Violet martin (35 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Very good. 2nd printing. Trade paperback. xxiv [4] 298 pages. Very good condition. ".the one outstanding Irish novel of the nineteenth century." V.S. Pritchett. Ireland. Studio.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Pages starting to embrown from the edge, dustwrapper slightly faded at spine and a little frayed at one corner. With the ownership signature of Mirabel Cecil.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 440pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine heel, backstrip has a crease. Top text block edge foxed, fore-edge just starting. Two previous owner's names on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, 1cm closed tear on rear board at spine head, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped (large square removed from front flap). A classic collection of humorous stories by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin, adapted into a popular and well-done TV comedy-drama series starring Peter Bowles in the 1980s. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. London: George. G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1925. Reprint of book first published by Longmans in 1908. 256p. Foxing to early and late pages and page edges. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's very good green boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. vi+186p.+32p. publisher's catalogue. With numerous illustrations by E. Oe. Somerville. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Front endpapers splitting at spine.Slight spotting to half-title, slight colouring added to illus. on p. 67. Publisher's blue boards and spine faded, scuffed and grubby with some marks.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. box pck edition. 11.25x9.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Zustand: Bien. 1� Edición. Ediciones El Viento, 2013. Novela. Cuando dos y dos son cinco (cuyo título original es Experiences of an Irish R. M.) es un clásico de la literatura angloirlandesa publicado en 1899, escrito por el famoso dúo de primas Edith Somerville y Violet Martin, quienes firmaban bajo el seudónimo Martin & Ross. La obra narra de forma muy divertida las tribulaciones del mayor Sinclair Yeates, un magistrado inglés destinado a Irlanda que se traslada convencido de que allí la lógica y los números encajarán a la perfección, chocando inevitablemente con la peculiar y caótica realidad del lugar. 322 pp. 20 x 14. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada con solapas. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9788415374558.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Zustand: Fine. First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original emerald green cloth covered boards, blocked in black, gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xvii], 268 pp with monochrome drawings throughout by Paul Cox. Fine condition book in Fine condition slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. No jacket. In protective mylar cover. Binding solid and pages clean. General yellowing and external wear.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, fold. genealog. table, plates. Orig. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1983. v.g. in price-clipped d.w. 'A detailed and living portrait of two gifted, complicated and very remarkable women.'.

Half title, front. & illus., 6pp ads; prelims sl. browned. Orig. grey pictorial cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt; spine a little darkened, sl. rubbed. Initials on half title, 1903. See Hudson p.22; Loeber S473. With identical blocking to the first issue.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. teacher edition. 14.00x13.00x4.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: Very good. 10th impression. Illustrated by E. O.E. Somerville. Originally printed in the Badminton Magazine. Octavo (approx. 4 3/4" wide by 7 5/16" tall) 3/4 green leather over green cloth boards. Gilt rules. Gilt titles on spine with gilt designs of shamrocks and harps. Raised bands on spine. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. viii + 309 pages. Spine leather has sunned to brown. With the bookplates of two former owners on front endpapers. The earliest is from The (Second) Earl of Dudley, William Humble Ward, who was the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1902-1905. Ireland, Humor. Studio. Somerville, E. O.E. (illustrator).…

FIRST EDITION. 4to. Half title, illus. Orig. orange cloth, spine lettered in black; spine faded. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, beneath earlier struck through inscription. Hudson p.58; Loeber S488. Ten stories.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A third impression of this illustrated collection of Irish sketches from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of Irish sketches, with chapters entitled: The Tinker's Dog, Fanny Fitz's Gamble, A Grand Filly, High Tea at McKeown's, and An Irish Problem, amongst others. Written by Edith Anna none Somerville, an Irish novelist and her cousin Violet Florence Martin, an Irish author who wrote under the pen name of Martin Ross. The pair collaborated on numerous novels, and were most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series The Irish R.M. With illustrations by Edith Anna none Somerville. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Rebacked in the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark or damp mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the extremities with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. E. OE. Somerville (illustrator). book.…

dj. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii, 126. With in-text illustrations by Somerville. In publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles to spine and blue dog motif to upper board. With original orange pictorial dust jacket. Chipping to jacket edges; one particularly large chip from front cover bottom edge. Good overall. An anthology of dogs from previous publications by Somerville and Ross.…

FIRST EDITION. 4to. Half title, front., plates & illus. Orig. green cloth, cream cloth spine label lettered in gilt; generally dulled. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1955. Hudson p.54; Loeber S484. Twelve stories.

