B E Spender (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. B. Turner (illustrator). Small 4to. 62 page's. Illustrated, small previous owners name to past down. Bound in publishers original green cloth, lettered in black. A very good clean tight copy, No under-lining, no other Inscription's, marks, or book plates. A beautiful children's book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 88 pages. DENIS DE ROUGEMONT "Man v. Technics?" / ABIOSEH NICOL "The Truly Married Woman" / PEREGRINE WORSTHORNE "A V.I.P. in Morocco" / STEPHEN SPENDER "Notes from a Diary" / G B KEENE "J.B.Priestley" / LESLIE A FIEDLER "The Un-Angry Young Man" / ROBERT GUILLAIN "Not By Rice Alone".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Turner, B. (illustrator). First Edition. HOR 021742 CARP Appears to FIRST U.S. EDITION , with "London, Country Life Limited , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons" on title page and "First Published 1936" on copyright page. Marbled green pictorial hard cover with cloth spine. Sturdy enough though the spine is a tad stiff and there is a cracked hinge in its middle. The spine is faded and there is roughing of the head and foot of the spine. Inside is clean except for occasional foxing just along the hinge. Beautifully illustrated children's horse book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Turner, B. (illustrator). Hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Illustrated by B Turner. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Gift inscription on FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition. Heavy, extra postage may be required if posted outside South Africa. Boards edge worn, sunned, cocked and marked. Tanning, foxing and some age related marks throughout the pages. However, it is in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.VG CLEAN SOFTWRAPS.MONTHLY MAGAZINE INCLUDES-DAN JACOBSON ON F.SCOTT FIZTGERALD AND FRANK KERMODE ON NABOKOV'S BLISS AMONG OTHERS. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. DOWD, J.H. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto, faded green cloth, moderate wear and small splash marks on front, lacks front free end paper, illustrated throughout with drawings of children. Internally clean and bright. Reference/ reading copy. [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG/GD++. Turner, B (illustrator). y 1st Thus, 5th Reprint. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Rep: 5th.* Date of Publication: 1948(1935)* Publisher: Country Life Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright Green cloth, dark green title to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear & some age to edges. VG* Jacket condition: Heavy grade paper dust wrapper showing On?y Tony riding his pony, black title to spine and green to face. Some minimum wear and age, slightly grubby. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5/- net on adhesive label. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in protected jacket. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, minimal spotting to text, no tanning or other visible faults. End-papers and all edges slightly grubby. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w pencil drawings by B.Turner within text throughout.* Pages: 62 pp. text.* Description: The story of three ponies and a little boy. On?y Tony is the ideal story book for the small person just learning to ride, or even only longing to learn. O?ny Tony, who has lived abroad most of his six years and knows nothing of the ordinary life of an English boy or girl in the country, is sent to stay with his godmother. His adventures out hunting with his friend Rupert, and with the three ponies ? for a third and most treasured pony came with him in the train ? have been illustrated in pencil by Miss B. Turner in so real a fashion that most readers will guess them to have been drawn from life.* A NEAR VG copy with minor age & wear reducing it to GD++. Now in protected dust jacket.* 1936-01-01. n.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. Stephen Spender "A. Modern Writer In Search Of A Moral Subject" / C E M Joad "A Philosopher Looks At America" / E V Lucas "Recollections Of Charles Lamb" / W B Yeats "Supernatural Songs" (poetry) / W G Constable "Art In Industry - At Burlington House" / Julian Ward "Courage" / Arnold Palmer "The Two O'Clock At Manchester" / G R Malloch "The Hero".

