John Drinkwater Editor (45 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. Third Printing. Volume I of III only. Full blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs and reproductions throughout. . Volume is unmarked, tight, and square. Spine sunned and moderately rubbed, moderate wear to bottom corners, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xiv, 295 pp.…

Good plus or better, light general wear. Hardcover Lightly worn, soiled jacket. Pages browned. Prev owner's label on front fly. Friday, September 5, 2014 Contents: Sir Henry Taylor, Abercrombie; Arthur Hugh Clough, Wolfe; The Early Novels of Wilkie Collins, de la Mare; Exit Plance-Enter Gilbert, Granville-Barker; Punch in the Sixties, Graves; Historians in the Sixties, Boas; Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Drinkwater; George Whyte-Melville, Fortescue;Science in the Sixties, Lodge. …

hardcover. B025595; 636 pp, inscription & bookplate hardcover; no dustjacket; good contents & covers; prev. owner's.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak and cracked. ; 958 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Corners and spine ends bumped. Unclipped DJ spine darkened, minor edgewear and soiling. Overall a solid tight sound copy protected in mylar. ; 8vo, dark gray cloth, DJ, 282pp. (uncut & some unseparated) , index.

Cloth. Condition: G+. No Jacket. None Stated. 299 to 686 pp + xvii index, many illustrations, book and contents are clean and solid, the covers are solid with light wear.

Paperback. pp369-496, editorial, articles, fiction, poetry, reviews, illustrations, very worn paperback literary journal in worn cream printed wraps, spine chipped, wraps detached but present. Farrar's last issue as editor and contributor due to Doubleday's merger with Doran.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 282 Pp. Near Fine Book With Light Wear And Bumping To Ends Of Spine, No Fraying, No Names Or Marks Or Stains. Dj Also Lightly Used, Light Browning To Spine With Wear And Bumping At Ends, No Chipping Or Tears, Not Price-Clipped.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 272pp Not dated but introduction dated 1919 and inscription on fly leaf dated 1923. Limp leather covers with gild vignette decoration and titles and yapped edges (yapped edges worn and frayed, as is base of spine, spine faded). Top edge gilded, all other edges rough cut. 8vo. Marbled endpapers (showing minor damage at edges). Inscription on bastard title pages. Very light foxing. A nice vintage copy of this poetry anthology edited by John Drinkwater. Poets represented in the collection include Wordsworth, Tennyson, Herbert, Carew, Southwell, de la Mare, Pope, Browning and many more. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. George Harrap 1932; a good FIRST Edition, bound blue cloth, illustrated title gold lettering front and spine; gilt top edge; others pages untrimmed; full colour illustrations throughout; hint of foxing on paper; incribed and dated 1934 as a gift on prelim page. Ref: 4.…

