Timperley Edith (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. xiv + 64 pp 54 illustrations. Very Good+ condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. xiv + 64 pp 54 illustrations. Very Good+ condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. - 225 mm. Orange cloth hardcover, gilt titling to spine. Illustrated. Maps. Line drawings. Monochrome photographic plates. Pp. 192. Mild wear, handling marks and fading to DJ. Browning along DJ spine. Name and year written to FEP.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hard back in very good condition. Covers are clean, clean internally, the jacket is rubbed at the edges and a bit faded on the spine. 192 pages. A history of the Cotswolds since the 19th century. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

hard cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 188pp. + 30 maps + lar folding map. Illus. Jacket worn, but book in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 2nd. Good account of the ancient trackways across the uplands of Wessex. 188pp, illustrated, maps to rear including the large fold out. VG clean copy in complete but worn and faded dust wrapper Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A hardback book with both book and jacket in very good condition, dated 1968.

paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Nonsuch Publishing. Stoud. 2005. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated in black and white. Extremities slightly worn othewise a lovely clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included. Large folding map 30 maps, Illus., index; xvi+188pp; foxed endpapers. orig. cloth.

Condition: Very Good. Photo-plates (24) & map Octavo boards in dust jacket 192pg V.G+/near Fine 1 volume. Hardcover.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps, stickers and defects. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine sunned, top of page block dyed magenta as issued, not price clipped (50s), no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall quite a reasonable reading copy of a very rare book. 188pp, 26pp of maps and foldout map at rear. Harold William Timperley (1890¿1964), was an author of local history and topographical studies. He and his wife Edith Brill spent many summers walking the sacred landscape of Wessex, passing their winters researching in museums and archives.…

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the photo-illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the corners, the upper board with a small glue mark to the centre, the cloth is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete wih the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the Roald Dahl in black ink on the front endpaper "To Lesley / Love / Roald / Dec. 1983". A collection of 14 ghost stories chosen by Roald Dahl out from the 749 supernatural tales he read at the British Museum whilst working to develop an American television programme that would feature dramatisations of some of the stories. A pilot written by Dahl based on E. F. Benson's 'The Hanging of Alfred Wadham' was filmed but never released due to concerns that it would offend the American Catholic Church. The stories include 'W.S.' by L. P. Hartley (1952); 'Harry' by Rosemary Timperley (1955), 'The Corner Shop' by Lady Cynthia Asquith (1926); 'In the Tube' by E. F. Benson (1922); 'Christmas Meeting' by Rosemary Timperley (1952); 'Elias and the Draug' by Jonas Lie (1902); 'Playmates' by A. M. Burrage (1927); 'Ringing the Changes' by Robert Aickman (1955); 'The Telephone' by Mary Treadgold (1955); 'The Ghost of a Hand' by Sheridan Le Fanu (1863); 'The Sweeper' by A. M. Burrage (1931); 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton (1910); 'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Barham Middleton (1912); 'The Upper Berth' by Francis Marion Crawford (1885). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

orig.wrappers. Condition: Rubbed. Spine torn. Good. 2nd Edition. 22x20cm, xiv,148,(3)pp, Corner bump. A 1cm tear to map edge. "The Second Edition, with a New Map & Additions to the Text". 3pp photoplates. folding map (illustrator).