eton boy (8 Ergebnisse)

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

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

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

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second Edition. 5 x 7 in. Cloth boards. Condition is GOOD ; spine cocked, cover cloth wrinkled. Clean, mild shelf wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. Mem. Stax.

Reprint. Small loss at foot of front free end paper; binding tight (probably reglued at some time); cloth a little soiled on boards, & browned & worn on spine. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in grey cloth Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in grey cloth.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Folio. 14 by 10 inches. 14 pages. Music for a piano solo. Original colour-lithographed wrapper, carefully repaired and not affecting the printed surface. Disbound. Cover shows a cricket match on unmowed grass in front of large audience inc many women, presumably mothers of the boys.Eton and Harrow arms and mottoes on trellis at sides. A previous owner (Tim D'Arch Smith) notes: "One wonders whether the outfield was quite as uneven as our artist has depicted it. Certainly the wicket was not of the best although the Valse Õs dedicatee managed to hit three sixes as Lord Harris remembers: ÔI was in with him at the time. He had just previously hit one against the old Armoury É and one over D block, and when he followed these big hits Ð very big for a boy Ð by that astounding drive over the pavilion I thought it was all right for Eton, but he was bowled by a shooter almost the next ball.Õ The composer died the following year, 24 September 1869. He was the youngest son of the distinguished shipbuilder Joseph dÕAguilar Samuda. Padwick 6563-1 although not identifying the composer. Literature: Robert Titchener-Barrett, Eton & Harrow at LordÕs (1996); Lord Harris, A Few Short Runs (1921)" Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 12mo. pp x, 168. Bound in green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine on a red leather label. First edition. A novel set in Greece in the 4th century BC, narrated in the first person, and based upon various Greek historians. A single page introduction identifies the author as a 15 year old student in the middle division of the fifth form at Eton College. This appears to have been his only publication. Very scarce title; the NUC lists three copies. Signed presentation on the front endpaper reads: R. P. Jodell, from the author's father, J. C. Severn, Esq.'. No half title page (possibly never was) with slight creasing at spine, otherwise clean, very good+. Signedes.