Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950
Language: English
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. This copy does not have a dust jacket. Illustrated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1962
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). First Penguin Edition. 115 pages. Penguin Books 1827. Light reading crease to front cover; tanning.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950
Language: English
Seller: Marion Pitman Books, Reading, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fairly Good. Lt-Col Frank Wilson (illustrator). First Edition. Edges of covers damp stained, slight browning endpapers, dustwrapper a little worn, frayed on edges, bit faded on spine. Including further researches in Gamesmanship.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1958
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Wilson, Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing . Octavo hardback.160 pp. Black & white illustrations. Very Good condition in Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket (tiny loss at top edge of spine area of jacket chipped). No inscrptions.
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd
Seller: Military History Books, Weymouth, DORSE, United Kingdom
(Subject: Uniforms, Dress & Insignia - General) Previous owner, an artist has left paint smudges on boards and some pages, hinge showing at page 25. Small piece cut out from bottom of Midland Brigade illustrations. Reading copy only. The book sets out to give in brief and easily read form, some of the background and history behind all the Regiments and Corps of the British Army. With colour illustrations of uniforms and badges plus a detailed list of piping, stripes and nicknames. (Publisher: Blackie & Son Ltd) (Pagination: 96pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. LT.-COL FRANK WILSON (illustrator). Vg clean firm interior for the age with no marks or inscriptions, pages lightly tanned, numerous sketches throughout; vg-plus bright firm cover generally with only very light shelfwear, tiny rubs to spine tips./.
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd, London, 1952
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Wilson, Lt-Col Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red boards, gilt titles to spine. Book DJ G++.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1951
Seller: Andrew LOW, Vidaillac, OCCIT, France
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lt-Col Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Generally a Good copy, but boards somewhat soiled and the illue is coming loose.stration opposite the title pag.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950
Language: English
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lt.-Col., Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. This copy is in fine condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a signature to the f.e.p. The unclipped dust wrapper has some very mild edge wear and is lightly sunned to the spine but is still in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 - 2 December 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives. His series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage began in 1947 with Gamesmanship, purporting to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys. This sold prodigiously and led to a series of sequels covering other aspects of life. The books were adapted for the cinema in the 1960s and for television in the 1970s. Potter followed up the success of Gamesmanship, extending the basic idea to many other aspects of life, in Some Notes on Lifemanship (1950), which was another big seller.[23] In "Lifemanship" Potter extended the principles of gamesmanship to courtship ("Woomanship"), literature ("Writermanship") and pastimes ("Conversationship"). Thus for example the reader is enjoined, "never forget the uses of Lowbrowmanship in conversation . LOWBROWMAN: Oh, I don't know, I rather like a good bit of old-fashioned vulgarity. And I'm awfully sorry but I like leg shows. If the Lowbrowman happens to be a Professor of Aesthetics . his remark is all the more irritating". A related gambit for the journalist was ' Daily Mirrorship . an unaffected love of tremendously ordinary and homely things like Danny Kaye, mild and bitter, the Daily Mirror, the Bertram Mills circus and Rita Hayworth". Potter mentions in passing how "in the last of my Bude lectures I spoke of Gamesmanship and Shakespeare, where most of my remarks referred to Footnote Play". His notes on Donmanship refer to the "art of Criticising without Actually Listening". Ref TT 3.
Published by Gerald Knight &Co, London, UK, 1972
Language: English
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Wilson, Lt.-Col. Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. Includes 8*colour plates and 20*b/w illustrations. 47pp. Pictorial boards.
Published by Blackie & Son
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher Blackie & Son, London, no date. Very Good condition. In blue boards with gilt lettering and design. Wear to corners and ends of spine. Small marks on boards. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings in text. Full colour illustrations throughout, bright and clear. Small marks in pen on contents pages. Gift inscription on title page, dated 1957.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1958
Seller: Justsignedbooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Lt.Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). HB DJ reprint. DJ not clipped. Blue cloth boards, silver titles spine. 19.1 x 13cm. 160 pages. b/w cartoon illusts. Humerous approach to life covering wide areas as:- College life. Doctorship - the Need for Organised Patientship. Exhibitionship - Classical Wrong Approach. The Art of Not Rock-Climbing. Xmas Giftmanship + much more. DJ age and handling discoloured, small tears along edges. Back of DJ just holding has got damp at some point. Board front and spine good colour and condition, back board has got damp and is mottled. e/p and last page damp discoloured, but text clear. Remainder clean, binding firm and pages good colour. Fair + condition, all readable damp back board and e/p let's it down.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952
Seller: Andrew LOW, Vidaillac, OCCIT, France
£ 6.24
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Lt-Col Frank Wilson (illustrator). Generally a Good copy in arather soiled and much torn dust wrapper.
