Walter allen foreword (18 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2000 1st ed. thus. 170pp. w/illustrations by the author. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [text is age browned; else a nice clean and crisp copy] The Irish writer's memoir of his time as a young Red Cross stretcher-bearer during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. Cary (1888-1957) had been an art student, and his sketches illustrate this book, which was never meant for publication. …

Trade Paperback. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Slightly shopworn. Discount Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A vg copy in a like, unclipped jkt which has had the price marked through in biro, else jkt is also vg. No other markings; guaranteed condition. Riley, John, (jkt) (illustratore).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book Club. Readers Union (bookclub) edition in very good dustjacket with mild darkening at margins. Not price clipped. Original British price 30s lower corner of front flap. Umber cloth with gold lettering. Red top stain. Sound binding, pulled some at head of spine still tight at bottom. Intact overall. With excellent, simple illustrations of Joyce Cary's own doing. There is an original Readers Union invoice, 'April 1965 choice', folded and laid in. This memoir of the what was called by those few who remembered, 'The First Balkan War', 1912-13. According to Walter Allen, from the vantage of 1960, 'For most of us, later, larger and more devastating wars, in one of which Cary was to' also 'fight and be wounded, have practically obliterated any knowledge we may once have had of the First Balkan War -- or, for that matter, of the Secon, which followed it within a few months.' This account by the novelist, Joyce Cary goes a short way (169 pages) toward reminding some of us about this war, which has since been followed by at least one other bloody conflict, the 1990s Balkan Wars, some would call it. Memories continue to confuse all this madness amongst so much horror the 20th century (and so the 21st) willingly dispenses.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Book #3 in the original Radio Boys series of 13 titles, another in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series of children's books written under pseudonyms. The publisher promoted the books as "thrilling adventures.that all modern boys will peruse with delight," providing an education in the new technology of radio communications along the way! First published in 1927, this hardcover is a slightly later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing to book #5 in front matter & to #7 in the ads in back following the 235-page text. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with inset image of boy seated at a bank of radios, lettered in gilt & black to front & spine. Condition is Good+: solidly bound but with slight cocking. Text block secure, hinges intact. Pages creamy white with modest tanning, unmarked save for former owner's name & address inside front cover. Exterior shows mild-moderate rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners & spine tips. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Some wear on the cover boards. Tanned but clean pages. Great reading copy. Walter S. Rogers (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1964 1st ed. 170pp. illus. black cloth 8vo: near Very Good in a Very Good dj [hint of a top corner bump; some mustiness; else nrVG] The Irish writer s memoir of his time as a young Red Cross stretcher-bearer during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. Joyce Arthur Cary (1888-1957) had been an art student, and his sketches illustrate this book, which was never meant for publication.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Book plate on first page with name blacked out, otherwise a very nice soft cover copy, appears unread, without flaw. 6 X 9.25" 363 pages. First published in 1936, Adventures with Hardy Bulbs is the classic work on the cultivation of over 350 different flowering bulbs. A gardening reference of the best sort, filled with the confidence begotten of firsthand experience by a first rank garden writer. Walter Beebe Wilder (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: G-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition Later Printing. Book #1 in the original Radio Boys series of 13 titles, another in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series of children's books written under pseudonyms. Foreword by Jack Binns, frontispiece & DJ illustrations by Walter Rogers. The publisher promoted the books as "thrilling adventures.that all modern boys will peruse with delight," providing an education in the new technology of radio communications along the way! First published in 1922, this is a later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing to book #5 in front matter & to #8 on back DJ flap. With light blue cloth-covered boards bearing the a circular symbol to front cover, yellow & black lettering to front cover & spine (respectively), this hardcover is in Good- condition: solidly bound, text block secure, but slightly cocked; hinges intact, but spine is cracked between 2nd free endpaper & frontispiece. Pages creamy white with mild tanning, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Exterior shows significant rubbing to extremities, heaviest along bottom edges, all corners, both ends of spine. The slightly clipped DJ is Good: cover image colorful, bright, & intact, with some larger chips at all corners & both ends of spine, modest rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free for your collection! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. #26 of 600 limited edition of reprint of original 1879 book. Tiny spots on fore-edge of pages, else hardcover in fine condition. In Good+/Very Good- dust jacket with chips and tears along edges, now in protective cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition Later Printing. Book #3 in the original Radio Boys series of 13 titles, another in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series of children's books written under pseudonyms. Foreword by Jack Binns, frontispiece & DJ illustrations by Walter Rogers. The publisher promoted the books as "thrilling adventures.that all modern boys will peruse with delight," providing an education in the new technology of radio communications along the way! First published in 1922, this is a later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing to book #5 in front matter & to #11 on back DJ flap. With light blue cloth-covered boards bearing the a circular symbol to front cover, yellow & black lettering to front cover & spine (respectively), this hardcover is in Good condition: solidly bound, text block secure, hinges intact. Pages creamy white with mild tanning, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities, heaviest along bottom edges, all corners, both ends of spine. The slightly clipped DJ is Good+: cover image colorful, bright, & intact, with only minor chipping, creasing, & rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free for your collection! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: G+. First Edition Later Printing. Book #7 in the original Radio Boys series of 13 titles, another in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series of children's books written under pseudonyms. Foreword by Jack Binns, frontispiece & DJ illustrations by Walter Rogers. The publisher promoted the books as "thrilling adventures.that all modern boys will peruse with delight," providing an education in the new technology of radio communications along the way! First published in 1924, this is a slightly later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing only to self in front matter, but to book #12 on rear DJ flap. With light blue cloth-covered boards bearing the a circular symbol to front cover, yellow & black lettering to front cover & spine (respectively), this hardcover is in Good condition: solidly bound, text block secure, hinges intact. Pages creamy white with mild tanning, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities, heaviest along bottom edges, all corners, both ends of spine. The slightly clipped DJ is Good+: cover image colorful, bright, & intact, with minor chipping & creasing, short unclosed tear through"R" in second word in title on front, rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free for your collection! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

