Dawson geoffrey editor (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. mixed edition. Cloth, G+. 2 volumes, xvi+301pp+8pp booksellers catalogue, xii+301pp+8pp booksellers catalogue, index to each volume, spine lettering to volume II dulled, occasional light foxing, corners bumped, a fair set. An anthology which has, according to the editor, been put together to be 'significantly representative of the pocket literature provided by the Times for the men in the trenches during the early days of the [ First World ] War'. Dawson was the editor of the Times in the late 1920s. 900 grams.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Two anthologies compiled from the pocket literature broadsheets distributed to military serviceman in 1915, in the early days of The Great War. The writings contained within are from a host of the great names in English literature, including; Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett et al. The original broadsheets were printed on thin paper so they could be including with a letter, and were indeed sent in their hundreds of thousands. 2 Volumes; A Book of Broadsheets & A Second Book of Broadsheets, with an Introduction by Geoffrey Dawson, Editor of 'The Times'. Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London. A book of Broadsheets is a second edition, published in 1928, printed soon after the first printing of October 4th 1928. A Second Book of Broadsheets is a first edition from 1929. Some mild offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's name to first free endpaper. One volume carries the namecard of a Captain Gilbert Pybus, of the 1st Battalion The Sikh Regiment (King George's Own'). A good set of two blue cloth hardbacks with gilt cover design and gilt titles to spine. With some rubbing and bumping. With a little give in the spine. Text is bright and clean throughout, with occasional light scattered spotting. Illustrated. Occasional light scattered spotting and a few spots to edge of text block. Gilt top edge. Text in English. First Book: xvi + 301pp  + 8pp Publisher's list;  Second Book: xviii + 301pp  + 8pp Publisher's list.  Weight approximately 822g (the set - unpacked). Dimensions:  Each volume approximately 195mm high x 130mm wide x 35mm deep. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 544 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 544 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 324 pages. 10.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

1p., 4to. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He is reluctant to refuse Baddeley's request, but he knows 'from old experience how impossible it is to pay consistent attention to anything else while one is editing The Times. When I was originally approached in the matter of the Oxford House, I was, to a great extent, my own master. Now I am not, and I can imagine that I might of necessity be an absentee, even for quarterly meetings, while, as to paying any attention to Oxford House in between, it would be quite out of the question.' In the circumstances he hopes that Baddeley will make his position clear at the meeting, 'and try to find someone who would be of greater service. If in spite of this you persist, then, of course, I will do it, but my feelings on the subject are quite plain and genuine, and I am clear that you had very much better look elsewhere.'.…