Rose Clarkson (31 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 152 Pages Illus.

Paperback. Condition: New.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles. Condition: Good VG, or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The author's memories of the British Music-Halls from the 1890s to the 1960s. Foreword by John Betjeman. Introduction by Val Parnell. 152pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket, in brodart, has small pieces missing to both extrmities of spine. Front panel is attractive. Weight, 430g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate]. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

brosch?rt. Condition: Gut. ?Obr., 4?, 8s-, in gutem Zustand, [SAP492] Deu 400g.

hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Gift inscription inside front cover.?Dust jacket in good condition with moderate wear, small tears, chips and rubbing present.?Pictures available upon request.? dw.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback, 8vo, 152pp, illustrated, signed by the author on endpaper with a gift inscription to Mr. Robson, text clean and tight, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper slightly frayed at spine ends. Signed by Author(s).

hard cover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 22 cm. 272 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear, endpages part browned. Dust jacket enclosed in removable protective plastic cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 152pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. With a frontispiece and twenty-one photographs. Two tiny areas of marking to the rear board. Very good indeed in slightly rubbed, creased and dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Neat ownership ink-stamp of Betjeman scholar and bibliographer Peter Gammond to the base of the front free endpaper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hard cover pink cloth bds, Good, faded to spine, no dust jacket, contents clean and tight, pp272, many b/w plates, a sound reading copy.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE). Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD (AVERAGE). Reprint 1965. Also comes with a Ryal Hippodrome Eastbourne "Twinkle" programme 1967. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK ONLY). Please email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". 22 Black & White & Illustrations (illustrator). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to a M.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, covers patchy and faded, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, spine faded and a little slanted, internally in good condition, pages crisp and majority clear, some light foxing to a few mainly at the start of the book, previous owners book plaque on front paste down. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 272pp, various black and white photographic plates. Pink cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Slightly sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges tanning and starting to fox. Free endpapers starting to fox, gift inscription on front free endpaper, pages just starting to age. Otherwise internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has very shelf wear, minor loss, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 152 pages; Description: 152 p. , ports. , 23 cm. Subjects: Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc. ) . Actors--Biography. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

Red cloth, orig d.w. with few tears, intetrnally very good, signed and inscribed by the author. Foreword by John Betjeman. 152pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Top Corners bumped, Wear, creasing and nicks on DJ. Small losses to top and bottom of DJ spine ; Comes with loosely inserted programme and newspaper cuttings ; B&W Photographs; 8.75 x 5.6 x1.1"; 152 pages; Signed by Author.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 152 pages; Description: 152 p. , ports. , 23 cm. Subjects: Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc. ) . Actors--Biography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in jacket 1960. Author inscription on the front end paper: "For Phyllis Best to remind her of 'Twinkle' and of the Author, Clarkson Rose Worthing 1962". No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book. Jacket has a little edge wear. Front flap is not price-clipped: 18/- net. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. -------- LAID IN: Programme for "Twinkle" ---------- Dispatched with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 559.3. Beside the Seaside by Clarkson Rose. Foreword by W. Macqueen Pope. Published in 1960 by Museum Press, London. Author Inscription.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition 1960. Plates throughout. Signed presentation from the author on front free endpaper, Also with the authors compliment slip loosely attached to the verso of the title page. Some pencil lining in places. Page edges slightly foxed. Blue cloth lightly marked. Dustwrapper has a few small tears which have been repaired with sellotape on the verso, repair to the bottom of dustwrapper with sellotape and with some slight creasing and rubbing. No chipping to the dustwrapper. This flimsy dustwrapper usually has some loss. Not price clipped. Plates throughout. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Reprint. Signed by author on front free end paper; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges. Used - Very Good. SIGNED COPY VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. SIGNED COPY VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1964. Foreword by John Betjeman. An ex-library copy with the usual stickers & stamps. Red cloth gilt VG. Pages clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated. 152 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by John Betjeman. Introduction by Val Parnell. Foxing or spotting on the foredge else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Nicely Inscribed by the author.

First Edition. Foreword by Sir Barry Jackson; Preface by Collie Knox; Introduction by George F. Reynolds. Pp. 272, frontispiece, 20 plates, index; boards with mottled fading; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges slightly split; a little light foxing; The Museum Press, London, 1951. First edition. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 151pp & inscribed by author on ffep "For Joy Preem to remind her of Twinkie and of the author Clarkson Rose who says Thankyou & Good luck - Teignmouth Jan 31,1962". Unpriceclipped dw is edgeworn & sl torn/repaired but o/w close to vg. Signed & Inscribed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With a Foreword by W. MacQueen Pope. First edition. 148pp. With SIGNED TLS by the author. Hardback in dust jacket. Jacket a little rubbed and creased to extremities, with a few closed tears. *** A history of seaside entertainment.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. A lovingly inscribed copy of Clarkson Rose's work hailing the music and entertainment business during the first half of the twentieth century. Inscribed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Julie, to remind her of 'Twinkle' and of the author, Clarkson Rose, Clarkie, who so admired her approach to all who as for information! 'Twinkle's a love show' - we sing this in our opening chorus - our Julie is one of the few 'life' people attached to the viewing! . Teignmouth 1967'.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Rose's look into the history of music and entertainment from the 1890s to 1960. In particular acharming memoir about the 'Twinkle' show that was performed on Ryde Pier from 1921, continuing with great success for forty-five years. An entertaining pantomime act, the show was especially popular during the inter-war period.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by the creator of the act, Clarkson Rose.With a foreword by John Betjeman and an introduction by Val Parnell.The second edition of this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping and a little discolouration to the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper with minor edgewear and some light marks. Spine of dustwrapper is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged and folded for postage. Addressed to 'My dear Popie' and signed 'Yours / Clarke' [sic]. In the previous year CR had published his autobiography 'With a Twinkle in my Eye', and he is now looking for an 'opinion' from MP that he can use for publicity purposes. 'I was so pleased with your letter that on reflection, I am writing to ask if you would be good enough to write me another with your opinion of my book.' He explains that he wouldn't have bothered MP had he not said that he enjoyed the book, 'and a line from you, he most famous of all biographers would be most valuable to me'. He doesn't want to come across as a 'bloody nuisance', but knows that his publishers 'would appreciate it'. He signs off, with reference to a notable theatre impressario: 'Yours, till Tom Arnold takes over Malaya'.…