Verlag: Boydell Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0851154530 ISBN 13: 9780851154534
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: The Boydell Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0851154530 ISBN 13: 9780851154534
Anbieter: Greener Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
Verlag: William Heinemann, London, 1924
Anbieter: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. With Illustrations by Robin (Miss Marjorie Blood, later Mother Catherine of the Order of the Sacred Heart) (illustrator). States "First published May 1924 / New Impression November 1924." So, the second printing of the first edition, in red boards, titled in black to spine, NO dust jacket. All eight B&W plates firmly mounted where they ought to be. Humorous fictional autobiography of a self-righteous prig, rediscovered by Anthony Burgess circa 1966 (when he wrote a new introduction for the next known Heinemann printing) and quite a hard book to find in any original, pre-war Heinemann binding. The real author, Sir Henry Howarth Bashford Kt., M.D., F.R.C.P., was reportedly Chief Medical Officer to the Post Office, Medical Adviser to the Treasury, and Honorary Physician to King George VI, while illustrator "Robin" -- who renders most of the characters here as chinless pinheads -- is reliably reported to have actually been Miss Marjorie Blood, a frequent contributor to "Punch," who subsequently joined the Order of the Sacred Heart and became Mother Catherine at Roehampton Convent. 274 pp. Reduced from $550.
Verlag: William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1930
Anbieter: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Green cloth with black titles to front and spine Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Clean cloth. Tightly bound with lightly age toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Prev owners name to ffep. Lightly toned pages with spotting and faint foxing to upper edges DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 274. Size: 8vo 19cm by 12.5cm. Not signed.