Hellens by Malcolm Munthe (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is clean and tight. Former owner's name and date is inside front cover. Ends of spine are lightly bumped. Price-clipped dust jacket has shelf wear along top edge and at bottom of spine, with rubbing on spine.

Hardcover. Top cover corners bumped; pages slightly toned; otherwise very good condition in worn dust jacket. ]. 136p. Illus. Frontispiece.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. 136 pp bw illustrations and map. Spine and parts of cover sunned, corners a little rubbed. Worn and marked 14 page leaflet laid in.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Later Edition. Story of a 1000 year old house in Herefordshire, England. OCLC Number: 223637327. First published Duckworths, 1957. 136 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 23 cm. Bright, fresh copy. Small name in ink to the ffep otherwise unmarked and 'as new'. Weight, 322g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Reprint. (England, Much Marcle, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt lib. stamp to upper bd btm corner, white lib. no.s to base of spine, bk leans a little, Good, no dust jacket, lib. stamps, tape residue and torn labels to front pastedown and ffep, one linear tape residue mark to rear pastedown, maps to endpapers, a bit obscured to front due to the afore mentioned lib. residue, contents clean and tight, lib. stamps to title verso, b/w photographic illustrations, pp136, occas. light age mark. A sound ref. copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover in very good condition. Removable plastic covered clipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Card fold-out guide laid in. Jacket is slightly scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and torn, with a large tear to the rear from the upper edge. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is slightly cocked. Page block and endpapers are lightly tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. 136pp., illus. map endpapers. Note in tiny letters on the back of the frontispiece else very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound / torn and chipped jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Good tight condition, illustrated, foxing on fore edge, blue boards, dustwrapper has wear and some tear, taped repair.

Condition: as new. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Hbk 136pp illustr photos + endpaper maps dj lightly scuffed at extremities now in protective sleeve otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked copy almost as new.

Paperback. Condition: F/VG++/ND. y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. Thus. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1991 (1957)* Publisher: Pennington Mellor.* Binding and cover condition: Black line drawn illustration to orange brown soft card covers. Black & white titles to face and to somewhat faded spine. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/w line drawn map at front. A number of b/w photos within text.* Pages: 129 pp. text. vii pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- Hellens, the manor house at Much Markle in Hertfordshire, was begun by the French monks in the eleventh century. From that time down to today the old house, and the families that lived in it, have played an unexpectedly prominent and dramatic part in English history: in the coronation and deposition of Edward II; at the battles of Crecy and Poitier; in support of ?bloody? Queen mary in 1554: running an underground movement for the Cavaliers during the Civil War; embracing Protestantism under William III. engaged in ruinous litigation throughout the nineteenth century. In World War Two the house was bombed while it sheltered many of the Tate Gallery pictures.* This is a NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with some age & minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG+.* 1991-01-01. n.

Hardcover. Bw illustrated dj with green text, blue boards with gilt text on spine. 178 pp. Bw illustrations. Nicely inscribed by author. VG- (some minor wear to dj, pages sunned, texblock has some minor foxing, page content and boards excellent).

Pennington Mewllor Charitable Trust, 1991. 136 pp. Ills. Paperback. Fine. [159788].

Gerald Duckworth and Co., Ltd., London. 1957. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Wrapper browned and worn. Address sticker to verso of half title page. Contents clean.

Paperback. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Hellens, the manor house at Much Marcle in Herefordshire, was begun by French monks in the eleventh century. From that time down to today the old house, and the families that lived in it, have played an unexpectedly prominent and dramatic part in English history: in the coronation and deposition of Edward II; at the battles of Crecy and Poitiers; in support of 'bloody' Queen Mary in 1554; running an underground movement for the Cavaliers during the Civil War; embracing protestantism under William III; engaged in ruinous litigation throughout the nineteenth century. In World War Two the house was bombed while it sheltered many of the Tate Gallery pictures. The writer of this book and members of his family now live in it. 1991 paperback edition in good condition. There is, however some sun-fading to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Major Malcolm Grane Ludovic Martin Munthe MC was a British soldier, writer, and curator, and son of the Swedish doctor and writer Axel Munthe and his English second wife Hilda Pennington-Mellor.Hellens Manor, also known as Hellens House or simply Hellens and located in the village of Much Marcle in Herefordshire is one of the oldest dwellings in England, primarily composed of Tudor, Jacobean and Georgian architecture, but the foundations date from the 12th century, with some elements older still. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 73440. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (Herefordshire, England, Manor Houses) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.