Ephesian C E Bechhofer Roberts (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lt. blue cl. black lettering, black line, green design on pasted label, edges sl. faded, sl. spotting, solid. Endpapers sl. yellowed. 349pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No date C. 1940? 148 pages. Original red cloth binding with black lettering, with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth somewhat marked, and spine faded. Contents good, Plate and card of the Canadian Salvation Army War Services to the rear end paper, and stamp of CDN Legion Educ, Services to the front endpaper. A good only rather than a collector's copy. Size: 8vo (12 X 19cm). Book.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. noticeable wear tear and creasing pages yellowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG / -- The Leith Hill edition. - a novel based on the life of Charles Dickens. Orange titles to spine on black boards. Binding is firm and tight. Light soiling and wear to covers. Top page edge is a little dusted. Interior text is clean with no inscriptions. Not ex-library.…

320 pp including index, plates, bookplate on front paste-down, lacks front end-paper, else very good copy in decorated, brown, cloth boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 280pp. A scarce book on the subject which also includes phenomena, mediums, trance & telepathy. The boards are rubbed & discoloured in places. Internally very sound apart from several pages having their corners turned over. It's a lot better to use a bookmark.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Hardback. Leith Hill Edn. (1947) - first published 1933 as 'The New World of Crime'. The author explores landmark U.S. legal cases, offering vivid accounts of courtroom drama and their societal impact. Covering trials from the 19th and early 20th centuries, he examines cases like the Sacco and Vanzetti, and the trial of John Brown, blending legal analysis with narrative flair. The book highlights issues of justice, prejudice, and public opinion, drawing on trial transcripts and contemporary reports. Also features : Benedict Arnold and Major Andre; Leopold and Loeb; The Salem Witchcraft Trials; The Thaw Case; Jesse James Gang; Snyder-Gray; President Lincoln's Assassins; Mr Waggoner; Prof. Webster; Hall-Mills. A compelling study of Americaâs legal history and cultural tensions. 203pp. 12mo. h/back. With lightly browned eps. Vg+ in sl. chipped and creased Vg. protected dw. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with blind-tooled title on front cover. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Physical desc.: 245 p : port. 19 cm. Subject: Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with blind-tooled title on front cover. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Physical desc.: 245 p : port. 19 cm. Subject: Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with blind-tooled title on front cover. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Physical desc.: 245 p : port. 19 cm. Subject: Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with blind-tooled title on front cover. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Physical desc.: 245 p : port. 19 cm. Subject: Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. C3) Black cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Slightly faded top edge of boards otherwise very good. Hinge a little cracked at page 64 plate otherwise well-bound and generally clean and unmarked contents. DJ has a few small marks and stains. DJ spine a little darkened with some short tears to head and heel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First English Edition. One of the earliest Churchill biographies and also one of the most collectable; the scope spanning up to his stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer. This is a very good copy of the First English edition. There is an inked former owner's name on the front free endpaper and very light, scattered foxing throughout. The contents are otherwise fine. 8vo (272 pages, 11 black & white photographs) (Za11a) (R11a).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hinge parting. Appears to be signed under the EPHESIAN on title page. Book.

First edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Plates. An early biography of Churchill.Top edge slightly stained. Some spotting to fore-edge. Small snag to tail of spine. Very good. No dustwrapper.

