morshead sir owen librarian h m (2 risultati)

dark blue gilt lettered cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. plate 21 has a corner crease, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. minor rubbing, wrinkling along top edge, head & tail of spine rubbed &chipped. not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ second revised edition (first published 1951). first printing (nap). ix+184p. glossy pages throughout. appendices. 80 glossy b&w plates. references. abbreviations. foldout floorplan map of castle at rear in mint cond. world history. architecture. archaeology. art history. english history. biography. medieval history. the normans. the plantagenets. king edward iii. king charles ii. king george iii. king george iv. ~For those who desire to know about Windsor Castle, there are few books which are at the same time scholarly and readable. Here is a book which may be read with pleasure both for ease of style and its command of the subject. Moreover, it is illustrated by over 80 splendid photographs, specially commissioned for this volume. Sir Owen Morshead, former Royal Librarian, lived within the castle for thirty years, and is still recognised as the leading expert on its history. In a swift and masterly narrative he traces its development through nine centuries of its royal occupation. He reveals it both a stronghold and as home. thus completing the picture of a building which stirs the imagination of all.

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, orange cloth with original clear acetate jacket, in original slipcase. 54 pp text, 64 pp plates, 2 pp. Phaidon Press, Philip S. Hench shared the Nobel Prize in 1950 in Medicine or Physiology. In this volume he has inscribed on the front endpaper, "This book was obtained from Sir Owen Morshead at Windsor Castle Wed. June 13, 1956. Presented to my son John Bixler Hench who was with me on this visit. from his dad, Philip S. Hench Windsor June 13, 1956." Heavily illustrated. Book very fine and clean, slipcase scuffed with one break. quarto, orange cloth with original clear acetate jacket, in original slipcase.