ethel edith mannin (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by E. H. Eisner (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight browning to spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight overall dust staining, some faint spotting to endpapers and page fore edges, not price clipped (8s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 117pp. The author insists that this is not a story for cat lovers, but for "those who admire and respect the essential animal characteristics of this most beautiful, interesting and fundamentally wild creature. It is the story of a little female cat named by her owner John Ainsworth, newspaper man, Lucia. The cat and the man learn to adjust themselves to each other, on a basis of mutual toleration. The man develops an affection for the beautiful, indifferent creature in his care, but he does not deceive himself that the cat 'loves' him. She leads her own animal life in her private jungle. He leads his in the jungle of civilization. On the whole, he concludes, the cat makes a better job of living. The man's story and the cat's run parallel in many ways, and in the end it is the cat who 'liberates' the man. This is a cat story with a difference. The author never at any point sentimentalizes the relationship of the man and the animal. We believe, therefore, that thought it may be disliked, perhaps, by cat lovers it will be found true and moving by those who like cats. It was written as a result of close and continuous observation of the author's own cat, and is based on incidents in her life. Ethel Edith Mannin (1900-84), was a popular, prolific British novelist and travel writer, political activist and socialist.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Peter Chadwick (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight browning to spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight overall dust staining, some faint spotting to endpapers and page fore edges, not price clipped (21s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 320pp. The story of a young man who became blind and deaf at the age of sixteen and his struggles to overcome his handicap. Ethel Edith Mannin (1900-84), was a popular, prolific Anglo Irish novelist and travel writer, political activist and socialist.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Three stories based on ancient Irish legends. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with light wear at edges. (#113241).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A smart collection of four illustrated volumes on the history of Japan, exploring their discovery of Europe, the Geisha girl, rebuilding post-war, and printing. Four volumes. First edition. This set contains: The Japanese Discovery of Europe: Honda Toshiaki and Other Discoverers 1720-1798, 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven full-page images, and a map. Collated complete. Exploring the group of Japanese intellectuals who, rebelling against the isolation of their country at the time, turned to Europe and the Dutch traders permitted to visit Japan for inspiration. With specific commentary on Honda Toshiaka and his writings. Written by Donald Lawrence Keene, an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. The Flower and Willow World: The Story of the Geisha Girl, 1959. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen plates, and six line drawings. Collated complete. A fascinating account of the history of the geisha in Japan: a role that has frequently been misunderstood by Westerners. Describing the development, social background, training and accomplishments of the geisha, as well as her costume and hairstyle. Written by A. C. Scott, a British author and R.A.F. Officer who later became a professional artist and journalist. The Flowery Sword: Travels in Japan, 1960. With a map to the front of the text. A penetrating look at post-war Japan, based on the author's own observations of the country as she travelled, third-class and alone, across the country from Hokkaido to Nagasaki. Written by Ethel Edith Mannin, a popular British novelist and travel writer, anti-fascist activist and anarchist. The Japanese Print: A New Approach, 1960. Illustrated with sixty-four plates. Collated complete. Written due to a revival of interest in Japanese Art, this work is an authority piece on the printmaking of Japanese artists through history and in modern times. With chapters on the Ukiyo-e School, Kabuki Theatre, picture books, bird and flower prints, and the art of Surimono, amongst others. Written by Jack Ronald Hillier, a British scholar of Japanese art. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Japanese Discovery of Europe and The Flower and Willow World which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The Japanese Discovery of Europe and The Flower and Willow World have been laminated due to small closed tears to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. Ex-Library, usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. Ex-Library, usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.