constable 1952 (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Très bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque. Couverture différente. Edition 1952. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Former library book. Different cover. Edition 1952. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 252 pages; Description: vii, 252 p. Col. Front. 23 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons --Committees. Governmental investigations --Great Britain. 3 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Revised 1957 edition. DJ in protective mylar cover. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, 261pp, edges browned, text clean and sound, blue cloth, rubbedm corners bumped, Good / no dustwrapper.

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. Good condition book. .

[xiv]+618pp. 8vo. Original buckram in chipped dustwrapper. Gilt decorated backstrip. Light foxing to edges. Black and white plates; frontis. A very good copy. . First edition.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 252 pages; Description: vii, 252 p. Col. Front. 23 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons --Committees. Governmental investigations --Great Britain. 1 Kg.

1st edition. 8vo. Prelims. + 618pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Pages lightly browned. Original cloth. Rubbed and chipped navy d/w. with white and faded pink lettering to spine. US$18.

1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo (9½ x 6 ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth with cipher stamped in gilt on upper board, top edge blue (casing with slight lean and lightly rubbed at edges - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxiii + 570, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions.

First edition. Hardcover. Page edges slightly foxed, with a some offset toning on the endpapers, o/w very good in good dustjacket with some small repairs and closed tears and the background of the spine faded slightly, from pink-brown to beige, not affecting the lettering which is done in black. A fascinating study of a collector of Walpoliana and everything to do with Strawberry Hill. Still one of the most readable and erudite accounts of the spirit of book-collecting. Illustrated with b/w photographs and plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inserted black and white plates and plans. Blue cloth, titled in silver on the spine and upper cover. Lacks dust-jacket, otherwise a very good bright copy.

3rd impression, hardback, large 8vo, xxiv,570pp, illustrated, presentation inscription on endpaper to Lord Goddard (Lord Chief Justice) from the Barristers' Cleks' Association, gilt-ruled red full leather binding, has been rebacked using red cloth with original leather spine backstrip laid down, somewhate rubbed and frayed; Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprinted hard cover book in very good condition with dust jacket in good- condition. Shelfwear to all edges of jacket with numerous tears and chips, some repaired with tape. Jacket generally browned. Pages tanned throughout. 8vo. 293pp.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Title is best description.

h/c + d/j, 252 pages, 22x15cm, d/j has edge and spine end chips and tears, signed by both eds on front end paper. Hansard is a British institution and is the name given to the official verbatim report of the Proceedings of Parliament both in the House of Lords and in the Commons. Between 1803 and 1900 there had been approximately 1,300 volumes containing about one billion words. The authors have combed this vast collection for some of the wit, wisdom, nonsense and information spoken.

h/c + d/j, 179 pages, price clip, light soiling to d/j, some very minor chips to spine ends,shop stamp, very nice copy.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo viii + 334pp., frontis., b/w plates, bibliog., index, The founder of modern chemistry who was executed during the terror in the French revolution.

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1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo xxiii + 570pp., frontis., b/w plates, appends., index, Neat ownership inscription & no dust jacket but a nice copy in bright blue boards with bright gilt titles & device to front board.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Octavo. 251pp. Original blue cloth with silver titles. Slight rubbing to silver titles, otherwise very good indeed in an edge chipped, good-plus, price clipped dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. A scarce two volume set of first editions by Britain's most prolific wine journalist, offering a rich, anecdotal exploration of wines and cognac. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Both volumes are first editions.This is a two volume set, consisting of:Natural Red Wines: With Report on the Red Wines of America by Frank Schoonmaker, (1951).White Wines &amp; Cognac, (1952).H. Warner Alen (1881 - 1968) capped a three-decade career as Britain's most prolific wine journalist with these companion volumes. The first volume covers red wines with chapters on the wines from Cantenac to Saint-Julien, Paulliac to Saint-Estephe, Graves and Saint-Emilion, Burgundy, South Arica, and Australia.The second volume covers European whites, with chapters on the white wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, The Rhone, The Loire, The Jura, The Moselle, The Rhine, and Champagne, finishing with the chapter, "Cognac and Armagnac, the Soul of Wine". in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. The odd handling minor handling mark to the boards and spines. The second volume has slight damp staining to the front board from what appears to be wine, evidenced by two strickles of damp staining to front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot to fore edge. Pencil underlining to the occasional sentence from previous owner. Very Good Indeed. book.

3rd printing dust jacket Near Fine octavo xi + 262pp., Shot by shot account of the RN & RAN in WWII, includes account of the Sydney. Nice bright copy.

