introduction priestley (84 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First American Edition. First published in 1927, this edition is the first to have the introduction by Stewart. A near fine, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates. In a good, but rather scuffed, dust jacket with minor edge wear. No jacket chips and not price-clipped. Only one 1/4" tear at base of front panel.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Alan Gregory (Illustrator) (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Pelican A264. Text/Near New, showing faint margin discoloration. Blue rimmed soft cover/VG; strong & sound, faint creasings to corner tips & trace soiling. PO name on fEP. First published in 1942. Music history. An evaluation of symphony orchestras half century ago; sub-title: A Future for the Symphony Orchestra. 16 chapters: 1, The Evolution of a Modern Orchestra; 2, Conductorless Orchestras; 3, The Leader of the Orchestra; 4, Conductors Face to Face; 5, Should the Composer Know Best?; 6, The Perfect Orchestra; 7, A Background to Music; 8, Interlude I - Instruments & Players; 9, The Problem of the Concert Hall; 10, The Building of Programmes; 11, Interlude II - On Audiences in General; 12, Music Betrayed; 13, Interlude III - Gramophone Records; 14, Concerts for Children; 15, The Finance of a Modern Orchestra; and, 16, Conclusions. Strong copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 112 pages, decorations by Constance Rowlands, hardback (grey cloth, a paper label on the spine), a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition, no additional pri. NOT an ex library book. 146 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 256 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Gilt On Brown. Stated Second Printing, 1966. Fine, No Wear Or Marks, Gilt Brilliant. Dust Jacket Priced 85 P. Net, With Rubbing Just Down Center Of Spine, Otherwise Unworn.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Second Printing. Green cloth, spine with gold-color lettering on maroon background, illustrated endpapers, 256 pp., illustrated jacket Red remainder mark (?) in the shape of a star on bottom edge of text block, light wear at ends of spine, straight corners, no owner names or gift notes, clean pages, tight binding. Jacket is worn and its US price has been clipped, price in English pence is intact. Over 100 authors are represented, rarely more than once.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good + DJ. Plates, Illustrations And Endpieces By Norman Tealby (illustratore). 1st Edition. Xxxi, 350 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt Lettering And Illustrations, With Endpapers Illustrated In Green And Black. Plates, Full Page Illustrations, And Illustrations As Endpieces, Throughout. First Printing But Second Issue Of The Uk Edition, With "The Bodley Head" Still At Foot Of Spine Of Book And Dj, But Book And Dj Are 1/4" Shorter Than The Original Issue, Small New Price Label Of 10'6 On Front Flap, Otherwise Identical In Book And Dj To The Original Issue. A Classic Satirical Novel By The Author Of "Tom Jones". Lightly Used, Light Rubbing, Very Good +, In Very Good + Dj, Clean And Unfaded, Slight Usage, Small Clear Tape Reinforcements On Inside Of Dj At Corners. Very Slightly Musty Odor.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 232 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Rowland, Constance (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo hardback. Black cloth with decorated paper overlay. 112 pp. + adverts. Black and white illustrations by Constance Rowlands. Very slight foxing on prelims, otherwise book is Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Rowlands, Constance (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo hardback. Black cloth with decorated paper overlay. 112 pp. + adverts. Black and white illustrations by Constance Rowlands. Paper overlay is slightly worn at a few points on edges, very slight foxing on prelims, otherwise book is Very Good condition. Flap of dust jacket advertising "Books by J. B. Priestley" is loosely inserted in rear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Rowlands, Constance (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo hardback. Black cloth with decorated paper overlay. 112 pp. + adverts. Black and white illustrations by Constance Rowlands. Paper overlay is slightly worn at a few points on edges, very slight foxing on prelims, otherwise book is Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Rowlands, Constance (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo hardback. Black cloth with decorated paper overlay. 112 pp. + adverts. Black and white illustrations by Constance Rowlands. Paper overlay is slightly worn at a few points on edges, very slight foxing on prelims, otherwise book is Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. liberty fund pbk. ed edition. 717 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Bookplate inside cover reads: Belmont Abbey Hereford Phillipps Library Shelf No (blank) Copy No (blank) Red boards with protective laminate cover. Text clean, some bleeding from spine into centre of title page (see image). Condition for age of book is good, the cover is intact with some smudging under laminate and discoloration along back cover edge otherwise an acceptable copy. Spine has library call number filed under "F" FIT.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Ilkustrated By Phiz (illustratore). No dustjacket. 534 pages. Very clean darker green hardback binding with gilt-coloured decoration to front board and spine (latter has lettering). Light yellowing to page-edges o/w pages very clean and tidy pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Ilkustrated By Phiz (illustratore). No dustjacket. 