Raq by Romany (9 results)

Condition: Fair. 1949. First Edition Thus. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Condition: Good. 1938. Sixth impression. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by author. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.

Condition: Good. 1944. Tenth impression. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations by author. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 184 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Sticker to rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardover illustrated by the author, in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, including small tears. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and endpapers are lightly tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

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. A good condition first edition book. SIGNED by the author on the frontispiece, signed as 'G. Bramwell Evens' rather than Romany (Unverified). No dust jacket. Light handling and toning but sound for it's age.

Condition: Good. 1941. 8th Impression. 184 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and sticker to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. This copy is in very good condition bound in green cloth covered boards with black titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square the spine is a trifle sunned in spots. The unclipped dustwrapper has some mild edge wear and a small area of loss to the base of the spine so best described as very good condition, it has now been covered in clear, removable, mylar, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The Rev. George Bramwell Evens (1884-20 November 1943)[1] was, under the pseudonym Romany (and sometimes The Tramp), a British radio broadcaster and writer on countryside and natural history matters quite possibly the first to broadcast on such issues. He was also a Minister of the Methodist Church. He is most famous for his Out with the Romany radio programmes (later Out with Romany), which commenced in 1933 on the BBC's Children's Hour, describing travels in his own vardo (purchased in 1921, at Brough Hill Fair, for £75), with Comma the horse, his English Cocker Spaniel, Raq, and his young friends Muriel and Doris.[1] Although the programmes were all pre-scripted and performed entirely in the studio, the impression given was of Romany and his friends going for a walk in the countryside and spontaneously discussing the plants and animals they came across. Raphael Samuel saw the programme as instrumental in making the countryside desirable for a generation of listeners.[2] Simon Barnes has paid tribute to how his father (radio) and himself (books) were drawn to natural history by Romany: "I longed to walk through the country with the all-knowing, all-seeing Romany Ref R 7.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Signed by the author on frontis. Original cloth with some light wear and a couple of small marks, occasional scattered foxing, otherwise very good. No jacket. Name to pastedown.