Teach Senators Wisdom Oxford Guide by Masterman J C (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards in good condition, corners slightly bumped. Front endpapers show skyline of Oxford in blue. Bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper (Chinese character, stamp from Harris Book Co. Hong Kong on back free EP). Back EPs are tanned. Text is clean. Tightly bound. Eight black and white plates. No dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1952 Hodder & Stoughton first edition hardback; good, clean condition, ageing to page edges, name on fep, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. First Edition. First printing. The jacket has some archive tape repairs Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. To the fellows of Worcester College, Oxford in the hope thar this book will afford them some amusement. Fictional story of St. Thomas's of Oxford.Illustrated with 8 black and white plates.284pp inc notes. 22cm x 14cm Very Good in Very Good dark blue cloth. No dustwrapper.

Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm, 283 pp, 8 plates. From the author's introduction: ".I must make it clear that I do not subscribe to all - or indeed to many - of the views put forward by the Fellows of St. Thomas's. I might go further and say that some of their opinions shock me very much. If I sometimes shudder at their suggestions of reform I am more often appalled at the ob- stinate and complacent conservatism of the majority of them. Nor do I think that some of the doctrines and some of the heresies which they propound are answered and contradicted with half the power which might have been employed to discredit them." Robinson in "The English University Novel": "It purports to be a series of conversations among the dons of 'St. Thomas's College' engaged in preparing a guide book which will enable them to interpret Oxford to some American visitors. The subject matter of their talks is broad - the University, the function of the colleges, examinations, student life, athletics, architecture, traditional anecdotes, history, colorful personalities - all in fact, that might help to explain what they recognize as a fascinating enigma, the secret of Oxford. In the discussion, the participants emerge as skillfully drawn characters who, one feels, hold within themselves part of the answer. But to them the secret remains undefinable." Good.

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,600grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Hodder and Stoughton, London 1952. First edition. 1st ed. Good condition. In dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Corners bumped, wear to edges and ends of spine. Boards slightly out of alignment. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions. Signature in pencil on flyleaf.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Unterschrift / Widmung ohne Bezug; Unangenehmer Geruch; Schimmel.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1952, in-8, tela edit., pp. 283. Con tavole f.t.

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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "a peculiar guide book, which, as they fondly hope, will enable them, without discredit to themselves, to interpret Oxford to their American Guests". D/W a few scuffs and tears around edges, top and bottom of spine internally fixed with tape, looks slightly dirty/aged. Dark blue boards and contents vg/fine, just a few foxing spots to edges. Heraldic bookplate on fep for Marquess and Marchioness of Tavistock (Later 14th Duke of Bedford) 284pps.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1952, V.Good, HB, 283 pp., text off white.

1952. Hodder & Stoughton. Hardback. Book - Poor/Fair, two pages detached.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st UK Edition. ". in which the Provost of Worcester College shows the [fictional] Fellows of St. Thomas's College engaged in the fascinating and difficult task of preparing a peculiar guide book, which, as they fondly hope, will enable them, without discredit to themselves, to interpret Oxford to their American Guests" Stories enhanced by an illustrated endpaper,photographic plates and academic endnotes. Clean tight copy, name of previous owner on ffep. Book.

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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardbound. Condition: VG CDJ. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. 283 p. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Several illustrations. Blue cloth binding, gold lettering on spine. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD+: light wear to covers and spine, corners lightly bent, spine lightly darkened, edges of text block lightly darkened, pages clean, binding tight.

8 Illustr. Cloth. Dustwrapper. 283,(1)pp. Dustwrapper worn & little torn. Spine bumped. Corners bumped. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Ex-library with the usual markings and pieces of dust jacket affixed to preliminary pages, spine cocked, corners bumped, good only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing Of The First Edition Hardcover In Navy Blue Cloth Covered Boards With Bright Gilt Title Spine. Tips Bumped, Hinge Papers Fine, 283 Pg Text Is Crisp With An Occasional Light Soil Mark Or Foxing In Margins, And Is Slightly Musty If You Really Stick Your Face Into It. ". In Which The Provost Of Worcester College Shows The [Fictional] Fellows Of St. Thomas' College Engaged In The Fascinating And Difficult Task Of Preparing A Peculiar Guide Book, Which, As They Fondly Hope, Will Enable Them, Without Discredit To Themselves, To Interpret Oxford To Their American Guests".

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket. Former Library book. 1st edition. (Vintage books, antique books, Academia, Oxford, Cambridge, British history, academic history, academic life).

Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 283pp. Illustrations, front pictorial endpaper. Near fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this quirky guidebook to the British city, inscribed large and bold in blue ballpoint on half-title page: "For Dr. Adlai Stevenson / May 24, 1957. / from / J.C. Masterman." Twice-defeated Democratic presidential candidate Stevenson took a highly-publicized two-month overseas tour around this time, stopping by Oxford University to be awarded an honorary degree on May 26, 1957 and closing his trip with a visit to Dr. Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa. Oxford's vice-chancellor and also provost of Worcester College was John Christian Masterman (1891-1977), who played his official host. This academic is well known for authoring two murder mysteries set in Oxford and best known as chairman during World War Two of the Twenty Committee, which ran the famed "Double-Cross System" that oversaw double agents in Berlin. An outstanding presentation copy, inscribed to Stevenson by his host two days before Oxford conferred their degree on the American statesman. Ironically, a couple of decades later Governor Stevenson's son, namesake Adlai (1930-2021), was elected to the United States Senate, filling that post from 1969 to 1981.