Stanbridge dovecote press (38 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1987) later reprint. 8vo paperback (138 x 216mm). Ppvi,146. B/w photographs. Signature to first page, slightly used but solidly intact second-hand paperback. A country childhood recollected. Hargreaves remembers tales of farm-life and sport in the early part of the century, 1889 to 1929. This book is "about country life from the time Mother first met the Old Man until I left the farm to go to London University and read Veterinary Science.". Hargreaves later became famous as a television presenter and is fondly remembered by millions for his series Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves which itself forms part of the material in this book. . …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 201 pages ; 27 cm. Subjects; Manors England Isle of Wight History. Country homes England Isle of Wight. Architecture, Domestic England Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight (England) History. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Edges slightly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Discovering Dorset. Physical description; 52 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Lyme Regis (England) History. Lyme Regis (England) Guidebooks. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine and edges slightly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Discovering Dorset. Physical description; 52 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subject; Lyme Regis (England) History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound tan boards, clean with no writing inside. Jacket is not price-clipped, has some light foxing marks. Illustrated throughout with 124 b/w photographic plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Reprint. Reprint of book first published in 1978. Firmly bound green boards, clean with no writing inside. Jacket is not price-clipped. Illustrated throughout with 124 b/w photographic plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound with no writing inside, jacket is price clipped with a little wear at the top of the spine and a little creasing along the top edge. Illustrated throughout with 124 black and white photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound tan boards, clean with no writing inside. Jacket is price-clipped. Illustrated throughout with 124 b/w photographic plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, mostly clean with no writing inside. Jacket is not price-clipped. Illustrated throughout with 124 b/w photographic plates (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A collection of recipes from the Isle of Wight. Drawings by Louise Dobbs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Firmly bound with no writing inside. The jacket is not price clipped.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Includes numerous b/w photographs, plans and maps. 158pp. Light shelf-wear to edges of wraps.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st thus. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine and part of rear cover lightly faded. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 85 pages. First published in 1979. Covers almost 1000 years of history. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192p,[8]p of plates : ill, ports,facsims. ; 22cm. Subjects: Barnes, William (1801-1886). Dorset (England) in literature. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Gregory Drew. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 192p.,[8]p. of plates : ill, ports,facsims. ; 22cm. Subjects: Barnes, William (1801-1886). Dorset (England) in literature. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Spine slightly faded, dustwrapper slightly faded at spine and a little marked. Inscribed by the author to Hugh and Mirabel Cecil, his son and daughter-in-law, "To Mirabel & Hugh with love D.C".

Green hardback board cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with marked dust jacket. Ink inscription to half-title. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 72pp + plates. 16 colour plates.

Reprint: Colour photographic paperback, orange and white titles, 135 x 215 mm., 350 grms., 144 pp., illustrated throughout with photographic plates, line drawings and a map, no dw., VG+ copy.

Well illustrated. Paperback. 79,(1)pp. Discover Dorset. Good. ISBN 1874336598.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In this book, titled "A Constant Heart - The War Diaries of Maud Russell 1938 - 1945" The boards and text block are square, tight and clean .There is minor delamination on the front cover and minor edge and corner wear. Illustrated. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.…

168 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Zeichnungen zwischen den Rezepten. Sehr schönes englischsprachiges Kochbuch.Enthält u.a. folgende Rezepte: Prawn Salad; November Pork Casserole; Beef Fillet coated in Peppers and parsley; Snowflake Tart. Sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Very good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 Or.-Leinenbd. mit Schutzumschlag. Gr.8vo.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 17x24 cm 1988 (reprinted). VIII + 136 p. Hardcover, green, gilt letters on spine. Dust jacket. Sprache: Englisch, Num. ill. in b/w. In very good condition. Discrete bump signs on spine. DJ a little worn. Clean inside. USADO / GEBRAUCHT / USED. Frontispiece: Cranborne Manor from the south, showing the two lodges and arched gateway that lead into the courtyard. Bettiscombe, Bingham's Melcombe, Came House, Cranborne Manor, Eastbury Park, Encombe, Herringston, Kingston Lacy, Mapperton House, Melbury, Purse Caundle Manor, Sandford Orcas Manor, Sherbourne Castle, Smedmore, Stepleton House, Waddon Manor, Wolfeton. With index. The book is illustrated with over 150 watercolours, engravings, portraits and photographs. [Dorset Country Houses+David Cecil]. ** 10% DESCUENTO/RABATT/DISCOUNT PRIMAVERA * excl. New German Books * * * * 26,10 (original price 29,00) **.…

