Mcleish Donald (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: As New. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Crease-free spine, unmarked pages, very tight binding, possibly unread. BP/Language.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 340pp. B/w and colour plates throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, and red page edge. Book is used with some wear to boards and page edges. Boards have some rubbing and edge wear. Also the corners of the boards are bumped and bend inwards. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Tightly bound copy with clean interior having no markings, writing, underlining, or highlighting in margins or text block. Inv. # 13648. McLeish, Donald (illustrator).…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Lovely half-morocco essay collection from various significant writers on the subject of London. With over 1200 in-text and full-page photographs. Bound in half morocco with red cloth boards.Including Volume I and II of the three-volume set.With upwards of 1200 black-and-white in-text and full-page photographs from eminent photographers such as Donald McLeish.Lacking both title pages and colour frontispieces. As such, date, authorship and publication details have been gathered from a copy held by the University of Oxford Libraries.Edited by St. John Adcock, renowned writer and "Cockney school novelist". This work compiles writings from various significant authors on the subject of London. Alfred Noyes introduces the collection with the chapter "The Magic of London", Thomas Moult writes on "London's Sports and Pastimes" and Robert Lynd describes "The Morning and Evening Rush". Bound in half morocco with red cloth boards. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing resulting in loss of cloth more noticeable to Volume I. Marking also more visible to Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Missing title pages and colour frontispieces. Tipped-in newspaper article to Volume II. Spotting heavier to first and last few pages, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good. Donald McLeish et al. (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Lovely collection of London guidebooks, each illustrated, with map endpapers, from various eminent writers. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With dust wrappers. It Isn't Far from London and London from the Bus-Top are unclipped.In three volumes, consisting of:Guide to London by H. V. Morton (First Edition);It Isn't Far from London by S. P. B. Mais;London from the Bus-Top by Lucy Masterman (First Edition).Guide to London features a frontispiece and eight illustrations from photographs by Donald McLeish and J. Dixon-Scott. With a map of London to the front endpapers and a list of sights and events to the rear. Collated, complete. From prominent journalist H. V. Morton, best known for covering the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun. This is one of many books he published on London.It Isn't Far from London also includes a frontispiece and maps to each endpaper. With fifteen further photographic plates. Collated, complete. Written by popular journalist and travel writer, Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, this guide recommends travel spots within easy reach of London.Again with a frontispiece and map endpapers, London from the Bus-Top is illustrated with vignette and full-page sketches from successful designer and artist Dorrit Dekk. Prominent poet, editor and member of the aristocratic Lyttelton family, Lucy Masterman frames her alternative guide to London by bus route. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With dust wrappers. It Isn't Far from London and London from the Bus-Top are unclipped. Guide to London is clipped. Externally, very nice with only slight shelf wear and marking to boards. Dust wrappers also nice with minor shelf wear, discolouration and the odd mark. Wrap to London from the Bus-Top is reinforced with archival binding and features a faint tide mark along the spine. It Isn't Far from London is less pristine than the other two, with small tears to the top edge and spine head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with slight spotting concentrated towards the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. Donald McLeish; J. Dixon-Scott; Dorrit Dekk (illustrator). book.…