Stokes Geoffrey Editor (18 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Collins, Published for Festival of Britain Office, About Britain No. 3 [Published Date: 1951]. Hardcover, 92 pp. No other printings listed. Good in acceptable dust jacket. Illustrated Paper over Boards have light bumping to edges of covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has several 1.5" or less chips and tears and creasing along edges. Light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. Nice title-page art work. One of 13 guides created in the early 1950's aimed at encouraging travel and exploration of Britain in the post-war period. This book focuses on the Home Counties, which includes London and the South-East. It begins with a coloured title-page by a featured artist and ends with a detailed gazetter. Coloured relief map on the cover shows the district at a glance. Includes detailed descriptions of landscapes, towns, and points of interest in the Home Counties. Specific contents include: List of Photographs; A short reading list; maps; Using this Book; Home Countries : A Portrait of London and the South-East by R.S.R. Fitter; Piltdown Man and Swanscombe Man; The Outer Walls of London; The Beginning of London; Gaps, Towns and Castles; The Seaside Towns; The Making of Things; The Great Highways; Surrey Fowls; Plants and Birds; The Wild Gardens of London; The National Park of the South Downs; The Tours - Twelve tours in teh Home Counties; A Gazetteer of the Home Counties by H. G. Stokes.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light wear/creases at corners, light wear along edges and fold of spine. Interior pages toned around edges, otherwise unmarked, clean, tight. 160 pages.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 9.00x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition, published as a paperback original. Cover photograph by Alan Spain. ***Near fine in colour-illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked. Edges of covers just slightly rubbed and creased. No bumps or serious creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. No reading creases to the spine. Internally very good with no inscriptions other than small initials and date to the inside back cover. No other annotations. Pages clean. Paper stock lightly tanned as usual. ***160 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Penguin Modern Poets is a series designed to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrated the poet's characteristics in style and form.' (Quote taken from the back cover). The series eventually ran to 27 volumes, published between 1962 and 1979. ***First printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers. This is one of the less common later titles in the series, and is in very nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Cover photograph by Alan Spain (illustrator).…

xii+222pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy. From the collection of Australian academic and art historian Leigh Astbury with his signature. Sometimes with a little unobtrusive marginalia.

Octavo, x+308 pages, original wrappers, a very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xii, 222pp, index references. Red card. Some minor fading at edges of cover. The political discourse surrounding identity in Australia including identity theory; manipulation of identity ofr political ends; gender and sexuality; immigration/legacy of White Australia; citizenship and Aboriginality; identity issues in literature and film. Size: 8vo.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 222 pages. The cover has a faded spine. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

xii+222pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A fine copy.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition. A paperback original. Cover photograph by Alan Spain. ***Near fine in colour-illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked. Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. No reading creases to the spine. Internally very good with no inscriptions. No annotations. Pages clean - just a small stain to the top of the fore-edge of p. 113/4. Paper stock lightly tanned as usual. ***160 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Penguin Modern Poets is a series designed to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrated the poet's characteristics in style and form.' (Quote taken from the back cover) The series eventually ran to 27 volumes, published between 1962 and 1979. ***First printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers. This is one of the less common later titles in the series. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Cover photograph by Alan Spain (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, 331 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Ex-library with call number on spine, library stamps to front pastedown and title page verso. Spine is white with white and black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with short tears at spine head, mild smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$15.50". Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and white paper to boards; light wear to spine caps and corners, peripheral toning. Text block has light spotting to edges. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1404526. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 397 pages. 8.98x5.98x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printings of five volumes in the About Britain series of books, published in 1951 to coincide with the Festival of Britain. Each of the thirteen volumes in the series has a different author, with the exception of the first two written by the General Editor Geoffrey Grigson. Black and white and occasional colour photographic illustrations throughout the book. ***All five books are very good - near fine in map-illustrated paper-covered boards. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spines just slightly creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the bindings. Spines tight. Internally also very good - near fine with no inscriptions, but No. 4 has a tippexed out name at the top of the title page. Pages clean and bright. No foxing. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality paper. ***In very good illustrated dustwrappers, which repeats the map design on the boards. All dustwrappers largely complete, retaining their original published printed prices of 3/6 net on the front flaps - except for No. 5 which has a chip at the top edge of the front panel, and a large corner price-clip to the front flap. Extremities of dustwrappers slightly rubbed, with small areas of loss at the top and bottom of the spines. No creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrappers clean and bright. ***220mm x 145mm. Each volume has 92 pages including a section of touring maps and a Gazetteer at the back of each book. ***'About Britain is a series of 13 books published by Collins for the Festival of Britain in 1951 under the general editorship of Geoffrey Grigson who also wrote the first two volumes in the series. No.1 - West Country by Geoffrey Grigson, No. 2 - Wessex by Geoffrey Grigson, No. 3 - Home Counties by R. S. R. Fitter, No. 4 - East Anglia by R. H. Mottram, No. 5 - Chilterns to Black Country by W. G. Hoskins, No. 6 - South Wales and the Marches by W. J. Gruffydd, No. 7 - North Wales and the Marches by W. J Gruffydd, No. 8 - East Midlands and the Peak by W. G. Hoskins, No. 9 - Lancashire and Yorkshire by Leo Walmsley, No. 10 - The Lakes to Tyneside by Sid Chaplin, No. 11 - The Lowlands of Scotland by John R. Allan, No. 12 - Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Alastair M. Dunnett, No. 13 - Northern Ireland by E. Estyn Evans.' (Wiki) ***Five volumes of first printings of the About Britain series of books, published in 1951 to coincide with the Festival of Britain. All in very good condition in their original dustwrappers. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 394 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.