Wrench C M (17 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Rubbing, edgewear, and a long tear on the rear panel, good. This issue features Hugh MacDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Naomi Mitchison, Douglas Young, A.V. Stuart, Alexander Buist, William Kean Seymour, David Low, C. Day Lewis, Sir Francis Meynell, Canon Adam Fox, John Smith, Lady Margaret Sackville, Vernon Scannell, and Margaret Stanley-Wrench. Additional contributors include Gilbert Thomas, Paul Selver, Ilko Iliev, Paula Nelson, Phyllis M. Scott, Canon Adam Fox, Mary Field, Rita Spurr, M. Shand Smith, Evelyn D. Bangay, Stephen Graham, Kathleen Valmai Richardson, Joan Forman, Geoffrey Johnson, Geoggrey Dearmer, Herbert Palmer, Robert Armstrong, and Kennedy Williamson.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Buff wrappers. Bumped and faded spine, near fine. This issue features Roy Campbell, F.L. Lucas, and Jack Lindsay. Additional contributors include N.K. Cruickshank, Doreen Dunlop, Wrey Gardiner, A.H. Heys, Teresa Hooley, Esther Spencer, G.W. Harris, Sonia Bentzon, Freda C. Bond, Denis Turner, Stuart Holroyd, R.V. Blakemore, P.D. Cummins, Justin Richardson, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Frank Lissauer, Sidonie Schall, Christopher Levenson, Michael Malim, Murrell Simmons, W.H. Hamilton, Laurence H. Williams, Dennis Peck, Valmai Richardson, Mary Banes, Kathleen M. Chapin, F.D. Walker, William Wolff, Alice Alment, S. Thomas Ansell, Peter Fison, Howard Parsons, Robert Greacen, Stephen Graham, John Graddon, Kennedy Williamson, Paul Selver, K.V. Richardson, and E. Royse Pritchard. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A lavishly illustrated, first edition of this 1930s culinary compendium with over 2,000 recipes, showcasing the refined practicality of interwar British home cooking. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.This volume is an exceptionally scarce first edition.With 28 plate illustrations, reproduced from dishes prepared from recipes given in the book, 4 of which are in colour, including a charming colour frontispiece of dishes: Scotch Eggs, Peas with Tomato and Egg Salad, and Fried Egg and Bacon. Collated, complete.This volume offers an impressive culinary compendium of the interwar British kitchen, containing a vast collection of over 2,000 recipes and cooking guidance, with sections on seasonal produce, kitchen processes, menu planning, and housekeeping essentials.Among its many distinctive recipes are: Banana Jelly, Claret Jelly, Gingerbread, Coco-nut Drop Cookies, Gooseberry and Currant Jam, Nectarine Jam, Vegetable Marrow Chutney, Chicken Mousse, Tarragon Vinegar, Piquant Sauce, Olive Sauce, Fried Fillets of Herring, Baked Halibut, Crimped Cod, Custard A La Royale, Conger Eel Soup, Oyster St. Jacques, to name only a handful. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The odd handling mark to boards and spine, more so to the rear board. A spot of damp staining to lower perimeter of rear board with one or two other smaller spots of damp staining to boards. Rubbing to extremities. Lower rear joint slightly cracked around 1.5" long, partially exposing binding materials at spine, but holding firm. A couple of scratches to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if age toned, with one or two spots to fore edge and the odd minor handling mark. Hinges at frontispiece and index cracked, exposing binding materials. Small ink inscription to final page. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The story of the Nineth Battalion A.I.F. serving in Gallipoli and the Western Front.Copy in very good order. None.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First Edition. xxvi, 598pp, index,glossary,endnotes, appendices,maps, bw ills. Or bright blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket and light foxing to edges, endpapers moderately foxed. The 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions of the 1st Australian Division, the first to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The battalion also served on the Somme and Western Front, including 3rd Ypres, Amiens, Paschendaele, Poziers etc. Size: 8vo.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xxvi, 598pp, index,glossary,endnotes, appendices,maps, bw ills. Or bright blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket and very light foxing to top edge. Presentation certificate for Most Improved Cadet from OCTU Training Group (1990) on front free endpaper. The 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions of the 1st Australian Division, the first to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The battalion also served on the Somme and Western Front, including 3rd Ypres, Amiens, Paschendaele, Poziers etc. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. base of book lightly rubbed. Two small neat previous owners stamps.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 598 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Hardback. 1985, First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a very good d/w with only light edge rubbing and very light tanning of the spine. Scans available if required. {"length"=>["25"], "width"=>["18"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.

Hb in Dw Royal 8vo, xxvi,598pp frontis plate maps, mono illustrations Dardanelles, Egypt, and The Western Front A FINE/FINE Copy.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, xxvi/598pp, b&w photos and some maps. Light wear to dw/board edges; a very good copy. Covers service in the Dardanelles campaign, and the Western Front including Bullecourt, the Somme, Polygon Wood, Paschendaele and Amiens. Appendices include details of social aspects of the battalion such as the football and soccer teams, and bath and picnic parades. Includes index.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Personal dedication on first page. Signs of wear at cover edges. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

598 pp including index, b&w photographic illustrations, maps, top edge mildly foxed, else very good copy in like d/j.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xxvi + 598pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, 'The original 9th Battalion was one of twelve battalions constituting the 1st Australian Division which landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. After the evacuation of Gallipoli eight months later the Battalion was reorganised, reinforced and sent to Egypt in defence of the Suez Canal, then to the Western Front and with other new divisions, became 1 Australian Corps'.…

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xxvi + 598pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, 'The original 9th Battalion was one of twelve battalions constituting the 1st Australian Division which landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. After the evacuation of Gallipoli eight months later the Battalion was reorganised, reinforced and sent to Egypt in defence of the Suez Canal, then to the Western Front and with other new divisions, became 1 Australian Corps'. Prize label of Royal Military College on front end paper o/w 'as new'.…

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xxvi + 598pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, 'The original 9th Battalion was one of twelve battalions constituting the 1st Australian Division which landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. After the evacuation of Gallipoli eight months later the Battalion was reorganised, reinforced and sent to Egypt in defence of the Suez Canal, then to the Western Front and with other new divisions, became 1 Australian Corps'. Signed by author on title-page.…

(Brisbane): Boolarong Publications, (1985). Roy. 8vo. Orig. printed cloth. Dustjacket (short closed tear to lower corner). (xxvi, 598pp.). With frontisp. map, portrait, full-page b/w plates, text-illusts., 2 double-page maps, text-maps, and num. facs. of which most full-page. 1st ed. Author's signed copy. Fine. NOTE: The original 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions that made up the 1st Australian Division, which landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The 9th served for long periods on the Somme and the northern sectors of the Western Front.…