Search Results: Authors starting with F from Rosley Books

Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 38 George Street, 1869. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. EDINBURGH : 1869. Hardback. Original brown sand-grained cloth, gilt lettered spine. Original brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name; no internal markings. In tight, bright and clean condition. Minor wear to head and foot of spine. Spine gilt bright. VERY GOOD. (xii), 484 pages. **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. ].

London : The Waverley Book Company, Ltd., Farringdon Street, 1935. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. 48 coloured plates by A.H. Sands, and about 250 illustrations in the text.. LONDON : 1935?. [ The Waverly Bk. Co. later was The Waverley Book Company leather was incorporated in 1917 as Gresham Publishing Company Limited. ]. Hardback. 48 coloured plates by A.H. Sands, and about 250 illustrations in the text. Original black; leather-grained cloth; gilt lettered and decorated spine. No owner name or internal markings. A little foxing to end-papers. Feint splash to pages around recipes (Caramel Pudding and also Scotch Woodcock). Tight, bright and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xii), 958 pages. Index. Appendix of 1935 prices to be cross-referenced to those in the text which were written in 1911. **Heavy; some extra postage needed over 3kg. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland,… Read More

New York: Paulist Press, 1982. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. EW YORK : 1982. [ Series: Classics of Western Spirituality ]. Translation of: Lama?at. First Edition thus. Paperback. Translation and Introduction by William C. Chittick and Peter Lamborn Wilson ; Preface by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Blue and full colour pictorial covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xvi), 178 pages. Includes bibliography (p. 168-169). Index. Lg.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Uncommon title in the UK.

London: Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, 1904. Not Given . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. Illustrations by Harry Furniss.. LONDON : 1904. Undated. [ Library of 6d. Novels ]. Paperback. Illustrations by Harry Furniss. Plain paper wrappers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Stamp to title-page: **Foyle's Novel Book Store will give you 2D if returned to this store**. No internal markings. Very scarce sixpenny novel. Overall VERY GOOD INDEED. 128 pages. 3pp adverts. BENJAMIN LEOPOLD FARJEON (12 May 1838 - 23 July 1903) was an English novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. As an author, he was known for his huge output. Farjeon was born in London to Dinah Levy and Jacob Farjeon, Orthodox Jews. He was raised in Whitechapel and had no formal secular education. At 14, he entered the office of the Nonconformist, a Christian journal, to learn the printing trade. He broke away from the strict faith of his father and in 1854 emigrated to Australia. During… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, 1906. Not Given . Soft cover. Very Good. Large Octavo. LONDON : 1906. First published in 1894. [ Library of 6d. Novels ]. Paperback. White and red printed covers; lettered spine. Adverts (Soaps & medicines) to inside covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Average paper quality. Minor wear (two neat repairs to two lost corners of the covers); spine tips slight loss. Very scarce sixpenny novel. Overall VERY GOOD. 238 pages. 3pp adverts. BENJAMIN LEOPOLD FARJEON (12 May 1838 - 23 July 1903) was an English novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. As an author, he was known for his huge output. Farjeon was born in London to Dinah Levy and Jacob Farjeon, Orthodox Jews. He was raised in Whitechapel and had no formal secular education. At 14, he entered the office of the Nonconformist, a Christian journal, to learn the printing trade. He broke away from the strict faith of his father and in 1854 emigrated to Australia.… Read More

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. Not Given . Soft cover. Very Good. Large Octavo. LONDON : 1900. Undated; circa 1900. [ Library of 6d. Novels ]. First published in 1887. Paperback. White and red printed covers; lettered spine. Adverts (Eno & Cocoa) to inside covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Average paper quality. Minor wear. Very scarce sixpenny novel. VERY GOOD. 188 pages. 4pp adverts. BENJAMIN LEOPOLD FARJEON (12 May 1838 - 23 July 1903) was an English novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. As an author, he was known for his huge output. Farjeon was born in London to Dinah Levy and Jacob Farjeon, Orthodox Jews. He was raised in Whitechapel and had no formal secular education. At 14, he entered the office of the Nonconformist, a Christian journal, to learn the printing trade. He broke away from the strict faith of his father and in 1854 emigrated to Australia. During the voyage he was moved from steerage to cabin class because he had produced some… Read More

