Night Thoughts Country Landlady by Olivier Edith (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 87pp. A very readable and sometimes amusing account of life in rural England during World War 2. A slightly tired copy, there is some water damage to the edge of the front board which has impinged on the margins of the first few pages. otherwise clean and sound. no dust wrapper. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First Edition Stated. "Being the Pacific Experiences of Miss Emma Nightingale in Time of War". A lovely copy, crisp and clean, mild sunning to the spine, but lettering vivid. Olivier was a friend of Cecil Beaton and Rex Whistler, who drew the delightful illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition.

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, [1], 86 pages color frontispiece, plates 22 cm. Notes; "First published, autumn 1943." Subjects; Nightingale, Emma. 1918-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Grande-Bretagne. Manners and customs. Country life England. World War, 1939-1945 Social history. Great Britain Social life and customs 1918-1945. Great Britain. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, [1], 86 pages color frontispiece, plates 22 cm. Notes; "First published, autumn 1943." Subjects; Nightingale, Emma. 1918-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Grande-Bretagne. Manners and customs. Country life England. World War, 1939-1945 Social history. Great Britain Social life and customs 1918-1945. Great Britain. 1 Kg.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp x, 86, coloured frontispiece, illustrations, original blue cloth, spine faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 1st Edition. "Being the Pacific Experiences of Miss Emma Nightingale in Time of War". Based on the author's own experiences during WW2 when every bedroom in her house was occupied by a lodger, refugee or soldier. Jacket, colour frontis and line drawings by her friend Rex Whistler. In lovely condition with no inscriptions but ornate contemporary book plate on front endpaper. The dust jacket is bright and complete, not price-clipped, but slightly rubbed at corners with one small tear base of spine.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First edition. Narrow 8vo. Blue cloth, with black spine and cover lettering. Frontis color illustration [matching dust-jacket]. 87 pages. With illustrations by Rex Whistler. Slightly cocked. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact) has wear to corners and slight loss to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.

First edition. Octavo. pp x, 86. Colour frontispiece (repeated on the dustwrapper) and black and white illustrations by Rex Whistler.Faint traces of an erased inscription on front free endpaper. Spine faded. Edges faintly spotted. Very good indeed in very good indeed dustwrapper a bit faded at the spine.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. blue cloth hardback in unclipped dust jacket with Rex Whistler design. 86pp., with colour frontispiece, 8 fullpage b/w illustrations and 2 b/w vignettes, all by Rex Whistler. Small neat name and date (1945) in ink to ffep. Light foxing to foredge, heavier to dust jacket (please see photos). Some fading to pink of spine and border of front cover. Very light wear to top of spine and corners. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY in GOOD+ DUST JACKET. (Shelf 2) Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presented by Edith Olivier Beautifully and wittily illustrated by Rex Whistler [86] pp. B.T. Batsford Ltd 1941 8 5/8" x 5 3/4".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presented by Edith Olivier Beautifully and wittily illustrated by Rex Whistler [86] pp. B.T. Batsford Ltd 1941 8 5/8" x 5 3/4".

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1943 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 126 Language: English Pages: 126.