rex harcourt (14 Ergebnisse)

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

x+248pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers. Black and white illustrations, a fine copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: FINE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NEAR FINE. 2 Color & 20 B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Large 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). The dust jacket is price clipped and has a few small closed tear and loss of a small piece from rear cover. It is now protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Revised Edition. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xv, 204. Presentation copy, signed by author (Harcourt). Revised and expanded edition. Near-fine condition in like d.j. The cricket tour of Aborigines from the Western District of Victoria, who played in England in 1868.

8vo; pp.204. Plates,appendices, abbreviations, index; dustjacket, a fine copy. Revised and expanded second edition, using important new source material.

An account of the first Australian cricket team to tour England, in 1868, which was composed entirely of Aboriginal cricketers. Revised Edition. 8vo. 204pp. Photos. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). Lacks both end papers, inner hinges weak, text block complete with light wear, cover corners rubbed.

Zustand: Very Good. Original stapled red card covered souvenir theatre programme 10'' x 7½''. Contains 8 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). ND. [1942 - WorldCat]. Harcourt-Smith's tale of a decaying stately home and its occupants is much enhanced by Whistler's illustrations. In good internal order throughout. Small mark to title page and one small corner fold, but otherwise all is clean and bright. Former owner's details neatly to fep. Attractive bookplate of Constance Whitehead to front pastedown. Red cloth is a little marked and rather worn to edges. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 80pp.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First edition. Lovely first edition of Simon Harcourt-Smith's architectural satire, profusely illustrated by Rex Whistler. First edition.In original publisher's red cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with over 20 in-text and full-page pen-and-wash drawings, two of which are in colour. From popular British artist Reginald John "Rex" Whistler, best known for his murals, society portraits and theatrical costume designs. Whistler was killed in action two years after this piece was published.Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library.Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith's conceit of a grand Palladian mansion and its accompanying extravagances. An editor and librarian as well as a writer, Nowell-Smith allegedly wrote this text to amuse his wife during the Blitz. In original publisher's red cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Bookplate of Deborah Stuart to front paste down. Externally, smart with slight bumping, rubbing and faint marking most prevalent to the top of the front board. Dust wrapper also suffers from slight marking and the odd spot . More significant tearing, including chips to the spine and corners. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription from previous owner to half-title page, dated 1959. Pages very bright and clean, excluding the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). A smart copy of this architectural fantasy by English writer and producer, Simon Harcourt-Smith, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout with twenty pen-and-wash drawings both in-text and full-pages images, two of which are in colour. An architectural fantasy around a great Palladian mansion and the extravagances and conceits of its lay-out and garden. Written by Simon Harcourt-Smith, an English author and producer. Illustrated by Reginald John "Rex" Whistler, a British artist who painted murals and society portraits. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Sunning to the spine. A 2" closed tear to the head of the front panel has been sympathetically repaired with tape to the internal side, with a 3" closed tear to the tail of the panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1949. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Edition, Second Impression. Illustrations. Dust-wrapper design by Rex Whistler Covers a little marked, but a very nice copy in somewhat soiled and strengthened dust-wrapper.