Hardback, 8vo, 267pp. Good condition (light wear; back cover marked; spine cocked; association copy belonging to Alfred Stirling with various letters and newspaper articles included, some loose, some attached) in fair dustwrapper (general marks, chipping, wear and tear; several open and closed tears at top edge with one tape repair). Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Not Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. [British edition] ; 245 pp. ; illustrated ; 23 cm. ; LCCN: 53-67093 ; OCLC: 70299655 & OCLC: 2291303 ; LC: Z989; Dewey: 010 ; blue cloth with silver lettering, in tattered and patched pictorial dustjacket ; presentation, unsigned, from the author, March 1952, on the front endpaper ; laid-in, an ALS from Jack Holland, the Birmingham England antiquarian bookseller, dated November 11, 1959, proffering this book to an associate ; the exciting and fascinating recounting of the efforts of Horace Walpole scholar and collector Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis to re-assemble Walpole's library from Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, as well as what he calls "relics" of Walpole: objects once owned by Walpole, and the republishing of Walpoliana ; with 17 photographic illustrations ; VG/FAIR. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A collection of twenty-three volumes exploring the life, times, work, and contemporaries of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Twenty-three volumes. A collection surrounding the lives and relationship between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Often called Dr Johnson, Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". James Boswell was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer best known for his Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered and published by Yale University, transforming his reputation. These volumes explore the lives of two great men, the historical time in which they lived and key events from this period, the great writers and thinkers working alongside them, as well as their own writings and contributions. This set contains: Portraits, 1952. First edition. Written by Sir Joshua Reynolds, an English painter who specialised in portraits. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. Young Samuel Johnson, 1957. Readers Union edition. Written by James Lowry Clifford, a British author and historian. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates, with mapped endpapers. Collated complete. James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769, 1966. First edition. Written by Frederick Albert Pottle, an American scholar and editor. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Boswell in Extremes: 1776-1778, 1971. First UK edition. Edited by Charles McCullough Weis, an American professor of English, and Frederick Albert Pottle. Illustrated with six plates and a double-page plan. Collated complete. The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Theatre, 1973. First edition. Written by Mary Hyde, founder of the Hyde Collection. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Boswell's Book of Bad Verse, 1974. First edition. Edited by Jack Werner, a Scottish scholar and researcher. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson, 1974. First edition. Written by John Wain, an English poet, novelist, and critic. Illustrated with thirty-six images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The Treasure of Auchinleck: The Story of the Boswell Papers, 1975. First edition. Written by David Buchanan, a Scottish writer. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-five images. Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck 1778-1782, 1977. First edition. Edited by Joseph W. Reed, an American professor of English and film, and Frederick Albert Pottle. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson, 1978. First edition. Written by Walter Jackson Bate, an American literary critic and biographer. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-five images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. Dictionary Johnson: Samuel Johnson's Middle Years, 1979. First edition. Written by James Lowry Clifford. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen images. Pride and Negligence: The History of the Boswell Papers, 1982. First edition. Written by Frederick Albert Pottle. James Boswell: The Later Years 1769-1795, 1984. First edition. Written by Frank Brady, an American writer, editor, biographer, and educator. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. The Journals of James Boswell 1760-1795, 1991. First edition. Selected and introduced by John Wain. Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage, 1993. First edition. Written by Richard Holmes, a British author, biographer, and academic. A Life of James Boswell, 1999. First edition. Written by Peter Martin, an English literature scholar, biographer, and eighteenth century garden historian. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. Boswell's Presumptuous Task, 2000. First edition. Written by Adam Sisman, a British writer, editor and biographer. 1700 Scenes from London Life, 2000. First edition. Written by Maureen Waller, an English writer and historian, specialising in social and family history. The Essential Boswell: Selections from the Writings of James Boswell, 2003. First edition. Selected and introduced by Peter Martin. Samuel Johnson: A Biography, 2008. First edition. Written by Peter Martin. Illustrated with twenty-four plates, some of which are in colour. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson: The Struggle, 2008. First edition. Written by Jeffrey Meyers, an American biographer and literary, art, and film critic. Illustrated with sixteen images across eight plates. Collated complete. Hester: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Johnson's 'Dear Mistress', 2008. First edition. Written by Ian McIntyre, a British BBC Radio producer, journalist, broadcaster and author. Illustrated with twenty-three images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson's Heir, 2015. First edition. Written by Michael Bundock, a British barrister, researcher, and director of Dr. Johnson's House Trust. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Boswell in Extremes, The Impossible Friendship, and Pride and Negligence which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpaper of the odd volume. Very Good. book.

First edition, first impression, handsomely bound. "In 1948 he was commissioned to write the official biography of George V - an awkward assignment skilfully executed; it was published four years later and confirmed his high reputation as a writer. It also earned him a knighthood as KCVO and an honorary fellowship of Balliol (both 1953)" (ODNB). Octavo (225 x 146 mm). With 21 monochrome plates including frontispiece. Near-contemporary green half morocco by Morrell of London, twin black morocco labels, green cloth sides, light green endpapers, top edge gilt. Removed bookplate to front pastedown, pencilled ownership signature dated 1970 to half-title. Spine lightly sunned else a fine copy.