Nigel Nicolson Introduction (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A biography.

Condition: FINE. First American edition. Considered one of the most remarkable pictures of the period, incredibly detailed and astute, originally published in 3 volumes in 1968. Harold Nicolson was a member of Parliament from 1935 to 1945; a junior minister in Churchill's wartime government; a well-known writer, journalist and broadcaster; and the husband of the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West. While this is a one-volume abridgement, but it also includes additional previously unpublished extracts from his letters and diaries. Index. 436 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Small 4to.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 155 pages; black and white photographic illustrations, black and white maps; very good in a sunned else very good dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (double page) colour maps, 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979. First (1st) Printing of the First American Edition, (as designated by the publisher with the words "First American Edition 1979" followed by number line B C D E). Previously published in the UK by the Hogarth Press under the title "A Reflection of the Other Person". Fine- in a Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind other than a prior owner's name at the top of the title page. The Binding is blue quarter cloth to cream colored boards, slight fading to top rear of the spine, otherwise colors uniform throughout, with bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked blue endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, spine sunned, otherwise colors uniform throughout, and intact with one chip to the head of the spine and a tear at the top front panel at the spine that has been discreetly closed from behind with archival pH neutral materials, and the original price ($14.95) intact on the front flap. See the accompanying photos. xxi, [i], 442 pages, plus eight (8) unnumbered pages of glossy photographs. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". During this period, the author developed an intense relationship with composer Ethel Smyth and composed her experimental novel The Waves. Letters here include many to her sister Vanessa, her husband Leonard, Vita Sackville-West, Ethel Smyth, and to Clive Bell, Roger Fry, Harold Nicolson, E. M. Forster, T. S. Eliot, and Hugh Walpole among others. Editorial Notes and Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. Edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann. NOTE: This book weighs 843 grams / 29.7 ounces, and, when packaged, will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0151509271 / ISBN 13: 9780151509270 We also have volumes 2,3, and 6 for sale. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1978. First (1st) Printing of the First American Edition, (as designated by the publisher with the words "First American Edition 1978" followed by number line B C D E). Previously published in the UK by the Hogarth Press under the title "A Change of Perspective". Fine- in a Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind other than a prior owner's name at the top of the title page. The Binding is green quarter cloth to cream colored boards, fading to top rear of the spine, otherwise colors uniform throughout, with bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked green endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, spine sunned and a small stain to the front panel, otherwise colors uniform throughout, and intact with several small chips to the head and heel of the spine, and the original price ($14.95) intact on the front flap. See the accompanying photos. xxii, [ii], 600 pages, plus eight (8) unnumbered pages of glossy photographs. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". This volume centers on a very creative period in which she published some of her most celebrated and experimental masterpieces, including Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928). A major focal point of the letters of this period is her deep, romantic relationship with fellow writer Vita Sackville-West. Letters here include many to her sister Vanessa, her husband Leonard, Vita Sackville-West, and to Clive Bell, Roger Fry, Harold Nicolson, and Hugh Walpole among others. Editorial Notes and Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. Edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,040 grams / 36.7 ounces, and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0151509263 / ISBN 13: 9780151509263 We also have volumes 2, 4 and 6 for sale. …

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 436pp, frontispiece, slight foxing on page edges, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0689110979.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American. Very good in very good dust jacket. Spine lean, blue stamp/ink on bottom page ends, small indent in back and front panel, dust jacket shows rubbing with light soiling, edges rubbed with a some small tears on the edges of back covers, light yellowing of flap edges, bottom edge of back cover bumped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American edition thus. Octavo. 436pp. Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. Fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket. An abridgement of the three volumes published in the sixties with some new information added.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xiv, 362, [6]pp, with a central section of monochrome plate illustrations. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped, very slightly bumped on lower extreme edge. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters 1930 -1964, Olson Stanley (edited and condensed by), Nigel Nicolson (introduction by). Published by Collins, London, 1980. New and Condensed Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 436pp. with index. Brown cloth boards with blindstamped titles to front and copper titles to spine, top edge orange. Name to free endpaper and otherwise volume is in fine condition; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear. Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG was a British politician, diplomat, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster and gardener. His wife was the writer, Vita Sackville-West.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Fine Pc DW. 1st Edition. Landscape format. Navy blue cloth, gilt. Gift inscription and owner's blind stamp on front end paper. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped. In loose polythene protector.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition, large octavo, brown boards, no dust wrapper, clean and bright, illustrated with wood cuts, Threshing machine driven by a traction engine on front papers and a large walled vegetable garden on the rear, 190 pages. [QP]. FIRMIN, Peter (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 31pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. (Light spots to extremeties at both ends.) **Few identifying details apparent in this rare volume. It is *assumed* that this was published by the school. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Printing Thus. 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound in lovely brown cloth over boards with information in gold to spine. 153 pages with light purple endpapers and many black/white photos. Printed at the bottom of the last page before the endpapers, "The endpapers are a page from Vita Sackville-West photograph album, "Persia 1926'". AS NEW. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without tears, bumps. creases or chips. With slight tanning, from age, to interior paper edges. Not marked and clean and bright. Dust jacket same. With tanning to edges and spine. All books carefully wrapped and shipped boxed.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Paperback Reprint. 305 x 200mm. pp. 288. English text. A paperback copy of John Speeds tudor atlas of the counties of Britain. Published in association with the British Library. Colour illustrations throughout. Bound in original pictorial wraps. Light mark to top right corner of front wrap, otherwise clean and tight. No ownership inscription. 1.3kg. Extra postage overseas.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to. 288 pp. 1st edition. In the publisher's black cloth, gilt-stamped to spine. With an unclipped dust wrapper. All maps double-page in colour, plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Both book and wrapper in excellent condition.…