David Harold Parry (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Food for Powder: A Tale of the Light Dragoons is a historical adventure novel written by D.H. Parry and published around 1899 by Ernest Nister, featuring illustrations by G.C. Glover. The story focuses on British light cavalry and is known for its blue pictorial cloth binding and chromolithograph illustrations. The distinctive blue fabric of the covers is not as worn as you might expect, with the bulk of the colour fading being on the spine, and the worst of the wear being on the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. There is some stains on the front and back covers, and some writing on the inside of the front cover. The first page als.…

[0-7083-0634-9] 1977. (Small 4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 146pp. Signed with inscription by Prys Morgan. Color frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Contributors include Harold Carter (Gregynog-The Regional Setting), Rollo Charles (The Davies Art Collection), B.S.O. Fox (The Park and Gardens), Dorothy A. Harrop (The Gregynog Press), David Howell (The Estate and its Owners 1795 to 1920), Glyn Tegai Hughes (The University at Gregynog), John Hywel (Music During the Davies Period), Prys Morgan (The Blayney Period), Prys Morgan (Life at Gregynog Between the Wars), Thomas Parry (The Bequest to the University), Melville Richards (The Name 'gregynog'), Ifor Williams, Sir (' Gregynog'). Locale: Gregynog--Wales; Wales. (History--England).…

Condition: Good. Publisher's original stapled paper covers with wonderful period graphic colour art work to the front cover. 8vo. 7'' x 5½''. Contains 96 printed pages of text. The front cover and first two pages have a crop across the top front corner, rusty staple and in Good condition. We currently hold in stock over 70 other titles from The Boys' Friend Library. Member of the P.B.F.A. PICTURE COMICS.…

Publisher's original stapled paper covers with wonderful period graphic colour art work to the front cover. 8vo. 7'' x 5½''. Contains 96 printed pages of text. The staple has completely rusted to the early and latter leaves leaving them with small holes and brown stains to the paper, half of the spine covering is missing, priced 4d. We currently hold in stock over 70 other titles from The Boys' Friend Library. Member of the P.B.F.A. PICTURE COMICS.…