Eirene white (19 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

paperback. Zustand: Fine. Tanning to edge of pages Appears unread, may have minor superficial marking. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 43 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This is the story of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, whose grandfather was a millionaire railway contractor and bridge builder, and who inherited half a million pounds each. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. . 2011. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 8pp stapled booklet in light card covers. 8vo. Some scattered spotting along the lower edge of the front panel, gently shelf worn. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Thomas Jones (1870-1955) wrote his semi-autobiographical work, Rhymney Memories in 1938, giving an account of the early years of his life; and his later years were illuminated by his Whitehall Diary, covering the years 1916-1950; yet little is know of the intervening years. Here, in this brief booklet, his daughter, Eirene White, fills in some detail of the missing years. Thomas Jones as a Civil Servant, educationalist, founder of Coleg Harlech and an ardent advocate for Welsh national social progress. He was Deputy Cabinet Secretary for close to 20 years and adviser to four Prime Ministers. …

Zustand: Very Good. 1949. Pamphlet. In original wrappers, 29pp. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1951. Pamphlet. In original wrappers, 31pp. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. m1399.

2001, 55pp. Illustrated. Softcover. In very good condition. Eirene White's The Ladies of Gregynog tells the story of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, inheritors of great wealth at the end of the nineteenth century, and unique among their wealthy contemporaries in the early twentieth century. The two sisters devoted their large fortune to fostering the culture of their native Wales and, in 1920, acquired the Gregynog estate with the intention of establishing a craft commune. Today, almost a century later, Gregynog hall is a centre devoted to academic study, the revived Gregynog Press and a continuing tradition of music festivals in the fine setting of the estate gardens and arboretum.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1949. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1949. Paperback. . . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1951. Pamphlet. In original wrappers, 31pp. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1949. Pamphlet. In original wrappers, 29pp. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 2nd Edition. Glued into semi-stiff pictorial covers. A fine copy.

Zustand: New. This is the story of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, whose grandfather was a millionaire railway contractor and bridge builder, and who inherited half a million pounds each.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good. 28pp Fabian Tract 271.

Numbered edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 41. Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown. 2001. Hardback. Maroon cloth backstrip, gilt type to spine, pale puce paper-covered boards. B&w portrait photograph tipped-in frontis. 30 pages. With invitation card to piano recital and launch party loosely inserted. Extremely clean and sound. Together with ephemera including: House of Lords Christmas card signed by Eirene White; four type-written letters signed and with some autograph additions by Eileen White on House of Lords letterhead; cutting of Guardian letter/obituary 12 Jan. 2000; Order of Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of The Rt. Hon. Baroness White of Rhymney, St Margaret's Church Westminster Abbey, Wednesday 17 May 2000; sewn 27 page pamphlet with b&w photograph frontis. in cream card cover Thomas Jones: Founder of Coleg Harlech by Eirene White with her presentation inscription to half-title page; Spring 2000 issue of periodical Cymru Wledig/Rural Wales commemorating EW.…

UNNUMBERED COPY from stated edition of 105 copies, designed and printed by Eric Gee, assisted by David Vickers, printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, two tipped-in portrait photographs, chapter titles printed in red, pp. 54, tall 8vo, original illustrated boards from design by Colin Paynton, cloth backstrip with printed label, very slight toning at upper edge of boards, near fine. An engaging account of the founders and patrons of the Gregynog Press, Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, by Lady White, drawing on her personal acquaintance with the sisters and correspondence between Gwendoline and her father, held in the National Library of Wales. With Gwasg Gregynog compliments slip in Welsh & English and University of Wales Gwasg leaflet.…