A george hall ed (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Stamped on inside. (Ballet, dance history, arts and entertainment, ballet companies, vintage books).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. The year in English ballet. Slightly discoloured covers, but the pages inside are in excellent condition.

Zustand: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st.ed. In black faux-leather with worn & dull gilt lettering; a few spots of foxing on end papers; slight 'waviness' to pages; binding tight. Edge of last pages damp-affected, with light staining & surface damage. A survey of the post-war dining scene in London, with sections on cuisines & wines. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Gray's Inn Press, 1956. Hardback, original rexine covers, 172pp. coloured frontispiece, many monochrome illustrations by Comte de la Vatine, b/w illustrations and photos, advertisements throughout. Wrinkles to backstrip and tiny tears to a few pp. at fore-edge in the Cuisine Section else a very good copy. A remarkable guide listing every type of eating establishment from fine dining to tea rooms, coffee bars and all else inbetween. Articles on wines and spirits by many famous authors including Harry Waugh, Alan Sichel; Frederick Hennessy, Mary L.Fisher et al. The Cuisine Section contains articles and recipes by Jean Conil, Madam Pruniere, Gino Fiorentino, C.M.Young et al. There is a massive amount of fascinating reding in this volume. The entry for Quo Vadis reads "A great many people believe that this is one of the better places in the entire world in which to lunch or dine" this, of course, was written when Signor Leoni was in charge but I am sure the same would be written now that it is in the hands of the vibrant and brilliant Jeremy Lee.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. N.d (1912). First (and only?) printing. Large 8vo. in blue cloth and leather spine label lettered in gilt. 212 pp. + 12 inserted pp. of adverts at rear for golf course-related botanical specimens and cabinets. Illustrated with photos, drawings and cartoons. Very good, modest rubbing to the extremities, all gilt lettering bright; mfoxing to the preliminaries and a bit in the text. Important and highly collectible work on the construction, maintenence, plantings, ect. of golf courses, particularly the greens. Includes chapters on the formation and maintenence of putting greens and tees; manuring of greens and courses; grasses and grass seeds, golf architecture, the influence of courses on players' styles; caddies; vegetation of golf lonks; finances, etc.…