F r benson ed (6 Ergebnisse)

Mass market. Zustand: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Cloth, sl faded.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. The very scarce souvenir abridged edition of this work, containing the plays, patrons and objectives of the Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace. The first edition.The souvenir abridged edition bound in the publisher's original covers (very scarce to find) with a coloured illustration to the front.With a coloured frontispiece, three monotone plates and in-text illustrations.This work contains the background and material for the 1910 Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace, being performances of famous battles. Organised predominately by figures associated with the contemporary armed forces, it imbued a strong sense of duty and patriotism at a time of growing instability and international tensions.The total number of performers was around 5,000, of which 2,000 were officers and men from various Army depots and 1,200 soldiers from other parts of the UK.The editor of this publication of the pageant was also the producer, F. R. Benson, a famous Shakespearian actor and producer who had moved into historical pageantry.With advertisements throughout. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally, smart. With edge wear, resulting in the occasional small closed tear. Binding that holds the paper covers to the contents is tender. Internally, binding is also tender. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a mark to the first page. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A well-illustrated first edition copy of this title, in smart original binding. A lovely copy of this 1910 work in its original pictorial cloth binding, with striking colour illustration to front board.This work recounts and commemorates significant chapters in British Military history, as dramatically reconstructed during the Army Pageant performed between 20th June and 2nd July, 1910. A popular spectacle, this pageant saw 19 performances, and 2 additional public dress rehearsals, which school-children were invited to watch.Features a colour frontispiece, and 15 unnumbered monochrome and colour plates, in addition to charming monochrome vignette illustrations.Collated, complete.Final three plates (listed as two in the 'list of illustrations') misbound the opposite way round to how they are listed in the list of illustrations (i.e. the final plate listed is the penultimate plate, the penultimate plate listed is the final plate). Bound in original blue cloth pictorial boards. Externally, very smart. Occasional slight marks to boards. Rubbing to spine, and board extremities. Area of white spotting to rear board. Age toning to endpapers. Potential for weakness to hinges. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages and plates age toned, but otherwise clean, with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…