Claude E Benson (38 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the…

Paperback. Condition: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Inscribed by the editor on the half title page. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine end…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. ix, 226, 45 photographs and line drawings with medical and equipment advice, lists of clubs and climbing centres and an index. Red cloth, black titles to spine and pictorial cover, spine and margins of covers slightly faded, owner inscription (1924) on f…

Hardcover. Near fine coloured illustrated paper covered boards, 10.00 x 7.5 inches approx. , front board shows a racing car moving towards the reader at speed, Tiltes in orange block leters with white edges, light blue rear board, spine illustated with small images of a sea-plane and two ships, no obvious wear, very good matchin…

Paperback. Condition: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the…

Illustrated Coloured Boards. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 2nd Edition (Revised and Enlarged). 226p + endpaper adverts. A solid tight and internally unmarked copy of this detailed round up of climbing in the UK in the early twentieth century. Rambling scrambling and climbing. From Cornw…

Illustrated Coloured Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 2nd Edition (Revised and Enlarged). 226p + endpaper adverts. A solid tight and internally unmarked copy of this detailed round up of climbing in the UK in the early twentieth century. Rambling scrambling and climbing. From Cornwall t…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1921. Good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine, green boards with front showing a lad with a fishing rod. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story is "Jealous in Honour" by Benson. 13th year. 176 pages Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Splits to spine edges, back…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; Geoffrey Ward. Physical description; xvi, 313 pages, plates. Subjects; Lake District. England. Descrip…

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original printed, illustrated cloth boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and worn, particularly around the edges and the spine. Internally bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Reader autographs on front and rear endpapers. Physical description: xi, 226 pages : including frontispiece…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; Geoffrey Ward. Physical description; xvi, 313 pages, plates. Subjects; Lake District. England. Descrip…

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original printed, illustrated cloth boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and worn, particularly around the edges and the spine. Internally bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Reader autographs on front and rear endpapers. Physical description: xi, 226 pages : including frontispiece…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No DW. Not dated but perhaps about 1923. Grey-blue cloth lettered in gold on spine. 316 pages. No catalogue. Clean tight text but some noticeable spotting mostly to text edges, and early and late leaves. Spine reglued. Spine faded with darker patch at base where a library label has been removed. Some o…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book assembles fifteen gripping narratives of mountaineering expeditions that capture both the exhilaration and the peril of manâs historical quest to ascend the worldâs highest peaks. From the first ascent of Mont Blanc in 1786 to the tragic events on K2 in 2008, the author inter…

Paperback. Condition: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the…

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. Second Edition (Revised and enlarged). Name of owner at front of book. Red cloth, gold illustration in rectangular black border on front cover. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT some spotting to prelims and end papers, and to browned text edges. Spine is faded and a bit creased, covers hav…