Reverend turner (7 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnJoy is precious! Joy is necessary! Joy is attainable!nn nnJoy is the weapon you must maintain in all circumstances to have the victories over the hard challenges in life regardless of what they are.nnnIs this truth? Is it possible.

A brief history from its British roots to 1982 (publication date). Pp.18. Cream card covers, slightly rubbed. VG.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very pleasing selection of volumes that explore the fascinating histories of the Cotswolds. A bright collection of five works, each exploring various areas of the Cotswolds' history, including its architecture and churches, monumental brasses, and the diary entries of a parson that sheds fascinating light on the period between 1820-1852.Three volumes are first editions. 'Monumental Brasses' is a facsimile edition and 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson' is a second printing, published the year after the first.With monochrome illustrations from photographs throughout each volume. With many full-page and in-text to 'Monumental Brasses'; sixteen plates to 'Minor Pleasures'; fourteen plates to 'Churches'; frontispiece and fourteen plates to 'Diary', and fourteen plates to 'Stow'. Collated, complete.Containing the following works:'The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire' by Cecil T. Davis (1969) - Originally published in 1899.'The Minor Pleasures of Cotswold' by Edith Brill and Peter Turner (1971)'Cotswold Churches' by David Verey (1976)'The Diary of a Cotswold Parson' i.e. Reverend F. E. Witts, 1783-1854. Edited by David Verey (1979)'Stow on the Wold: A History of a Cotswold Town' by Joan Johnson (1980) In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers, 'Diary' and 'Brasses' being unclipped, and the remainder of the set being price-clipped. Externally, very smart, with only slight signs of shelf wear, most notable to 'Minor Pleasures'. Dust wrappers are very smart, with only light edge wear to 'Stow', 'Churches' and 'Diary'. With sunning to the wrap of 'Minor Pleasures'. Handling marks and a small closed tear to the wrap of 'Monumental Brasses'. internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. The Second Edition. The second edition, with additions and improvements; pp. [iv], 45 + [iii publisher's adverts]; engraved frontispiece map of the world, five further engraved plates of maps and one engraved plate of globes, ten engraved figures and diagrams within the text. Contemporary half textured calf binding with marbled paper boards, expertly restored with a new spine in matching style, re-corned. contents clean and tight, a few small marks/reading wear; frontispiece plate with a couple of short edge-tears expertly and inconspicuously repaired, a few corners re-tipped. A very good well-presented copy. Scarce. Size: Folio (21 x 32cm). Book.…

4to. pp. [4], 52; 7 maps, plate of the globe, illustrations in the text including a volvelle on the explanation and use of the geographical cloth, the string having detached from the volvelle itself. Contemporary sheep backed boards with vellum corners, a little worn but sound, a few of the maps having minor ink marks. The volvelle is often lacking.…