Ralph Calman (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some shelf wear. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy. The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand, a subject of endless discussion and controversy, and is at the centre of many of New Zealand's major events, including Waitangi Day celebrations held on 6 February every year. This book is an easy-to-understand introduction to the basic details about the Treaty, which was signed in 1840 between Maori and the British government. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good+ dj. First American Edition. (corner-clipped, although printed price is still present) [good solid book, minor shelfwear to bottom edge, vintage price sticker from San Francisco department store The White House on rear pastedown; jacket lightly worn along bottom of front panel and at both ends of spine, short tear with minor paper loss at top rear foldover]. (frontispiece caricature, photo, facsimile ads The book is "the story of a novel, from the moment it is conceived in the author's brain until it reaches the reviewers' hands. Mr. Straus . writes as novelist, publisher, and literary critic, exploiting every side of his experience with irresistible relish, contradicting himself in the cheeriest fashion, and generally providing a feast of amusement fresh in flavour, wittily spiced, and completed with the sauce of worldly wisdom to give life and meaning to the ingenuities of a brilliant practical joke." Pretty funny stuff in 1932, and although some of the in-jokes will be lost on today's readers, there remains a good deal of eternal truth about the publishing world, the vicissitudes of celebrity, the degradations of the marketplace, and so on. Straus (1882-1950) was a prolific novelist and biographer, with a special interest in Charles Dickens, about whom he wrote at least four books. Illustrated by (frontispiece plate) Low; (dj) Calman (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.