Pearson by Pearson Hesketh (87 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 331 pp. Flawless text. Small amount of dyed adhesive on back of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First Edition. Has DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Moderate book wear; nice dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Mild corner wear of the DJ. The back of the DJ has some mild rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. First Edition. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good. First page has a name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Not Price Clipped. American First. First Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DUST JACKET. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. B/w illustrations, 331pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (very slight edge-wear on d.w. and corners on cloth slightly bumped) New York: Harper, (1965). First Edition. A very good(+) copy.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Add a dash of blue to the bookshelf with this vintage Penguin of The Smith of Smiths by Hesketh Pearson! bFAST WORLDWIDE DELIVERY/b Author: Hesketh Pearson Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 1948 Format: Softcover The book is in good condition for its age--just a front inscription; a delightful addition to any library!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Green cloth; moderate overall soil with three spots to a faded spine; tanning to endpapers; strips of the remnants of an old jacket protector along bottom edge of pastedown and e.p., top of same in rear, giving spots of black residue at edges. Acceptable reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Ludwig Rosenberg "Is Germany Safe for Democracy?" / W G Penney "The British Atomic Explosion" / Hesketh Pearson "The Origin of 'Androcles and the Lion'" (Papers).

Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 251 p. ; 18 cm. Subject; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911. Sullivan, Arthur Sir 1842-1900. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Wrappers. Spine slightly faded. Reprint (book first published, anonymously, by John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926); from the library of the author's literary executor, Sir Michael Holroyd. "The Whispering Gallery is a curiosity, not simply on account of its short dramatic history, but also because it may now be seen as a primitive experiment to extend the frontiers of biography" (Michael Holroyd). Holroyd was first in touch with Pearson in 1958, when he was working on his life of Hugh Kingsmill. "After [Hesketh's] death in 1964, Joyce Pearson told me she thought I had replaced to some extent the son of his first marriage who had been killed in the Spanish Civil War.".

Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original yellow cloth, with lightly scuffed, calf gilt-blocked label to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 448 pages; American ed. (New York, Harper) has title: G. B. S. , a full length portrait. Subjects: Shaw, George Bernard - Studies. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. - Biography. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Scuffs and chips along jacket edges, with fading along spine. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Minor wear to board edges and spine ends. Light tanning and foxing, predominantly to edge of text block.

Condition: Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches and marks. Textblock has shelf wear. Book content is in good readable condition.

Condition: Very Good. Minor creasing to jacket with light fading; jacket in a clear plastic sleeve. Content is fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hardcover. Pages clean and tight. Illustrated. Name inside front cover. Clean black cloth cover. Spine very lightly faded. Solid book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition, little rubbed and sunningin price-clipped, rubbed dust-jacket; A famous biographer's outspoken biography of the man he know best; 8vo; 331 pages; FSA.

First Edition. First edition in this form. Good paperback copy; edges and cover slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Spine torn. Light stains to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 399 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-387) and index. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252 pages; 18 cm. Subjects: 1800-1899; English literature 19th century; Littérature anglaise 19e siècle; English literature; English poetry 19th century; Authors, English 19th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 255 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects: Nicholson, John 1821-1857; Afghan Wars; India History British occupation, 1765-1947; India History Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858; Delhi (India) History Siege, 1857. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 331pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Cloth soiled, very good or better in a good externally stained dust jacket with light edgewear and soiled rear panel.

Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 251 p. ; 18 cm. Subject; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911. Sullivan, Arthur Sir 1842-1900. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; The lively arts. Physical description; xiv, 250 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 18521917. Theatrical producers and directors Great Britain Biography. Actors Great Britain Biography. Theater England History 19th century. Theater England History 20th century. 1 Kg.

1st Folio Society Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed, marbled boards. Some slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. In a cream slipcase which has some light edgewear. Physical description; 299 pages; 299p, [14] leaves of plates : ill, ports. 23cm. Subjects; Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845. Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography. Clergy -- England -- Biography. 3 Kg.

1st Folio Society Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed, marbled boards. Some slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. In a cream slipcase which has some light edgewear. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages; 299p, [14] leaves of plates : ill, ports. 23cm. Subjects: Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845. Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography. Clergy -- England -- Biography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ. WITH SIGNED STAMPED ENVELOPE. Signed by Author(s).