G r sitwell (11 resultados)

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: In Mylar. Hardcover with DJ. DJ has shelfa nd edge wear, some creasing and small tears to edges, now protected in archival mylar. Spine is slightly cocked. Tanning and some discoloring to page edges. No apparent marks throughout text. Tracking available on most domestic orders.…

Condición: Good. Volume 1.2. 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. Re-bound by library. No. 27 of 50 limited copies of the larger paper edition. Folio. Black library cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Binding tight. A couple of pages have small pencil markings. Small publisher catalogue at rear. Light foxing. Untrimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1600grams, ISBN.…

Condición: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.192. book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 196 pp. ; illustrated ; green cloth with gold lettering and embossed designs ; no dustjacket ; "Produced by the Publications Committee of the National Rose Society of Great Britain" ; numerous articles on various subjects pertaining to the rose and its culture ; Contents: Patrons, Officers And Council -- Arrangements For 1956 -- The President's Page, By Oliver Mee -- Roses At Buckingham Palace And Harewood House -- Roses At Eayfordeury, By Gordon Rowley -- Roses And Rosarians, By Sam Mcgredy -- How Roses Live And Grow, By G. J. Von Abrams -- Multiflora Shock Absorber, By N. P. Harvey -- Two Pennsylvania Rose Gardens, By Catherine E. Meikle -- Miscellany, By A. Norman -- The Parc Dr La Grange Rose Garden At Geneva, By Brie Bois -- Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, By James Alexander Gamble -- Paris-Geneva-Baden-London, By Louise Bechtel -- "Old Garden Roses", By Sacheverell Sitwell And James Russell, Reviewed By W. H. Sumpster -- =Strains Produced In Rose Hybridizing, By E. B. Le Grice -- Roses To Be, By Mr. And Mrs. Walter D. Brownnell -- "Poulsen On The Rose", By Svend Poulsen, Reviewed By W. J. W. Sanday -- Research On Black Spot Disease, By Freeman A. Weiss -- From The Annals Of Penicuik -- "My Masterpiece", By Math. Tantau -- Are We Getting Too Many New Roses1 By N. P. Harvey -- Observations On The Shafter Stock (Dr. Huey), By André Leroy -- A Rose By Any Other Name, By G. D. Rowley -- How I Grow My Roses, By R. F. B. Naylor, C.B., D.S.O., B. R. C. Tizard, B. W. W. Sampson, A. A. Norton, Nigel Raban, Sam Carson -- Rose Notes From Queensland, By Fred Armbrust -- Roses In Regent's Park, By Leonard Hollis -- "The Old Shrub Roses", By C. S. Thomas, Reviewed By A. J. Huxley -- Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh -- Warm Or Cold? By Fred J. Nesbit -- The Summer Rose Show, By A. C. L. Hellyer -- Orthocide And Karathane, By F. Fairbrother -- The Decorative Classes At The Summer Show, By Arbel M. Aldous -- The Bristol Group Of Tile National Rose Society, By A. B. Griffith -- The Prov1ncial Rose Show, Leeds, By J. C. Watson -- The Autumn Show, By Roy Hay -- The Trial Ground In 1955, By H. Edland -- The Rose Analysis, By H. Edland -- Dean Hole Medallists, Accounts And Reports Of Council -- Monochrome Plates -- 'Peace'-- H.R.H. The Princess Royal, C.I., G.C.Y.O., G.E.E., E.E.C., T.D. -- Forms Of The Japanese Rosa Multiflora, Bayfordbury -- Hybrid Musks And Wichueaianas, Bayfordbury -- Rosa Jundzillii, Bayfordbury -- Rose Stock Trials, Bayfordbury -- Moss And French Roses In The Old Rose Garden, Bayfordbury -- Bourbon Roses, Bayfordbury -- View Of The Hershey Rose Garden -- Early Hybrid Tea Roses, Bayfordbury -- The Hershey Rose Garden -- Frau Karl Druschki" Hedge At Breeze Hill -- Central Terrace At Parc La Grange, Geneva -- View From The Upper Terrace At Parc La Grange, Geneva -- Colour Plates -- Sir Winston Churchill -- King Midas -- Red Wonder -- Beaute -- Message -- La Jolla -- Belle Blonde -- Sweet Repose -- Soraya -- Poulsen's Supreme And Salmon Perfection -- Yellowhammer -- Firecracker -- Cleopatra -- Lilac Time -- Sandringham -- People ; foxing, else VG. Book. …

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Limited Edition. Spine damaged to the first work, otherwise VG+Fine books and dust jackets. Illustrated by Osbert Sitwell (ilustrador). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. xix 263; -575pp 2 vols hardback, library binding with red leather spine gilt over matching cloth, small paper edition limited to 300 copies, this being 255 signed by Yeatman, neat stamps and labels, scattered spotting.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. Large octavo. 54pp. Printed wrappers. Wrappers and title page are tanned, moderate wear to spine tips and extremities, else a very good or better copy. Unmarked but previously from the library of Donald Gallup. Contains "The Hollow Men, and the Work of T. S. Eliot" by E. J. Dobson and "Experiment in the Novel: With Special Reference to James Joyce," by A. J. A. Waldock.…

1933. Oxford University Press. Hardback. Book - VG, ex-lib, rebound in library binding.

Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. These are a lovely set of informative and well illustrated anthropological studies of the two regions. Both books have coloured frontispiece plates and over a hundred black and white photographs of local villages and ceremonies. Sacheverell Sitwell's book is broken down by region; Andalucia, Castile and Aragon, Valencia and Levante with maps. Whereas, 'The Alps' goes through each of the Alps and includes a more general introduction on the geology of the area and climbing. In cloth bindings with original dustwrappers and Brodart wraps. Externally, sound. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and very small mark on boards. Foxing on front and rear pastedown. Ink inscription on the front free end page. Dustwrappers for 'The Alps' is clipped with chipping to the head and tail of spine, otherwise, a closed tear to the front corner of 'Spain' with loss to the head and tail of spine and wear along the spine edges. Internally, binding tender. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few handling marks. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…

THE LARGE PAPER EDITION, LIMITED TO 50 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 44. SIGNED BY PYM YEATMAN. EIGHT VOLUMES REBOUND IN MODERN HALF BLACK LEATHER, NEW ENDPAPERS. SIGNATURE TO FEP. AN EXCELLENT SET, CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. NO DATE, BUT CIRCA 1890. VERY SCARCE.