523 pages. Very clean darker green hardback binding with gilt-coloured decoration to front board and spine (latter has lettering). Light yellowing to page-edges o/w pages very clean and tidy pages.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good +/++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good +/++. Fourth Impression. 464 pages. Dustjacket has light wear/small creases to spine-ends, very light wear to corners, a polythene wrapper covering. Book has light wear with creases to spine-ends, slight wear to corenrs, slight sellotape marks to end-papers. Text is spotless. Very nice condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 2nd Edition. The battle between those women (whom God bless) were prepared to stand up and commit various crimes to get what they needed - The Vote - and those who those others who were determined they should not have it. Appears unread - very clean and neat. Every voting woman should read it.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is near fine with slight edge wear in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Small J Written Near The Upper Corner Of The Ffep. The Unclipped Jacket Has Two Tiny Tears At The Lower Spine.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Paperback in good condition. Covers are scuffed, marked and sunned. Spine ends and spine sides are torn. Page block and page edges are tanned. Previous owner's bookplate on FEP. Binding is a little fragile however remains intact, and pages are clear. LW. Used.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 286 pages. Contents; On beginning --; The grumbler's apology --; Open house --; Three men --; Other people's accomplishments --; Lectures --; On not meeting authors --; High, low, broad --; Those terrible novelists --; The editor --; Making writing simple --; The artist --; The peep --; The man with the flare --; Cranks --; On hating strangers --; On vulgar optimists --; The pessimists --; Parties --; A paragon of hosts --; The inn of the six angler --; A London hotel --; Commerical interlude --; A vanished lodging --; Out of it --; This insubstantial pagent --; A road and some moods --; Reminiscences of travel --; Smell of Tahiti --; Lilac in the rain --; American notes --; The skipper --; On overlooking Ccovent Garden --; At a concert --; The disillusioned --; At the circus --; Little tich --; A film actor --; Ellen Terry --; Seeing Stratford --; The Illyrians --; Midsummer day's dream --; Bully bottom --; The Dickens Fayre --; The two wellers --; Mr. Pickwick returns --; Prince Seithenyn --; Trying new. Subjects; English essays 20th century. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Thus. London: John Lane - The Bodley Head Ltd., 1929. First thus. The book begins as the story of a handsome footman who resists the come-ons of a wealthy woman - intended to parody a popular eighteenth century novel about hand-maid in the same fix - and then takes on a life of its own, describing the further adventures of this footman and the persons he meets along the way. The twelve full-page Tealby illustrations (plus additional ones within the text) are quite expressive of the humor of the book. Black cloth printed in gilt, pictorial endpapers, 350 pages. Some light external wear, mainly a bit of fraying to the spine ends, good hinges, very clean pages. Five of the plates have dampstains at the far top inner margins, with only one having the stain actually touch the printed image (the stains must have occurred prior to binding, as none of the text pages have similar stains). Very clean pages, with no foxing other than a light scattering on the first blank and half-title. Name on first blank. A sound, clean and handsome copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. NOT SIGNED FIRST EDITION with torn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good +. IIlustrated By Marcus Stone (illustratore). Macdonald Illustrated Classics-1st Ed. 881 pages. Glazine dustjacket (i.e. plastic-type see-through) which has moderate surface wear and rubs and piece missing from top at back. Very clean dark red hardback binding. B&W illustrations. Number 36 in series.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. A special collection of excerpts taken from the pages of the Everyman's Library series over its first 60 years of publication. This anthology in a special binding, with unique endpapers and spine ornamentation. Includes an introduction by J. B. Priestley. Indexed. --- A possible first edition, but not so stated or indicated. In full green cloth with titling in gilt on maroon spine block; and with gilt spine decorations. Jacket features detail from a painting by Rachel Ruysch. Everyman's Library #663. --- With prior owner's signatures to front endpapers, bookseller price sticker to front paste-down; otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped jacket with chafing and rubbing to extremities, else intact and protected in removable clear mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); [6], 5-256 pages.

brossura. Condizione: nuovo. New., Ill. bn: --, Ill. colori: --, Peso: 150 gr.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 278 pages. 8.25x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Book Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 120 pages approx - unpaginated. No dustjacket. (NB This book has NOTHING to do with circuses- it is a book of humourous illustrations of the period). Boards are sightly out of true. Beige boards with light marks in places due to handling. Lightly darkened to spine, red titles to spine & front. Light wear to spine-ends, wear to boards' corners. Owner's bookplate to inner front board, small stain to flyleaf. Page-edges lightly browne. Colour frontispiece and excellent B&W plates throughout with captions.