Search Results: Authors starting with E from Rosley Books

Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Sons, 1857. Second Thousand . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. EDINBURGH : 1857. Hardback. Dark blue textured cloth. Gilt lettered spine; blind ruled boards. Lemon end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Frontispiece and two illustrations (the two full-page plates have original tissue-guards) - small stain to margin of one illus. Neat contemporary owner names - one dated 1857. No internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. Nice copy. Scarce first printing. (xii), 432 pages. 4pp adverts. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Eton: Williams and Sons, 1875. No Binding. Very Good Plus. 8vo. ETON : 1875. Antique engraving of Earl Camden. Mounted. VERY GOOD INDEED. JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC (11 February 1759 - 8 October 1840), styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1795 and 1798 and as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1804 and 1805. Mount size approx 10 x 8 inches. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Eton: Williams and Sons, 1875. No Binding. Very Good Plus. 8vo. ETON : 1875. Antique engraving of Earl Howe. Mounted. VERY GOOD INDEED. Admiral of the Fleet RICHARD HOWE, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 - 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759. In North America, Howe is best known for his service during the American Revolutionary War, when he acted as a naval commander and a peace commissioner with the American rebels; he also conducted a successful relief during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the later stages of the War. Howe later commanded the victorious British fleet during the Glorious First of June in June 1794 during the French… Read More

London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. , 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Plates. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1964. Hardback. Illustrated; frontispiece and six other full-page plates. Light-grey cloth; black lettered spine. In grey pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped (30s). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Jacket has a minor feint mark to front. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 205 pages. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 178-187) Bibliography: p. 188-191. Index. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Kettering: Silver Link Publishing, 2009. Second Revised Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - 10 x 12 Inches Tall. Illustrated Throughout (B&W and Colour).. REVISED EDITION. KETTERING : 2009. [ First published in 1994.]. **Signed by the Author**. Hardback. Illustrated throughout (B&W and Colour. Green cloth; gilt lettered spine. In green and colour pictorial dust-jacket. Green end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. **Signed by the author to the half-title**. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 272 pages. Index. SCARCE; no copy of this Revised Edition in any UK library. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Kettering: Silver Link Publishing, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Illustrated Throughout (B&W and Colour).. FIRST EDITION. KETTERING : 2006. **Signed by the Author**. Hardback. Illustrated throughout (B&W and Colour). Blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In blue and colour pictorial dust-jacket. Blue end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. **Signed by the author to the half-title**. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE; no copy in any UK library. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Freiburg i. B. and Leipzig: Academic Publishing House of J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1972. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. TUBINGEN: 1972. Vol 3. Sept. 1972. Text in German. Original dark-brown pebble-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Ex college library with minimal marks; none to the spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping.**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Freiburg i. B. and Leipzig: Academic Publishing House of J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1972. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. TUBINGEN: 1972. Vol 4. June. 1972. Text in German. Original dark-brown pebble-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Ex college library with minimal marks; none to the spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping.**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 2011. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION THUS. CAMBRIDGE : 2011. Third volume of six; Poetical Books; Job to Ecclesiasticus. Latin and English on opposite pages. Hardback. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. In gold printed dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xxxviii), 1,187 pages. 8vo. **Heavy; extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London & Glasgow: Alfred Holness & R.L. Allan & Son, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON & GLASGOW : 1921. [ No date; dated by the British Library copy ]. Only 3 UK libraries hold copies. A. Holness may have sold the sheets to P&I in Glasgow several years later. Hardback. Olive-green cloth, coloured pictorial binding with gilt lettering. Floral end-papers. Pictorial vignette to title-page. Neat owner name and address (old), but no internal markings. Generally tight and contents clean. Binding bright and unfaded. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xi), 171 pages. 8pp adverts. Uncommon title. Attractive binding. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE

Edinburgh: Printed for private circulation [ James Ballantyne and Co. [printer], 1865. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION THUS. EDINBURGH : 1865. Edition limited to 'Three hundred copies'. Hardback. Frontispiece; two facsimiles of Edwards' handwriting. Original green sand-grained cloth; neatly respined in matching cloth; gilt lettered. Original brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Ex University Library (Ridley Hall, Cambridge University) with neat stamp to half-title and title-page only. A little light foxing. Tight, bright and clean. Minor bump to upper corners. 209 pages. 2pp adverts for A. B. Grosart's books. CONTENTS: Treatise on grace -- Annotations on passages of the Bible -- Directions for judging of persons' experiences -- Sermons. SCARCE. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely acknowledged to be one of America's most important theologians and considered a fountainhead of American evangelicalism. He not only played an… Read More

Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2008. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. FIRST EDITION THUS. EDINBURGH : 2015. [ Pocket Puritans ]. Paperback. Cream pictorial covers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Small crease to a corner of cover. VERY GOOD INDEED. 117 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 12mo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd. , 1966. Second Edition Revised . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION. OXFORD : 1966. [ First published 1949, revised and enlarged here.]. Hardback. Grey textured cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. End-papers slightly browned. A lovely copy in excellent state. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE. (xvii), 557 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. CONTENTS: Front Cover; Primitive Money: In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Primitive Money; CHAPTER 2. Is Primitive Money still Terra Incognita?; CHAPTER 3. The Background to Primitive Money; CHAPTER 4. Treatment of the Subject; BOOK I: ETHNOLOGICAL SECTION; PART I: OCEANIA; CHAPTER 1. Mat and Bark Cloth Money in Samoa; CHAPTER 2.… Read More

Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd. , 1966. Second Edition Revised . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ** SALE ** REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION. OXFORD : 1966. [ First published 1949, revised and enlarged here.]. Hardback. Grey textured cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. End-papers slightly browned. A lovely copy in excellent state. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE. (xvii), 557 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. CONTENTS: Front Cover; Primitive Money: In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Primitive Money; CHAPTER 2. Is Primitive Money still Terra Incognita?; CHAPTER 3. The Background to Primitive Money; CHAPTER 4. Treatment of the Subject; BOOK I: ETHNOLOGICAL SECTION; PART I: OCEANIA; CHAPTER 1. Mat and Bark Cloth Money in Samoa;… Read More

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Plates. EDINBURGH : circa 1884. Hardback. Frontispiece (with tissue-guard), and five other full-page plates. Original publisher's dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name dated 1884. No internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (ix), 330, pages. ** Will pack well** 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [ Everyman ], 1929. Re-issue . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. LONDON : 1929. First published in 1906. Everyman's library of Fiction. Hardback. Introduction by Annie Matheson. Original red ribbed-cloth; gilt lettered decorated upper spine. Blind 'Dent' motif on front cover. Patterned end-papers. Red series style dust-jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. Bright copy; internally crisp and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Jacket has minor wear only (with EL Lighthouse Emblem to spine). NEAR FINE. Jacket VERY GOOD INDEED; now in a clear protective sleeve. (x), 262 pages. BIbliography p.x. SCARCE in jacket. See Seymour's Guide to Everyman, 2005; page 138. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Dent Everyman Library No. 121.

London: Faber and Faber, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1948. Hardback. Original light-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In buff printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped). No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 128 pages. CONTENTS: The three senses of 'culture'.--The class and the elite.--Unity and diversity: the region.--Unity and diversity: sect and cult.--A note on culture and politics.--Notes on education and culture: and conclusion.--Appendix: The unity of European culture. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: Faber and Faber, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1933. Hardback. Original dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. Top-edge trimmed; the other untrimmed as issued. Neat owner name of D.M. Shapiro; no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 156 pages. CONTENTS: Apology for the Countess of Pembroke.--The age of Dryden.--Wordsworth and Coleridge.--Shelley and Keats.--Matthew Arnold.--The modern mind. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Quarto. LONDON : 1980. [ First published in 1971. Parallel facsimile typescript/manuscript and printed transcription. ]. Paperback. Original white printed covers. A bright, tight clean copy. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (xxxi), 149 pages. SUMMARY: When the New York Public Library announced in October 1968 that its Berg Collection had acquired the original manuscript of "The Waste Land", one of the most puzzling mysteries of twentieth-century literature was solved. The manuscript was not lost, as had been believed, but had remained among the papers of John Quinn, Eliot's friend and adviser, to whom the poet had sent it in 1922. If the discovery of the manuscript was startling, its content was even more so, because the published version of "The Waste Land" was considerably shorter than the original. How it was reduced and edited is clearly revealed on… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. LONDON : 1964. [ First published in 1935.]. Hardback. Original purple cloth; gilt lettered spine. No owner name; some neat helpful internal markings in pencil. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only to jacket with one small nick. VERY GOOD INDEED in VG jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 86 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]