Preface by a e wilson (7 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : G/No Dustjacket. London, UK: W. H. Allen. G/No Dustjacket. 1953. . Cloth. Illustrated endpapers. . 8vo., xiv, 282pp., Edges rubbed with ding in spine, bumped corners; flap taped to inside front cover, ownership . Black & White Illustrations (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. A fine as new copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. Scholarly prepared by the Castle Hill Press it is a handsome volume. A numbered copy of the cloth subscribers edition in fine d/w. This being No 158. 219pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Slipcase. First Edition. A fine clean copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. In quarter leather and gilt titlie to spine. In card slipcase as issued. Portrait frontis of Henry Williamson by Powys Evans. 219pp. Copy number 83. A fine new copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. Scholarly, prepared by the Castle Hill Press it is a handsome volume. Typeset in Garamond by Castle Hill Press. Printed by The Burlington Press on 100 g.s.m. Supreme Bookwove, a high-quality acid-free paper. A much sought after copy.…

Cloth Bound Boards. Etat : Very Good. Second Edition. 1913 The second edition. Complete in Two volumes. Size quarto, 633 and 534 pages. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the front cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges unevenly trimmed, marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good, corners spine ends and hinges a bit rubbed, cloth a little chipped at the head and tail of spine on volume I, front hinges a bit loose on volume I, contents are very clean throughout. With Photogravure Frontispiece, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson), 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations, from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting, and Other Members of the Expedition; Panoramas and Maps. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. With Photogravure Frontispiece, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson), 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations, from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting, and Other Members of the (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 4th Edition. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Some damp staining to the bottom of the textblocks of both volumes. Otherwise very good clean copies with some light repairs to fold out maps. Postage will be higher than quoted for outside NZ.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Fine. First Edition 1971,pp.271,with frontis.b&w photograph of Aircraftman 'T.E.Shaw' in India. T.E.Lawrence's personal selection of poetry, "my private anthology, which necessity and much travelling compelled me to select and copy into a small note-book for myself". With some facsimile poems in Lawrence's handwriting. Edited by J.M.Wilson and with a preface by the then Poet Laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis. Fine in publisher's dark blue cloth with white cloth spine. Titles on spine gilt within bright blue cartouche. No markings, previous owners' names or inscriptions. Fine, unclipped bright blue d.j. A lovely copy,very well preserved and protected in mylar cover.…

First edition: two volumes, octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and rules and blind rules to the upper boards; 1,209pp. [xxvipp. + 633pp. + xvipp. + 534pp.], untrimmed, top edges gilt, with two monochrome portrait frontispieces, 2 folding panoramas, 3 double-page plates and 181 plates likewise, plus 8 maps (6 folding and 1 in colour), 18 colour plates and 2 black-and-white illustrations. Moderate wear; both volumes shaken; spine extremities softened; spine of Volume I cracked; spines sunned with some chipping to Volume I; boards lightly rubbed with some mild sunning; text block edges spotted; mild offset to the endpapers; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaves. No dustwrappers. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "Scott's legacy has been buffered to and fro like the Antarctic wind over the past 100 years. In the aftermath of his death, which was not known about back home for almost another year, he was hailed as a hero by a declining Empire desperately in need of one. In later years, he has been traduced as an incompetent, indecisive amateur. Somewhere between the two, a middle ground can be found, emphasising his team's scientific discoveries and the extreme conditions they faced, without either condemning or cheerleading. Regardless, it is difficult not to feel a small Edwardian lump rising at the back of your throat when you read one of the final diary entries: 'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.'" - Iain Hollingshead.…