Rendall Geoffrey (23 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. Edges worn. Spine cover repaired with clear tape. Some underlining.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Gebraucht / Used. second impression . 1978. Pap. xx,(16),206pp. 8°. Illustr. Bibliogr. Index.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. instruments of the orchestra series, some notes upon its history and construction. dj has small closed tears & chippings.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd Revised edition. (music, musical instruments, clarinet, winds) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Edition. 182 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Prominent forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Considerable loss to jacket edges and corners.…

2nd edition. 2nd edition, 19457. Gift inscription on front free end paper; a few spots of foxing; gilt lettering on spine badly worn Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

8vo, 206pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Instruments of the Orchestra series. 206 pp, index. Price-clippedj rubbed, chips and tears at edges, few moisture spots. Boards fraying at extremities. Previous owner's pastedown front endpaper, faint writing ffep - o/w unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.50x5.80x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Maroon cloth gilt, DW, 4to., xv, 319, (2) pages, well illustrated. One of 950 numbered copies designed by John Dreyfus and set, printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge on paper specially made at the Dalmore Mill of William Sommerville, Edinburgh. This copy is from the collection of David Chambers. A fine copy in a clear DW. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Maroon cloth gilt, DW, 4to., xv, 319, (2) pages, well illustrated. One of 950 numbered copies designed by John Dreyfus and set, printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge on paper specially made at the Dalmore Mill of William Sommerville, Edinburgh. This copy signed by Dreyfus at the colophon. Light pencilled check marks, else a fine copy in a lightly edgeworn near fine DW with the Howell sticker at the rear flap. Signed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Condition: gut. 1978. Clarinet (Instruments of Orchestra S.) In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Dust Jacket. Second impression. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 162 pages including many illustrations and photos. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page states 1963 Second impression. This is definitely Not a former library book. The dust jacket is about 99% intact with light chipping on the spine edges, light soiling and there is a two-inch closed tear on the bottom of the spine. We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.…

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light edge chipping) dust jacket (in mylar). 182 pps.

Gilt cloth and handsome illustrated dws. Folio, c.pp320, a a fine copy. With 36 illustrations. The superb definitive history. Handsome Limited Edition produced by Cambridge University Press. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Hardcover. First edition. xv, (320) pp. Illustrated. 4to, original maroon cloth. Limited to 950 copies, this #793. Autographed by the author on the limitation page. Fine in near fine pictorial dustjacket very slightly faded at jacket spine.

Three excellent letters, written to his old headmaster at Charterhouse. Bickersteth's papers are at Aberdeen, and with those of his family at the Bodleian. See the Oxford DNB entry for his brother Julian Bickersteth (1885-1962). Three long letters, every page fully filled with text neatly written in a close hand. The three items in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE (11 July 1913): 4pp, 12mo, with additional cross writing on the first three. Bifolium. Begins by thanking him for his book, clearly Rendall's 'A Hero of the Antarctic', about the ornithologist and explorer E. A. Wilson (1872-1912). 'I read it last night and really almost felt as if I had known the man. I wish I had known him, for his life must have been an inspiration to many. Anyone, who has been a schoolmaster even for such a short time as I have, is able to realise how extraordinary the effect of such a life must have been iONE: 11 July 1913; on letterhead of The College, Marlborough. TWO: 27 January 1914; Amalienstrasse 44A/II, Munich. THREE: 7 February 1933; on letterhead of 4 St John's Terrace, Glasgow, W2.n a public school. There is nobody on the staff here who even remotely resembles him and to read about him makes one feel a very miserable creature indeed in comparision.' He proceeds to give an outline of his plans, having resigned his post at Marlborough the previous term, 'not of course without careful thought'. He gives his reasons, noting that he has 'no ambitions to be a Headmaster and housemastering in a school run on the hostel system would not interest me much'. He has no desire to marry, 'but supposing I did, I should not be able to for another 15 or 20 years'. 'I contemplate with absolute horror the prospect of becoming one day what most of the more senior members of the staff here are - men whose interests are atrophied and whose whole outlook on life is bounded by the 4 walls of Marlborough College. You see, we are very much cut off from the world here.' 'My chief interest is literature. I am tolerably well acquainted now (I mean for my age) with the literatures of six languages. Since I left Oxford I have used all my time in reading and travelling. A German or French university held out to me the best prospects. I prefer the German language so chose Germany. I intend to go to a German university (or rather two, Munich and Heidelberg) and there read for a Ph.D. [.] The qualifications (supposing I am successful) would be. Classical schol. of Charterhouse, 2nd in Greats, Ph.D. Heidelberg, (in Eng: Germ & French) 5 years teaching experience in a public school, and one book on an Italian poet to my credit. (Age 30.)' His book on Carducci is being published by Longmans, 'at no expense to myself', and he has returned from an 'intensely interesting' visit to Russia and Finland. TWO (27 January 1914): 4pp, 8vo. Discussing a letter by Rendall on his Carducci, and criticisms of his own prosody, and the art of translation. He ends with a description of the 'interesting time' he is having in Germany: 'German educational ideals & methods are very different to ours. Both have their good and bad points. I am working here under one of the greatest of living philologists and linguists. Professor Schick [Josef Schick (1859-1944)] by name, a marvel of erudition, if ever there was one, and yet far from being a Dryasdust. He is a perfect master of about a dozen dead languages and over 20 modern ones and is an absolutely brilliant teacher. All European languages as well as Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Uralic, Sanskrit Coptic etc. are contained in his repertoire, and yet his most important publications have dealt with various problems of pure mathematics. He daily holds over 200 men and women literally entranced over the purely philological consideration of Anglo-Saxon roots - the dryest of all dry subjects in other hands.' He ends with news of his plan for his dissertation and other matters. THREE (7 February 1933): 4pp, 12mo. Begins by thanking Rendall for his help in placing his brother Julian in the position [of headmaster of Felsted School], with praise of his brother's attitude and abilities. Changing the subject he writes: 'I can't help also being particularly pleased by your praise of my translation [of Dante's 'Paradiso']. From my old headmaster, who was the first to give me a dear notion of the art of poetry and has taken such interest in my work ever sincec I left Charterhouse (now 30 years ago) your commendation is as delighful as was ever a 'bene' written at the top of a Greek or Latin prose those many years ago.' He considers the Paradiso 'the most astoundingly successful use of symbol for expressing the unexpressible, & that on a gigantic scale, anywhere extant, so far as I know, not excluding the Hebrew Prophets, works like the Book of Revelation, or some of the Myths of Plato'. The final paragraph concerns the 'schoolmen' ('Aquinas, merely as a thinker, leaves me agasp at his genius').…