ed nancy mitford (17 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. 1st Edition Thus. First Modern Library edition, hardcover, has a very small skew to the binding, slight bumps to spine ends, and a touch of sunning to head and tail edges of text block, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has slight bumps to spine ends and corners, faint rubbing with a touch of edgewear, and very slight sunning to the spine.

hardback, large 8vo, xx,531pp, illustrated, slight foxing on top edges, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. not price-clipped. ISBN: 0340638044.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Osbert Lancaster Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, half white cloth, red lettering. JEdges slightly foxed, jacket faded on spine. Contributions by Mitford, Alan S. C. Ross, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Sykes, John Betjeman, introduction by Russell Lynes., mainly centered on speech (("U" and "non-U").

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Lancaster, Osbert Ilustrador. Somewhat satirical collection of essays on the linguistic distinctions of the British upper class. The book begins with "an essay in sociological linguistics" by Alan C. Ross and then follows with the response from Nancy Mitford and then responses to that response by such luminaries as Evelyn Waugh, Peter Fleming (writing under the pen-name "Strix"), Christopher Sykes, and John Betjeman. Cover and interior illustrations by Osbert Lancaster. Copy is in good+ condition. Minimal wear to the blue cloth boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. Slight cracking to the front end papers but the binding is solid and tight. Dust jacket is good with some wear, tears, and chips around the edges. Now wrapped in protective Brodart jacket cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Clean blue boards, with gilt titles to spine and an unclipped DW. A tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions and unclipped DW. Some minor scuffing to DW. 322pp. (15x22.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good-. Illustrated by Lancaster, Osbert Ilustrador. 1107 pp. Illus. Light edgewear, corners bumped. Prev owner's name on ffep. Illustrations by Osbert Lancaster. Articles by Mitford, Alan Ross, Evelyn Waugh, Strix, Christopher Sykes, and John Betjeman all weighing in on the vocabulary of 'U' vs. 'non-U'. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Lancaster, Osbert Ilustrador. First Edition. The US edition. Hardcover in worn dust jacket (now in archival mylar sleeve). Toning, shelf and handling wear to covers, toning to edges and endpapers, with old owners' names to front endpaper. Otherwise a sound and neat copy. Illustrated.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 624 pp covers very lightly worn Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Condición: Fair. 1956. 4th Impression. 114 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Osbert Lancaster Ilustrador. 1st thus (1989). 114pp. VG+ copy with ink name on half-title.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fair. blue cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 257 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce 1st edition, 1st printing of this title. Book has slight loss to top/bottom of spine, rubbing all round with darkening of spine and boards with some marks. Prev. owner's signature neatly on the ffep otherwise. " The Times Book Club " stamp on inner rear board" No other markings. Tight binding.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1993. xxi+538 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Original halfcloth in dust wrapper. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wrapper. Spine ends a little compressed. Very good++/very good wraper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover in good condition, with acceptable jacket. First edition. Original price on front flap: 18s. net. Jacket, hardcover, page block and pages are marked and tanned. Text on jacket spine is faded. The jacket has date stamps on the front and spine. The corners, edges and spine are worn, torn and creased, with a large peice of tape holding it together on the side. Hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine ends are nicked. Contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW. Used.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Not Stated Ilustrador. A fantastic three volume set of illustrated first edition collections of letters from the notable figures Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh, and Diana Cooper. A three volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Comprising of:(1991) Mr Wu and Mrs Stitch: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana CooperThe first edition. Edited by Artemis Cooper. With 8 double sided plates.(1993) The Letters of Nancy Mitford: Love From NancyThe first edition. Edited by Charlotte Mosley. With ten double sided plates, and in text illustrations throughout.(1996) The Letters of Nancy Mitford & Evelyn WaughThe first edition, first impression. Edited by Charlotte Mosley. Illustrated with seven double sided plates.All volumes are collated, complete.Nancy Mitford was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist who was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in theinter-war period. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. She also has a reputation as a writer of popular historical biographies.Evelyn Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century. His most famous works include the early satiresDecline and Fall(1928) andA Handful of Dust (1934).Lady Diana Cooper was an Englishsilent film actress and aristocrat who was a well-known social figure in London and Paris.As a young woman, she moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals known asthe Coterie, most of whom were killed in theFirst World War. She married one of the few survivors,Duff Cooper, laterBritish ambassador to France. After his death, she wrote three volumes of memoirs which reveal much about early 20th-century upper-class life. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spines. Dust wrappers are very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.