Things by Grigson Geoffrey (22 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Jacket. The jacket has some wear and 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.

Second American Edition October 1957: Original coloured pictorial boards (hardback) , 9.75 x 7.5 inches approx. , no dust jacket, black and white illustrated endpapers, 434 pages, no inscriptions, clean and sound, contents very good, lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, 16 full page colour plates. Set out A -Z for easy reference.…

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 466 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with light edge wear.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; Vol 1 of 4 volumes, illustrations, plates (some color), portraits (some color), maps (some folded, 1 color), facsimiles 26 cm. Subjects; Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Philosophy : history. People, places, and things. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 464 pages. Vol II. B&W and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Subject; Travel. 2 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. In Slipcase box. The Second American Edition. Spine covers are torn at the top and bottom edges. dingy covers; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Second American Edition. The book is in good condition overall, with a hardcover binding that remains sturdy. The dust jacket exhibits wear, including minor tears at the edges, but is still intact, protecting the book's cover. The pages are clean and free from inscriptions or library markings. This copy is well-preserved, providing a glimpse into the history of objects that define human progress. The dust jacket is worn with minor tears at the edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Quarto. 466pp. Illustrated with sixteen color plates, numerous black-and-white plates, and text drawings. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with neat internal tape-repair along the extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 1956 Hardback edition, complete with dust jacket. Book is heavy and will incur a postal surcharge outside of the U.K.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; Vol 1 of 4 volumes, illustrations, plates (some color), portraits (some color), maps (some folded, 1 color), facsimiles 26 cm. Subjects; Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Philosophy : history. People, places, and things. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover in good condition; without dust jacket; volume III in the People, Places, Things series; 16 colour plates and 160 pages with black and white illustrations. Board edges are worn, spine is faded and loose; binding is visible at end papers. 3cm score to front board and 2cm tear to half-title page. Pages are clean, text and images are clear. AD. Used.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 464 pages. Vol II. B&W and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Subject; Travel. 2 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 2nd US edition. 4 volumes, complete. Pictorial cloth covers, edge rubbed, with chipping at top of spine of the "People" volume. Clean text and a bright copy. In edge rubbed slipcase. ; 4 Volume Set; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Unpaginated pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG+/F/GD+. y First Edition. HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1954 * Publisher: The Waverley Book Company Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine and embossed design with title to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: colour illustrative dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 42/-. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Some nicks and small tears around head of spine. GOOD+* Contents:- NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text. Owners neat book plate inside front cover. VG+* Illustrations: 19 pp colour plates, 160 pp b/w plates.* Pages: 457 pp. text. ix pp. Index & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: The book is about the early history of many things , common and less-common, essential and inessential. It is a volume for the inquisitive , but not always for the solemn. It ranges / from the Aeolian Harp and Aeroplane to Ziggurat and Zip-fastener - some useful, some not, some recent, some as old as the hills. When did men (to take a small example) first use false teeth, fountain pens, water-closets , lawnmowers , violins , vacuum cleaners , safety pins and thermos flasks? Have we always used soap? Did pressure cookers exist before 1900 ? When did men begin paying by cheque? When could you first buy tinned food. ?This book was planned as entertainment, and is now collectable in its own right.* A VERY GOOD copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS in a GOOD+ dust jacket.* 1954-01-01.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. A very clean tight copy.Spine is sunned.SPECIAL POSTAL RATES APPLY £5.

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. A very clean tight copy.Spine is sunned.SPECIAL POSTAL RATES APPLY £5.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, blind-tooled front, colour photographic end papers. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 466 pp with colour plates and monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Sadly, one colour plate missing from page 179, sun fading to spine ends where pieces of wrapper missing. Good condition book in Poor condition dust wrapper with chips to corners, spine ends and edges, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. TECHNOLOGY (Industrial Arts).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4 books in original slipcase, clean, tight and unmarked, some foxing on page edges and on inside of slipcase.books are clean! WILL REQUIRE additional overseas or priority shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The rarest of the 4 Volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 2nd American Edition. 4 clean hardbacks tightly bound in pictorial boards with black titles, light wear to spine ends, minor foxing to top page edges, no inscriptions, colour and black & white illustrations on plates, pictorial endpapers, in a slipcase which is rubbed at the edges. People: The good, bad, great & eccentric illustrating the diversity of man, 438 pages. Places: which have delighted, intrigued and intimidated men, 432 pages, appendices, maps in the text. Things: The objects devised by man's genius which are the measure of his civilization, 434 pages, index. Ideas: A mixed bag of ideas, notions & emotions which have moved the minds of men, 438 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jacket Shows Creasing At Edges And A Few Minor Tears. Spine Dented At Ends. Boards And All Pages Clean With Binding Tight.