Pym Roland Illus (5 results)

Lacks fep, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Second printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in decorated papered boards with navy blue cloth spine and silver-gilt spine-titling; 268pp., with a woodcut frontispiece and 16 plates and decorations likewise; blue endpapers. Near fine in pale blue slipcase with mild sunning at front fore-edges. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Eccentricity exists particularly in the English, states Dame Edith Sitwell, because of "that peculiar and satisfactory knowledge of infallibility that is the hallmark and the birthright of the British nation." Originally published in 1933, The English Eccentrics has lost none of its vitality and wit. We find hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travellers, and men of learning. We meet the amphibious Lord Rokeby, whose beard reached his knees and who seldom left his bath; the irascible Captain Thicknesse, who left his right hand, to be cut off after his death, to his son Lord Audley; and Curricle Coats, the Gifted Amateur, whose suit was sewn with diamonds and whose every performance ended in uproar. This is a glorious gallery of the extremes of human nature, portrayed with humour, sympathy, knowledge, and love. …

Octavo illus. cloth boards, xv+202pp., illus., VG+ (light foxing to edges, otherwise nr. FINE) in grey cloth slipcase VG (light fading and scuffing to extremeties).

Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated yellow wraps. pp 16. 9 illustrations by Roland Pym. No. 335 of 400. Signed presentation copy from the illustrator: ' Joe Whittock Blundell Christmas/ 1989/ Roland Pym.' Rare. Unknown to WorldCat! Fine. Signedes.

Third printing. Octavo hardcover; decorated boards with gilt spine titles; plain blue endpapers; 682pp., full colour and monochrome illustrations. One or two upper corners folded down. Otherwise near fine. Slipcase with one or two mild scrapes Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. …