Nowell Smith Simon Editor (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Collection of letters written by literary celebrities, to the publishing house of Macmillan. 384pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. No wear to red cloth. Dustjacket is similar, but with price-clip and minor edge wear. Weight, 580g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 140 pages. Elizabeth Edmondston "Unfamiliar Libraries IX" / Ian C Loram "Goethe's Interest In The Physical Aspect Of His Works" / Simon Nowell-Smith "Contemporary Collectors XLI - The Ewleme Collection" / Alan Walbank "Stephen Hero's Bookshops" / Howard M Nixon "English Bookbindings LIII".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First US Edition. Red hardcover, gold-color lettering with green background on spine, xxv, 619 pp., 58 plates, 4 text illustrations, unclipped illustrated jacket in mylar sleeve. Light wear at ends of spine, bottom rear corner with minor bump, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding. Jacket is moderately edge-worn with slight rubbing on spine but overall appearance is much improved with mylar sleeve. **Heavy volume weighs in excess of 4 lbs (1.8 kg) and will require extra charges for priority and international shipping.**.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. Hans Fischer; Leba M Goldstein; J E Norton; Simon Nowell-Smith; Vinton A Dearing; G Thomas Tanselle; Jean Robertson; Bent Juel-Jensen; Trevor Fawcett. Contents include: Conrad Gessner 1516-1565 as Bibliographer and Encycopedist; The Pepys Ballads; The Post Office London Directory; The Printing of George Meredith's The Amazing Marriage; Some Routines for Textual Criticism; The Recording of Press Figures; Sidney and Bandello; Michael Drayton and William Drummond of Hawthornden - A Lost Autograph Letter Rediscovered;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Remnants of library label on FFEP (hospital lib.) No other stamps, probably never issued. Letters from many literary and historical figures associated with this famous publisher.

First Edition, reprinted. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxv, 619 pages illustrations, facsimiles, group portraits 25 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The king / by Roger Fulford -- The political scene / by Asa Briggs -- The economy / by Arthur J. Taylor -- Domestic life / by Marghanita Laski -- Science / by A.R. Ubbelohde -- Thought / by Anthony Quinton -- Reading / by Derek Hudson -- Art / by John Russell -- Architecture / by John Betjeman -- Theatre / by W. Bridges-Adams -- Music / by Frank Howes -- Sport / by John Arlott -- The royal navy / by P.K. Kemp -- The army / by Cyril Falls -- Country childhood / by Edmund Blunden. Subjects; Edward VII, King of G.B. and Ireland. Fisher, J., A 1st Baron Fisher. Haldane, R., B 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan. Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974). Great Britain. Royal Navy History. Great Britain. Army History. Home economics Great Britain. Science History Great Britain. Philosophy History Great Britain. English literature History and critiscism. Art Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Theater Great Britain. Music Great Britain History and critiscism 20th century. Sports Great Britain. Country life Great Britain. History. Edwardian Period. 20th Century. Social History. Social Life. Political History. Culture. Great Britain History (1901-1910), Edward VII. Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century. Great Britain Intellectual life 20th century. Great Britain Politics and government (1901-1918). Great Britain History Edward VII, (1901-1910). Great Britain Economic conditions. Great Britain Civilization 20th century Handbooks, manuals, etc. England Social conditions 20th century. Great Britain Civilization 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

First Edition, reprinted. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxv, 619 pages illustrations, facsimiles, group portraits 25 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The king / by Roger Fulford -- The political scene / by Asa Briggs -- The economy / by Arthur J. Taylor -- Domestic life / by Marghanita Laski -- Science / by A.R. Ubbelohde -- Thought / by Anthony Quinton -- Reading / by Derek Hudson -- Art / by John Russell -- Architecture / by John Betjeman -- Theatre / by W. Bridges-Adams -- Music / by Frank Howes -- Sport / by John Arlott -- The royal navy / by P.K. Kemp -- The army / by Cyril Falls -- Country childhood / by Edmund Blunden. Subjects; Edward VII, King of G.B. and Ireland. Fisher, J., A 1st Baron Fisher. Haldane, R., B 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan. Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974). Great Britain. Royal Navy History. Great Britain. Army History. Home economics Great Britain. Science History Great Britain. Philosophy History Great Britain. English literature History and critiscism. Art Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Theater Great Britain. Music Great Britain History and critiscism 20th century. Sports Great Britain. Country life Great Britain. History. Edwardian Period. 20th Century. Social History. Social Life. Political History. Culture. Great Britain History (1901-1910), Edward VII. Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century. Great Britain Intellectual life 20th century. Great Britain Politics and government (1901-1918). Great Britain History Edward VII, (1901-1910). Great Britain Economic conditions. Great Britain Civilization 20th century Handbooks, manuals, etc. England Social conditions 20th century. Great Britain Civilization 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg.

Hardcover With Jacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Nowell-Smith, Simon. THE HOUSE OF CASSELL 1848-1958. London: Cassell & Company, (1958). 299 pages, a few small pencil markings in the margins. Inscribed by the author to Richard Altick: From the library of Richard Daniel Altick (1915 - 2008), American literary scholar of the Victorian Age, and Regents Professor of English at Ohio State University from 1945 - 1982. "He was a scholar and historian who brought the Victorian Age back to life." (Michael Slater in the Guardian, April 5, 2008.) Bright and complete.

619 pp including index, b&w photographic and illustrated plates, previous owner's name on front end-paper, d/j edges creased and taped, else very good copy in like, pictorial, price-clipped d/j.