FIRST EDITION. 4to. Half title, front., plates & illus. Orig. dark blue plain cloth, cream cloth spine label lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1959. A v.g. copy. in sl. worn d.w. Hudson p.55; not in Loeber. Ten stories.

FIRST EDITION. Half title; sl. spotting. Orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; small ink mark on front board. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1957. v.g. Hudson p.47; Loeber S483.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. First edition of this illustrated collection of evocative prose by cousins Somerville & Ross, capturing life in southern Ireland. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.This volume is a first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete.A collection of prose works focusing on life in southern Ireland before the Free State and steamrollers, recounting personal experiences and observations, with a particular emphasis on Drishane and the West Carbery Hunt.Edith none Somerville (1858-1949) and Violet Martin (1862-1915), who wrote together under the name Somerville & Ross, were Irish cousins and literary collaborators best known for The Irish R.M. series. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities and boards, with slight loss to paper boards partially obscuring "Martin Ross". Rubbing to and creasing to spine label. Spine creased down the center. Slight discolouration to paper boards. Spot of damp staining to rear paper board. Library bookplate to rear paste down, with slight offsetting and the odd handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, if a little age toned with the odd spot and handling mark. Good. Edith none Somerville (illustrator). book.…

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. & illus. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in white & black; spine sl. faded. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1955. v.g. Hudson p.38; Loeber S480. Collected studies & sketches.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback magazine with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. Colour and b/w photographs , illustrations and advertisements throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (1/2).

Half title, 31pp cata. (Sept. 1911) partially unopened. Orig. light brown cloth. blocked in white, lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. Booklabel of Frank Seton. See Hudson p.28; Loeber S477. A hunting story. Inscribed on leaf following title, 'Janet, from her Aunt Violet, October 1911', possibly authorial.…

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. port., plates & illus. Orig. orange-pink boards lettered in brown, brown cloth spine, paper label. Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Quesne, 1956. v.g. Hudson p.42; not in Loeber.

dj. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Foolscap Quarto (22x18cm). pp. x, 132. With 4 full-page illustrated plates including frontispiece, and 17 further in-text illustrations by the author, Edith Somerville. In publisher's mauve cloth with gilt titles to white cloth label on spine. With original orange and white dust jacket featuring black titles. Black ink inscription to front paste-down, dated 1936. Roughly cut in one or two instances. Small closed tears to jacket, with a few small chips from jacket spine and corners. A few minor marks; age-toning to jacket spine and edges. Very good overall. Another selection of Irish hunting stories.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of prose works, with chapters entitled: Drishane, The Big Master, Rocks and the Sea, Jack Driscoll and Others, and Capital Letters, amongst others. Written by Edith Anna none Somerville, an Irish novelist and her cousin Violet Florence Martin, an Irish author who wrote under the pen name of Martin Ross. The pair collaborated on numerous novels, and were most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series The Irish R.M. With illustrations by Edith Anna none Somerville. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. E. OE. Somerville (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel work on the authors' adventures grape picking in the Medoc district. First edition. Illustrated with thirteen plates and many in-text images. An entertaining and humorous account of the authors' experiences traveling to the south of France for the grape harvest. In the Medoc district they meet grape pickers and wine makers, with accounts of embarrassing attempts at speaking French and witty observations from their travels. Written by Edith Anna none Somerville, an Irish novelist, and Violet Florence Martin, an Irish author who wrote under the pen name of Martin Ross. Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels. Illustrated by Frederick Henry Townsend, a British illustrator, cartoonist and art editor of Punch. Previously held in the library of Charles Stewart Orwin, a British agricultural economist and historian. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine resulting in minor loss. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. F. H. Townsend; E. Somerville (illustrator). book.…