Smith surrey (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 224pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, red lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at spine tips. Faint spotting on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust wrapper a little bumped at extreme edges, some visible shelf on verso, not quite crisp. Dust jacket in a protective, removable clear film sleeve.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. British Bloodhound Mystery No. 495. Very tidy, just a light ink line on bottom edges. Dust jacket is price-clipped, foxed on underside, water stain on rear, rubbing to corners and spine ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …

1st UK ed. British Bloodhound no.471. Ex lib - stamp & accession on front pastedown; sellotape stains; lacks front free end paper. Good reading copy. Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unread copy in great condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 317. Original publishers illustrated red cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Prize inscription on the front endpaper. No date, circa 1908. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good indeed.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in half dark brown leather covers, five raised bands to the spine with gilt title lettering, top edge gilt, marble end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xviii] 382 printed pages of text, fold-out map to the rear. Sun fading to the spine, light foxing to the end leaves and in Very Good tight and sound condition. Smith played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey, was educated, from 1886 to 1892, at Charterhouse School, one of the principal nurseries of the Association Football game, and learned many of the skills that subsequently brought him fame while boarding at the school. Smith captained the England team on at least 13, and possibly as many as 16, occasions (early records are inexact) between 1896 and 1901, winning at least eight games, possibly as many as ten, and drawing two. Smith retired from football shortly after his final international appearance and became joint headmaster at Ludgrove School, a preparatory school in Barnet recognised as one of the principal feeder institutions for Eton College. His fellow headmaster, Arthur Dunn - who had founded Ludgrove in 1892 - was another noted amateur footballer and had also played as centre-forward for England. Dunn died, aged only 41, a few months after Smith joined the school, and thereafter G. O. shared his duties with his fellow Corinthian, England captain, and great friend, William Oakley. He also taught, from 1918 at Sunningdale Preparatory School and died, aged 71, in retirement at his home in Hampshire. Ludgrove Prize Plate inside dated December 18th, 1906, SIGNED 'G. O. Smith.' Apart from the rare G. O. Smith signature, a poignant aside to the book is that the recipient student, Harry Keppel Chester, lost his life in World War 1. He was killed in action in the first GAZA Battle in 1917 and was posthumously promoted from Lieutenant to Captain H. K. Chester. His parish church, St. Mary the Virgin, in Birchanger, Essex has a marble memorial of his with the following inscription 'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Harry Keppel Chester of this Parish, and of Kings College, Cambridge, Captain, 5th Battalion Essex Regiment, Born 18 July 1894, died 27 March 1917 of wounds received in action the previous day near Gaza, Buried at Khan Yunus, in Palestine. 'Go thy way, thy son liveth'. The Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Street, London has on view in their collection a gathering of his 1914-1917 letters, privately published in book form by his family in 1921. It is titled 'Letters from Harry Keppel Chester 1914-1917'. 218 pages. A poignant tragedy that 12 year old Harry received as his school prize 'A Boy in the Peninsular War', - killed in action - still a boy. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Football].…