9780715810521 - My Line of Life by Robinson, W Heath (13 results)

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.

Condition: Good. THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION PAGES ARE CLEAN THERES A GIFT MESSAGE ON THE INSIDE FRONT Sold by the U.K Charity Kisharon Langdon. Offering Opportunities and Support for People within the Autism and Learning Disability Community.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [9], 198p, [16] leaves of plates, ill., 25cm.Subjects: Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath) 1872-1944. Illustrators England Biography. Artists Great Britain Correspondence. Genre: Art. Language: English. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. Clean text. Tight binding. Illustrated. Pictorial dustjacket. 198 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Book hardcover reprint first published by Blackie & Sons, 1938, Autobiography of Heath Robinson. pp198, 16 b&w plates, line drawings in throughout. Book Crisp, bright tight and unmarked. Edges very light dust dulling. DJ light tanning. Otherwise pristine.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [9], 198p, [16] leaves of plates, ill., 25cm.Subjects: Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath) 1872-1944. Illustrators England Biography. Artists Great Britain Correspondence. Genre: Art. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Small handling wear on jacket. Reprint of an edition published in 1938 by Blackie & Son Ltd.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback with price clipped dust jacket,size 4to,198 pages.Illustrated with b/w plates.Dust jacket show some light edge wear & marking + browning.Boards show some light edge wear & sunning.Light browning to the fore edges & prelims otherwise contents clean & complete.THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL EXTRA POSTAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF EUROPE.PLEASE CONSIDER THIS BEFORE BUYING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 210 Pages. 16 black and white plates and line drawings. Large 8vo, 25cm. Second Edition. Very Good Condition. Price Cut DJ. Mild age related tanning to flyleaves, otherwise all pages clean and bright with no markings. Binding tight. Fascinating and humorous autobiography of William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 13 September 1944) cartoonist illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives. In the UK, the term "Heath Robinson contraption" gained dictionary recognition around 1912. It became part of popular language during the 19141918 First world War as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance and used in relation to temporary fixes using ingenuity and whatever is to hand, often string and tape, or unlikely cannibalisations. One of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park during the Second World War to assist in the decryption of German message traffic was named 'Heath Robinson' in his honour. It was a direct predecessor to the Colossus the world's first programmable digital electronic computer.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Tight Firm Read Copy - Reprint - Ex Library With Usual Stamps And Marks. Illustrated. Ffp Has Label Removal Damage. Red Plastic Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titles On Spine - Faint Wear. Unclipped Jacket With Light Wear.

Hardcover. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). Large 8vo, full red cloth, lavishly illustrated in black and white by the author. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, neatly typed gift inscription pasted to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1974 E P - First in this edition .Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ dust jacket. : Facsimile of 1938 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Facsimile Edition / First Print (first published by Blackie & Son Ltd, London, 1938). Hardback copy in light grey cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 196pp. B/w portrait frontispiece of W Heath Robinson, b/w artwork throughout by Heath Robinson (both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions. (40/1).