dorothy devenish (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Color Frontispiece; B/W Plates; Map Endpapers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ix, 115 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt.First Printing. Lightly Used Near Fine Book, Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Dj Not Price Clipped, Wear At Edges, Small Losses At Corners. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Very Good. B&W Photo Illus (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy. Dust Jacket With Some Light Foxing. Garden Scene Inside Covers And Endpapers. Normal Shelf And Age Wear.

Zustand: Good. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1948 8vo. 115 pages. brown cloth boards lightly soiled. illustrated endpapers. binding secure. creasing and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 113pp hardback, brown cloth brown-lettered, board part faded, illustrated with figured==s and plates from photographs, a study of this Wiltshire community.

Zustand: Good. 1948. First Edition. 115 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Frontispiece is becoming loose. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good, or Better. First Edition. Description of country life in England at a house called Little Durnford. 115pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket shows wear to some edges and a small lost piece at head of spine. Otherwise, bright and clean. Weight, 310g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning. DJ with some edge wear, tears, toning and minor loss. Clipped.

8vo, pp. 115. Illustrated, with maps on endpapers. Hinge tender, cover little soiled, o/w VG. Memories of a manor house and its gardens and farm.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 115p., ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Country life -- Great Britain. Little Durnford -- Wiltshire -- England. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. x, 115pp, colour frontispiece & illustrations. DW is edge worn with slight loss at the spine ends. Cloth has slight edge wear. Internally unmarked. A scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. X + 115pp, illustrated, bound in tan cloth , inscr on verso ffep, sl foxing of prelims, information from dustwrapper flap stuck on endpaper. Covers nice and bright; Octavo.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 115p., ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Country life -- Great Britain. Little Durnford -- Wiltshire -- England. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. (ix) 115pp. Tan cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in clipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Boards very lightly bumped. Dustwrapper rubbed with wear and some small chips to extremities. Boards and textblock clean tight and bright. A very pleasing copy.

Size approx 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In orange cloth with gilt lettering and banding to spine. With plans and map to endpapers. With original illustrated paper dustwrapper. Orange page edging to top. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW Spine lightly tanned. Rubbed along edges with nicks from corners and ends of spine. Not price clipped. In protective cellophane wrapper.). Ends of spine faded. Gilt rubbed on spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some light rubbing to edges. Light foxing spots to outer page edges. Else a very good copy. 115pp. With colour frontispiece and 60 b&w illustrations.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good/Very Good. First Edition. A bright firm book in a slightly worn dj Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. DEVENISH, Dorothy [115] pp. w/ 60 illustrations B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1938 8 3/4" x 6" The jacket is reproduced from a watercolour of Durnford by George Shepperd in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A charming collection of nine richly illustrated first editions, exploring the landscapes, architecture, and heritage of Southern and South-West England, each in the publisher"s original dust wrapper, the majority unclipped. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.With the publisher's original dust wrappers, the majority of which are unclipped. Dust wrappers of "Collins Pocket Guide", "Hants & Dorest Motor Services", and "Purbeck : The Ingrained Island" clipped.These volumes are first editions, with Collins Pocket Guide being the first of the revised edition, not the original 1958, and Purbeck (1981) being the second impression of the first edition.This nine-volume collection offers a rich and varied portrait of Southern and South-West England, its landscapes, villages, architecture, and local histories, consistingof:The Face of Britain: English Downland (1936) by H. J. Massingham. This copy is a first edition. A richly illustrated survey of the South Downs, featuring photographic plates and a colour frontispiece. A Wiltshire Home: A Study of Little Durnford (1948) by Dorothy Devenish; introduction by Edith Olivier. This copy is a first edition. A visual and narrative exploration of a Wiltshire manor, illustrated with sixty monochrome plates and a colour frontispiece. Bristol Cream (1955) by Godfrey Harrison. This copy is a first edition. An evocative look at the city of Bristol, with monochrome photographic plates and a colour frontispiece. The Caliph of Fonthill (1956) by H. A. N. Brockman; introduction by Nicholas Pevsner. This copy is a first edition. A history of William Beckford"s Fonthill estate, illustrated with monochrome plates and a colour frontispiece. Round About the Little Steeple (1960) by Ida Gandy. This copy is a first edition. A charming account of a Wiltshire village in the 17th century, with a photographic frontispiece of Bishops Cannings Church. Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches (1968) edited by John Betjeman. This copy is a first edition of the revised edition. An architectural guide to English churches, fully illustrated and includes a postcard from the author. History of the Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited (1973) by Colin Morris. This copy is a first edition. A detailed transport history with monochrome photographic plates and a fold-out map of bus routes. A Tisbury History (1980) by Peter Drury and Jill Drury. This copy is a first edition, signed by the authors. A local history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, illustrated with monochrome plates. Purbeck: The Ingrained Island (1981) by Paul Hyland. This is the second impression of the first edition. A poetic journey through the Isle of Purbeck, with photographic illustrations by Bob Groves. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. "English Downland" slightly more worn than other copies, but smart, with library stamp to rear free endpaper, fading to spine and extremities of boards. One or two handling marks and one or two minor damp spots to boards. Dust wrappers, generally smart. Dust wrappers of "Collins Pocket Guide", "Hants & Dorest Motor Services", and "Purbeck : The Ingrained Island" clipped. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear and chip to extremities. Dust wrapper of English Downland age toned. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in chipping to perimeters, particularly to the head and tail of the spine. Extremities reinforced with white tape. Extremities faded, with one or two slight damp spots to boards and slight handling marks. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves more so to older copies. "A Tisbury History" signed by the authors to the half title page. Very Good. book.