edith summerskill (26 résultats)

Etat : Good. 1956. First Edition. 104 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Notable forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges Moderate loss to jacket edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. 1st Edition. Couple chips to top of jacket near spine.

Etat : Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content has even toning and some marks on the outer edge pages. No DJ.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. A polemic against the corruption and brutality of Boxing. 8vo. 110pp. Very good. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Cover. discolouration to page edges.

1957 William Heinnemann hardcover; light soiling/edge-ripping to dust jacket; name on first end paper; pages lightly tanning, but clean/tight; good condition.

Hardcover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. illustrated. A polemic against boxing.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First printing. Frontis photo, 104 pp., photos, red hardcover cloth.Very Good condition.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. Illustrated. Somer minor foxing to edges and endpapers. D/w rubbed at extremities, with a few small repaired tears; a bit grubby. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. Condition Notes: A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper with a short, closed, tear to the head of the upper panel; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.7 kg); pp 104; Includes: Black & white photographs; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188214 ||.

Etat : Good. 1957. First Published. 205 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Wear to jacket spine and leading corners, and foxing to page block. Internally pages are clean and text is clear. AD. Used.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy small octavo 104pp., frontis., b/w plates, Small chip to unclipped dust jacket o/w a nice copy.

8vo, HB, 104pp. Good condition, in fair d/w (much repaired with tape at one stage, battered, chipped, pieces missing from lower spine and upper edge and corners, faded, rubbed, creased, grubby, and generally in a sad state!). Owner's name on ffep, lightly foxed, bumped at lower edges. The other side of boxing, which the author believes to be 'a medically dangerous and morally dubious occupation which harms the participants physically and the spectators mentally.'.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Contains (x), 104 pp with monochrome photographs throughout. Dusty to edge. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with internally repaired tears to the edges, not price clipped, 10s 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Boxing].

The author argues that boxing is medically dangerous and morally dubious - an impassioned challenge against pugilism. 8vo. 104pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed and torn with some minor loss. Internally good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (10s 6d net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 104pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (12/3).

HardBack. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First edition. 205pp. Small 1cm tear to top corner of fep and half title page. Some light foxing to endpapers. Faded spine and boards. Light wear to extremities. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. REPRINT. Wrapper is in a protective plastic, wrapper is lightly rubbed and lightly marked, boards lightly marked. Clean throughout. Good. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Second impression. 8vo. Pp 258. Original cloth. The price-clipped d/w shows some edge wear and soiling. A sound copy.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 12 books 1939, 40, 41, 42, and 1944 are hard backs 128 to 324 pp red cloth with gilt titles to spine, remainder at red paperbacks with black titles120 to 176 pp all have bw photos. All are in good condition, cloth faded, paper covers rubbed and creased, general wear and signs of age, pages clean and firmly held . Set over 3.5 Kg will need extra postage outside UK.

103 S. Erstausgabe. Wertiger Band in Englisch mit packenden Boxerfotos / Kämpfen etc z.B. Hein ten Hoff, Heinz Neuhaus usw. Buchperle über das Boxen - von der Autorin (+ anderer Person, Verleger oder Boxer ?) signiert, datiert (1958) + gewidmet. Ou min. Randspuren, sonst + Buch gut (wohl ungelesen, leichte Lagerspuren).

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition copy of Dr. Edith Summerskill's compelling case against professional boxing. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In this work, Dr. Edith Summerskill presents her argument against professional boxing, reasoning that it is a sport which harms both the participants and the spectators physically and psychologically. She offers medical data, examples of damaging beliefs concerning the sport, and her thoughts on the human instinct for violence, making this volume an interesting read as well as well-written one. Illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very bright and smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Dust wrapper remains bright, with chipping to the head and tail of the spine and to the front of the wrap. Spotting to the rear of the wrap. Loss to the rear of the wrap. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. [vi], 205, [1] pages. Hardback with the dustwrapper which is not price clipped. Some browning and creasing to the dustwrapper. Light browning to pages. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 1ST edition 1956.

Cloth. Etat : Good Plus. Etat de la jaquette : Good Minus. Jacket has sunned spine, chipping and spotting. Board edges and spine heavily sunned, closed edges foxed, pages clean and tidy Size: 8vo.