David Was (192 results)

Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Of a different stamp was David Noble, neighbor of the Grays and the son of impoverished new comers to Hamstead. From the very beginning, David was ambitious; he wanted money, and above all he wanted to become a doctor, and subordinated to both these hope (illustrator). Age discoloration around page edges; front cover/page slit where binding is, Book Pages are very good, no rips or tears; When Sylvia Carey came to the Grays' ramshackle homestead with a past to forget, her warmhearted generosity meant new lives for them all. The run-down farm and the old house became, under her imaginative direction, well-managed, thriving establishments. Only Austin Gray, the brilliant yet bitter son, whose penchant for the dissolute ways of Wallacetown so scandalized the village, refused her impulsive friendship- until that night when Sylvia, badly injured and faint with shock, sketched for Austin, with a bitterness matching his own, the sordidness of her own past. For both, that terrible, storm- filled night was an end- and a beginning. For Sylvia, it presaged the kindling of a tender, overwhelming passion she had never thought possible. For Austin, it meant spiritual fulfillment, broadened horizons and an all pervading love of a type he had not known before. But the difficulties were enormous, each was quick-tempered and proud, and the sins of both came back to haunt them. Their struggles, their temptations, their triumphs- how they twice lost and found each other- make a powerful story which you will not soon forget. Of a different stamp was David Noble, neighbor of the Grays and the son of impoverished newcomers to Hamstead. From the very beginning, David was ambitious: he wanted money, and above all he wanted to become a doctor, and subordinated to both these hopes was the desire to possess the lovely Jacqueline, half-French granddaughter of a wealthy Hamsteader. Forcibly separated from her by the irate grandfather, it was not until David had attained both his prior ambitions that he found Jacqueline once more, in France. No longer was she the fragile, shy, tender child whom he had worshiped so long, but an exquisite, sophisticated, worldly-wise woman, tremendously weary of her mode of living. Again David's luck held; and the romance flowered anew, until Jacqueline's own spirit and David's insane desire for total possession drove them apart once more. His subsequent bitterness, the truth about himself which finally came to him, his frantic efforts to find Jacqueline and the near-tragedy which occurred when he did are the warp and woof of this profoundly moving story.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1591-122. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 140 pages. Eghosa E Osaghae "The Ogini uprising: oil politics, monority agitatio and the future of the Nigerian state" / Margaret Pail "Ghanaians abroad" / J D Fage "When the African Society was founded who were the Africanists?" / Gordon Cumming "French development assistance to Africa: towards a new agenda" / A Trevor Clark "Eye witnesses of the coercion of the old guard emir Yakabu III of Bauchi" / Alhaji M Yakubu "The abdication of the emir of Bauchi Yakubu III, a reply" (SL#84/2).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 175 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 31 cm. Notes; Catalogue of a selling exhibition held at Chris Beetles Ltd., London, opening 7 Oct. 2008. Written by David Wootton with contributions from Max Browne and Giles Huxley-Parlour ; edited by David Wootton, Fiona Nickerson and Catherine Andrews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 174) and index. Text by David Wootton. Contents; 1. From topography to landscape -- 2. Rowlandson and his milieu -- 3. The experimental drive in watercolour -- 4. Portraits and figure subjects -- 5. The watercolour societies -- 6. An urban topographer -- 7. The Bonington circle. Subjects; Chris Beetles Limited (Gallery : London, England) ; Exhibitions. Chris Beetles Limited (Gallery : London, England) ; Catalogues. Watercolour painting, British 18th century ; Catalogues. Watercolour painting, British 19th century ; Catalogues. Watercolourists Great Britain ; Biography. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Catalogs. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Catalogs. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Drawing, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Drawing, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British. Water colour painting, British - 18th/19th centuries - (1750-1850). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Catalogue. Conference publication. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Colm Toibin "I was mary Queen of Scots" / John Lanchester "Mind the Gap: The New Class Divide in Britain" / Ian Sansom "Anthony Powell: A Life" / Chalmers Johnson "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to 10 September 2001" / Nicholas Penny at the Royal Scottish Academy / Ian Hacking "In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion" / David runciman "Neo-Blairism" / Hilary Mantel "I have washed my feet out of it".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Alan Bennett on The History Boys/ Perry Anderson "Will Taiwan break away?" / David Bromwich "This Was Orson Welles"/ Slavoj Zizek "The Culture Of Torture" / Andrew O'Hagan "Trouserless in the Liffey" / Michael Wood "Garcia Marquez tells his story".

