K a Walpole (15 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Stated First Edition. 334 pgs + 1 pg. country handbook listings. Dark green HC book has faded yellow font on fc, gilt font on spine, and is in VERY GOOD Shape. Minimal wear and suffing, sharp corners, good spine ends, slight warping to boards. NO po name or marks inside or out, no foxing, tight, clean, square, with a slight musty odor. No DJ as issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&W Illustrations (illustrator). …

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.…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 37 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are bowed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

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 date, circa 1970. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Oversized hardcover. Title page dated 1924. 223 pages. Patterned white and blue cloth over boards. Blue lettering. In fair condition. Binding is shaken. Corners and head & foot of spine are bumped. Covers are lightly soiled and toned. Some wear along edges and corners. Fore edges, head & foot of textblock, and pages are toned. Front and back gutters are cracked through. A previous owner's inscription written in pencil underneath dedication. Pages are clean--no stray markings throughout. Some color plates are worn along the edges and loose from binding. Beautiful illustrations throughout. Overall, a good reading copy. Please e-mail us with questions or to request photos. This is an oversized book. Extra shipping charges may be required for international or priority delivery. …

Condition: Good. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 11cm), 37pp. Original blue cloth, no dustwrapper. There is some rubbing and bumping of the binding; overall, this book is in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1924. . Hardcover. Sm 4to., 223pp., cover light shelf wear to edges and corners, corners and spine tips bumped and rubbed, spine faded, light soiling, otherwise good; Former owner's name penned on half-title page, light soiling to half-title page, interior hinge cracked, edges of text block lightly stained, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Tipped-in color plates / B&W illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. xiv, 335, [1] p. 25 cm. Maps. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. "One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University." Research and writing were completed in August 1972. This is designed to be a resource for the basic facts about the social, economic, political and military institutions of various countries, such as Poland. The handbook seeks to present as full and as balanced an integrated exposition. It was compiled from openly published materials. An extensive bibliography is provided. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. First edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. …

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 37 printed pages of text and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

105pp, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 220 pages with 8 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations, full page and smaller and head & tail piece, original cloth boards with design taken from a 15th century ornament, part of the front wrapper tipped in to FFEP, light and minor handling, a corner piece at outer corner of page 99/100, no loss of text, spine a little faded otherwise Very Good+. Quarto. *A superior style young readers Christmas annual. This 2nd annual has a short 17 page story by A. A. Milne written before his "Pooh Bear" books called "Prince Rabbit" and a short story by G. K. Chesterton "The Dragon at Hide and Seek" a story long out of print and a first printing here. Harry Rountree, Alec Buckels, Hugh Chesterman, etc. (illustrator).…

VERY GOOD COPY - NO DUSTWRAP. VOLUME 40. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. SCRATCH ON SPINE, BUT VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. xiv, 321, [1] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. The Area Handbook for Czechoslovakia (1972), designated DA Pam 550-158, provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the island nation's social, political, economic, and military structures during a period of post-independence tension. Prepared by Foreign Area Studies of The American University, the volume details the ethnic and religious divisions between Greek and Turkish Cypriots alongside the island's geopolitical importance in the Eastern Mediterranean. This volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objectives descriptions on the nation's present society emphasis is on objective description of the nation's then present society and the kinds of possible or probable changes that might be expected in the future. The handbooks seek to present as full and as balanced an integrated exposition as limitations on space and research time permit. From the title page: "Research and writing were completed September 1971." The Area Handbook for Czechoslovakia (1972) offers a deeply researched diagnostic analysis of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic during a critical juncture of Cold War consolidation. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, the text focuses heavily on the institutional realignment that followed the crushed 1968 liberalization movements. It breaks down the societal structures of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia, details the command economy under Soviet-aligned planning, and evaluates the operational status of the Czechoslovak People's Army within the Warsaw Pact framework. Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe. The country was bordered by Austria and Hungary to the south, Germany[c] to the west and northwest, Poland to the northeast, and Ukraine[d] to the southeast. Czechoslovakia had a hilly and mostly mountainous landscape that covered an area of 49,385 sq. miles with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city was Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plze , Liberec, Bratislava and Ko?ice. Championed by nationalists and first presidents Tomá? Masaryk and Edvard Bene?, Czechoslovakia declared independence in 1918 amid the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and had its sovereignty affirmed in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Following the Munich Agreement in 1938, the Sudetenland was annexed by Nazi Germany while the Second Czechoslovak Republic was formed as a client state. In 1939, the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed while the Slovak Republic was administered separately and Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Hungary. Although the state thus ceased to exist, following the outbreak of World War II, Bene? formed a government-in-exile that was recognized by the Allies. Following liberation by the Red Army in 1944 and 1945, Czechoslovakia was re-established under its pre-1938 borders, with the exception of Carpathian Ruthenia, which became part of the Ukrainian SSR (a republic of the Soviet Union). The Communist Party seized power in a coup in 1948 and afterward, Czechoslovakia was part of the Eastern Bloc with a planned economy. Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949 and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of 1955. A period of political liberalization in 1968, the Prague Spring, ended when the Soviet Union, assisted by other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded Czechoslovakia. In 1989, as Marxist-Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Central and Eastern Europe, Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their communist government during the Velvet Revolution, which began on 17 November 1989 and ended 11 days later on 28 November when all of the top Communist leaders and the Communist party itself resigned. On 31 December 1992, Czechoslovakia split peacefully into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. First Edition [stated] Presumed first printing.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smart first edition of the second "Joy Street" annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, Hilaire Belloc, among other leading writers and artists. In the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition. This work is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at insitutions including the University of Oxford Libraries. Illustrated with eight tipped-in colour plates, including a frontispiece, alongside numerous monochrome in-text illustrations by Marian Allen, Hugh Chesterman, Harry Rountree, Valery Carrick, J. R. Monsell, Alec Buckels and numerous other artists. Collated, complete. The second volume in the Joy Street series, an annual anthology of prose and verse for children, bringing together stories, poems and imaginative pieces by a distinguished group of contemporary writers. Contributors include G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, A. A. Milne, Hilaire Belloc, Hugh Walpole, Edith Sitwell and Rose Fyleman. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing to extremities with light discolouration, heavier to the spine. Protected by a mylar dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to first and last few leaves. Near Fine. Marian Allen; Hugh Chesterman; Harry Rountree; Valery Carrick; J. R. Monsell; Alec Buckels; C. T. Nightingale; Kenneth Harrow; Et al. (illustrator). book.…