richard asquith (12 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: VG. A VG or better 20-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. Book.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 218 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Oscar Wilde's witty play of the same name, in which a Algernon discovers that his friend, Earnest, has created a fictional brother in order to intermittently leave his country home to visit the city. Algernon decides to assume the brother's identity and pay a little visit to his friend's estate. The film is a goofy and earnest rendition of Wilde's beloved play. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Small stain to the recto and a manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Criterion Collection 158.

Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport, at the V.I.P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection, and this was Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall, else Near Fine.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condición: Very Good. 21 pages with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condición: Very Good. 19 pages with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. A fine new copy of this splendid collection of essays in honour of Peter & Carolyn Hammond. 711pp. A substantial and beautifully produced volume at a reasonable price.

Hardcover. Cloth, dw. New. HAMMOND, Pater & Carolyn.

Loose as Issued. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. Folding 4 sied programme with cast list, committee members, directors and set designers for this single performance on the lawns of this hotel in July 1964. about half the cast members went on to TV, film and journalistic fame, the director also works or worked at the BBC, Julian Roache wrote over 200 episodes of Coronation St, Lynn Barber has a misprint to her name, but she was a girlfriend of Dick Durdon-Smith at this period, so it must be her, spelled Barbar on the programme. Printed in brown on cream stock. Nice possibly unique item of ephemera. Very clean, with just a few fold lines, no aging to paper. Long foolscap size.

Collection of 6 vintage full-color and 3 black-and-white still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport, at the V. I. P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection, and this is Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches (some slightly smaller). Faint creases overall, else Near Fine.

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. Van Der Heyden, Gerald; Clarke, W.W.; Broecker, Richard; Harper, George; Flucke, Harold Ilustrador. First Edition. 32 pages. Features: Belgium Tries to Get on her Feet - a 94 Million$ loan will cost her 226 Million?; What is the Matter with Mexico?; Facts, Not Words - article by the secretary of the Episcopal Committee of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico; The Punishment of Sisyphus - is paralleled in that of a young man whose efforts get him nowhere; The Negro as the Lucky Child of Destiny; Any Mother to Any Daughter; Henry Ford's Page - what distinguishes false from true prophets; Editorials - the modern bucketeer (operator of a financial bucket shop), Cobb and Judge Landis and the baseball scandal, more light is needed on the Nicaraguan situation, Senator Capper and voter apathy; How Primitive was Prehistoric Man? - The Hunter; Man's Own Flat Wheels - part 2; The Garrulous Diplomatist; South Sea Island King (Tufele) of the Manua group of Islands - great photo-illustrated article; Training Junior For a Home - how the Children's Home Society give lonely little children a more congenial atmosphere; Chats with Office Callers - origin of Jewish names; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - the Hall-Mills case was 'dud', Barring the Garb of Old Gaul, Michigan's boundaries are divided, smoking suits for women; Briefly Told; Great winter sport photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the photo-illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the corners, the upper board with a small glue mark to the centre, the cloth is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete wih the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the Roald Dahl in black ink on the front endpaper "To Lesley / Love / Roald / Dec. 1983". A collection of 14 ghost stories chosen by Roald Dahl out from the 749 supernatural tales he read at the British Museum whilst working to develop an American television programme that would feature dramatisations of some of the stories. A pilot written by Dahl based on E. F. Benson's 'The Hanging of Alfred Wadham' was filmed but never released due to concerns that it would offend the American Catholic Church. The stories include 'W.S.' by L. P. Hartley (1952); 'Harry' by Rosemary Timperley (1955), 'The Corner Shop' by Lady Cynthia Asquith (1926); 'In the Tube' by E. F. Benson (1922); 'Christmas Meeting' by Rosemary Timperley (1952); 'Elias and the Draug' by Jonas Lie (1902); 'Playmates' by A. M. Burrage (1927); 'Ringing the Changes' by Robert Aickman (1955); 'The Telephone' by Mary Treadgold (1955); 'The Ghost of a Hand' by Sheridan Le Fanu (1863); 'The Sweeper' by A. M. Burrage (1931); 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton (1910); 'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Barham Middleton (1912); 'The Upper Berth' by Francis Marion Crawford (1885). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).