Resultados de búsqueda: Great Britain from Trench Books

London: Winchester, 1948. Black Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Slight wear and a few scuffs to covers, clean and unmarked. The story of Eton College, now nearly 600 years old, illus. with sixty-three B&W photos. Indexed, with a glossary of Eton words and phrases. Map endpapers showing the college and it's environs.

New York: Random House, 1938. Decorative Cloth. Good/Good. Light wear/soiling to covers, flyleaf MISSING; private rental library stamps inside front cover, no other markings or pocket. Jacket shows wear to edges, light soiling, 1" closed tear to top front. "A beautiful story of a fine old English manor house and the family that inherited it". (sounds good to me)

Boston: LIttle Brown, 1938. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Bound in silver cloth, yellow titles. Minimal wear at spine ends; sound, clean , and unmarked. Jacket shows wear at edges and corners, 1x2" chip top right back(titles unaffected), not price clipped. The "British Agent" on a pilgrimage through Europe in the pre-war years.

New York: Hart Publishing, 1970. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Shelf wear, rubbing to covers, name on flyleaf, pencil underlinings throughout. Written by a sixteen year old who spent a year at A.S. Neill's Summerhill School in Britain, this tells what life was like in the very liberal institution. Over 100 candid B&W photos by the author. Oversized paperback.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Black Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Light wear at corners and edges, unmarked. Jacket quite worn at edges, tears and rubbing. The story of a failed German attempt to invade England. Many B&W photos.

New York: Harper, 1945. Second Printing . Green Cloth. Good+/Fair. Wear/soiling to covers, otherwise sound and unmarked. Jacket edgeworn, faded. "Life in wartime Sussex". Nice reading copy.

New York: Scott Foresman Co., 1968. Fifth Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Ligh wear, minimal soiling. This set was evidently for review purposes and each volume has a card from the publisher afixed inside the front cover. Each volume is 1800+ pages and pretty well covers the subject. Due to weight, extra postage required outside the US.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1934. First American Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/Fair. A bit of fading to cover edges, foxing to page edges, unmarked. Jacket complete, worn and faded. A historical novel, set in 4th century Britain.

New York: Viking, 1968. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn with several small tears. Ms. Manders was considered one of Rngland's master chefs. Edited by Rumer Godden.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1938. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps to lower corners, slight fading/soiling to spine and edges; prev. owner's stamp inside front cover and on title page, otherwise a sound, clean copy. Illus with B&W photos of Wales.

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1938. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Slight fading to covers, inscription on flyleaf. Jacket shows wear at edges and corners, not price clipped. A story of England, in the years just before WW2.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Amsterdam. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time - An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain". Published in NY by New Amsterdam, in London by George Redway; printed in England. This copy is not dated but does have an orig owner's inscription (in pencil) on the flyleaf dated 1898. Bumps to spine ends and corners, slight soiling to upper front cover and spine, blue/gray cloth.

London: Odhams Press. Blue Cloth. Good/Poor. Cover edges faded, somewhat worn; sentimental 1944 inscription on flyleaf; sound copy. Jacket worn, 1" strip torn from top front edge. What life was like throughout Britain during WWII. Many B&W photos.

Madison: Univ. Of Wisconsin, 2001. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps to spine ends, slight shelf wear, prev. owner's inscription on front flyleaf otherwise clean and unmarked. Illus with B&W photos. Sailing the British Isles. Signed by author on title page.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1977. Revised Edition . Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Light wear and soiling to covers, name on flyleaf. Many drawings, numerous color photos. Large paperback, 47 pages.

London: D.C. Thomson, 1973. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps w/tear to lower right back corner, clean and unmarked. Published yearly, this is the 1973-74 edition. Directed at young women, this is a collection of short stories by popular authors. Hardcover with a photo of a young lady holding a kitten. A few ads at the front and back.

London: D.C. Thomson, 1972. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light shelfwear, portion of front flyleaf has been clipped away, otherwise a nice clean copy. This is the 1972-73 edition. Published in England and directed at young women, this is a collection of short stories by numerous popular authors. Also contains a few ads. Hardcover, shows color photo of a young lady decorating a Christmas tree.

Cavan, Ireland: Berwick Publishers, 1987. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Jeremy Williams. Clean and unmarked. Jackets shows slight wear at corners, orig. dealer's price sticker on front flap. "A collection of recipes from some of Ireland's best known cooking personalities". 135 pgs; indexed.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. Green Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Minimal wear, faint erasure on flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked. Price clipped jacket shows only light wear/rubbing.

New York: Scribner, 1945. Gray Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Slight lean, light soiling and shelfwear, faint school stamp inside front cover, number written on flyleaf, otherwise unmarked, a sound copy. Illus with B&W photos.