Search Results: wild wales its people language and by borrow george

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1955 Reprint of the 1862 Edition; HARDCOVER; this is NOT ex-library; small light stain along top edge of a couple of pages; o/w in good condition. .

1862. Paperback. GOOD. 1977 PB. Light all around wear. Clean text w/light foxing to pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Reprinted. 544 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

NEW YORK: thomas nelson and sons. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. 572 p. Wild Wales: Its people, language and scenery-THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD George Borrow-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER-JUNE 16 1953-572 PAGES

Collins, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1974. Reprint. 544 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Jones Publishing, John, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. Reprint. 544 pages. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates remain bright and clear. Mild foxing to last few pages. Binding is firm. Price inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Moderate sunning to ends of spine. Noticeable rubbing to boards. Clipped jacket. Mild foxing to all surfaces. Moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and creasing, and slight loss to spine ends.

Wear to corners of clipped DJ, otherwise very good internally with little sign of use.  No other inscriptions or markings and not clipped.

Collins, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Reprint. 544 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine.

Oxford University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. Reprint. 622 pages. Photographic dust jacket with B&W lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Moderate foxing, tanning and soiling to DJ.

John Murray, 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. Reprint. 733 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing to endpapers. Notable cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Missing rear endpaper. Pencil inscription to endpapers. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends.

Collins, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Edition Thus. 544 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear of frontispiece. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Pencil mark to front flap.

John Murray, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. New and Authoritative Edition. 733 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/John Murray. Good. 1901. New Edition. Hardcover. Binding is cracked between the frontis and the title page. Front inner hinge is a little weak. Upper margin of rear cover is stained. Endpapers are lightly foxed. Private book plate on the front endpaper. .

Thomas Nelson & Sons. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo). Green cloth. This copy does have a dust jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Collins, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. Reprint. 544 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

John Murray, 1926. 1926 rep. hardcover. 733pp, inscription, VG copy. With black and white illustrations.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons, 1958. Everyman's Library No. 49. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Publisher's cloth The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.  The dust jack has modest and even age-toning with a tape repair on the top of the spine. 7.25 inches tall; 617 pages with an introduction by David Jones. . This book recounts Borrow's personal experiences and insights while touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854, and has come to be regarded as a source of useful information about the social and geographical history of the country at that time. It has been described as "robust, dramatic and cheerful", and the author as "an agreeably eccentric, larger-than-life, jovial man whose laughter rings all through the book". Borrow trained as a lawyer but soon took to literature and wrote novels and travel books, drawing on his many journeys around Britain and Europe. Borrow was a noted linguist; he spoke Welsh and… Read More