Bailey john intro (8 resultados)

Condición: Good. No Edition Stated. 343 pages. Full soft leather binding. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condición: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 343 pages. Full bound green leather. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with tears to leather to spine. Dents to rear board.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated Paper covered boards with green cloth quarter binding. 250 x 140 mm approx. First published by Chatto and Windus in 1931 the copy offered by us is a 1st printing of the Folio Edition illustrated by Peter Bailey. The author maintained the diary as a record of his trials and tribulations as proprietor of The Spreadeagle at Thame in the 1920's in a permanent state of war with his ghastly guests. The forerunner of Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers and sharing that explosive but not uncommon mix of a deep belief in etiquette coupled with furious rudeness. Near Fine/Near Fine (Book- no notable defects. No previous owner name or inscription. Slip Case - no significant shelf rubbing/soiling but some uneven shelf fading). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. PETER BAILEY (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No date in book. in good clean condition. no dedications.accept pay pal.

First Folio Society Edition. Near fine copy in the original patterned boards, backed with green cloth and a printed label, the latter faintly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Accompanying original slip-case near fine, if faintly sun-toned along the lower margin. Physical description; xx, 278 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Originally published 1932. Subjects; Fothergill, John, 1876-1957. Hotelkeepers, diaries. Spreadeagle Inn, Thame. Inns, England, history. England, social life and customs, 1918-1945. Innkeeping, Oxfordshire. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In 3/4 purple leather over floral patterned cloth boards, gilt spine titling, housed in publisher's slipcase, 4to, 103pp. Copy #360 of a limited edition of 1,500 copies printed by Bruce Chandler at the Heron Press. Signed by the illustrator on colophon page. (slight sunning at spine). Illustrated by Willian Bailey (ilustrador). Signed By the Illustrator.…

HARDCOVER. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Quarto size (4to) in colour printed stiff boards, unpaginated, approx. 88pp, mainly finely printed full page colour photos. This is one of a very few hardback copies made for Swannell and this copy is inscribed and signed by him (as John) on the half title leaf . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy (tiny slight crease to bottom corner tip of rear cover) ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . To see more of our Photo books type DbbPHOTO in the Keywords search box . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & yellow lettering to spine, xii + 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges).