John s arkwright (20 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 78 pages in gray boards with gold gilt lettering. Interior is age toned but clean, straight and firm to the spine. Binding is solid. Front and back free end papers have staining.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and believed to be first printing. In good plus dark navy cloth boards, gilt titles to front and back strip. The covers are clean, square and very tight; tear in cloth to side of spine and top and tail ends. Unmarked end papers. Gilt top edge; the fore and tail edges are quite clean. The text block is tightly bound, straight and clean - very goodplus condition. Lovely b/w illustrations by Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers and L. Raven-Hill. With navy ribbon marker. Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers and L. Raven-Hill. (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Lacks dustwrapper, boards are slightly rubbed and lightly soiled. There is a crease down the length of the front board. Gift inscription to second free front end paper, no other inscriptions. Illustrated by Bairsfather, Raemaekers et al all plates present. Generally a clean copy internally with little wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK. …

Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, 8vo: xiv, 246pp., illustrations, table of contents, list vignettes, conclusion. Untrimmed. Fine copy., Chandos Wren-Hoskyns [1812-1876].

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a collection of poems written during World War I. They explore the themes of sacrifice, loss, and remembrance, and offer a unique insight into the human experience of war. The author, a war correspondent, was deeply affected by the events he witnessed, and his poems bear witness to the suffering and heroism of the men and women who fought in the war. The poems are written in a variety of styles, from traditional sonnets to free verse, and they capture the full range of emotions experienced by those who lived through the war. This book is an important historical document, as well as a moving and beautiful work of literature. It is a testament to the power of poetry to express the human experience, and it will continue to be read and enjoyed for generations to come. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Reissue. 79 pp. in grey cloth with 10 plates, attractively laid out book with wide margins and plates, WWI poetry with Christian values incl hymn O Valiant Hearts, Latin and Welsh translations of the hymn, and one Boer War poem. Whilst sensitive to the horrors of war, a poetic alternative to the much trumpeted anti-war poetry group. A v nice copy of the second impression. Gold blocking front and spine. Size: 4to. Bairnsfather, Lunt, Raemaekers, Raven-hill (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression, 1919. Includes a signed letter from the author, signed presentation to Maurice Headlam from the author and a loose printed poem inserted, Maurice Headlam's bookplate inside front cover. Endpapers yellowed. Very good bright copy in publishers grey cloth. Interesting association copy. With Illustrations by Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Loius Raemaekers & L. Raven Hill. (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s). …

square 8vo, xvi, 17-78pp, half-title present, 10 full-page illus. by Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers & L. Raven-Hill, orig. cloth with upper cover with gilt ruled borders, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. A practically fine clean copy in a VG+ scarce dustwrapper which has two neatly closed nicks. (Reilly: English Poetry of the First World War, page 42).…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book in stiff maroon full leather covers. Wear to the spine and it's ends and a little to the book corners. The internal contents show a mild amount of tanning and age but also remain clean and well-bound, and the pages are stiff and unfaded. A very decent copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. First Edition (first printing). 78pp. Original publisher's black cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine and upper board. Illustrated with ten plates.36 WW1/ Great War poems (plus one from the Second Boer War), and including Welsh and Latin translations of the title verse (the basis for the hymn 'O Valiant Hearts'). Sir John Stanhope Arkwright, the great-great grandson of Sir Richard Arkwright, was MP for Hereford between 1900-1912. In 1893 he was awarded the Newdigate poetry prize and throughout the First World War he toured the country giving recruitment speeches, writing many of these poems on those travels. Unsurpassable copy. Rear endpaper slightly creased and slightly toned o/w fine in fine grey printed d/w withe Skeffington symbol. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Signedes.…

Second Impression. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 78p. ; 24cm. Subjects: English poetry. 1 Kg.

Second Impression. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 78p. ; 24cm. Subjects: English poetry. 1 Kg.

First edition. 78pp, [2]. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's black rexine, lettered and tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt, ribbon frayed. Corners bumped with small losses to spine. Internally bright save light toning. Loosely inserted are two hymn sheets, one bifold with music for The Supreme Sacrifice, and a single lyric leaf of 'hymn for the new year'. John Stanhope Arkwright (1872â"1954), was a British Conservative politician, barrister, and poet. He attended Christ Church College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry, resulting in this volume. He is best remembered for penning the WWI Hymn 'O Valiant Hearts', among others. Size: 8vo.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this moving collection of poems, signed by the author, with ten beautifully illustrated plates by multiple illustrators. The first edition, bound in the publisher's original full black rexine. With a gilt to top edge.With ten beautifully illustrated plates by multiple illustrators, including Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers, and L. Raven-Hill. Collated, complete.Signed by the author to the first free endpaper to an 'R. Dawson.'A moving collection of poems by John Stanhope Arkwright, a British Conservative Party politician, first written and published during the Great War, especially in its concluding stages.The Supreme Sacrificeis a poem remembering the fallen of the First World War, and was set to music by Charles Harris, creating the well known hymnO Valiant Heartswhich features prominently in annual Remembrance Day services. In the publisher's original full black faux leather, with a gilt to top edge. Externally, smart with marks to the boards. Shelf wear and the odd chip to extremities. Glue marks appear solidified to lower front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. Bruce Bairnsfather; Wilmot Lunt; Louis Raemaekers; L. Raven-Hill (ilustrador). signed by author. book.…

Hardback. Condición: Fine. First edition. A moving collection of First World War poetry by john S. Arkwright, with 10 beautifully illustrated plates. The first edition of the work.Bound in publisher's original full black rexine. With gilt to top edge.Includes 10 beautiful plates. Collated, complete.A moving collection of poems by John Stanhope Arkwright, a British Conservative Party politician, first written and published during the Great War, especially in its concluding stages.The Supreme Sacrifice is a poem remembering the fallen of the First World War, and was set to music by Charles Harris, creating the well known hymn O Valiant Hearts which features prominently in annual Remembrance Day services. In publisher's full rexine. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to head and tail of the spine and extremities of boards. Small mark to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Bruce Bairnsfather; Wilmot Lunt; Louis Raemaekers; L. Raven-Hill (ilustrador). book. …

1919, London, Skeffington and Son, Ltd., small 4to, ppxvi + 78, black and white illustrations by Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers and L. Raven-Hill, green cloth. Spine pulled at the top, otherwise very good.

[6] 152pp. Folio, black morocco lettered gilt. Bruised and marked, with wear to all edges and tearing to spine head. Blue ink typed recto only, with sparse pencil corrections to text. Internally bright and clean save two penciled London addresses to FEP, one struck through. An unpublished detective novel by John Stanhope Arkwright (1872-1954), British Conservative politician, barrister, and poet. He attended Christ Church College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He is best remembered for penning the WWI Hymn 'O Valiant Hearts'. Whilst The Hereford Magazine published a short run of detective stories featuring Nicholas Saunders in the first decade of the twentieth century, though this title, a full-novel length, does not appear amongst them. A supernatural detective story, complete with rustic superstition and classic nineteenth century investigative tropes. The story hinges on our narrator, a London doctor relocated to the calmer climes of the Pembrokeshire coast, and the mysterious yet benevolent Mr Robert Drury, the current owner and custodian of Scarfe Castle. The story hinges on the local legend of a haunted bugle, the Castle seat originally granted to Prince Rupertâs faithful bugler in the seventeenth century. It is said the Drurys all hear three fateful toots of the bugle to signal their impending demise. On the death of Mr. Drury, his only child, heiress to Scarfe, is haunted by his death and a single bugle toot. Here, our faithful narrator calls for the aid of a Mr. Nicholas Saunders, Detective, who thankfully brings a Sherlockian reasoning to the whole affair.…

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1923. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol: - , Pages: - 558, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 558 558.…