Weidenfeld a G (34 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. soft binding with dust coverall CONTACT issues now £10 from this seller - multiple discount may be available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. excellent copy in the acclaimed Contact series. hardback with dust cover, good condition. Other Contyac t editions also available.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover, very good condition acclaimed seventh in Contact series with superb illustrations - other titles also available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback with dust cover, very good condition. fifth nin nthe Contact series, finely illustrated post war compendium.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardcover, very good condition. VG copy of this sought after post war publication. see listing for other Contact titles available.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. F All CONTACT IISUES AVAILABLE AT 12.00 EACH. dISCOUNT FOR MULTIPLE BUYSirst edition. Paperback. good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1947 1st edition. 104pp + 45pp of adverts front and rear. Very Good condition All CONTACT issues available at 12.00 each - discount for multiple buys.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lacking paper wrapper across front board. Corners bumped. Gutter reinforced with tape. Book.

xxviii, 80, xxix - xlvii, [1] pp. Illustrated, with some color. 4to. Bowen contributes 'The Forgotten Art of Living', "an essay on what does and does not constitute happiness in the ninetten-forties." Carter contributes a 3 page work on 'Bibliomania'. VG/Abt VG (largish chuck from front panel lower right corner). Hardback. Red & yellow dust jacket 1st printing (Sellery & Harris C316, for the Bowen piece).…

Condition: Fair. Original boards, illustrations in colour and b/w, 92,XXXIp., folio.; Edges cover/spine worn/damaged.'title written on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lacking paper wrapper across front board. Corners bumped. Gutter reinforced with tape. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Dust jacket is age-toned and marked from shelving and handling, notable tears to edges with areas of loss and wear; card covers are age-toned, corners curled and creased; binding is tight; pages are unmarked with colour and black and white illustrations. ; 8.75 x 0.3 x 11.2 inches; 80 pages.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dust jacket is age-toned and edgeworn with marks from shelving and partial loss at upper spine, price unclipped; boards are age-toned and bumped; binding is tight; pages are age-toned but crisp and unmarked, off-setting on front and rear endpapers. This is a nice copy with such articles as 'The Republican Party' by Alistair Cooke and 'The Lure of Scotland Yard' by Ilsa Barea. ; 8.75 x 0.4 x 11.5 inches; 104 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1947 1st edition. 104pp + 45pp of adverts front and rear. Very Good/None. Hard decorative boards with minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor soiling, spine a little darkened. Contents clean and tight but for very minor browning, very slight soiling. Illustrated endpapers. B&W and 2-tone illustrations throughout. Some attractive advertisements front and rear. The 8th book of 11 in the 'Contact' series. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. 'Contact' books were magazine type books containing articles concerning current affairs and the arts in post-War Britain. According to the introduction to this volume its contents 'range widely over the contemporary scene, but the emphasis is on stock-taking and re-assessing Britain's important new role in the world today'. Contributors include Woodrow Wyatt, I Deutscher, RHS Crossman, PO Wadsworth, John Midgley, Shevawn Lynam, VS Pritchett, Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Enid Marx, Margaret Lambert, Gerard Fay, Herman Schrijver, Peter Ustinov and Clarissa Churchill. As well as political items, it includes a beautifully illustrated article on 'Street Literature in England', and articles on 'Pubs Around Ariel', 'The Past & Present of Pantomime' and 'Window Dressing'. The cover art is by Hans Tisdall. Other artists include Feliks Topolski and David Knight. Includes adverts (many full page and in colour) for Player's Navy Cut cigarettes, Morris Motors Ltd, Yardley, Trans World Airline, Austin Motor Co, Myers Rum, Lockheed Aircraft Co, Jaguar Cars, Imperial Leather soap, Gold Flake cigarettes, Moss Bros, Chanel No 5, Philips Electrical, Nescafe Coffee, Peek Frean biscuits, Crawford biscuits, British Insulated Callenders Cables and Remington Rand. Topolski, Feliks / Knight, David / Tisdall, Hans (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. The cover has wearing to the corners, edges and spine including tanning, small bumps, minor chips and rubbing. The inside covers have library stickers in place. There is a stamp on the contents page. There is a hinge break on page 2, none of the pages are loose. The text and illustrations are all clean, bright and tight. Ex - Library, Usual Stamps.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

No dust jacket. Hardcover with paper wrapper across centre of front board. 25,5 x 32 cm 96 pp + xxx pp. I.a. articles on/by: Toynbee. Condition: spine and cover with imperfections.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Fourteenth Contact Book. Grey limp card wrapps. lettered in black. In pictorial dust jacket. 80pp. + [xxviii] with adverts front and rear. A little foxing to top-edge. A near fine copy of this Contact Book, with contributions by various authors, and illustrations and photographs by Feliks Topolski and others.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pictorial limp card wrapps. 72pp. + [xxviii] with adverts front and rear. A near fine copy of this Contact Book, with contributions by various authors, and illustrations and photographs by Anthony Gross and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial paper boards. In dust jacket. 104pp. + [XLV] with adverts front and rear. Slight toning and wear to boards and jacket. A little foxing to top-edge. A very good copy of this Contact Book, with contributions by various authors, and illustrations and photographs by Feliks Topolski and others. Cover art by Hans Tisdall.…

First Edition. Pp. xl+96(including advertisements), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers; demy 4to; printed papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the back panel lightly soiled and browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Contact Publications, London, 1948. First edition. *Contributors include Lesley Blanch, Hugh Casson, and Philip Toynbee. The dust wrapper design is by Charles Mozley. The ninth book in the Contact International series, which aimed 'to provide its readers with reports and reflections on contemporary events in Britain and all parts of the world, the emphasis falling on the changes which are gradually transforming our society in its political, industrial, social and cultural aspects' [wrapper blurb].…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xii, 104, (xiii)-xxiv. Original publisher's printed boards. Copiously illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Dust jacket illustration by H. A. Rothholz. Neat name to front endpaper. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slight wear, slight chip at head of spine, otherwise very good indeed.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Wear and tanning to spine and mark to spine foot. Nick to spine head and leading corners of covers are a little dog-eared, also affecting upper corners of first few pages. Tanning to edges of covers and scores to front cover. Shelf-marks to covers and faint foxing and marks to page block. Faint tanning to edges of pages; pages are sound and contents are clear throughout. TA. Used.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp xvi, 80, (xvii)- xxviii. Original grey wraps with yellow dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in black & white throughout. Very good in a slightly worn and used dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xx, 104, (xxi)-xxxvi. Original publisher's illustrated boards. Copiously illustrated in colour and black & white throughout with superb jacket design by John Farleigh. Neat name on front endpaper. Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket with slight edge wear.…

Condition: Good. 4to. 96 pp. Hard Covers. Very Good. B&W and Color Plates.Included: Slip with volume information.

Hardback. 124pp illustrated throughout, 4to. London (1948) Very good in worn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. B/w and colour illustrated, white and orange pictorial d/j with title in black to spine. Shelfworn, d/j grubby with a number of chips and tears to front and rear covers, including large chip and tear to top of front cover. Pages toned, d/j spine torn/chipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Quarto. xxviii, 104, (xxix)-xlv. Original illustrated hardback. Slight wear to illustrated boards otherwise near very good indeed in a dust, torn and chipped, good-plus, price-clipped dust jacket.