Prince Henry Herbert (8 results)

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.…

First edition hardback, no dustjacket. There is some light rubbing, the binding is sound. There is some light marginal yellowing throughout Illustrated, 93.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. A rare volume. Exterior wear includes a few very light soils and discolorations, with some edge and corner wear. Preface: "Love for Methodism and an anxiety to make more widely know, and preserve some early incidents in the story of the Church of my fathers, and of my own, is my excuse for compiling this little book. May the triumphs of the Gospel in these later days be as wonderful as in the days which these pages commemorate." Written by the author. 92 pages. Book.…

133[1] pp, numerous black & white plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to front board. 22 cm x 15 cm. Cloth soiled with some random marks, spine faded, upper section of front free endpaper torn away, contents lightly age browned with some minor spotting.

Condition: Good. Hardcover book, first edition red cloth covers with gilt titles. 133 pages with illustrations. The History of west Bromwich together with incidents connecting the place with the Life and growth of the nation. A Good copy , binding tight, covers are faded with some handling wear to edges and sunning to spine. Pictures available.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xii, 141 Pp. + 2 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth With Light Blue Spine Label. Wear, No Fraying, Shallow Chips To Edges Of Spine Label With Loss Of "W" And "B" In Author's Name. Light Foxing To Endpapers. Tiny Hole In Front Gutter Edge At Center Of Spine. Which?- It Is Up To You.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. West Bromwich, J G Tomkins. First edn 1924. Pp 133 [1] with 38 photographic illustrations. Red cloth, gilt. VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.64. Publisher's card wraps, stapled. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Graham Sutherland who also provides the illustration for the cover. Undated but 1943. Neat ownership to inside of front cover, toned to edges. Covers split and detached along the spine. Very good.…