Patrick hore ruthven (22 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. 1944. 28 pages. Beige pictorial boards and jacket. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Prominent forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. White boards with gilt lettering on front: 18 pages. With portrait "Patrick Hore-Ruthven" frontispiece. A small bookseller's label on front paste down. Foxing fly leaf. Lightly stained on board.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Reprint. Fox-spotting to dj. Dj slightly chipped & worn at extremities.

8vo, 18pp, with black and white portrait frontispiece. A good paperback copy with wear to wraps. Lightly foxed fore edges and foxing to endpapers.

Stiff wraps. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. This poem is an homage to George Herbert, the influential Welsh-born, English-educated "metaphysical" poet of the 17th century, state orator, and priest of the Church of England. His best-known religious poems are The Temple, The Country Parson, and Jacula Prudentum. Written by Grey Ruthven, Irish-born hereditary peer, poet, European Chair of Sotheby's, fine art dealer, Member of the House of Lords, and Minister for the Arts in Margaret Thatcher's government. This is copy 88 of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies in a total edition of 126. Signed on the colophon by the author, Grey Ruthven. The Pym-Randall Press was founded by James and Joanne Randall and was best known for publishing emerging poets, issuing small letterpress printed editions. Designed and printed by William Ferguson, frequent printer to the press. String bound in deep purple, mould made, paper wraps with title and author in black italics to the front. Letterpress printed on cream colored, laid paper. This copy is as flawless and Fine as new.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 7,[blank] pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd edition. Was Frank Bradlow's personal copy. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and foxed, but remains whole and intact. The boards are strong and sturdy. Internally, Bradlow's ex-libris plate is on the front end page and there is moderate foxing and tanning throughout. The pages within remain neat, legible and complete. Tightly bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.…

18pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, gilt lettering. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Scattered foxing to endpapers and upper edge. A very good copy. WWII poems by the son , killed in the Western Desert, of the Australian Governor-General ,The Earl Gowrie.

8vo (22x14cm), hardback, prelims + 18pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (sunned, grubby, bumped, chipped at head of spine with small tear to upper front with associated creasing, a few little marks and indents). Bumped, foxed, small indent lo left front, bookseller's label at front pastedown, faint offset marks to endpapers, small mark to lower right edge of frotn pastedown, some age-toning. Pictures available on request. …

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. 18 pages. Foxing to Covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Poetry; Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse. Inventory No: 278779.

3rd impression. Softcover of stiff card with wrapper A little foxing. Gift inscription to fep.

reprint wrappers Very Good octavo 18pp., frontis. , Poems by an SAS Captain killed in N. Africa. Missing ffep o/w VG.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Jacket in Protective Sleeve. Facsimile Edition. A clean straight book. Dust jacket protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Scans available.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Jacket in Protective Sleeve. First Edition. 18 pages. Frontis is b/w photo of the author, who was a Captain in the British Army during WW 2. He was later killed in action. Some foxing on the cover. Overall a nice tight copy, internally clean. Dust jacket has light foxing, protected in a clear mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 233 pages; blue cloth, gilt spine titles; top edge blue; inscribed and signed by author in blue ink to front free endpaper ("August 1951/ Henry -- with love and thanks for a wonderful visit to Gl--? Castle --/ Patrick"); black & white frontispiece; some wear to extremities of boards, scattered small blemishes, very lightly cocked; a very good minus copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. A collection of poems by the an Australian soldier poet. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 75994.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo 18pp., frontis. , Poems by an SAS Captain killed in N. Africa. Neat ownership signature o/wnice copy.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo 18pp., frontis. , Poems by an SAS Captain killed in N. Africa.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled laminated wraps. pp 28. 2 illustrations. No date, c.1980s. World War two poetry. Neat presentation from someone unknown to Ian Gilmour (Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar 1926 Ð 2007) and his wife 'For Caroline and Ian, to remember this Golden Day.' Privately printed with an intro by General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and his mother Lady Zara Gowrie. Very good indeed.…

Small 8vo, in fours. 8.75 x 5.25 inches. 28 pp. Bound in stiff card boards with decorative border enclosing title on front board, in price clipped dust wrapper, which has neat repairs at head and tail of spine. Minor edge wear and browning of flyleaves, otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece. Decorated by device on title page. Poems dated 1934-41 by Patrick Hore-Ruthven (1913-42), of the Rifle Brigade and later of the newly formed SAS. His father, Lord Gowrie, was Governor-General of Australia and the preface is by his mother, Zara Gowrie (1879-1965). First published in Australia in 1943, this is a reprint of the Second Edition of 1944. POETRY WW2 POETRY WW2 POETRY.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Boards and spine are worn and stained. There is foxing and staining on endpapers, edges and some pages. Previous bookseller's sticker on front pastedown endpaper. Binding is a little loose. Else book is in good condition. Edited by Ethel Anderson. Signed by Ethel Anderson. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. Signed by Editor.…

First Edition. Edited by Ethel Anderson. Foreword by The Earl of Gowrie, VC. Pp. [ii]+234. frontispiece; cr. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge grey; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges chipped and with several small closed tears; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers and title page foxed; Peter Davies, London, 1950. First edition. *Inscribed by the editor on the upper free endpaper. Patrick Hore-Ruthven served in the Rifle Brigade in WWII and later joined the SAS. He was wounded in action and died in 1943. He was a poet and avid letter writer. His poems were published in 1944 as The Happy Warrior Poems by Angus & Robertson, Sydney.…