First edition (not stated) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xxii, 320 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. No dust jacket present (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth rubbed with some soiling; slight scuffing/bumping to spine ends and board corners. Text block edges toned; soiling to bottom edge. Past owner's personal bookplate with his ink signature on front pastedown; author's ink signature "Walter A. Knittle" upon the front free endpaper; some pencil margin marks, underlining, and notes among text; ink notes on rear free endpaper verso. Binding is firm.…

HC. 607pp A quality reprint of the 1879 edition. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) (closed tear on jacket). B&W ill., map in rear pocket (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. reprint ed. Sl shaken, in edgeworn, chipped, sl browned DJ. Facsimile reprint of 1879 work. Fold out map, in fine , in rear pocket. Former owner's name inside front. ; 607 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (30s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 170pp. Joyce Cary was born in 1888 into an old Anglo Irish family and educated at Clifton. He studied art, first in Edinburgh and then in Paris , before going up to Trinity College, Oxford, in 1909 to read law. On coming down he served as a Red Cross orderly in the Balkan War of 1912-13,the inspiration for 'Memoir of the Bobotes' (published posthumously in the UK in 1964), before joining the Nigerian Political Service. He served in the Nigeria Regiment during the First World War, was wounded while fighting in the Cameroons, and returned to civil duty in Nigeria in 1917 as a district officer. His time in Africa provided the inspiration for his first four novels. Though he settled in Oxford as a full time writer in 1920, it was not until 1932 that his first book was published. At the time of his death in 1957, he was recognised as one of the leading novelists in the world. Jacket by Michael Harvey (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition First Printing. Book #12 in the original Radio Boys series of 13 titles, another in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series of children's books written under pseudonyms. Foreword by Jack Binns, frontispiece & DJ illustrations by Walter Rogers. The publisher promoted the books as "thrilling adventures.that all modern boys will peruse with delight," providing an education in the new technology of radio communications along the way! First published in 1929, this is a true First Printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing only to Self in front matter & to back DJ flap. With light blue cloth-covered boards bearing the a circular symbol to front cover, yellow & black lettering to front cover & spine (respectively), this hardcover is in Good+ condition: solidly bound, text block secure, hinges intact. Pages creamy white with mild tanning, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Free front endpaper has been excised. Heavy foxing in front matter, including title page & frontispiece. Exterior shows very slight rubbing to corners 7 both ends of spine. The slightly clipped DJ is Good: cover image colorful, bright, & intact, with minor chipping (1 larger chip at head of spine), creasing, rubbing to extremities. Former owner put check marks on rear flap by the books he had read. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free for your collection! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Limited Edition. Very good with good to very good dust jacket. Near fine map in back pocket. Dust jacket is soiled on front panel; is bumped along top edges, bottom of spine, and bottom corners; and has two one inch tears at top back edge. 607 pages.…