Horace a Vachell (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Textured purple boards, gilt title on cover and spine. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but covers are sunned; water spot top of spine and bottom front edge. Previous owner's name penciled on inside cover. Uncut fore edge; text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. 306 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: --. 359pp; glossy illustrated frontis; text clean; blue decor & chipping white lettering on front & spine of gray cloth cover with wear to edges. Ditzler, frontis (illustrator). Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hard cover first edition. Condition: Very Good with moderate wear to covers and no marks to text. Previous owner's name written in pencil on first free page.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Dodd, Mead & Company Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hard cover creamy yellow cloth bds, VG, a little dusty, unclipped dust jacket, loss, chipping, Poor, contents fine and tight, pp336.

hardcover. 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. No jacket. Some soiling and general minor wear to cover. Content clear throughout.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Orange ands no 388 rare.

Condition: New.

Reprint. Sound copy in tight binding. Scattered foxing; name inked onto front free end paper, with thinning of paper in top quarter, from over zealous rubbing out. some underlining in pen. Dust jacket worn; discoloured on spine, tatty on edges, with tear adjoining front panel and spine; jacket proected in removable clear film. Used - Good. Good hardback in fair dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in fair dust jacket.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1928 John pocket edition on blue cloth.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 1st Thus. 35th thousand.

Paperback. Condition: VG. No DW. Reprint Thus. 1930s. 65th thousand. Rear cover lists 1-35.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 1st Thus. 35th thousand.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. VG- DW. 41st thousand.

Paperback. Condition: G++. No DW. 41st thousand.

Paperback. Condition: G+. G+ Torn DW. 41st thousand.

Paperback. Condition: G++. G++ Sl Torn DW. 1st Thus. (June 1938). 41st thousand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Reprint. 2/- Cheap Edition. THE WRAPPER : The evocative period wrapper on this copy is bright and complete. It is unclipped. The front panel is clean and unfaded, showing light wear at the bottom edge. The spine is clean. It is rubbed and scuffed at the ends. The white back panel is sound. It is gently creased and shows light wear at the top and bottom edges. Looks very sharp in protective plastic. THE BOOK : The book is square and tight. The boards are clean and bright. The corners are sharp. The spine ends are gently bruised. The pages are clean. The text block and closed page edges are browned. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The binding is solid and without cracked hinges. There is a small, neat previous ownership inscription in the middle of the ffep. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. 1st Edition. Clean tight copy but boards slightly bowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. Part of the 'Murray's Fiction Library' series of hardback books, with its dustwrapper, in near to fine condition-previous owners name on the front 'end paper' & the 'D.Ws' spine is lightly faded. (236 pages & 4 pages of advertisments).

Sepia-coloured studio photograph on 19 x 14 cm card. Backed on the reverse with brown paper on which are printed the details of the photographic studio responsible, Swaine's of London and Southsea. The print itself is in good condition, lightly aged and worn; the reverse is heavily-worn with traces of glue from previous mounting. Vachell has written his underlined signature in black ink diagonally upwards at the bottom right-hand corner: 'Horace Annesley Vachell.' This studio photograph of Vachell is not present in the National Portrait Gallery collection. It shows a seated and somewhat smug-looking Vachell, in tweedy jacket and waistcoat, with bow tie, white shirt with stiff collar, and checked trousers, with papers on his lap over crossed legs. It bears out the words of L. A. G. Strong, who writes in his entry on Vachell in the Oxford DNB that he 'had at all times a distinguished appearance, particularly in his later years, when his noble head and silvery hair gave him both dignity and panache'.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First impression of this Penguin paperback edition from 1942 in VG condition, please see pics, PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by John Murray, London in 1924. 8vo., blue publisher's cloth, lettered in black to upper board, and gilt to spine; with decorative borders to both; central decorative motif to upper cover; together in the pictorial wrapper by Philip Simmonds, priced 3/6 net to spine; author's woodblock device to title; The BOOK is in Very Good+ condition with pushing at the spine tips with two small bumps to the upper edges of the boards ; endpapers lightly offset; spotting to outer edges and prelims, encroaching onto the first and last few pages, and a couple of spots sporadically throughout due to the cheap quality of the paper stock used; light ownership name in purple ink to half title; the Very Good++ WRAPPER with a couple of small losses and nicks to edges, and a little more so to the head of spine; a little shelf wear, but else in superior condition; discretely repaired internally with tape. The wrapper is priced '3/6' to the spine and may possibly be the second state issued with the first issue book. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Horace Annesley Vachell (1861 - 1955) was a prolific writer of novels, plays, and essays, beginning with 'A Drama in Sunshine' (1898) and ending with 'Averil' in 1945. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, Vachell later traveled to America, where he married, became a partner in a land company, and is often credited with introducing the game of Polo to Southern California. Returning to England at the turn of the century, Vachell began to write, mostly inspired by his early life and friendships at Harrow, one of the most popular being 'The Hill' (1905) which explores themes of friendship, youth and identity whilst boarding at the prestigious English school. Vachell also penned a number of successful plays, of which 'Lord Camber's Ladies' (1932) was adapted into film by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1914, he produced the comedy-drama play 'Quinneys', which became one of his most successful works. Following the exploits of Joseph Quinney, an endearing but stubborn patriarch of a family of antiques dealers, it led to a series of novels following the family's adventures, of which this is the second in the series. The main character Joseph Quinney is based on the real-life antique dealer Thomas Rohan (1860-1940). Often compared with John Galsworthy for his quintessentially British writing, his works remain little-known today, though early copies such as this are considerably scarce in the wrapper. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. …