Edited by Mark Bonham Carter (14 results)

paperback, 342pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, no creasingon spine, corners slightly scuffed, Good condition. ISBN: 0297816020.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 461pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0297816497.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good -. First Edition. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 248 pages including "177 pages of [black-and-white] photographs", plus several pages of illustrations in full colour; black covers with very bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, very gently used, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear other than the gentlest of bumps to spine ends, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ faded, several neatly closed tears. [this copy priced low, priced to go to a good home as bookseller is nearing retirement, but extra S & H at cost will be requested] See also our listing for Ballet Art: From the Renaissance to the Present.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Impression. 1996 First edition, first impression. Size large octavo, 461pages. Burgundy hard cover gilt titles to the spine, pink end-papers, with dust jacket. Book condition near fine a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, not price clipped. Biography Correspondence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Introduction by Roy Jenkins. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ***Near fine in burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles spine. Head and tail of spine very slightly bumped. Spine tight. Pages clean. No inscriptions. In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £20.00 net. No tears. Spine and front and rear panels of dustwrapper bright. ***240mm x 164mm. 461 pages including bibliography, appendixes and index to rear. ***'Through these remarkable diaries and letters, published here for the first time, the decade before the first world war --- is seen from a unique ringside seat, social as well as political. ***As the eldest daughter of H. H. Asquith, Liberal leader and Prime Minister, and step-daughter of the inimitable Margot Asquith, Violet Bonham carter was in a privileged position. ***---***Here are the young Winston Churchill and his bride Clementine Hozier, the rising Liberal star Lloyd George, the conservative leader Arthur Balfour, who even though he was a political adversary of Asquith was also a close friend. Here, too, are other names redolent of the period, the brilliant barrister and MP, F.E. Smith, the soldier Lord Kitchener in his prime, the foreign secretary Edward Grey, the writers Maurice Baring, Hilaire Belloc, Mrs Humphrey Ward and, not least, Rupert Brooke, with whom Violet corresponds.' (From inside the front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition in its original colour illustrated dustwrapper in very nice bright condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 248pp. Foreword by H.R.H The Princess Margaret. Very slightly bowed with bumped corners, faint foxing on the endpapers, and rubbing else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Illustrated with photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback, 8vo, 342pp, illustrated, edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, Good condition in scruffy badly frayed dustwrapper.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. DJ with significant edgewear or bumping. Moderate general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Moderate shelf wear. Front flap of DJ is price-clipped.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition Hardcover Violet Bonham Carter was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Liberal leader and Prime Minister - a privileged position which gave her a unique ringside seat to a way of life in a world that was soon to disappear forever. In these remarkable diaries and letters she writes of being presented at Court, of grand dances and political intrigue. Here are the young Winston Churchll, the rising Liberal star Lloyd George, the Conservative leader Arthur Balfour, the soldier Lord Kitchener, the writers Hilaire Belloc and Mrs. Humphry Ward, and the poet Rupert Brooke. Illustrated. 461 pp.light foxing to edge (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical. Small quarto. 88pp. Wrappers age-toned, price stamped on front wrapper, very good. Contributions by: William Golding, Boris Pasternak, Arthur Koestler, Irving Kristol, Robert Holles, Nigel Dennis, Patricia Blake, Vernon Scannell, Luigi Barzini, Mark Bonham Carter, Frank Kermode, G.L. Arnold, Martin Tunnell, and Angus William.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st One-Volume Edition. Hardback. Purple cloth with silver lettering. Illustrated. 342 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair/Good. Black hard cover - Good. In DJ - wearing to edges/slight age discolouration/Fair-Good. 248 pages including many illustrations. Content Good. (1418g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.