s c roberts w g blackall (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. the boards are edge worn. a bit of foxing and marks on the pages. gift inscription. all pages are clear and intact, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, x,142pp, 24 plates, pictorial endpapers, slight browning, no inscriptions, blue cloth pictorial, gilt titles, corners rubbed, otherwise Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Blackall, W G (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue boards have slightly worn silhouette of Cambridge skyline, bumped corners and turned spine ends with a slight nick at the top. "Agnes C Masterton" in small insc on prelim. Contents clean and firm with slight foxing towards each end. 24 plates by Blackall, each with a titled protector, 14 Colleges and other Cambridge sights, with explanatory/historical text. 29 x 22 cm. Over 1.4 kg so might require extra post outside UK.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. W. G. Blackall (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated guide to Cambridge. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete. A guide of Cambridge with details of: the approach to Cambridge, Pembroke College, Trinity Hall, Jesus College, and Emmanuel College. Written by Sydney Castle Roberts, a British author, publisher and university administrator who was well-known and popular around Cambridge. Illustrated by W. G. Blackall, a British artist. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and some rubbing to the extremities, particularly the head of the spine. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. W. G. Blackall (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully illustrated book about Cambridge and its various colleges. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. With beautiful illustrated paste-downs, a frontispiece and twenty-three plates by W. G. Blackall. Collated complete. An interesting book about college history in Cambridge. Including Pembroke College, King's College and Trinity College. With a bookplate for one Cuthbert Juke Taylor to the front blank. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges and bumping to the spine. Some fading to the spine and a few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Bookplate for previous owner to the front blank. Pages very bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Gordon Home; Frank Greenwood; W. G. Blackall (illustrator). First edition. Three fascinating and beautifully illustrated volumes from A. and C. Black's 'The "Charm" Series'; all complete with the original dustwrappers. A. and C. Black were a renowned British book publishing company best known for their influential 'Black's Guides' series, that was characterised through their coherent and "colloquial" style and lack of "cultural pretension". Beyond their small and succinct travel guides, A. and C. Black published a large array of works, including this beautifully illustrated series on counties in England: 'The "Charm" Series'. This series were characterised by their idyllic studies of little-known 'beauty-spots, ancient places, and pilgrim's paths', and for featuring twenty four illustrated plates reproduced from pencil drawings by a variety of renowned artists and illustrators. This set contains the following works: A first edition copy of 'The Charm of Surrey', published in 1929. This work was written and illustrated by the renowned English landscape artist, writer and illustrator Gordon Home. A first edition copy of 'The Charm of Lancashire', published in 1929. This work was written by John Cuming Walters, with pencil drawings by Frank Greenwood. A second edition copy of 'The Charm of Cambridge' published in 1933. This work was written by Sir Sydney Castle Roberts, a British author, publisher and popular figure around Cambridge, with illustrations by W. G. Blackall. Featuring publisher's advertisements to the rear of 'The Charm of Lancashire', with several additional loosely inserted small catalogues for A. and C. Black's other works. With charming illustrated endpapers to 'The Charm of Cambridge'. Each volume is collated complete with twenty four illustrated plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding with original dustwrappers, price clipped only to 'Surrey'. Externally excellent, with only minor shelfwear to extremities. Dustwrappers very smart, age toned to spine (as usual) with slight chipping to extremities, and the odd small closed tear. Bookseller's labels tipped to front pastedown of each volume. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean to 'Surrey' and 'Lancashire', with only the odd light spot to the occasional page. Heavy scattered spotting to fore edge of the occasional page, 'Cambridge', otherside bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.