Twitchett E G (8 results)

Condition: Fair. 1935. No Edition Remarks. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.…

Condition: Good. 1935. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 291 p. Bookplate of the fraser Institute. Some staines on edge. publisher's binding a bit worn.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, a bit of old water-marking to outer edge of front board, original owner's name and date (1936) inside front board, some foxing to outer pages, pencil notes to contents page and pencil marking to the text, some newspaper clippings pasted to inner back page, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the novels of Francis Brett Young, the first third of the book in a general way, then each book gets a short chapter to itself, from "Undergrowth" (1913) to "White Ladies" (1935). 291pp, 5 b&w illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good / no dust jacket. Some show of shelf/age wear. Clear text. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo vi + 288pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Cochrane was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and radical politician. He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading Napoleon to nickname him Le Loup des Mers ('The Sea Wolf'). He was successful in virtually all his naval actions. He helped organise and lead the rebel navies of Chile and Brazil during their respective successful wars of independence through the 1820s. While in charge of the Chilean Navy, Cochrane also contributed to Peruvian Independence through the Freedom Expedition of Perú. He was also asked to help the Greek Navy but was prevented by events from having much impact.…

Condition: Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. 1910 Water damage to back cloth. Frontis loose. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. xx, 97-192 pages. Contents include: Poetry; Lord Mount Prospect; Proud-For-Nothing Giles; Via Condotti; The Poetry of Robert Bridges; Cezanne, Cubism and Modern Art; Mr. Rhodes's Sheridan; and more. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Vendor's inkstamp upon front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…