Christopher Morley Foreword (11 results)
- Softcover
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP
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Soft Cover. Condition: vg. xx 130 pages; b/w illustrations; contents clean & tight. Douglas Gorsline (illustrator). Paperback.
- Softcover
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP
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Soft Cover. Condition: vg. x 219 pages; b/w illustrations; contents clean; binding solid; light shelf wear to corners of il'd cover. Douglas Gorsline (illustrator). Paperback.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
James Justinian Morier; Cyrus Leroy Baldridge [Illustrator]; Christopher Morley [Foreword]
Language: English
Published by Random House, Inc, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Published by Random House, 1937. No DJ, otherwise a very good hardcover with pictorial boards. With color illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldrige and foreword by Christopher Morley. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Text and illustrations appear clean. Ships from Dinkytown in Mi…nneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
Language: English
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1923
- Hardcover
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: NEAR FINE. Early printing. A very attractive early copy of the first book by Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche - who is best known for the historical Jalna series. Although this story of 3 boys, who are sent to live with a governess while their father is in South America, can be considered a 'children's book' it is app…ealing to adults also. Near fine in blue-green cloth with black lettering and an orange sunburst design on the spine and front cover (bookplate inside front cover.).
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
James Boswell; Frederick A. Pottle [Introduction]; Christopher Morley [Foreword];
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. De Luxe edition. Original brown leather, gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Rubbing wear to edges, darkening to spine. Crisp, clean and sound.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.Mattabesset Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1937. First Edition Thus with Foreword by Christopher Morley and illustrations by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge. Near Fine condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, off-white (except for the lavender colored pages o…f the tale Told by the Dervish), tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The pictorial Binding is full cloth, some sunning to the spine, endpapers unmarked except for a prior owner's book plate on the front endpaper and all corners square with wear at the tips. No Dust Jacket. See photos. xxiv (unnumbered introductory pages) + 404 + i pages, plus a two page color map of Hajii Baba's travels, preceding the title page. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". This is a satirical, picaresque novel written in 1824 by a former British diplomat to Persia. It is set in the period of the Qajar Dynasty. This edition features 10 full color full page illustrations and uncountable black and white line drawings. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,435 grams / 3 lb., 2.5 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge (illustrator).
Published by Knopf
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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More imagesPublished by Baker Street Irregulars, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. . Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 64 pp. First separate book publication of this "Christmas" story featuring the immortal Sherlock Holmes and Watson. With a bibliography of the story by Edgar Smith at the end. GOOD condition. Minor toning and soiling to the jacket. Some chippi…ng, tearing and loss along the extremities, with some associated creasing. Minor uneven fading and rubbing to the covers. Light edgewear Offsetting on the endpapers.
Published by Macmillan, Toronto, ON, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: Ainsworth Books ( IOBA), Chilliwack, BC, CanadaAinsworth Books ( IOBA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Fourth Printing. Slight lean, spine faded, light wear; A tight solid book, hinges intact; 292 pages; This is a collection of previously published sketches. Its publication in 1922 by Knopf makes this her first writings in book form. This is a later printing by Canadian publisher M…acmillan.
The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849. ; Baldridge, Cyrus Le Roy, 1889-1977 ; foreword by Christopher Morley
Published by New York, Random House, 1937, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.Joseph Valles - Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 403, 12 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. ; LCCN: 37-39105 ; OCLC: 4405282 ; LC: PZ3.M825; PR5059.M4; Dewey: 823.7 ; Social manners and customs of Persia described in the language of a Spanish adventure romance involving the many adventures of a nineteenth-century Persian rogue, none of w…hich involve honest labor. ; decorated color cloth ; no dustjacket ; color illustration by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge ; Contents: Of Hajji Baba's birth and education -- Hajji commences his travels and his captivity -- Into what hands Hajji falls, his lucky razors -- Of his ingenuity in rescuing his master's money -- Hajji Baba becomes a robber in his own defence -- Concerning the three prisoners taken by the Turcomans -- Hajji Baba evinces a feeling disposition, the poet Asker -- Hajji Baba escapes from the Turcomans -- Hajji Baba, in his distress, becomes a water-carrier -- He makes a soliloquy, and becomes a vendor of smoke -- History of Dervish Sefer, and of two other dervishes -- Hajji finds that fraud does not remain unpunished -- He leaves meshed, is cured, and relates a story -- Of the man he meets and of the consequences -- Hajji reaches Tehran, and goes to the poet's house -- He plans for the future and is involved in a quarrel -- With new clothes he appears in a new character -- The poet returns from captivity and the consequences -- Hajji gets into the service of the king's physician -- He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty -- The manner in which Shah takes medicine -- Hajji Baba asks the Doctor for a salary -- He becomes dissatisfied, and falls in love -- He has an interview with the fair Zeenab -- The lovers meet again, and are happy -- The history of Zeenar, the Curdish slave -- The chief physician receives the Shah as his guest -- Concerning hte present made the Shah of Persia -- An event destructive to Hajji Baba's happiness -- Hajji loses the fair object of his affections -- He is called upon to exert his skill as a doctor -- Hajji becomes an executioner -- He accompanies the Shah to his camp -- Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism -- Fortune smiles upon Hajji and promotes him, etc etc ; VG. Book.
The Royal West London Theatre; A Sequel to The Old Marylebone Theatre [St. Marylebone Society Publication No. 6]
Morley, Malcolm [Foreword by Sybil Thorndike] Christopher Fry [1907-2005]
Published by Published by St. Marylebone Society London First Edition . 1962., 1962
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 44 printed pages of text with sepia illustrations and photographs to the centre. Age tanning to the spine and margins. SIGNED by the author Christopher Fry inside the front cover 'Best wishes for 'Judit…h', from Phyl and Christopher Fry, June 20th 1962.' In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.
