Fourth Leaders From The Times: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months

Various

Verlag: The Times Publishing Company Limited 1949-1956, London, 1949

Beschreibung

Six smart first editions of these collections of short essays from The Times over the years. Six volumes. First editions. A collection of short essays from a variety of writers and journalists intended to provide a measure of light relief, from a selection of the works published in The Times over the previous twelve months. This set includes: Fourth Leaders From The Times 1949: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1949. With essays entitled: The Forgotten Art of Forgetting, The Oaf at The Wheel, and Spies Ashore. Fourth Leaders From The Times 1950: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1950. With essays entitled: On Trying to Be Funny, Dream Tennant, and Measles on Ice. Fourth Leaders From The Times 1952: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1952. With essays entitled: A New Holmes Mystery, Someone at the Door, and For Children of All Ages. Fourth Leaders From The Times 1953: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1953. With essays entitled: Hard Luck, Ears and No Ears, and Bang Goes Sixpence. Fourth Leaders From The Times 1955: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1955. With essays entitled: The Absolute Indispensability of Reindeer, Family Remarks, and A Heated Quoting Match. Fourth Leaders From The Times 1956: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months, 1956. With essays entitled: The Temptations of Tidiness, That Rings a Bell, and All You Want Everywhere. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear or fading to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers are price-clipped other than 1950 and 1952 which are unclipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges with the odd small mark. Light spotting to some panels. The odd small closed tear with a 1" closed tear to the tail of the spine of 1953. Contemporary ink inscription to the front fly leaf of 1949. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of 1955. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 917T83

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fourth Leaders From The Times: A Selection ...

Verlag: The Times Publishing Company Limited 1949-1956, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book