Iona sinclair (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Iona Sinclair (illustrator).

Zustand: New. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First. Illustrated in b/w. xiii + 161 pages. Slender 8vo, dark green cloth, d.w. Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publishing, (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. SINCLAIR, Iona (illustrator) (illustrator).

Zustand: New. In English. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).

Zustand: New. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket, just slightly rubbed and edge worn. In better than very good condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a very nice copy that, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price. Iona Sinclair (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. In excellent condition. Iona Sinclair (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, xiv + 161 pages, b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. Title page signed by the Editor. Printing imperfection: a horizontal crease on a portion of leaves. Lovely condition, book is clean and bright throughout, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Bright, untorn, unclipped dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. -- This volume presents the life of William Lawrence (1636-1697), a learned country squire of Shurdington, Gloucestershire, through the meticulous transcription of his personal letter-book. Unlike typical loose correspondence, these letters were painstakingly copied by Lawrence into a permanent record, functioning as both private communication and deliberate literary exercises. Edited and contextualised by Iona Sinclair, the text reveals a man of the Middle Temple and Oxford, whose prose is defined by an extravagant, Baroque style characteristic of the high-culture Restoration gentry. The narrative provides an intimate microhistory of provincial life, covering the complexities of estate management, local legal disputes, and the social rituals of the Gloucestershire elite. A unique dimension of the collection is Lawrence's regular correspondence with his brother, Isaac Lawrence, a merchant for the East India Company based in Persia (Iran). This "Persian connection" offers a rare glimpse into how global trade and exotic reports influenced the intellectual world of a rural English manor. The title, 'The Pyramid and the Urn', reflects Lawrence's frequent, often idiosyncratic meditations on mortality, legacy, and memory, providing scholars with a rich primary source for the study of 17th-century mentalities, misogynistic wit, and the socio-economic structures of the English provincial gentry. Iona Sinclair (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Stroud; Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1994. [xiv] + 161, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth with pictorial dustjacket. The jacket insignificantly worn at spine ends and a little creased at rear upper corner. A fine copy. "Comic and tragic elements interweave in this unique real-life story, giving an understanding of something of the origins of the eighteenth-century novel. The letters lead from the irresponsibility of his youth, in Restoration London, through frustration and cruel turns of fate, in his middle years, to the tranquility of his old age. In the last years of his life he laid out a family memorial garden in the formal style of the period. Symbolic ornaments, such as the pyramid and the urn, are described by Lawrence, and this rare full description of a garden of the time will be appreciated particularly by those interested in garden history." (Front flap).…

Paperback. Zustand: New. Atkinson, John C (illustrator).