G H Holroyd (44 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 134 pages; Owner's Name I pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 158 pages.; Owner's Name I pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 6th Impression. 114pp., green paper boards. Numerous photos. Foreword by Arthur Newell. Inscribed on the title page "To Edward R. Murrow Esq./with grtatitude from/Edward H. Carter/24 Feb. 1946" Slight wear, spine bottom lightly bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Condition: Fair. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black, white and red illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. …

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Book 4. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 12mo. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels, library rebind in charcoal cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A good clean copy. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

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. A good condition paperback. Some fading to the spine. A clean and securely bound copy for it's age. Book 1 ONLY. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No date and edition stated. Numerous b/w plates, wear to head and tail of spine and top corners of cover, minor chipping to bottom corners of cover, text and illustrations clean and tight. Used.

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. Year of publication not stated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Year of publication not stated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Year of publication not stated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, 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. Year of publication not stated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.…

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Volume 2 Only!; 306 pages.

Condition: Good. 1956. No Edition Stated. 213 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 24 pages. Paperback book with blue cover. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Rusted staples, p.11-14 are detached but still present. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild scratching and marking to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. x, 190pp. Cream cloth-covered boards; red design on front, red titles on front and spine. Spine sun faded, bumped spine heel. Text block edges starting to tan. Previous owner's details blind embossed on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo.   Introduces the reader to the ingredients for the study and practice of drama, and for a living (dramatic) introduction to literature and legend. Littlewood, W (illustrator). …

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Buff wrappers. Bumped and faded spine, near fine. This issue features Roy Campbell, F.L. Lucas, and Jack Lindsay. Additional contributors include N.K. Cruickshank, Doreen Dunlop, Wrey Gardiner, A.H. Heys, Teresa Hooley, Esther Spencer, G.W. Harris, Sonia Bentzon, Freda C. Bond, Denis Turner, Stuart Holroyd, R.V. Blakemore, P.D. Cummins, Justin Richardson, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Frank Lissauer, Sidonie Schall, Christopher Levenson, Michael Malim, Murrell Simmons, W.H. Hamilton, Laurence H. Williams, Dennis Peck, Valmai Richardson, Mary Banes, Kathleen M. Chapin, F.D. Walker, William Wolff, Alice Alment, S. Thomas Ansell, Peter Fison, Howard Parsons, Robert Greacen, Stephen Graham, John Graddon, Kennedy Williamson, Paul Selver, K.V. Richardson, and E. Royse Pritchard. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Occasional foxing, otherwise, all VG. Pictorial covers. Others in series also available. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 130pp. Barbara Bradley (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Occasional foxing, moreso to title page. Otherwise, all good. Pictorial covers. Others in series also available. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 130pp. Kathleen Burrell (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Occasional foxing. moreso to title page. Otherwise, all good. Pictorial covers. Others in series also available. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 124pp. E M Ingall (illustrator).

Paper bound, large format (8 1/2'' X 11''), illustrated, xiv+ Pp384. Moderate staining to bottom front corner of text block else a tight and clean, very good or better copy. 1.1 kilograms unpacked - depending on destination, additional postage may be requested.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No date. Card covers. 23 pages. Previous owner's name dated 1950. Children's school reader of the 1950's era. Black and white photographic illustrations. One of a series. Scarce. Good condition. Baker, V. A. ( Photographs By ) (illustrator).

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners, boards slightly soiled. Internally bright and clean; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Green boards with red titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 9" x 5¾" (0.4 kg); pp 114; Preface by Arthur Newell; Illustrated with black and white photographs. Maps to the endpapers. Includes a plate section at the rear entitled "The American Story Picture Supplement". || 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 #145898 ||.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 114pp, green cloth covered boards. Endpaper maps. B + w photographs. Original owner's name on title page and shelf mark, otherwise internally clean. Foreword by Prof. Arthur Newell. Interesting wartime history of the USA.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "A Field Guide To The Geology". Edition and printing not known and not dated - thought to be around early 1980s. In very good plus pink and white pictorial and stapled card with black titles. The covers are tight and flat and with one small mark to front. The text block has many black and white maps and diagrams. The pages are very securely attached, even and unmarked. No dedications etc. Not paginated. Very good plus condition. Issued without jacket. Rare. A. Scott Rankin (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition turquoise pictorial boards showing title etc clearly on front board and on spine, no DJ. 308 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing. Name of school stamped inside front boards. 'The very kind reception given to my Dramatic New Testament Books and the promptings of many friends have encouraged me to write a similar dramatic version of the Old Testament. The present book takes the Old Testament story as far as the death of Solomon, which seems to me to be a natural place to make a break.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Hard cover navy blue cloth bds, Poor, orange lettering to upper bd, spine has pieces missing and is cracked and split, corners rubbed, contents clean and sound, b/w illusts, hinge cracked at contents pge, pp112, last two pges corner missing, does not detract from text, school stamp to front pastedown. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A super introduction to Drama, and a bookful of plays, beautifully illustrated by Lilian Chivers. Enough to keep a Drama Class occupied for a whole year! Attractive pictorial cloth. Lilian Chivers (illustrator).

Condition: Used. In an era where literary adaptations were all the rage, GH Holroyd?s 1958 offering, "Plays from Literature - Uncle Tom?s Cabin," struts onto the scene with all the bravado of a particularly enthusiastic school drama club. One might say this book attempts to capture the soul of Harriet Beecher Stowe?s seminal work, but one would likely be putting a tad too much faith in its ability to do so without bursting into melodrama or an ill-timed song-and-dance number. Published by Philip?a name that has undoubtedly seen better days?this tome is a veritable relic. The cover, a charmingly faded affair, hints at the grand ambitions of a bygone era where literary adaptations were executed with all the subtlety of an amateur theatrical performance. Inside, one might find that Holroyd?s interpretations are as quirky as the book?s condition?well-loved, perhaps a bit dog-eared, and definitely in need of a sturdy bookshelf that can withstand the weight of history and the occasional existential crisis. Uncle Tom?s Cabin, a work that has stirred conversations and controversies since its original publication, is certainly not short on material. Holroyd, in his infinite wisdom?or perhaps fortuitous folly?seems determined to wrestle the complexities of slavery and morality into a theatrical format that leaves us wondering if it?s a drama, a farce, or a desperate plea for attention. The author?s interpretations invite the reader to ponder the nature of humanity, while simultaneously making one question whether a stage production is the appropriate venue for such weighty themes. Within the pages, you?ll uncover a curious fusion of earnest sentiment and unintentional comedy. Holroyd may have envisioned lofty ideals, but one can?t help but chuckle at the awkward dialogue and melodramatic stage directions that threaten to turn profound moments into something resembling a farcical reality show. Expect plenty of characters who are either painfully earnest or wildly caricatured?because why not inject a dash of absurdity into the tragic? After all, comedy and tragedy are just two sides of the same coin, or so they say. Condition: Used, which is a polite way of saying this book has lived a full life, possibly involving several unsupervised readings in park benches, damp basements, or poorly lit coffee shops. The pages might have yellowed slightly, giving it the air of a cherished relic, while the cover may sport a few scuffs and stains that tell tales of its adventurous escapades. There?s a distinct charm in the markings of a book that has been around the block?like the dog-eared pages that have braved the elements, this book has absorbed the emotions of its previous owners?both joy and despair. For those brave enough to venture into the theatrical adaptations of such a weighty classic, Holroyd invites you to consider the following rewards: The thrill of dissecting awkward interpretations of famous lines. A nostalgia trip through the lens of 1950s British theatre. Endless fodder for discussions on the appropriateness of adaptations. A potential new appreciation for unadapted literature. The curious satisfaction of owning a book that is both bizarre and historically significant. So, whether you?re a theatre aficionado, a literature lover, or simply someone with an inexplicable penchant for peculiar second-hand finds, "Plays from Literature - Uncle Tom?s Cabin" promises to be a delightful oddity in your collection, as sold by Crappy Old Books. Embrace the quirks and let this book find its rightful place on your shelf?preferably next to something a little more stable, just in case its theatrical ambitions get out of hand.…