges.

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DUST JACKET. COVER BOARDS ARE A LITTLE BUMPED ON EDGES AND CORNERS. SUN DAMAGE TO SPINE. FFEP HAS BEEN REMOVED. BINDING TIGHT. TANNING TO RFEP. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Reading copy, an ex school library hardback with the usual stickers on the front endpaper, boards rubbed and worn at the edges, page edges foxed. 150 pages.

hard cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece. 132 pages G. Minor faults commensurate with age, overall good condition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex Church Library, Wear to cover and spine, mainly edges and corners, Some wear to decoration on cover, Corners bumped and worn, Top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, a few spots of foxing on page tips, Library stamps on title page.

13th ed. Owner's name on front pastedown; binding tight; head & foot of spine slightly bumped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in blue cloth Used - Very Good. VG hardback in blue cloth.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hard cover with dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. J. Yunge Bateman (illustrator). First edition. Illustrated with black and white drawings by J. Yunge Bateman. 142 pages VG/VG. Light shelf wear and surface scratching to corner-clipped dust jacket, tape marks on endpapers, light soiling to page edges, overall very good book in very good dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Blue printed paper covers (Stapled paperback) 260 x 175 mm approx. pp 50 to 88, Frontis + 1 other plate as called for. Vol 30 Number 2 Oct 1955. Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale for further details and condition. The copy offered has a gift inscription initialed in blue ink from W.H.L. Dated 1955 ( Warren H Lowenhaupt - donor of the Pearson-Lowenhaupt Collection of English and American Bookplates, then curator of same at the Library. The issue contains an article on the collection by him) Very Good (Covers - mild general shelf rubbing, contents - insc. as above. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback: Good Condition. Dust Jacket: Fair Condition. Pages Bright, Clean And Unmarked. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Covers, Minimal Wear. Inscription In Front Of Book Left By Previous Owner. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition. Please Contact Us For Pictures If Desired.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Polish your ablatives and tighten your declension straps. Cassell?s Compact Latin?English English?Latin Dictionary (1948) by Millicent Inglis Thomas is the pocket oracle that smells faintly of chalk dust and decisive victories over irregular verbs. Published by Cassell and Company , it?s the stout little consul that fits in a satchel, knows the difference between hostis and inimicus , and won?t judge you for hesitating over the fourth conjugation (only the gods are perfect; teachers merely try). This is Latin done the Cassell way: brisk, unfussy, and unfairly useful . The Latin?English half is a parade of meanings that behave themselves; the English?Latin half is your passport to sounding like a Roman who did their homework. You get principal parts where you need them , idioms that don?t wander off, and a civilised sense that language is a tool before it?s a ceremony. It?s the dictionary that turns panic into parsing and turns ?er? farmer?? into ?agricola, agricolae, m.? with the calm of an experienced invigilator. Inside, expect: Headwords that line up like legionaries ?bold, disciplined, and ready to march into your prose. Principal parts presented like rations ?just enough to keep you alive through any unseen. Idiom rescue : how to say ?take counsel,? ?make war,? and other things you do in toga-heavy environments. Tiny typographic courtesies : abbreviations that mind their manners, gender marks that don?t play coy, and cross-references that actually arrive on time. A surprisingly lively English?Latin section for when you need to compose a dignified complaint to a centurion about the library?s opening hours. Condition report, with a flourish: this copy comes to you from the gloriously blunt emporium Crappy Old Books in Condition: Good ?which here means square, legible, and ready for campaigns . The internal endpaper has been repaired with a paper insert , making the volume good to go under any conditions : exam panic, damp cloisters, light drizzle, heavier drizzle, and that moment when someone asks you for the ablative absolute of ?hope.? Think of it as a discreet piece of bookish field engineering : structurally sound, morale improved, ready to hold the line. Vital stats for your grammatical triumphs: Title: Cassell?s Compact Latin?English English?Latin Dictionary Author: Millicent Inglis Thomas Publisher: Cassell and Company , 1948 ISBN: none (older than barcodes; younger than Cicero) Condition: Good (with professionally sensible endpaper reinforcement) Vendor: Crappy Old Books ?the name shrugs; the stock conjugates. Buy it for the definitions ; keep it for the dignity . After a few afternoons with this pocket proconsul, you?ll start spotting ablatives of means in the wild, tossing out deponent verbs like compliments, and writing marginal notes that read vide etiam . It?s the companion that whispers festina lente , hands you the right principal part, and proceeds to survive whatever your timetable throws at it. In short: lexicon fortis in arduis ?a dictionary brave in difficulties.

SIGNED & DATED BY EDITOR, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Prize plate on front end papers. Some marks on boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, horizontal crack in center of board of back cover, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, a few bent and creased corners, previous owners name on front end paper.

1st edition very good pale blue cloth hardcover with very good clipped dustjacket. 132p. Endpapers sunned, past owners name blacked out on front free endpaper. Set in the West Country in 1939 the twins are evacuated to the country and get involved with adventures.