9780907961086 - Second Impression: Rural Life With a Rare Bookman di Kaye, Barbara (16 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Second Impression: Rural Life with a Rare Bookman This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, 350pp.

hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a near fine tightly bound copy in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, 350pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. x + 350pp, illustrated, bound in grey cloth with fine dustwrapper. New book originally published at £17.95; Octavo.

Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, black lettering title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: x, frontispiece portrait, 350pp. illustrations, facsimiles, index. - as new.

1st ed. Presentation inscription by author (Barbara Muir, widow of Percy Muir of Elkin Matthews) on front free end paper; binding tight; dust jacket bright, not price-clipped Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Black & White photographic (illustratore). 1st Edition. Signed by the author ( Mrs.Percy Muir ) on the title page ; following on from the author's previous book - The Company We Kept ; the story of Elkin Mathews- antiquarian booksellers ; no other inscriptions ; foxing on top page edges o/w very good + . Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Type: Book.

Cloth, black cover-titles within frame, 8vo, 24 cm, x, 350 pp, ills. From the blurb: "In 'The Company We Kept' Barbara Kaye told the story of how the old established antiquarian book firm of Elkin Mathews survived the war years after evacuation to rural Essex in 1939. Now she carries on the story from 1945 to 1955, when Elkin Mathews expanded and her bibliophile husband, Percy Muir, became increasingly involved in the national and international politics of the antiquarian book trade. It was during this time that the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) was formed and the description of Percy Muir's part in this process provides a fascinating account of an historic event. Percy Muir became president of the ILAB in 1950 and on his retirement from office he was unanimously elected Life President of Honor. The Muirs' commitment to the ILAB meant they were often traveling to Europe to attend the annual conferences, which they combined with book-buying trips and sometimes even family holidays. The towns and cities they visited were just under reconstruction and the author describes the devastation and destruction caused by the war. At home the village where the Muirs lived was also changing, and the author gives a clear picture of daily life in a typical English village during the post-war decade. There are also several interesting accounts of the local and national political scenes.In 1951 the Muirs visited the United States for a lecture tour. The account of their four-week whirlwind tour is filled with bibliophilic adventures - from meeting Dr. Rosenbach and Fredson Bowers to dinner at the Four Oaks Farm Library and a visit to the Library of Congress. The book ends with a factual description of Percy Muir's long-fought campaign against book auction rings, culminating in the final show-down in 1956. Well-written by an accomplished novelist this book provides a lively and entertaining account of the antiquarian book world and English village life in the post-war years." Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Tall octavo. 350pp. Near fine in like jacket. Grey cloth. Signed by Kaye on title page. Bright and clean throughout with no markings. Minor pushing in to head of spine. Smart, unclipped jacket now protected in Brodart wrap. A tight and attractive copy. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. The story of the aniquarian book firm of Elkin Mathews and bibliophile Percy Muir from 1945 to 1955. 350 pages, as new.

x + 350pp, with a few b/w illus. Elkin Mathews and Percy Muir. Cloth boards in very slightly worn d/w. 23x16cms.

Hardback. Condizione: Mint. Condizione sovraccoperta: Mint. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in grey cloth covered boards with black titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Born in London on December 17, 1894, Percy Muir began his career as a bookseller in 1920. He joined the London antiquarian booksellers Elkin Mathews in 1930, and would remain with that firm until his death in Norfolk on November 24, 1979. Muir was an influential figure among booksellers and book collectors around the world. As president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association in Britain from 1945-1947, Muir chaired the first conference of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) in 1947. He then served as president of the ILAB from 1950 until 1952. At the end of his term in this office, he was elected Life President of Honour. In this book the author Barbara Kaye (Mrs Percy Muir) describes their life together in the Norfilk village of Blakeney between the years 1945 and 1955 This book ends with the factual description of Percy muir's long fought campaign against book auction rings, culminating in the final show down in 1956. Well written by an accomplished novelist this book provides a lively and entertaining account of the antiquarian book world and English village life in the post war years. Ref NNN 6.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. gray cloth, black lettering, dust jacket, 350 pp inscribed by the author on the front endpaper letters from the author laid in Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. gray cloth, black lettering, dust jacket, 350 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.