Smith george founder (4 Ergebnisse)

Reprint. Vol. 1: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Vol. 2: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Subjects: Great Britain ; Bio-bibliography. Great Britain ; Biography. Physical description: 2 volumes ; 24 cm. Contents: Part 1 : From the beginnings to 1900, being an epitome of the main work and its supplement. -- Part 2 : 1901-1950, being an epitome of the twentieth century D.N.B. down to the end of 1950. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Part I - FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + ex libris plate inside cover - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post.

From the first Smith has been considered as the model of the 'Sir Joseph Porter' of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore', and Disraeli himself is said to have referred to him as 'Pinafore Smith'. See Smith's entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item is signed 'W. H. Smith', addressed to 'Mr Townsend Warner', and headed 'Private'. The recipient is the historian and Harrow housemaster George Townsend Warner (1865-1916), father of the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. Smith, who has evidently been applied to with a request to fish in a private stream, asks Warner to 'do me a favour in saying whether the writer of the enclosed is one to whose request I might assent without being open to similar requests all round'. He does not know the writer. 'The stream is a very small and short one, and I am anxious to reserve it for private friends as far as possible, as I have given up my rights in the Teign to the Fishery Association'. At the time of writing Smith was Leader of the Commons, but one is still surprised to see such a letter written on a Downing Street letterhead.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcovers with DJ's. 20 BOOK SET (of a 22 volume set).MISSING VOLUMES 1 & 6. Ex-Library with usual markings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong. Dust jackets show edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…