headlam edited (9 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 93pp. Printed wrappers. Rubbing with a crease along the rear spine fold, near fine. This issue features Robert Graves, James Kirkup, John Smith, Hardiman Scott, Brian Patten, Stewart Conn, Thomas Blackburn, Clive Sansom, and Ilsley Ingram. Additional contributors include Eddie Eainwright, Robin Lee, Robin Fulton, Bernard Saint, William Hayward, Lucien Stryk, Patience Tuckwell, Martin Booth, David H. W. Grubb, Gerda Mayer, Maureen Duffy, A.E. Dudley, Miriam Waddington, Jeremy Robinson, William Golightly, Steve Marsling, Gordon Symes, Paul Coltman, Eric W. White, John Hatfield, Maurice Carpenter, William Kean Seymour, Jean Overton Fuller, Alan Pearson, Ilsley Ingram, Edward Lucie-Smith, Raymond Durgnat, and John Headlam.

Hard bound. Zustand: Book good. 338 pp. Index. Editor's Notes. English text.

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Near Fine. Paperback; Measures B Format (7¾" x 5¼") (1 kg); pp 200; Index; Preface by A. C. Grayling; First in this, paperback, edition. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #166863 ||.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. rei blg edition. 403 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with twenty-one black and white full-page plates including frontispiece and eight black and white maps [including one folding map] and plans, including front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns (all plates and maps and plans present as called for). ***With an introduction by The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy. ***Very good in sea-green cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Black and white map illustrated front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns showing 'the major industries of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' and 'some antiquities of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' respectively. Illustrated with full-page black and white frontispiece showing: 'Norham castle, Northumberland'. Small black and white armorial vignette to title-page.Small black and white illustration to end of contents page. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Fore-edge and top edge of text-block and prelims very slightly foxed. Interior pages clean. Spine and front and rear boards bright. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a very good green and black printed illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing publisher's price of 6/- net. Edges of dustwrapper creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss to corners of dustwrapper. 6cm tear and chip to head of spine adjoining rear panel of dustwrapper. Shallow loss to tail of spine. Tiny chip to middle of rear edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper browned. edges of dustwrapper faded and browned. Two tiny closed tears to bottom edge of front panel of dustwrapper 2cm closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 252mm x 198mm. 343 pages. ***Contents; I. Racial Settlement in the North of England; II. Some Notes on Place-Nmes of the Three Northern Counties by J. E. Hull, M.A., D.SC.; III. The Folk-lore of Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham by Helena Heslop Harrison, M.S.c.; IV. The Three Northern Counties - Prehistory by W. Percy Hedly, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.R.N.S.; V. Ancient Rome and Northern England by I.A. Richmond, M.A., F.S.A.; VI. Ecclesiastical and Military Architecture by H. L. Honeyman, A.R.I.B.A.; VII. From 1603 to the Present Time: a Brief Historical Summary by Cuthbert Headlam; VIII. Architecture by Donald Scott, of Casitron; IX. History of Coal Mining by A. Wedgwood, M.Sc., M.I.M.E.; X. Shipping and Ship-building in the Northern Counties; XI. Geology by Professor H.G.A. Hickling, D.Sc., F.R.S.; XII. The Birds of the Northern Counties by John Craster, of Crastor, and Stephen Marchant; XIII. The Flora of the Three Northern Counties by Professor Harrison, D.Sc., F.R.S., and G.W. Temperley; Appendix I. Churches; Appendix II. Castles. ***'The Northern Area Conservative women's advisory Committee have made a valuable contribution to the records of Northern England in sponsoring this volume. The articles have all been written by acknowledge authorities. The subjects range from primitive man to modern industry, from folklore to geology. The north-countryman, however well-versed in the story of his native surroundings, will find something new and interesting in this book. The stranger who reads it will gain an understanding of what has gone to form the character of the inhabitants and the landscape. The volume is beautifully illustrated and mapped.' (Quote from inside of front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in its original 1939 dustwrapper, in complete condition with all maps (including folding map) and plates present as called for. A first edition title of interest to the local historian. Uncommon. ***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.

Glazed Dark Blue Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE EDITOR xv, 152pp, illustrated with black & white frontispiece plate with tissue, top edge gilt, some fore edges of pages uncut, heavy foxing to prelims and end matter, editor's presentation inscription to inner endpaper, dark blue glazed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Harriot was the second daughter of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and his wife Lady Hester Grenville. Her older brother was William Pitt the Younger. Size: 8.75 x 6 Inches. Presentation Copy - Editor. Biographical.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,152pp, portrait frontis., owner's name on endpaper of L.A.Pitt, slight foxing, text clean and sound, blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. B/w fold-out maps, b/w advertisements. Not library copy, no inscriptions, top corner clipped to front cover and first 10 pages. (30/4).

hardback, 4to, xl,389pp, owner's name on endpaper, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, mavue cloth, spoine and front board unevenly faded, old dampstaining on rear board, overall Good condition / no dustwrapper.