Edric cecil roberts (10 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Page edges tanned, and flyleaf clipped. Contents clear and firm within. A good condition book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with tiny loss, spine slightly browned, some overall dust and time staining, slight offsetting to endpapers and spotting to page fore edges. Not price clipped (15s), small gift inscription to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 287pp. A pastoral reading of the Song Of Songs renews romantic memories in a number of elderly English people living in a Riviera resort town. Edric Cecil Mornington Roberts (1892-1976), was a journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist. He grew up in Nottingham and worked as a journalist on the Liverpool Post during World War I, first as literary editor and then as a war correspondent. During World War II Roberts worked for Lord Halifax, who was British Ambassador to the United States. Despite his prolific output as a writer, and the popularity of his works during his lifetime, he is now, sadly, almost wholly forgotten. Jacket by David Knight (illustratore).…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condizione: Excelente. 522 pp. Encuadernación en holandesa pasta española con nervios y tejuelos dorados.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. 12th EDITION RESET EDIITION. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

No Binding. Condizione: Good. English journalist , poet, dramatist and novelist. [40 x 75 mm. / 1½ x 3 ins.] Signature on thin paper. In good condition. [Within the UK postage is not charged. Outside the UK, shipping is by airmail and at cost.]. Signed by Author(s).

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. First edition without jacket on blue cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

1p., 4to. In fair condition, on aged, creased and worn paper. The poem features under the title 'Liberty Imperilled' in Roberts's collection 'Charing Cross and Other Poems of the Period' (1919), and the context suggests that the poem was composed at the commencement of the First World War. The sonnet begins: 'Not without cause just and unshakeable | Will we surrender up the cherished prize | Of individual liberty, so well | and nobly held'. The sestet is as follows: 'Therefore in British hearts this day the thought | Of mighty heritage shall make us calm | Amid tumultuous conflicts, and maintain | Forces unchallenged, victories unbought | Of craven minds coerced by war's alarm | And loving all they ever fought to gain'. At the foot of the page Roberts writes: 'Please excuse script - I am miles from a typewriter.'.…

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. ELEVENTH IMPRESSION 1953 EDITION. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.