Mountain t whyte (8 resultados)

Condición: Fair. 1930. First Edition. 180 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition. Three illustrations.180pp scarce in protective loose plastic wrapper on dust jacket.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original fine-ribbed, title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 180 pages; Physical desc. : vi, 180 p. , 2 leaves of plates. : ill. ; 20 cm. Photo illustrated. Subjects: Wandsworth Prison. Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Prisons - England - London 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original fine-ribbed, title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 180 pages; Physical desc. : vi, 180 p. , 2 leaves of plates. : ill. ; 20 cm. Photo illustrated. Subjects: Wandsworth Prison. Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Prisons - England - London 1 Kg.…

Half title, front. & plates. Name clipped from leading free e.p. Orig. red cloth; faded. Prisons for male offenders.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 180pp., frontis., b/w plates, Neil Robertson's copy with his ownership signature on front end paper. Nice copy in bright yellow boards with a very good unclipped dust jacket.

1st Edition. Hb original red cloth , gilt titles to spine contained in the original issued grey dust jacket priced on spine at 6/-, small 8vo, ix,180pp mono frontis plate & 2 x plates to text Small ink inscription to fep o/w A Vg/Vg copy.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A fascinating selection of historical volumes on London, including the ghosts of its past and enlightening later discoveries. First editions except for 'Ghosts of London' which is a fourth edition.All complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers.Comprising the following historical works:London Rediscoveries and Some Others by Walter George Bell (1929) Deals with a number of interesting matters concerning London's history, such as the recovery of the Great Seal of William the Conqueror's Charter to London and some new facts about the famous Mayor, Dick Whittington. With nineteen monochrome plates. Four pages of publisher's advertisements.Life in London"s Great Prisons by T. Whyte Mountain (1930) A vivid account of life in a men's prison for the time, with descriptions of the cell, services, holidays and sports, amenities, escaping and more. With a frontispiece and one additional plate. Ghosts of London by H. V. Morton (1941) Descriptions of the bell ringers since the reign of Charles II, the night watchmen, the ancient Lambeth Dole, the Bank Guard and many other ghosts of London's past. With a frontispiece, nine plates and two dual-spreads. Eight pages of publisher's advertisements. 10 Downing Street: The Romance of a House by Egon Jameson (1945) A compelling historical narrative of this important political building, with accounts of its residents. With four plates. Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart indeed, with only mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrappers are generally smart. With most notable wear to 'Prisons', which is also sunned to the spine. A few chips and edge wear to '10 Downing Street' and handling marks to the rear. Remaining wraps only have light shelf wear, with sunning to the spine of 'Rediscoveries'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to 'Rediscoveries' and 'Prisons'. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.…