Hardcover. First edition, second printing. This is the first edition, second printing, of this early biography of Winston S. Churchill, quite scarce thus in the dust jacket. This second printing (erroneously designated "Second Edition" on the title page) was issued in the same year as the first and, apart from the notation on the title page, is identical to the first printing. The dust jacket is entirely identical to that of the first printing.Condition is very good plus in a good dust jacket. The navy cloth binding is immaculately clean, strikingly bright, square, and tight, with sharp corners. Apart from trivial hints of shelf wear to extremities, the only exterior flaw that prevents our grading this copy as near fine is a small indentation and abrasion to the cloth at the lower left of the spine. The contents are bright and clean with a crisp, unread feel. The sole previous ownership mark is a name inked on the upper front pastedown. Spotting appears confined to the top edge of the text block, which also shows a little shelf dust. The dust jacket shows shallow losses to the extremities, appreciably only at the spine ends and corners. The lower front flap fold is split and the jacket shows general light soiling, the spine lightly toned and scuffed. The jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.This early biography of Winston S. Churchill concludes during his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It provides an interesting view of Churchill in mid-career, more than a decade before he became Britain's wartime prime minister. "Certainly no Party of which he is a member - be it a political Party or a dinner-party - ever lacks the spur of his stimulating personality. Age, if he ever grows old - which seems extremely doubtful - must mellow him. He no longer takes himself with such preternatural seriousness as in earlier years, but he is taken far more seriously by the world." Published in late September 1927, the book was popular enough for this "second edition" the same year (really a second printing of the first edition), a third revised edition by a new publisher (Newnes) in 1936, and a fourth revised edition issued by yet a different publisher (Hutchinson) in 1940. It is quite interesting that the Churchill of 1927 drew this biographical attention with his "wilderness years" of the 1930s, two premierships, and the better part of four decades of his life still ahead of him. Clearly Churchill was aware of the book: He wrote to the author on Chartwell stationery dated 29 September 1927 (one day before publication of the book): "Although I would rather that nothing of this kind had been published, yet I should like to recognise the great consideration and courtesy with which you have treated me, and to thank you for all the friendly things you say". The book's author, Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts (1894-1949), published under the pseudonym "Ephesian" and his name was not disclosed in print until the 1936 edition. Roberts was an author, barrister, and journalist who served with the 9th Lancers during the First World War and as Private Secretary to Churchill's great friend, Lord Birkenhead, from 1924-1930.Reference: Zoller A11.a. …

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This is the first edition, first printing, quite scarce thus in the dust jacket. This early biography of Winston S. Churchill concludes during his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It provides an interesting view of Churchill in mid-career, more than a decade before he became Britain's wartime prime minister.Condition is very good in a very good plus dust jacket. The navy cloth binding is tight and bright with sharp corners, vivid gilt, sharp corners, and only minor scuffs and blemishes and a slight forward lean. The contents are bright with no spotting and no previous ownership marks. The chief defect of this copy is absence of the blank preliminary preceding the half-title, and offsetting to the half-title recto from the pastedown glue. The dust jacket is quite elusive thus, entirely complete. The jacket shows mild wear to extremities, light, uniform toning to the spine, and small stain to the left of the price on the lower spine. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover."Certainly no Party of which he is a member - be it a political Party or a dinner-party - ever lacks the spur of his stimulating personality. Age, if he ever grows old - which seems extremely doubtful - must mellow him. He no longer takes himself with such preternatural seriousness as in earlier years, but he is taken far more seriously by the world." Published in late September 1927, the book was popular enough for a second edition the same year (really a second printing of the first edition), a third revised edition by a new publisher (Newnes) in 1936, and a fourth revised edition issued by yet a different publisher (Hutchinson) in 1940. It is quite interesting that the Churchill of 1927 drew this biographical attention with his "wilderness years" of the 1930s, two premierships, and the better part of four decades of his life still ahead of him. Clearly Churchill was aware of the book. He wrote to the author on Chartwell stationery dated 29 September 1927 (one day before publication of the book): "Although I would rather that nothing of this kind had been published, yet I should like to recognise the great consideration and courtesy with which you have treated me, and to thank you for all the friendly things you say". The book's author, Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts (1894-1949), published under the pseudonym "Ephesian" and his name was not disclosed in print until the 1936 edition. Roberts was an author, barrister, and journalist who served with the 9th Lancers during the First World War and as Private Secretary to Churchill's great friend, Lord Birkenhead, from 1924-1930.Reference: Zoller A11.a.…