D S Macnutt (10 results)
Published by Longmans, 1961
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1961. Reprinted. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Latin and English text. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Annotations to some pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges wi…th crushing to spine ends. Sticker to front board. Staining to both boards.
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United KingdomBoundlessBookstore
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents has toning to page ends.
Published by Longmans Green & Co, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Old price stamped to top leading edge corner of title page otherwise binding tight and contents clean. Blue cloth covered boards are a little faded and rubbed. xii, 141pp. 327854.
Published by Longmans, Green, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xxx, 418pp. bound in blue cloth. old price 4/6 in blue pencil on tp otherwise clean and tight. CL138.
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Seller: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, United KingdomLacey Books Ltd
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2001 Swallowtail Books paperback edition with foreword by Colin Dexter. Light reading wear else very good condition. The specimen crosswords have not been completed. From the cover: The purpose of this book is 'the ambitious one - perhaps too ambitious - of trying to arrive at a system of princi…ples which can make the crossword more enjoyable and rewarding to solvers, whether they be among the millions of desultory solvers, content sometimes to fill in only part of a puzzle to pass an odd half-hour, or among the many thousands of real enthusiasts, determined to reach a full solution, whether of an easy or of a difficult puzzle.' So wrote D S Macnutt in the first chapter of this book, originally published in 1966; crossword setter for the Observer from 1939 until his death in 1971, he is better known by his pseudonym XIMENES (a Cardinal and Grand Inquisitor of Spain). The principles of crossword composition which Ximenes has laid down, with the notion that being fair to the solver is of paramount importance, have become the foundations for crossword setters. Indeed Ximenes is considered to be the father of the modern crossword puzzle. There are chapters on the construction of crossword grids, the different types of clue and the art of cluemanship; specimen crosswords old and new of differing types to attempt are included. Ximenes writes in an authoritative, yet clear and amusing, style. To quote the words of Colin Dexter, who has contributed a new foreword to this edition, 'I can but trust that every cruciverbalist will welcome the reprint of this seminal treatise, and will drink a toast to its continued success…'.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.
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Seller: SN Books Ltd, Thetford, United KingdomSN Books Ltd
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.
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Published by Methuen & Co, London, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Orchard Bookshop [ANZAAB / ILAB], Adelaide, SA, AustraliaOrchard Bookshop [ANZAAB / ILAB]
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce crosswording classic. First Edition [Methuen & Co, London, 1966]; 176 pages; brown cloth, gold titling to spine, spine ends bumped, light offsetting, spotting on page block, concentrated at bottom corner, abrasion inside rear board, a very g…ood copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, unclipped [bookseller stickers over original price], front flap creased, edges rubbed. Derrick Somerset Macnutt was compiler of crosswords for "The Observer" under the pseudonym Ximenes, succeeding Edward Powys Mathers [Torquemada - creator of "Cain's Jawbone"]. This scarce book reveals the Ximenean process & remains both instructive & subject for conjecture amongst the crosswording fraternity. Famous Ximenean followers include Stephen Sondheim, PG Wodehouse & Leonard Bernstein.
Published by Methuen & Co
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
More imagesPublished by Methuen, 1966
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United KingdomBoundlessBookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. DJ is clean but has very slight loss to edges and a few small tears. Tape marks to endpaper and title page. Contents are clean but very lightly toned.
