Geoffrey smith introduction (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. Ex library copy with clear sticky-backed plastic on the cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. With publisher's compliment slip: 'Compliments of Geoffrey Handley-Taylor c/o National Liberal Club' loosely inserted to the fore. Colour frontispiece showing C. Day-Lewis - a reproduction of Lawrence Gowing's portrait of The Poet Laureate with a loose tissue-guard, plus ten black and white plates, with three plates showing the Poet Laureate's manuscript notebook, 'Hero and Saint' (two plates) and 'Harebells over Mannin Bay'. ***Near fine in dark blue boards with silver titles to spine and front board. No inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good navy-blue plain dustwrapper with gilt titles to spine and front panel of dustwrapper. One-inch closed tear and associated creasing to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Small loss to head of tail of spine of dustwrapper. Tiny loss and rubbing to corners and tail of spine of dustwrapper. Front and rear panels of dustwrapper clean. Printed on quality cream laid paper. ***42 pages including index to rear plus one-page small unpaginated line illustration to rear. 234mm x 168 mm. ***Contents: Letter of Introduction by W. H. Auden; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; 'Sunday afternoon', By C. Day-Lewis; Bibliography; A. Books and Pamphlets by C. Day-Lewis; B. Books and Pamphlets with Contributions by C. Day-Lewis; C. Detective Stories by C. Day-Lewis under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake; Index. ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. **For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. …

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. No signatures.; 1986 paperback reprint of a title first published in 1923. [8], [5], 14-316, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. With 3 maps (2 full page, 1 double page). 1 in-text illustration "Sketch Across Glacier Foot, Ka-Kar-Po". This edition does not have the plate illustrations of the 1923 first edition. This edition with a 3 page Introduction by Geoffrey Smith. Contents: Through the Kachin Hills to China; Across the Chung-Tien Plateau; Flowers and Glaciers; The Meadows of Do-Kar-La; Ka-Kar-Po, the Sacred Mountain; Plant Hunting on the Sierra; By the Turquoise Lake; With the Pilgrims to Do-Kar-La; The Start for Tibet; By the Yu River; On the Road to the Salween; Dwarfs and Slaves; Amongst the Lutzu; Lisu and Nung; The Road to the Taron; The Monsoon Salween; Back to Tra-Mu-Tang; Through the Granite Gorge; The Rise of Tsa-Wa-Rong; The End of the Journey; The Return; Appendix; Index.…