4 Bl., 189 S. Mit einigen Abbildungen. Gr.-8° (24 x 16 cm). Original-Pappe mit Schutzumschlag. Lord David Cecil (1902-1986), Literaturprofessor in Oxford und Schriftsteller, Mitglied des "Inklings"-Kreises um C. S. Lewis. - Schutzumschlag gering berieben. Schönes Exemplar. Gewicht (Gramm): 520.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. ' The Lost Villages of Dorset,' is concerned with change, and the effects of change, Invasion, open field farming, enclosure, the reformation, the advent of the turnpikes and railways, the agricultural depression of the late 19th century, even plague, tempest, war and famine, have all left behind them a legacy whose outlines can still be traced. The boards and text block whose back end paper has been creased are both square, tight and clean, the dust jacket is also very good with no tears.…

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta orange paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8¼''. Unpaginated archive monochrome photographs with a description to each. Fine condition book in near Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper with light rubs and creases. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 09035189X ISLE OF WIGHT.…

Hardcover. First Edition thus. Octavo, 52 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is light blue with white lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail, bumping to fore corners, and moderate sunning along spine. Textblock interior has Comstock bookplate adhered to front pastedown. Signed flat on title page by John Fowles. Shelved in Room Z. 1399880. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. In this book the author has breathed new life into our view of Brown's achievements. No other contemporary painter is as well known for their ability to capture the full glory of the country house in its rural setting. For forty years he has travelled around britain painting many of its most distinguished houses, yet- remarkably - A Brush with Brown is Tim Scott Bolton's first book.Fully illustrated and inscribed by the author The boards, binding , text block and dust jacket are all square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed and Inscribed on the title pasge. Fine condition quarto, blue cloth in fine dust wrapper (price clipped), illustrated, 128 pages. [QP]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Nice copy in dustwrapper. Signed by the editor (the author's granddaughter) on the title-page; from the library of Rex Whistler's biographer Mirabel Cecil, the corners of a few pages turned down by her, and with, loosely inserted, news-cuttings of reviews from the Literary Review (Jane Ridley), Spectator (Andrew Lycett) and Daily Mail (Ysenda Maxtone Graham), and an envelope bearing Cecil's manuscript notes about Whistler - "I don't find her any more sympathetic than we deduced before; Rex was not given a free hand in the dr.-rm . . . Maud doesn't seem to have had an idea of what she did want but she refused what he wanted . . ." Maud Russell (née Nelke, 1891-1982) married in 1917 Gilbert Russell (1875-1942); she was the chatelaine of Mottisfont Abbey, in Hampshire, where Rex Whistler painted some of his most striking murals. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Softcover. Originally published in 1969, this is the new 2016 edition. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 92pp. Many colour illustrations. The four books about Dorset by artist and printmaker Rena Gardiner (1929-1999) are now regarded as some of the most unusual books about the county to have been published. A one-woman cottage industry, she wrote the text, drew the illustrations and printed and bound the books herself. "Dorset: The Isle of Purbeck" is considered by many to be her finest achievement. In it, PUrbeck's villages, landscapes and cost are brought vividly to life with the colour and exuberance that were the hallmarks of Rena Gardiner's extraordinary style. This new edition includes biographical notes and an introduction to the methods by which Rena Gardiner worked.…