Wj Gordon Ed (11 results)

Condition: Good. Boards are clean with only minor wear. Small gift inscription to endpaper. Occasional light spotting to contents.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Undated Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Undated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Good. 1929. First Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations. Four colour plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper and a date of 1929. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. Some rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brown Pages - Age Marks. No Jacket. Fifth Edition, Reprint. Based on the labours of the most eminent lexicographers. Edited and revised by W. J. Gordon assisted by Ian D. F. Morrow and A. L. Haydon with an article on the pronunciation of foregn words by A. Lloyd James. With supplement. The spine has a brown paper stuck along the length.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. H/b; illus boards; 4to; illus on front cover is of girl carrying book, in red blazer and white hat, walking by sea; spine damaged at top- split in centre, and aty top edges; astill an attractive copy; 4 colour plates present; G++ ; Warne's Pleasure Book for Girls; Vol. 4; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Various (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition Thus. 64 pp Christmas Special for 1905, 112 pp Christmas Special for 1907 with a large T.E. Donnison section, 7 colour plates including frontispeice and 3 folding images, bw illustrations throughout, bound in blue cloth with gilt title to front and spine, colour plate to front cover, red speckled edges. Rear cover water marked and stained with loss of colour, front and spine a little rubbed and marked, a few spots and marks to pages, final 48 pp - the Donnison section - has tanned pages and a big crack in the binding at page 64/5. Louis Wain, Phil May, K. Street, Tom Browne, T.E. Donnison et al (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Condition: Used - Very Good. Hardcover edition.

Condition: good. First edition, undated, but pencil gift inscription on flyleaf from 1928. Hardcover book . Grey boards with blue titles to spine and front, and pasted on colour illustration to front. No dustjacket. Unpaginated. Quarto. With colour plate frontispiece painted by T.H. Robinson, and many line drawings in text by various artists. Nine ripping yarns for boys by Ronald S. Lyons (title story), C. Bernard Rutley, Marsh Lambert, Sid Hedges & others. A scarce book. Covers are good, bright, a few light handling marks and some fading to back; slight warp. Pages clean, foxing at ends; main fault is that four pages have heavy brown staining/marking probably from enclosures, though text is legible. Pictures available.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 207 pp ; photographs in black & white and in color ; 25 cm. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and decorations ; several photographs of important hybridizers and rose growers, and several color plates of new roses for 1961, including Super Star, Daily Sketch, Mischief, Stella, Lucy Cramphorn, Sabrina, Memoriam, Dearest, Fritz Thiedemann, Lilac Cream, Miss Ireland, Orange Sensation and Pink Parfait ; numerous interesting and important articles on rose growing ; Contents : Patrons, Officers And Council -- Arrangements For 1961 -- Report Of The Council -- Balance Sheets -- Presidents And Awards -- The President's Page, By F. Royalton Kisch, M.C., President -- A Great Venture, By F. Fairbrother, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. -- Recent Research On Roses, By E. F. Allen -- The Rose Garden Of Rome, By Stelvio Coggiatti -- The Late Charles Mallerin, By André Leroy, Louis Laperrière And M. Perroud -- Looking At Roses, By Constancewheatcroft -- Rose Arrangements, By Ena Harkness -- Book Review, By F. Fairbrother, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. -- My Grandmother's Roses, By Arbel. M. Aldous -- Rose Culture In The Tropics, By Rev. P. Soares -- The Local Incidence Of Rose Disease, By A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D.,J. Clarke, Lieut.-Col. D. Pope, F. H. Morse -- Lessons From Derriaghy, By Sam McGredy -- Red Roses, By C. Walter Gregory -- The "Floiuade" At Rotterdam 1960, By A. P. C. Dickson -- Common Mistakes In Rose Growing, By R. L. Pallett -- The Yellow Roses, By Bertram Park, O.B.E., V.M.H., Mtrite Agri -- The Unorthodox Rose Grower, By F. C. H. Witchell -- By The Way, By W. J. W. Sanday -- Fifty Years Of The Rose Annual, By A. Norman -- Garden View, By J. H. Wilding -- A Modern Approach To Rose Deterioration And Disease, By Aphra P. Wilson, M.B.E., A.R.C.S. -- "Overhead Watering Prevents Black Spot?" By Roy Hay -- Whose Roses? From A Correspondent Of The Times -- Display Gardens, By Sir Harry Pilkington . -- What's In A Name? By W. C. Thom -- Special Encouragement For Amateur Hybridists, By Edgar M. Allen, C.M.G. -- Highlights In A Veteran Rose Grower's Life, By Edgar M. Allen, C.M.G. -- An Itinerant 'Frau Karl Druschki', By Mrs. F. M. Briscoe -- Roses Which Deserve Greater Recognition, By Rosemary James -- Plant Breeders' Rights, By Gordon Edwards, C.B.E. -- The Spring Competition, By A. J. Huxley -- The Great Summer Rose Show, By A. G. L. Hellyer -- The Artistic Classes, By Julia Clements -- Bristol Group's Annual Show -- Northern Rose Show, By Mr. And Mrs. Joseph C. Watson -- The Great Autumn Rose Show, By Gordon Forsyth -- The Trial Ground, By H. Edland -- Show Awards And Trial Ground Awards 1960 -- International Awards 1960 -- The Rose Analysis, By H. Edland -- Monochrome Plates -- The President -- New Headquarters Of The National Rose Society, Bone Hill, Chiswell Green, St. Albans, Hertfordshire -- Royal Lodge, Windsor -- The Municipal Rose Gardens, Rome -- The Late Charles Mallerin -- The Silver Plate And Spoons -- The Poulsen "Family" -- Alain And Michke Meilland -- "Just Don't Get Him Started Talking About His Roses" -- 'Vanity' -- Colour Plates -- Super Star -- Daily Sketch -- Mischief -- Gold Crown -- Golden Giant -- Stella -- Lucy Cramphorn -- Sabrina -- Memoriam -- Dearest -- Fritz Thiedemann -- Lilac Charm -- Miss Ireland -- Orange Sensation -- Pink Parfait ; no dustjacket ; G. Book. …