Good to very good condition. Some underlining and margin notes on pages 22-50. Spine is faded. Covers are a bit dull with three spots on front. Name (crossed over in pencil) and date on front free endpaper. 282 pages with index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised And Enlarge edition: xiv+862 pages.Illustrated. Previous bookseller's stamp and ink's name. Slight foxing end papers. Dust jacket has small tear to top of spine. Plastic wrapper. Extra postage will be sought for an address outside Australia.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. [x] + 282pps., deckle-edged. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a touch of fading at the top of each board. Also, there is a faint soil-mark at the top of the ffep and two prices are stamped in small numerals at the bottom of the rfep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No inscriptions. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is sunned at the spine and at the perimeters of the other panels; there is light edgewear only. The original price is intact. Includes essays by: Lascelles Abercrombie, Humbert Wolfe, Walter De La Mare, Harley Granville-Barker, C. L. Graves, F. S. Boas, John Drinkwater, Hon. Sir John Fortescue, and Sir Oliver Lodge. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-C.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Three-quarter black leather binding with marbled boards front and back. Five raised bands to spine with gile decorations to title and other spine compartments. Top page edges gilt. Volume overall in good+ condition. Edgewear present, particularly at the corners. Marbled endpapers, discolored around edges where they have been in contact with the black leather, both front and back. Front joint shows signs of wear and is weak but intact and holding. Back joint is much stronger. Pages age-toned, but interior text block fairly tight and seems to be free of marking in text other than previous owner inscription in ink to FFEP. 368 pp. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1920. George Newnes Ltd, London !920. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Good, browning of cover pages . Owners signature inside cover dated Xmas 1924 . Single vol , text clean, binding tight. a very good readable copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. Bookseller Inventory #000603. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. N/A (illustrator). N/A. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration. 5 tipped-in color plates (color frontispiece plate has a bit of foxing). Bookplate affixed to front pastedown. DJ age-toned; multiple tears on spin including 4" tear at top in the center of spine. ; 7-1/8" x 10-1/4"; 198 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 863 pages. no dj, spine faded, front hinge weak, text tanned, name on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 311 pages. cover very worn, spine splitting at top. Text tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. cover very worn, spine splitting at top.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is a volume of essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, that was edited by John Drinkwater, Poet Laureate of England. The essays are on obscure and not-so-obscure literary subjects, but one of them ventures into science, and another into historians. Drinkwater, himself a Fellow member, also contributed an essay and the book's Introduction. The book was published in 1932 by Cambridge University Press. This is the First Edition. The book has a very interesting provenance and gift inscription (See Below). The Book is now OP. TABLE OF CONTENTS : - Sir Henry Taylor - by Lascelles Abercrombie - Arthur Hugh Clough - by Humbert Wolfe - The Early Novels of Wilkie Collins - by Walter De La Mare - Exit Planché . Enter Gilbert - by Harley Granville-Barker - Punch in the 'Sixties ("Punch Magazine") - by C. L. Graves - Historians in the 'Sixties - by F. S. Boas - Eneas Sweetland Dallas - by John Drinkwater - George Whyte-Melville - by Sir John Fortescue - Science in the 'Sixties - by Sir Oliver Lodge TITLE : The Eighteen-Sixties - Essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature EDITOR : John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) INTRODUCTION : John Drinkwater AUTHORS - CONTRIBUTORS : John Drinkwater; Lascelles Ambercrombie; Humbert Wolfe; Walter De La Mare; Harley Granville-Barker; C.L. Graves; F. S. Boas; Sir John Fortescue; Sir Oliver Lodge IMPRINT : Cambridge University Press PLACE : Cambridge, England DATE : 1932 EDITION : First Edition PROVENANCE : From the personal library of a famous Doctor, deceased SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Has interesting gift inscription. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; Contains an Introduction, nine essays, and an Index; has three line illustrations (reproduced from "Punch Magazine") ; x + 282 pages; 5 1/2" x 8 3/4"; smooth brown cloth-covered boards and spine; gilt lettering and decorative embellishment on spine; Royal Society device stamped in gilt on front cover; bottom text-block edges rough cut. At the top fore-edge corner of the front pastedown is the following gift inscription (or, rather, and inscription by the book's owner that the book was a gift) : "W. R Bett - 16.ix.34 - from W. R. Dawson. " W. R. Bett was Dr. Walter Reginald Bett (1903 - 1968). Physician, medical historian, author, orator, scholar, librarian and man of letters; he was the co-founder of the Osler Club of London. W. R. Dawson (1888- 1968); Warren Royal Dawson was an English librarian, Egyptologist and antiquarian. He was encouraged by Wallis Budge to pursue Egyptology , and became an expert on hieroglyphs and mummification. He wrote several esteemed books on Egyptology, among which were "Mummy as a Drug", and "Magician and Leech: a Study in the beginnings of medicine with special reference to ancient Egypt". It's a very interesting inscription, revealing a friendship between scholars who shared interests in history, medicine, literature ,and who had had an extended correspondence by mail. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- The spine displays some abrasion and loss of surface color - at the head the loss is more clearly discernible ' spine extremities are compressed and display abrasion, with fraying just starting; gilt lettering still fairly bright; front board is clean with but mild rub; rear board is clean , but has slightly more rub; rear board edges display a few small dents; text-block edges are toned, else clean. BINDING -- Paper over end-paper hinges are not split; hinges are cracked between pp 112 and 113, else binding is still solid with no loose or detached leaves. INTERIOR : Interesting Gift Inscription on front paste-down (see below). End-papers toned, and displaying slight smudging; small book number label affixed to bottom fore-edge corner of front paste-down; text paper is toned and displays foxing ; else the interior is clean and free of marking.…

Cloth. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. 1,136 pp in 3 volumes, over 500 illustrations with some in color, the books are clean and tight, the covers are very lightly scuffed, a very clean and usable set. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Almost Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Vol. set appears unread with no name - Fine leatherette boards with fine gilt decoration to front/spine - D/j unclipped to both vols' with some minor repairs with archival tape - Revised & extended by Hugh Pollock & Campbell Nairne - super set - Guaranteed posting 24hrs ST103. NOTE: weight 2.2 kilos unpacked extra postage required ! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". well illustrated with black/white photos, drawings etc (illustrator).…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. No date specified - circa 1920's. Dark red leather corners and spine over dark red cloth, gilt lettering and rose pattern on spine, dark red spatter effect on edges, yellow endpapers, 640 numbered pages in total. Colourful frontispiece, decorative title page, 13 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations per volume. Volume One: boards lightly rubbed along edges, faint smudge (1/2 inch) on rear, bookplate on front paste-down, cracked at ffep but binding firm, front and rear endpapers creased, rear endpaper darkened on one side. Overall, very good. Pages clean and bright. Volume Two: boards lightly rubbed along edges, faint smudging on rear, bookplate on front paste-down, rear endpaper darkened on one side. Overall, very good plus. Pages clean and bright. Note: heavy book.…

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Brown cloth hardback in unclipped dust jacket. Pp x, 282. A sharp-edged, square, tight, clean copy; contents bright and clean withy no previous names, markings etc and the book appears little -if at all - read. The protected jacket is in excellent condition. Images/further information available upon request. …

Hardback. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Leather-bound in School Prize binding. Raised bands with gilt to spine and gilt crest to face, marbled endpapers and edges. Presentation plate (dated 1939) to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 958 pages. First published in 1923. Includes Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 201 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing, chips and tears to edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Poetry; Inventory No: 229001.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Type: Book pp XIV, 871. 1st printing.

2 vols. 640pp. Black ½ leather with raised bands on spine; tiled in gilt on red leather on spine(both vols.).Illust. in col. and mono. VG; somerubbing and bumping to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Elegant collection of significant english verse from a variety of poets, from Chaucer to Arnold. Limp blue leather. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge uncut. Decorated end-papers. Toning and creasing to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.