Geoffrey Smith Introduction (11 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: very good minus. Without dust jacket if issued. First Edition. An ex-library copy with markings to the spine, copyright page and rear endpapers. Color frontispiece of C. Day-Lewis, b&w illustrations and photographs. Octavo, 9" tall, 42 pages, blue boards A very good, clean, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. …

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Trade paperback with very light wear, minor dampstain to rear cover edge not affecting the contents, else clean, well bound, no spine crease; an unmarked book with clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Trade paperback with light wear only, clean, spine a bit faded, well bound; an unmarked copy with clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade Edition. DJ is price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good for Age. No Jacket. This copy has some darkening and rubbing of the covers. Interior text has darkened with age, tight in binding.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardcover with a good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Rust colored cloth boards have very light edgewear, corners reamin sharp. Gold gilt titling on spine remains bright and bold. Previous owner's name/info stamped on front and back pastedowns. Text is very good throughout. Lower corner of dust jacket front inner flap is clipped, US price remains in upper corner. Pale shadow with some abrasion/text removal on rear jacket panel where old label was removed, light edgewear/small chips. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Ex library copy with clear sticky-backed plastic on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. With publisher's compliment slip: 'Compliments of Geoffrey Handley-Taylor c/o National Liberal Club' loosely inserted to the fore. Colour frontispiece showing C. Day-Lewis - a reproduction of Lawrence Gowing's portrait of The Poet Laureate with a loose tissue-guard, plus ten black and white plates, with three plates showing the Poet Laureate's manuscript notebook, 'Hero and Saint' (two plates) and 'Harebells over Mannin Bay'. ***Near fine in dark blue boards with silver titles to spine and front board. No inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good navy-blue plain dustwrapper with gilt titles to spine and front panel of dustwrapper. One-inch closed tear and associated creasing to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Small loss to head of tail of spine of dustwrapper. Tiny loss and rubbing to corners and tail of spine of dustwrapper. Front and rear panels of dustwrapper clean. Printed on quality cream laid paper. ***42 pages including index to rear plus one-page small unpaginated line illustration to rear. 234mm x 168 mm. ***Contents: Letter of Introduction by W. H. Auden; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; 'Sunday afternoon', By C. Day-Lewis; Bibliography; A. Books and Pamphlets by C. Day-Lewis; B. Books and Pamphlets with Contributions by C. Day-Lewis; C. Detective Stories by C. Day-Lewis under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake; Index. ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. **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. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. No signatures.; 1986 paperback reprint of a title first published in 1923. [8], [5], 14-316, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. With 3 maps (2 full page, 1 double page). 1 in-text illustration "Sketch Across Glacier Foot, Ka-Kar-Po". This edition does not have the plate illustrations of the 1923 first edition. This edition with a 3 page Introduction by Geoffrey Smith. Contents: Through the Kachin Hills to China; Across the Chung-Tien Plateau; Flowers and Glaciers; The Meadows of Do-Kar-La; Ka-Kar-Po, the Sacred Mountain; Plant Hunting on the Sierra; By the Turquoise Lake; With the Pilgrims to Do-Kar-La; The Start for Tibet; By the Yu River; On the Road to the Salween; Dwarfs and Slaves; Amongst the Lutzu; Lisu and Nung; The Road to the Taron; The Monsoon Salween; Back to Tra-Mu-Tang; Through the Granite Gorge; The Rise of Tsa-Wa-Rong; The End of the Journey; The Return; Appendix; Index.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1986 printing of the 1923 book. Contents are a facsimile of the 1923 first printing. With a new introduction by Geoffrey Smith. 316 pp. B/w maps. No inscriptions. VG+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Havelock Ellis reviews Julian Huxley and A C Haddon's "We Europeans" / C Day Lewis reviews Arthur Calder-Marshall's "Dead Centre" / C V Wedgwood reviews M A Gibbs' "Buckingham: 1592-1628" / L A Pavey "Two Short Story Writers" / Two poems by Andrew Young - "The Stockdoves" and "Autumn" / Geraint Goodwin "Harvests of Experience" / Arthur Calder-Marshall reviews Godfrey Blunden's "No More Reality" / H A Manhood reviews Lancelot Peart's "South Country Fisherman" / H S Ede reviews Gerstle Mack's "Paul Cezanne" / Janet Adam smith "Far Apart" / John Hayward reviews Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill's "The Butler-Savage Letters" / "Jesus Manifest" an introduction by the Very Rev. W R Inge / 'Sigma' reviews Ernst von Salomon's "It Cannot be Stormed" / Derek Verschoyle "Hippo Neville" / Naomi Mitchison "Jew Boys of 1935" / L M King reviews Gerald Yorke's "China Changes" / D C Somervell reviews H du Coudray's "Metternich" / Barker Fairley reviews Anne Treneer's "Charles M Doughty: A Study of his Prose and Verse" / Ralph bates reviews John Peale Bishop's "Act of Darkness2 / G W M Dunn reviews John Heygate's "Motor Tramp" / John Bowle reviews Gerald heard's "The Source of Civilization" / Hamish Miles reviews Malcolm Cowley's "Exile's Return" (BT#21). …