Inge Gosney (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Inge Gosney (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 244pp. 'Through the Magic Door' is the remarkable memoir of the great children's writer Ursula Moray Williams (1911-2006), whose classic titles 'The Little Wooden Horse' and 'Gobbolino' enthralled millions of readers. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters, her own heart warming story is told for the first time. From the crumbling, fairytale mansion of her youth, through love, faith, crises and sacrifices that brought deep insight into the worlds of children, it is a life as remarkable and inspirational as the adventures of her brave, fictional heroes. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Stig Bramsen (Illustrator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed maroon boards/Fine. DJ/Fine (under mylar). 1972 First English Edition. Worldwide, illustrated (color plates and black & whites drawings), chronological history of weapons & fighting dress. Beginning with the use of metal --- from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1700. From Egypt of the Pharaohs to the Europe's Thirty Years War (1618 - 16480), through 1700. A complex historical review of those with powerful weapons on hand, and, the ability to weld it with social & political support.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición.