Edited by Ivor Brown (16 results)

Hardcover. No Dust Jacket. Clean text, no name inside. 511 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Later printing. 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches.510 pages. Condition of the book is Very Good+, looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good, very light surface wear. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Later printing. 5 x 7 in. Cloth boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. PO's bookplate on ffep. DJ is VERY GOOD ; price-clipped, spine sunned. Travel. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Getting slightly loosely bound, green cloth boards. Small scuffing and dust spotting on cover and spine. Browning on the end papers. No jacket. pictures drawn by Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Stapled booklet. Top of spine hinge torn, with creases, marks and dust spotting on cover. Vertical crease along first few pages. Marks on a few pages inside.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, front flap creased. Remnants of a prize-plate to the ffep; Hardback. Dust wrapper over ; Measures 7¼" x 4½" (0.5 kg); pp 352; Index; Cover art by Gordon F. Huntley; With Photographs From the Times. In the National Anthologies series. London is many cities. It is the city of royalty and of the Cockney, of business kings and Chelsea artists, of the East End pub and the glamorous night life of Mayfair, of roaring streets and peaceful parks. Its literature is rich, for many writers over many centuries have tried to set down in words the nobility, the gaiety, the activity, the courage, the beauty and pageantry of this great city. No one person could hope to succeed, but this anthology brings together much of the best that has been written about London, from the days of Chaucer, through Pepys, Addison and Dickens to contemporaries such as John Betjeman and Norman Collins. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #159242 ||.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. From the sixteenth-century Chronicles of Holinshed to the twentieth-century Manchester Guardian runs the thread from which is woven a "complex tapestry of scene, industry and personality". History, Customs, Places, Character and Comedy contribute to this cavalcade of England seen through her literature, but the scope of the book is more comprehensive than any list can show. Mr. Brown's "observation with extensive view" ranges far and wide, evoking a mood in which lives and breathes the spirit that is England. This book is both for the visitor from abroad, curious about customs and affairs, and for the British reader, conscious of his heritage. From its urbane blend of familiar and unfamiliar, ancient and modern, lore and laughter, emerges understanding. Illustrated. Some wear and tear to D/J. Price clipped.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. The DJ spine is sunned but clear. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes an Index. 511 pages. An anthology of English life and letters. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Mr. Brown has assembled here a wealth of material which combines to portray the true "heart" of London. London is many cities. It is the city of royalty and of the Cockney, of business kings and Chelsea artists, of the East End pub and the glamorous night life of Mayfair, of roaring streets and peaceful parks. Its literature is rich, for many writers over many centuries have tried to set down in words the nobility, the gaiety, the activity, the courage, the beauty and pageantry of this great city. No one person could hope to succeed, but this anthology brings together much of the best that has been written about London, from the days of Chaucer, through Pepys, Addison and Dickens to contemporaries such as John Betjeman and Norman Collings. The 54 photographs reproduced in this book were selected from the picture library of The Times. Illustrated. Slight fading to bottom edge and spine of cloth. Message and date to previous owner for winning Prize for History to inside cover. Slight foxing to end pages. Wear and tear to D/J. Small piece of D/J missing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nonesuch Press Coronation Edition. Volume III (3) only of the celebrated four-volume set, containing the complete Tragedies alongside Pericles, Two Noble Kinsmen, Edward III, and Sir Thomas More. Printed beautifully on fine, lightweight India paper to contain all 1,471 pages within a comfortable pocket-friendly octavo size. Bound in the original Nonesuch design of quarter brown cloth over marbled paper boards with crisp gilt lettering to the spine. Typography & Design: Features the elegant, wood-engraved Coronation dedication page to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and an orange-and-black title page vignette, both exquisitely executed by the renowned British engraver Reynolds Stone. Provenance: Features the personal bookplate of D. Tecwyn Lloyd (1914-1992), the esteemed Welsh author, essayist, editor of Taliesin, and late Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth University, affixed to the front pastedown.Condition: A very good, honest copy. The binding remains tight, square, and structurally secure. Shows a minor, light bump to the bottom edge of the rear board. The interior pages are clean, thin, and bright, exhibiting only minor, sporadic spotting (foxing) largely restricted to the preliminary leaves and edges. A handsome enough volume with stellar Welsh literary association. Reynolds Stone (Engraver) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. BROWN, Ivor [edited by] [511] pp. Collins 1961 Second Edition 7 3/8" x 4 3/4".

Condition: Good. Mild wear to clipped jacket, with small tears, scuffs and chips along edges. Crossed through name inside front. Faint tanning to page edges.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Note: this is a 1970 edition reprint Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Condition: Good. some shelfwear to cover and extremities of book otherwise, small 1/2cm tear to top right corner of cover, content very good condition.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. Ausgabe von 1958, ausgesondertes Bà 1/4 chereibuch, Schnitt und Stoþ leicht gebr�unt 77338x Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Condition: Very Good. 1946-1949. First editions. The Curtain Press Ltd. London. 1946-1949. First editions. 9 volumes in wrappers, octavo. All housed in three slipcases with paper covers designed by Joan Hassall. No. 1 with 16 pages, increasing to No. 9 with 60 pages. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout, including one tipped-in colour plate in No. 9. Illustrations reproducing designs by Rex Whistler, Cecil Beaton, Charles Ricketts, Inigo Jones, Roger Furse, et al. Woodcut engravings and decorations by Joan Hassall. English. 195x130mm. 0.6kg. Very good, in good slipcases; light rusting of staples, slight wear to some wrappers; light wear to slipcases, light fading to edges, occasional splits. A complete run of the 9 numbers of The Masque periodical. The Masque was a post-War publication designed to keep its readers abreast of the latest developments in contemporary theatre. It begun with the intention to devote each issue to a review and illustrations of a recent play, therefore No. 1 is devoted to Laurence Olivier's production of King Lear at The Old Vic. This intention did not hold and No. 2 is dedicated to Rex Whistler's designs for theatre, as are Nos. 4 and 7. The periodical only ran for 9 issues and there are signs by No. 9 that it was flagging - "An Apology : We would apologize to subscribers for the lateness in publication of this issue, but we hope to arrange for more frequent publication in the future." The complete run of issues are: No. 1. The Old Vic. King LearNo. 2. Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler (Part 1)No. 3. Oscar Wilde and the TheatreNo. 4. Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler (Part 2)No. 5. The Masque of ChristmasNo. 6. Notes on the Verse DramaNo. 7. Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler (Part 3)No. 8. New Developments in the French TheatreNo. 9. Theatrical Figures in Porcelain Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.…