George emslie (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1946. Limited Edition. 37 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Colour illustration pasted to pages. 1000 copies printed, unnumbered. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Zustand: Good. 1946. First Published. 37 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Colour tipped-in illustrated plates throughout. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 2 preliminary leaves, 9-36 pages, 1 leaf mounted color illustrations; 27 cm. Subjects: English poetry; Poe?sie anglaise; Poetry collection. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition, ltd edition of 1000 copies, owners pencil signature inside.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent paintings, etchings and sketches by Sir Frank Brangwyn, some tipped-in as called for. 44pp., ills., near fine in maroon cloth gilt in price clipped still near fine dustwrapper. Sir Frank Brangwyn (illustrator).…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 9-44 pages, 1 leaf including mounted frontispiece, illustrations (part mounted, some color) 27 cm. Subjects; Great Britain Royal Navy. Warships History. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 9-44 pages, 1 leaf including mounted frontispiece, illustrations (part mounted, some color) 27 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Warships History. British Navy; history. British warships; pictorial works. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel with gilt line connecting title to author. Quarto 10'' x 7¼''. Contains 37 printed pages of text with 12 tipped-in mounted colour plates on green card. Spine and gutters a little soft, corners turned in and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good/Fair. 1st Edition. Red cloth hard cover with gilt lettering - Good+. In DJ with flower painting on front - wear to edges/overall Good-Fair. 33 pages with 12 colour plates. Content Good+. Limited Edition of 1,000 copies of which 950 are for sale. (356g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity corrects postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine. Price clipped dustjacket with pasted-on colour illustration in new removable protective clear sleeve. 32pp. 12 tipped-in colour illustrations by Thomas Collier. Not library copy, no inscriptions, tears to dustjacket edges. (53/6). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First Edition / First Print. Limited Edition of 1000 Copies, of which 950 were for sale. Hardback in red cloth boards, gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 32pp. 32 poems. 12 tipped-in colour plates. Not library copy, two neat names to ffep, light wear to top spine edge. (9/7).…

Limited edition of 1000 copies. Anthology of poems about flowers with accompanying colour illustrations. 26.5cms x 18.5cms. Printed on green paper(war-time). Pp.33, poems with 12 colour plates tipped-in to facing pages. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, 32pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Stated "First Published 1944" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to corners, a very good example. In a price-clipped dust jacket, wear to top edge, a near fine example. Complete with twelve full-page color plates. Inscribed "To Mr. Simpson from Mary R. / Christmas 1944" on the front free endpaper. George Simpson worked as the King's head gardener at Windsor Castle throughout the 1940s and 50s. Both Queen Mary and The Queen Mother were fond of Simpson. In a 1949 letter to her daughter, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother writes "I am feeling quite gaga with Xmas preparations! On Sunday we did all the Royal Lodge servants. then went to Windsor. + [George] Simpson etc." Simpson was well respected in the field of gardening, serving as a judge in the Olympia Flower Show in 1950. Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953) was the wife of King George V and Queen of the United Kingdom until 1936. She was the mother of King Edward VIII, King George VI, and the grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. She died one year into the reign of granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Inscribed by Queen Mary of Teck, the first edition of A Countryman's Anthology, compiled by George Emslie. (illustrator). Signed.…