william birkett (21 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W Photos (illustratore). 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W Photos (illustratore). 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; blak c w/gilt titles; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Small octavo bound in cloth with marbled paper-covered boards in publisher-issued slipcase. B&W illustrations. Condition: fine in fine slipcase. 265 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W Photos (illustratore). 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index Size: 8 vo.

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 109 p. Subjects; Judges ; Biography. 3 Kg.

Folio Society Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 259 p., [6] leaves of plates: facsims. ; 23 cm. Notes: Contains 28 cases taken from The Malefactors Register of 1780. Subjects: Newgate Prison. Crime. Criminals. Personal narratives. Executions. 3 Kg.

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 109 p. Subjects; Judges ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Folio Society Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 259 p., [6] leaves of plates: facsims. ; 23 cm. Notes: Contains 28 cases taken from The Malefactors Register of 1780. Subjects: Newgate Prison. Crime. Criminals. Personal narratives. Executions. 1 Kg.

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, xxxvi + 153pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine & boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, odd pagination- some pgs may be missing at begining- please feel free to contact us for more information).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Foster, Birkett (illustratore). with life by Robert Carruthers, illustrated by Burket Foster. Purple embossed boards with a few gold trimmings left on the front, have significant wear, especially at base of front board, see illus. Purple eps split along half of front hinge. Text block trimmed in gold. 169pps including the life. Contents are clean and firm, very well preserved for 150 years old. No insc or marks. 30 illus plus vignettes and initial letters. Covid 19 - Please see "More Information" for current shipping terms.

Cloth Boards. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Foster, Birkett (illustratore). Boards have moderate wear, spine faded. Ink inscrip to front PD, gutters weak, foxing to fep/rep. PP clean and tidy Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Bound in blue embossed cloth, gilt titles, all page edges gilt, lightly rubbed at edges, lacks end paper, a lovely clean, tight, copy. ; 8" x 6.5"; 169 pages.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 66. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1938 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 66.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Very Good. 1960 folio edition on half bound green and marbled outer boards.

Birkett Foster & E. Corbould (illustrator). (illustratore). 5 vols bound as one. Light wear to extremities else very good condition. Embossed brown leather binding. Bookplate. All page edges are gauffered and gilt. A very handsome book.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1868 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 26 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1868 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 48 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

No Binding. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18 cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 24 letters (21 typed, 3 hand-written) on headed paper, 40-300 (average 150) words, all signed by the Judge, Politician, Barrister and Preacher: Lord Birkett (1883-1962), between 9th February 1951 and 23rd October 1961. A few have 'Received.Television Registry' light stamp on the reverse. These letters are to Hugh Burnett, on the subject of being interviewed (and the scripts) for the 'Face to Face' television series. Face to Face was broadcast on the BBC and ran for 35 episodes between 1959 & 1962. (This was the first episode, February, 1959) It was produced by Burnett and presented by John Freeman. The subjects of the letters also include talks on Freedom & Justice, Methodism, other TV and radio appearances, the Ford Foundation and the legacy of his Face to face appearance. Also included is an original typed script (talk) by Lord Birkett 'The Future of International Law' 3 pages, approx 1200 words. Very good. Hole-punched from a previous filing, not affecting text and some light age-wear. Signedes.

The third letter gives an excellent indication of Birkett's pride in his use of language. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler. All three signed 'Norman Birkett'. In fair condition, lightly aged and little grubby. The first letter with a small hole to one corner, and the two leaves of the last letter held together with a pin. ONE: ALS, 9 July 1953. 1pp, 4to. He is adding Collins's book to his 'select library on "words"'. 'I am afrait that "finalise" is in frequent use as "I was sent to finalise the arrangements", and it is often used by witnesses in court, and sometimes (not without protest from me) by barristers.' He ends: 'But the purpose of this letter is to thank you, if somewhat belatedly, for the interest you took in the subject of my address, and for your kindness in writing to me.' TWO: ANS, 14 July 1953. 1p, 4to. He has no objection if Collins adds the note he sends him 'to the book now at the printers'. He will get 'One Word and Another' when it is published. THREE: ALS, 11 May 1954. 3pp, 4to. He will read the book Collins has sent him with great pleasure, 'for, as you know, anything written about words has a great fascination for me'. Turning to Collins's 'criticism of some remarks of mine uttered in the course of an after-dinner speech', which have appeared without Birkett's knowledge or consent, he is for the most part in agreement, 'but I take it a little hard that the unpremeditated effusion of the moment should be treated as though it were a carefully prepared essay. I will say no extempore speech can survive a scrutiny such as the scrutiny you send to me.' With regard to Collins's seven points, he feels he should 'keep in mind the difficulties of extempore speaking. The perfect word does not always come readily to the tongue. The sentences do not always flow as one could wish, and the "verbal expert" seated in his comfortable study might make a little allowance for human frailty!' In the following paragraph he turns the tables on Collins, analysing his use of language in his letter to Birkett. With a veiled criticism of Collins he explains how 'the lover of words (as I am) can become a "tiresome pedant" ' Collins's criticism has clearly hit home, as Birkett adds a fourteen-line postscript in his distinctive close hand, ending: 'I cannot even be sure that the reporter took down accurately what I did say: I had no notes, and never dreamt that what I said would receive this unwanted publicity, and subject me to the criticism of lovers of good English!'.