buchan john foreword (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. . Hardback. c. 1915. Fine in original illustrated cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing age and shelf wear. Lightly toned. Text and illustrations crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Folding facsimile letter (illustrator). First Thus. The scarce plain dust wrapper has a couple pieces missing at its top edge but has kept the book in tip-top condition. One of 300 printed.

Zustand: Very Good. . Hardback. c. 1915. Fine in original illustrated cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing age and shelf wear. Lightly toned. Text and illustrations crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original Persian green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered navy back and front. 8vo. 10'' x 8''. Contains Frontispiece of Queen Mary, 160 pp with 12 tipped-in colour plates of the King, the Prince of Wales, and paintings and textual illustrations by Arthur Rackham, William Russell Flint, W. Heath Robinson and others. Pencil message to the front free end paper dated 1916, rubbing to the corners and spine crowns and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. first edition as stated. 7 x 10 in. 264 pp. Gray cloth boards with gilt medallion. Photo endpapers. Lavish B&W photo plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean but front board has some foxing/toning at edges. Spine mildly toned. Corners and spine ends bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Text clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; very clean, toning to edges and spine, large chips at front upper corner and spine head. Not clipped ($3.50) In a new Mylar wrapper. Expl. RGR.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in burgundy cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 399pp. Gold gilt top page edges. B/w portrait frontispiece, b/w photographic plates and maps throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, crease to front board. (42/4).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Various (illustrator). A comprehensive and illustrated record of road bridges across Great Britain by accomplished civil engineer Charles Bressey. British Bridges: An Illustrated Technical and Historical Record, written by civil engineer and Chief Engineer for Roads at the Ministry of Transport Charles Herbert Bressey, with a foreword by Secretary of State for Transport Oliver Stanley and fellow MP John Buchan. Published by the Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress organising committee in 1933.Rebound in quarter cloth, with paper boards. Includes 312 in-text illustrations of bridges across Great Britain, including photographs and architectural designs.An informative reference of Bridges, Bressey delves into the road bridges across Great Britain at the time, including London Bridge, the Usk Bridge, the George V Bridge and many more. Bressey details estimated costs, histories, facts, and primary purposes of each. Rebound in quart cloth, with paper boards. Externally, very smart with clean boards. Very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. End papers are clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare small mark to leaf extremities. Slight signs of previous water damage to right edges of leaves, heavier to first leaves. Scratch marks to left edge of frontispiece. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo.pp. 234. Original publisherÕs cloth binding in red, lettered gilt at spine. Loosely inserted large, detailed b/w fold-out map of Scolt Head Island-July 1933 (With repaired tears.) Also loosely inserted 5 Pages of closely hand-written academic notes on coastal vegetation, conditions and habitats. Foreword by John Buchan. Black and white photographs maps and diagrams illustrate the text. Very good-minus. Slight split at spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex libris bookplate, Duncan and Violet Mary McCallum. ; This copy inscribed and signed by the author. 60 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. ; 12mo ; Signed by Author.