No Binding. Condition: VG+. A VG or better 4-page unfolded pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1960's re-release. Size: 11" X 14". Book.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A lot of four VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby cards. 1962 re-release. Photographic Image.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 175 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 31 cm. Notes; Catalogue of a selling exhibition held at Chris Beetles Ltd., London, opening 7 Oct. 2008. Written by David Wootton with contributions from Max Browne and Giles Huxley-Parlour ; edited by David Wootton, Fiona Nickerson and Catherine Andrews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 174) and index. Text by David Wootton. Contents; 1. From topography to landscape -- 2. Rowlandson and his milieu -- 3. The experimental drive in watercolour -- 4. Portraits and figure subjects -- 5. The watercolour societies -- 6. An urban topographer -- 7. The Bonington circle. Subjects; Chris Beetles Limited (Gallery : London, England) ; Exhibitions. Chris Beetles Limited (Gallery : London, England) ; Catalogues. Watercolour painting, British 18th century ; Catalogues. Watercolour painting, British 19th century ; Catalogues. Watercolourists Great Britain ; Biography. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Catalogs. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Catalogs. Watercolor painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Drawing, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Drawing, British 19th century ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, British. Water colour painting, British - 18th/19th centuries - (1750-1850). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Catalogue. Conference publication. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Cover illustration by G.F. Hollingsworth. Quarto. 68pp. Tied wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Edgewear, near fine. Notable authors include George Hardie, Thomas A. Clark, Maurice Lindsay, Finlay J. Macdonald, Edwin Morgan, and David Morrison. Additional contributors include Ronald Eadie Munro, D.M. Black, Eric Gold, Alan Jackson, Alexander Scott, Alastair Mackie, Rayne Mackinnon, Keith Murdoch, John Manson, W.A.S. Keir, and Charles Senior.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. Arthur Buckle "The Crazy Wand" (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 97 pages. Douglas Dunn "The Tennis Court (story) / Louis de Jong "Was 'Arnhem' Betrayed?" / Seymour Martin Lipset "Whatever Happened to the Proletariat?" / Richard Mayne "The Binary Society" / David Aberbach "On Rereading Bialik" / Bernice Martin "Not Marx but Lennon".

Condition: Very good. - 32 words typed on a cream-colored 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of Congress of the United States / House of Representatives letterhead. Signed "Dave". The top edge of the letter is very lightly creased. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. Treen writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern thanking him for writing on the occasion of Treen's reelection: "You were very generous in your remarks and I will endeavor to justify your confidence".American attorney and politician David C. Treen [1928-2009] grew up in Louisiana as a Democrat, but joined the Republican Party in 1962. In 1972 he was the first Republican in modern times to be elected to the House of Representatives from Louisiana. He represented Louisiana's Third District from 1973 to 1980. In 1979 he was elected as the first Republican Governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction. His election was a sign of changing party affiliations among white conservatives in the state who had comprised a majority of the population since at least 1900. Treen served as governor from 1980-84, losing his bid for reelection to popular rival Democrat Edwin Edwards.The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation.

[1972]. (stiff paper covers) Very good plus. 144pp. Maps, diagrams, photographs, notes, bibliography. Contributors include A.J. Arnold (Was Amor de Cosmos the Louis Riel of British Columbia), Harry Baker Brehaut (The Red River Cart and Trails, the Fur Trade), G.N. Emery (The Methodist Church and the "European Foreigners" of Winnipeg, the All Peoples Mission 1889-1914), F.J.K. Griezac (The Honourable Thomas Alexander Crerar, Marquette Riding and the Union Government Election of 1917), E. Heber (Charles Wesley Speers- Dynamic Colonizer of Western Canada), David McCormick (The Dissolution of the Coalition, Roblin's Rise to Leadership), John Warkentin (Water and Adaptive Strategies in Settling the Canadian West). Article about Duff Roblin & Charles Wesley Speers. Locale: ; British Columbia; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 28. (Manitoba, Fur Trade, Methodist Church, Water).

Brand new paperback. 7'' x 4½''. Contains 496 printed pages of text. Unmarked copy in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0140208097 COMMUNISM.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Ex library with stamp to the half title and copyright pages. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887 to 1889 was one of the last major European expeditions into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century. Led by Henry Morton Stanley, its goal was ostensibly the relief of Emin Pasha, the besieged Egyptian governor of Equatoria (part of modern-day South Sudan), who was threatened by Mahdist forces. Contains (xviii), 269 pp with plates in line and half tone throughout. Front free end paper absent, relevant ink note to margin of pp 63, foxing to the page edges. Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].

Mass market paperback in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains 586 pp. Tanning to the page margins and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0333247663. Contains 349 printed pages of text. Small fox splash to the fore edge, small bookplate on front paste down of the noted collector Peter Apap Bologna. Near Fine condition book, in near Fine condition illustrated dust wrapper with minimal creasing to the tips, not price clipped £5.95. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0333247663 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back maroon paper covered boards, gilt stamping, grey end papers. 192 pp. Fine in Nr. Fine Graham Bishop designed dust wrapper with a couple of tiny surface rubs to spine tip, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Purbeck grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, purple end sheets. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Second impression printer's code 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Contains [xxv], 272 pp with maps, diagrams and colour photographs on loaded art paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £18.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.