Leonard henslowe (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.…

Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling. Content has light toning, some spotting to page ends. . No DJ. 128pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First. 16mo. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Plain thick brown card boards with and jacket attached to spine, the latter had a chip top front corner, a poor spine secured full length by tear repair tape, which works reasonably well, but s[ine ends chipped and much of right hand side missing, top back (which has an advert for Electrolux cleaner) has small chip to top, 'several other short nicks. Twelve of the respondents (see below) appear on front. Author list+140 pp.+ (4, full page ads); faint edge-tanning throughout. To p.78 this has general observations on health, diet, relaxation, domestic life etc. but the remainder consists of short (half page or less mostly) questionnaire responses by eminent men and women and centenarians regarding diet, alcohol, tobacco, work hours, sleep hours, recreations, sports and health, these also include their age which tells us that these all date from 1927-1929 (after sampling 6 of the best known). They included Augustus John, George Bernard Shaw, David Low (the cartoonist), Compton Mackenzie, Baden Powell and Oliver Lodge. Another listing mentions an inscription dated 1930 and this fits with ages given. These responses however seem to tell us as much about their attitude to Henslowe's exercise as themselves. Apart from a book on Borneo Folk-lore Henslowe's main passion appears to be motoring & cars followed by health. A curious book and quite rare, but jacket pulls it down. 12 cm x 18 cm.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Motoring From The British Empire standpoint. Motoring is a 'wholesome thing, it takes people out of doors, far into the countryside.It fills their lungs with oxygen, they return home invigorated in mind and body.' Those were the days! Edited by Henslowe. Light blue cloth with blue titles. B/w photos and diagrams. 224 pages. Spine browned, Spine and corners rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Small bookseller sticker on front endpaper, previous owners address label to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Light dampstain vertically to last few pages. Page 213-214 has a 1.25" closed tear and crease to vertical edge of page. Contents otherwise clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback. 224pp. Illus. Spine discoloured. Private ownership. (an20).

Hardcover. 1ST. A good copy. Blue boards, black titles. Spring to boards. Spotting to spine. Mark to rear board. 16mo. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1923]BL Small hole on front cover made by sharp object penetrates to small indentation on back cover - somebody must have been very cross about something. Browing and slight foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Previous owner's signature in ink on front free endpaper.…

hardback, 8vo, 76pp, plus 20pp describing 'the cars most suitable for a woman to drive', 11 photos, several drawings and one colour plate of a Bianchi Cabriolet; undated, but includes some data on 1915 model cars, owner's gift inscription on endpaper and pen notes on two page margins, several small cuttings pasted in, with some offsetting on the page facing, pages browning, otherwise clean and binding sound, cream pictorial cloth, spine browned, minor stain on the front board, Good condition.…

Zustand: Good. Large tears through front of jacket, approx half way through. Scuffs and smaller tears along edges. Publisher note tucked inside. Light tanning and foxing to page dges, text/images all clear.

First edition, scarce in commerce, presenting seven legends, including "How the bamboo came to blossom," "What the bee gave the red lotus", and "The reward of arrogance." Henslowe, a rather enigmatic figure, published on a diverse range of topics. It is unclear whether he produced these translations or acquired them from another source. Octavo. Illustrations by Gwen Yarrow in text. Original illustrated card wrappers, front cover lettered in black and red. Wrappers somewhat worn, half-title slightly adhering to front wrapper verso at gutter due to production fault, occasional spotting: very good.…