Published by Blackie and Son Limited
Language: English
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Foreword by A.J.H. Cassels the war office. No edition or date stated, c1956.Publication of 96 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are a touch edge worn and faded on the edges of the spine. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Charles Knight & Co Ltd, UK, 1972
Language: English
Seller: powellbooks Somerset UK., Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lt. Col.Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. This book ' Uniforms of the Peninsular War ' the boards, have minor wear to the corners and spine ends, the binding has a slight spine lean, the text block is clean and bright, Book price includes Tracked 48 postage in UK only.
Published by Charles Knight & Co Ltd, UK, 1974
Language: English
Seller: powellbooks Somerset UK., Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lt. Col.Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. This book ' Uniforms Worn During 1740-1760 ' the boards, have minor wear to the corners and spine ends, the binding has a slight spine lean, the text block is clean and bright, Book price includes Tracked 48 postage in UK only.
Published by Constable, 1952
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1952. First Edition. Unpaginated. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Light droplets to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Published by Charles Knight and Co, London, 1970
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lt.Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback. Useful reference on uniforms of Marlborough's wars. 1st Edition 1970 32pp., illustrations, including colour. Very good condition.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.
Published by Penguin, London, 1962
Language: English
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
£ 7.60
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. Nicolas Bentley (cover); Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrations) (illustrator). 1st thus. First paperback edition. A fine copy. No marks or creases. Tiny tear to bottom of front cover.
Published by Penguin Books, 1962
Seller: A.O'Neill, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lt. - Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Four volumes contained in a good slipcase all first pub by Penguin in 1962 and all in very good condition.
Published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1965
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Lt-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First collected edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly browned, corners slightly rubbed, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 113pp, illustrated. In this series of humorous essays (the humour is distinctly of its time!), author of the 'Gamesmanship' books and parodist Stephen Potter (1900-69), urges singleness of purpose on all single men with detailed strategies for escaping tender entrapment. For instance, his advice on how to avoid rising to greet a member of the second sex includes details on how to cultivate a limp, how to select a cane, and how to deliver an off handedly repellent excuse. He has found, and reveals, eight separate ways of leaving a lady's flat within 12 seconds of introduction and the last is the most demolishing, even if it can only be used once 'You wrote me a very beautiful letter after my late loss. I shall always treasure it.' Don't look directly at the girl when you say this. Immediately afterwards, walk diagonally away. The book comes equipped with the usual irresistible and footling footnotes, line drawings of the various ploys suggested and an acidly analytic index.
Published by Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, 36 Soho Square, London First Edition . London 1958., 1958
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tangerine paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 128 printed pages of text with humorous monochrome illustrations throughout. Minimal wear to the covers, foxing to the edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks and chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon).
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Wilson, Lt. Col. Frank (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Missing DJ and front endpaper, front gutter cracked, dealer stamp for The Times Bookshop, Wigmore Street, inside rear cover. ; Red cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 126 pages; Reprinted from The Lifemanship Papers, 28 studies in advanced Lifemanship, The Bude Lectures. Printed for the Lifemansip Association by the Bude Lectures on Lifemanship Trust, 681 Station Road, Yeovil.
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.
Published by Balckie & Son Limited, London
Language: English
Seller: Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australia
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Illustrated. Slight foxing end paper & Tape removed. Price clipped on dust jacket.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1952 first edition, first thus. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 160 pages. Blue hard cover with silver gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition good plus, corners edges and spine ends are rubbed and slightly chipped, spine sunned, folds rubbed, not price clipped, price 8s. 6d. net.
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1965
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Wilson, Lt. Col. Frank (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, some foxing to edges of reading block, tape shadow to rear endpaper. DJ protected by clear library sleeve. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Grey cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages; The man who gave us 'Lifemanship' turns his attention to Love with chapters on who not to love, avoidance gambits, and the Coad-Sanderson Scale of Progressive Rifts. Ex-Lib.
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1951
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 126 pages. Burgundy cloth covered boards with silver gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, offsetting from the dust jacket on the end-papers and title page, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise contents are clean. Dust jacket condition good plus, corners edges and spine ends are rubbed and chipped with a little loss to spine ends, spine sunned, folds rubbed, not price clipped, price 6s. net.