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1957 First Edition, first impression. Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy. Size octavo, 201 pages. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly rubbed, spine and outer panel edges sunned, not price clipped. The report of the 28th International P.E.N Congress held in 1956 in London. Containing essays by J. B. Priestly, Angus Wilson, William Empson, V. S. Pritchett, Andre Maurois, E. M. Forster, Stephen Spender, et al. This was the Review Copy of Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin (1903-1973). Loosely inserted is a typed carbon copy of Malcolm Elwin's Review of the book, 7 pages. Tipped onto the front end-paper is the original compliments slip from Angela Pain of Hansom Books Ltd on which she has asked Malcolm to produce a review of around 1200 words by April 8th, and also the compliments slip from Messrs. Hutchinson and Co Publisher's Ltd enclosing the book and asking Malcolm Elwin for a review of the book and requesting that no notice of the review should appear prior to the publication date of 25 Mar 1957.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Dowd & Spender (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Hbk, 4to, Faded Green Cloth boards; Vg-; previous owners details inside cover; contents - the usual gorgeous illustrations, which are lovely and clean, and accompanying text. Foxing just to blocked page foredges; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardback. Printed pages: 150. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. *** PLEASE NOTE *** The bookshop is currently closed for holidays. Items can still be ordered, but will not be dispatched until we reopen on Saturday 6th June. Many thanks for your patience. *** Dust jacket: Heavily foxed. Loss to ends of spine, wear to edges. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Green buckram binding. Slight indentation to lower edge of rear board. Foxing to page edges, tanning to endpapers, a few occasional spots of foxing to text. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Lovely illustrations by James Henry Dowd. . Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 8.75 x 11.15 inches (22 x 28.5 cm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dowd, J H (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. 150pp, liberally illustrated throughout, many in colour. In emerald cloth-covered boards with red lettering front and spine. 4to. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at extreme corners and spine ends. Previous owner's gift inscription inked on slightly tanned endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated, paper dust wrapper, toned, worn and chapped along upper edge with minor loss at spine head. A series of lovely sketches and images of children going about their 'serious business'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The boards are sunned and a bit worn. Some foxing and an inscription. A few loose pages. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. boards are rubbed, edge worn and knocked. tanning, soiling and marks. copyright page is a bit loose. gift inscription. visible netting. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 150pp. Col.& b/w ills. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Delightful colour & black & white illustrations of small children.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by J. H. Dowd (illustrator). First Edition. Large hardcover, 149 pages in good condition, covers have fading around edges, rubbing wear on top of spine, inside pages fine, hinge starting to show at pre-tittle page. Outstanding illustrations of children. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Turner, B. (illustrator). Reprint. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Complete. Boards worn, stained, scarring. Tanning, foxing. Still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. 2nd impression. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

first edition 150pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (pale blue cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,tight) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor losses and internal tape repairs,price-clipped) tidy copy in worn d/w.

Abbildungen, Illustrationen, 148 Seiten Hardcover, Ecken und Kanten bestossen, Einband verschmutzt, Seiten vergilbt, mittlerer Zustand Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. The jacket is worn, torn, creased, rubbed and marked. The boards are in a very good condition. Internally there is an inscription from a previous owner on the front end page, the remaining pages are neat with clear text. Tightly bound. Heavy, extra postage unless within South Africa. r* 27/01/2021. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is fine and free of Owner inscriptions. First printing. Large book - no dust jacket. Little foxing to initial pages but all plates are fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated throughout with many in colour (illustrator). 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 sent tracked and inside UK sent signed for. All dust wrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted. First edition. 4TO. Original green cloth, slightly faded around edges and foredge a little spotted ad a blemish on rear endpaper. In pictorial dust wrapper which is spotted internally and externally, darkened at spine and around edges and chipped and worn. Complete with original price.

, 150 pages, with illustrations throughout (some in colour) First Edition , sunned at spine, some light spots to pages but mostly nice and clean inside, book in good condition , dust wrapper with removable plastic sleeve, price clipped, lightly foxed, pieces chipped and torn at spine, rear detached, in fair condition , green cloth with red titles 29 x 23 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. J.H. Dowd (illustrator). Firmly bound, green cloth boards, some fading on the spine and top and lower edges, neat inscription on the front free end paper. Jacket not price clipped with handling wear including chipping and loss from the top and base of the spine.

Hardcover. 1st. 4to. 42pp text; 76pp pencil drawings. Blue cloth spine over green paper boards; gilt & blue lettering. A very good copy plus (minor wear to extremities; light age toning). Delightful and lifelike drawings and sketches of children at play. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dowd, J. H (illustrator). Delightful Book of Monochrome and Colour illustrations of little children busy about their own "Important Business". Text by E.B.E. Spender. Similar to the earlier "Important People" and "People of Importance" Books. Green cloth cover with Red Lettering to front & spine. 150 Pages, 11 1/4" Tall, 990g. Jacket has 2 small very pieces missing from edges (see photo and a small piece missing from above spine (not neat title), spine cloth slightly faded where the paper is missing. Spine tanned. Some faint small spots of browning to front of jacket (see photo). Clipped. Previous owner's name on ffep, dated 1941. Pages & Illustrations in Very Good Clean Condition. Book weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1) People of Importance, 1st edition published in 1934, hard cover with green linen spine and grey paper boards and only very minor wear, very good unclipped dust jacket has only a small tear at each spine end, 72 pages and 83 drawings, Christmas 1934 inscription. 2) Serious Business, 1st edition published in 1937 and includes 1942 inscription, 150 pages of drawings and text, colour plate on title page mirrors the drawing on the dust jacket, which has several edge tears and part of spine missing and is only fair. Both 1st edition volumes are in very good to near fine condition with fair to very good dust jackets.