First Earl Birkenhead (31 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Hutchinson No. 11. Old price on the front cover. Light creases to the spine. A little wear to the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition in black, gilt stamped spine. Selected and Introduced by the First Earl of Birkenhead. A collection of 50 real and fictional fighte between men and also between men and beasts. Includes: King Arthur, St. George and the Dragon, David and Goliath, Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Dickens, Conrad, H.G. Wells, Twain, Dickens, Cervantes, and much more. Collected for the inclusion of a Haggard fight scene: How Umslopgaas Held the Stair. Cassell and Company; London, 1951, 384 pps. Good copy with staining to fore edges of both boards in a unclipped (10/6) jacket that has sun toning and edge wear.

Condition: Fair. 1950. Fourth Edition. 921 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Top textblock edge dyed brown. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning with a little spotting to page ends - name stamp to ffep and pastedown. No DJ.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear, spine sunned. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 923pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with creases on the spine and the covers show light wear. The dust jacket has a thin chunk missing on the top of the spine and the jacket shows light wear.

Condition: Good. 1931. First Edition. 960 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex libris plate at front. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1932. No dust jacket. Shelf wear to black cloth boards. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Foxing to the page edges. Minor cracking at front hinge, but binding otherwise firm. Contents clear within. A good condition book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good DJ (small chips/browning). Second Edition. London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1951. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Jacket is price clipped. Not a book club edition. This book was originally published in 1932. There are 7 major sections: 1) The Noble Art of Self-Defence (with contributions by Pierce Egan, William Hazlitt, Conan Doyle, George Borrow, Frederick Locker-Lampson, etc); 2) The Age of Chivalry (Burnt Njal Saga, Andrew Lang, Sir Walter Scott, etc); 3) Affairs of Honour (Anthony Hope, Alexandre Dumas, P.C. Wren, William De Morgan, Stanley Weyman); 4) Rogues at Bay (Charles Read, Captain Johnston, Captain Smith, Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells, R. Blackmore, etc); 5) Men in Buckram (R. B. Sheridan, Captain Marryat, Cervantes, Mark Twain, W. W. Jacobs, etc); 6) A Brave Miscellany (Rider Haggard, Sir Richard Burton, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, Lord George Sanger, Hedley Chilvers, etc); 7) In the First World War (Siegfried Sassoon, Tempest, W. J. Tempest, Floyd Gibbons). Original black cloth. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good DJ (small chips/browning). 8vo. xii, 384pp.

Black Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). Second edition. Brown spotted fore'edges. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Condition: Good. 1951. 2nd Edition. 384 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Grey dust jacket over blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B000LA8GLY Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor browning and dustsoiling throughout; light foxing on endpapers and on edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good condition. Fair condition dustjacket with numerous small closed tears and chips; minor browning and dustsoiling over all. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1929 First edition on black cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1932. Original black cloth gilt very clean. Some foxing to the page edges, internally clean & tight. No inscriptions. 384 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Hutchinson, undated Pocket Library edition. Softcover. Tanning to page margins. Binding firm. Book appears unread. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Gilt cloth, dust jacket.; Spine dust jacket browned; small stains spine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Spine repaired. Front cover is detached. Book is in only good (that is, fair or average) condition with major signs of wear and/or age.

Paperback. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Book is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Binding gauze visible at hinges. Contents clean. Dustjacket faded to spine. 328113.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black cloth hard cover - some signs of age/overall Good. 960 pages. Content Good. (833g) 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.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, black dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 384 pp. Tiny rubs to spine tips and corners, foxing to page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Boxing].

The author selects 50 fights from real life and fiction. Among them are the two great fights between Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux in 1810 and 1811, the meeting between Tom Sayers and John Heenan (1860), the encounter between Mr Pickwick and the cabman (from "Pickwick Papers", by Charles Dickens), and the final reckoning between Moby Dick and Captain Ahab (from "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville). An excellent collection, originally published 1932. Second edition. 8vo. xii + 384pp. Black cloth. Dust-wrapper, sl chipped at edges and head of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Photo Reproductions (illustrator). First Edition. Introduction has a few lines underlined in pencil. blue cloth, binding tight and all pages present. 960 pages. C1 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 567 pages in very good condition. n.d. (1920s?). Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in red cloth with black titles. Faded and lightly stained on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. VG/- -. Book.

Condition: Poor. The jacket is foxed/tanned and worn. Ex-libris sticker to the inside cover. The book is fine to read and use throughout, a little rippled and worn in places.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Handsome first edition of this extensive selection of letters, edited by significant British politician and barrister Frederick Edwin Smith, best remembered as Winston Churchill's closest confidant. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Lovely wide selection of letters from important figures throughout English history. Selected and edited, with an introduction, by Frederick Edwin Smith, the First Earl of Birkenhead. Significant British politician and barrister and close friend of Winston Churchill, Smith also published a number of works throughout his lifetime on subjects ranging from law to history to poetry. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely condition with only minor bumping and rubbing and the odd mark. Dust wrapper noticably discoloured, with a few marks. A number of small closed tears to edges, most prominent at head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean with spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. McKnight Kauffer, E. (illustrator). Hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Boards are scuffed, with closed tears on the spine edge, rear side. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with small tears at the spine head. Spine is slightly cocked, and page block, endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Used.