Travers Humphreys (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Significantly worn with scuffs, soils, light stains, etc. A reading copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firsst American Edition. ---------------Blue cloth covers, 8 1/2" tall. 384 pages, with frontispiece and 15 other illustrations.GOOD CONDITION, clean tight contents, dull spine and somewht mottled covers- - - no dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with creases on the spine and the covers show light wear. There is writing on the inside front cover, a book store rubber stamp and the previous owner's name is on the first inside page. there is a two inch tear on the first inside page.

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 227 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth covered boards. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to rear hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate to heavy sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some marks to boards. Internally Fine. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image.

Condition: Good. 1955. Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 227 pages. No dust jacket. Brick red cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper, dated 1946. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good Condition. Minor to Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Ex-Libris Bookplate & Previous Owner's name marked on inside front cover. Dust Jacket is Price-Clipped. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Hardback volume with unclipped dust jacket. xxiv + 243 pp. Binding firm with minor signs of wear to the blue cloth cover. Sporadic foxing to the pages/ page edges but otherwise the pages are clean with no inscriptions or annotations. General wear and rubbing to the dust jacket, with some tears to the edges and areas of foxing. Lightly sunned along the spine. Dust jacket has been wrapped in a clear protective cover. Size: 8" - 9" tall. Weight: 535g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 228pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Sun-faded bottom board edges, rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanning. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has some small closed tears, significant shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Sir Richard Somers Travers Christmas Humphreys (1867 ? 1956) was a barrister who,was involved in the cases ofOscar Wildeand the murderersHawley Harvey Crippen,George Joseph SmithandJohn George Haigh, the 'Acid Bath Murderer', and Roger Casement, convicted and sentenced to death for treason.

Condition: Good. 1955. Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good Condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Previous Owner's name marked inside. Dust Jacket has Moderate wear, tears, chips and rubbing present. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed - worn.Spine faded.Some foxing.No inscriptions.One rubber stamp to bep.Well bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit rubbed and marked.There is a small tape residue mark.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. a much torn and worn jacket. edge wear on the book. gift inscription. fairly good copy. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: fair. First Edition. First? Printing. 243, illus., index, boards worn and soiled, front board somewhat weakened, spine faded A lively and informative account of some of the most fascinating major court cases of recent times, written by a man who played a leading part in them. Here, Sir Travers Humphreys, an eminent Judge of the High Court, discusses the highlights of a long and brilliant career with penetrating wisdom. Oscar Wilde, Crippen, Horatio Bottomley, Windell the forger, and the cases of the "Great Pearl Robbery" and the "Brides in the Bath" are among the many trials discussed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First thus. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: VG. 2nd Printing. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT text paper noticeably browned.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. first pelican edition.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo xxiv + 243pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Inc. some trials in which he was engaged; Oscar Wilde, Crippen, George Joseph Smith, several spies, William Cooper Hobbs & some he tried; Ernest Brown, John George Haigh & the Chinese murder.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60060614: 1955. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 190 pages. 1er plat se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60065087: 1955. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 190 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

384 pp, b&w plates, fine copy in red, cloth boards. Part of the Notable British Trials series.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. An eminent and respected judge looks back on his long years at the bench and at the bar. Includes: the story of a Duke who sues his wife for divorce on the ground of her adultery with a Marquis; Lord Cochrane's trial for conspiracy in 1818; D. S. Windle case of forgery; Spies; High treason; Blackmail; darker crimes and the Oscar Wilde scandal. Frontis has B&W portrait of Sir Humphrey. 243 p.pages, 550g, 8 3/4" tall. Name and penciled price in corner of ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket has some edgewear and is faded at spine. Clipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black publisher's cloth with red titles on cover and spine. In the original un-clipped dust jacket with a photo of the author on the cover. Top and tail of spine has small chips, but now looks very nice in a Brodart sleeve. Insides clean and unmarked. A memoir of the author's youth and years as a lawyer in England in the first two decades of the last century, including a chapter called "Some Judges" and another, "Two Poisoners." First Printing, in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First. 1946 First Edition, first printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good condition, small inscription to first blank page. Tanned edge paper with light foxing. Dust Jacket present, with big chips to the spine, rubbing and creases to edges. unclipped. U5B7.