j w herries francis tudsbery (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. h/b 133 pages, condition is very good, no DJ, protected in a plastic cover. Unnumbered copy of a Limited edition of 300 copies. The Robin Chapel of the Thistle foundation.

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, some sunning to covers, top of page edges clean gilt and no bumping to corners. There is a trimmed glassine jacket stating three guinees nett. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. No 203 in a Limited Edition of 300. 133pp. The story of the Memorial Chapel near Edinburgh dedicated in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Robin Tudsbery who was killed in action in the last days of the Second World War. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 10.25 x 7.75 inches.

First edition. Undated [1956]. xiv + 133pp; 26 full-page plates. Fine blue cloth with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Slight tape marking discolouration to endpapers, otherwise Fine in a plain cream-coloured dustwrapper, now protected in a clear plastic sleeve. Limited edition of 300 copies. The present book bears the handwritten inscription ''To Marion. From Isabella F Tudsbery. With best wishes''. [The Thistle foundation was established as a charity in 1944 by Sir Francis & Lady Isabella Tudsbery to provide housing and care for disabled war veterans and their families. The Robin Chapel in Edinburgh was completed in 1953 as a place of interdenominational worship and as a memorial to their only son, Robin (1919-45), who was killed in World War Two].

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Publisher The Thistle Trust, Edinburgh, presumed 1956. Very Good condition. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design to spine and front cover. Rough cut pages. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions. Illustrations in b/w. Limited edition of 300, no indication of number.

8vo. pp. 133. profusely illus. in b/w. loosely inserted is a Sir Francis & Lady Tudsbery business card and an unsigned letter on Champfleurie, Linlithgow letterhead which is presumably written by Francis Tudsbery, dated November 21st, 1965. Original gilt-stamped cloth (tape residue stains on front & rear endpapers). Limited Edition of 300 numbered copies of which this is number 253.