James halkett (8 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Eight volumes: Volumes 1-6 (published 1926 - 1932) : the main volumes, containing an alphabetical listing from A-Z and at the end of Volume 6 a first supplement (pages 273-449), Volume 7 (published 1934) containing the index (by authors, initials and psedonyms), Volume 8 published in 1956, contains alphabetical listings from A to Z for the years 1900 - 1950. Large 8vo. clothbound hardbacks, gilt. Almost 3,000pp. and approximately 65,000 entries. This is not an ex-library set and there are no marks or inscriptions. Slight dulling to gilt lettering on spines, small paint splashes to spine of Volume 3, but overall a VERY GOOD SET. (Shelf 256) Over 20,000 books in stock - please come and browse. Credit and (UK) debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Conversations with Quebec's Revolutionaries, by Peter Gzowski; One Man's Intimate Picture of the FLQ; The Savage Legacy of Columbia's Civil War; The Life and Times of Wheeler-Dealer Ralph Farris - nice photos; The Wild Trade in new and used animals, by Robert Thomas Allen; The Gold-Braid Mind is Destroying our Navy - so says James Plomer; What Jack McClelland has done to book publishing in Canada; Portrait of a great modern shrine - Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal; Artistic full-page ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines); Funky full-page colour photo ad for Martini & Rossi shows man and woman with dog at ice machine; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows rows of empty bottles on picnic table with smiling couple at far end. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold partially open and tender. A worthy vintage copy. Newlands, Don (cover photo); Halkett, Bill (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of the dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, with the original dust wrappers. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Top edges gilt.A set of seven volumes of Halkett and Laing's Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, edited and enlarged by Dr James Kennedy, W. A. Smith and A. F. Johnson.After Samuel Halkett's death in 1871, the materials he collected for a dictionary of anonymous literature were given to John Laing. Laing enlarged the collection but passed away before the work was published. The work was then edited and published by Laing's daughter.This set comprises volumes I to VI (published 1926 to 1932) of the main volumes, which contain the alphabetically arranged dictionary, with a supplement to the rear of volume VI. In addition, this set includes volume VII (published 1934), which contains the index (by authors, initials and pseudonyms) and the second supplement. Two extra volumes, not included in this set, were later added in 1956 and 1962. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart, with very light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are untrimmed but very bright and clean. Dust wrappers are generally smart, with light chipping to the wraps, more so to the head and tail of the spine, and closed tears to the flyleaves. Light marks to the wraps and sunning to the spines of the wraps. Scattering of spots to the spines of the wraps to volumes II-VI. Two tape repairs to the rear of the wrap, and a loss to the tail of the spine of the wraps, to volume IV. Ink mark to the front of the wrap to volume V. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…