noel curtis bennett (10 risultati)

Condizione: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Previous owner name to ffep. DJ with some edge wear, tears and faded spine. Clipped.

3210p., b/w illus., original brown cloth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition without jacket on burgundy cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

1944. Faber & Faber. Hardback. Book - Fair, boards/spine faded. Ex-lib.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Special Edition. London: Faber and Faber Limited, Special [First] Edition Numbered and Limited - Sangorski and Sutcliffe Full Leather Binding, 1949. This copy numbered 52 of a Special Edition of 100 copies. Sangorski and Sutcliffe fine full leather binding, in red morocco with gilt titles and decoration to the spine compartments, gilt filet to the board edges, gilt initials PM to the front board, page edges gilt, marbled end papers, text block tight, pages tanned. Spine a little faded. With 30 black and white illustrations. Presentation bookplate to front pastedown from Peter Merchant Ltd. The Peter Merchant Company carried on the business of managing factory canteens. This copy dedicated to Reginald Verdon Smith (1912-1992), who was a British Businessman; Chairman of the Bristol Aeroplane Company and of the British Aircraft Corporation. Pagination: 320pp. Provenance: the name Reginald Verdon Smith to the bookplate on the front paste down. Approximately 8 ¾ inches (22cm) tall. Condition Report Externally · Spine - very good condition - slightly faded, gilt titles and gilt lined compartments, five raised bands. · Joints - very good condition - sound, rubbed and worn. · Corners - very good condition - rubbed and worn. · Boards - very good condition - red morocco leather covered boards, gently rubbed, marked and worn. · Page edges - good condition - all edges gilt. · Binding - very good condition - attractive. · See above and photos. Internally · Hinges - very good condition - sound. · Paste downs - very good condition - marbled paper, gilt lined leather turn-ins, bookplate to the front. · End papers - good condition - marbled end papers. · Title - good condition - lightly tanned. · Pages - good condition - lightly tanned. · See photos.

1949. Faber & Faber. Hardback. Book - VG. DJ - Good.

Full Red Morocco. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Initials "P.M." on the cover of this finely bound copy, full red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

Full Morocco. Condizione: Near Fine. Special Edition. This is copy no. 82 of 100 copies specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 320 pp. Contemporary full red morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt-ruled panels & gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Presentation bookplate to front pastedown from Peter Merchant Ltd. The Peter Merchant Company carried on the business of managing factory canteens. Boards bright. Internally clean. Illustrations. A history of feeding people in the workplace. Noel Curtis-Bennett was a civil servant and a member of the IOC. A nice copy. 8vo.

Full Morocco. Condizione: Near Fine. Special Edition. This is copy no. 31 of 100 copies specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 320 pp. Contemporary full red morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt-ruled panels & gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Presentation bookplate to front pastedown from Peter Merchant Ltd. The Peter Merchant Company carried on the business of managing factory canteens. Boards bright. Internally clean. Illustrations. A history of feeding people in the workplace. Noel Curtis-Bennett was a civil servant and a member of the IOC. 8vo.

First edition, deluxe limited issue, number 51 of 100 copies, presented to Eric Simonds by the directors of Peter Merchant Ltd, with their numbered presentation bookplate. A highly attractive copy of this study of the history of the feeding of employees in the workplace, from the middle ages to the factory canteen. Octavo. With 30 black and white illustrations. Original red crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine lettered in gilt, gilt monogram to front cover, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Covers very lightly bowed with a couple of trivial marks, else a fine copy.