London: Methuen & Co., 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1925. Hardback. Blue-green textured cloth; gilt lettered spine. Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 128 pages. Scarce. JOSEPH JEFFERSON FARJEON (1883) was an English crime and mystery novelist, playwright and screenwriter. His father, brother and sister also made names for themselves in literature. Born in Hampstead, London, Farjeon was the grandson of the American actor Joseph Jefferson, after whom he was named. His parents were Jefferson's daughter Maggie (1853-1935) and Benjamin Farjeon (1838-1903), a prolific Victorian novelist, who was born in Whitechapel to an impoverished immigrant family and travelled widely before returning to England in 1868. Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's brothers were Herbert, a dramatist and scholar, and Harry, who became a composer. His sister Eleanor became a renowned… Read More

Carlisle: Charles Thurnam, 1952. Eighth Edition . Soft cover. Good. Small Octavo. CARLISLE : 1952. ['Originally written for the West Cumberland Times, in which paper they appeared weekly, under the title of "Betty Wilson's sketches'.-Preface to this 1st ed signed: 'Thomas Farrall, Aspatria, Christmas, 1875. New author's preface to this edition - 'Aspatria, midsummer, 1892'. Introduction by Marley Denwood, dated 1952. ]. Printed card covers. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear and dulling to covers. Feint tape marks to cover. GOOD. (xiii), 178 pages. Sm.8vo. **. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Carlisle: Mason, Castle Street, 1929. Seventh Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Small Octavo. CARLISLE : 1929. ['Originally written for the West Cumberland Times, in which paper they appeared weekly, under the title of "Betty Wilson's sketches'.-Preface to this 1st ed signed: 'Thomas Farrall, Aspatria, Christmas, 1875. New author's preface to this edition - 'Aspatria, midsummer, 1892' ]. Card covers. Original dark orange covers; plain spine; printed covers. Bright, tight and clean copy. No owner name or internal markings. A few pages thumbed. Minor wear only. Old feint tape marks to cover. VERY GOOD. (viii), 160 pages. SCARCE. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: A & C Black [ Dacre Press ], 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1958. Hardback. Original dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In light-grey printed dust-jacket. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. A little foxing. NEAR FINE in like dust-jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xiii), 315 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: Dacre Press, Westminster, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1954. The Edward Cadbury Lectures ; 1953-54. Hardback. Original dark green cloth, spine lettered in silver. No owner name or internal markings. Fresh bright copy. NEAR FINE. (xiii), 236 pages. Index. **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. ].

London: Dacre Press, 1958. Second Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1958. [ First published in 1948.]. Hardback. Original dark-red cloth; spine gilt lettered. In light-grey and red printed dust-jacket (price clipped). Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Neat repair to head of jacket spine. NEAR FINE in VG+ dust-jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. A nice celan copy. (xii), 151 pages. Index. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Oxford: Oxford University ( Clarendon ) Press - E Typographeo, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1964. Hardback. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. In cream and red printed dust-jacket; not price clipped. Bright, tight and clean. Ex College Library with usual markings. Some wear to jacket. VERY GOOD in GOOD dust-jacket - now in a clear protective sleeve. (viii), 233 pages. Index. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: A & C Black [ Dacre Press ], 1967. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1967. Containing the Deems Lectures for 1964. Paperback. Quality sewn book. Original dark-red printed covers. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Spine slightly fading. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (viii), 175 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: Geoffrey Bles : The Centenary Press, 1966. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. FIRST EDITION : 1966. Paperback. [ The Bp of London Lent book. ]. Grey printed covers; with flaps. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. 127 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 12mo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [ S.P.C.K. ], 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION : 1973. Introduction by John Austin Baker. Edited by Charles C. Conti. A collection of previously unpublished sermons - mostly in Oxford. Hardback. Green cloth, gilt lettered spine. In white and green printed dust-jacket. Top-edge green. No internal markings; mark where label has been and name rubbed out. A bright clean copy. VERY GOOD INDEED in like jacket; now in a clear protecive sleeve. (xii), 176 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Literature, Theology and Church History. ]

London: Dacre Press, Westminster, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo. Folding chart.. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1949. **J. B. Phillips' copy**. Hardback. Folding chart to the rear. Original dark-red cloth; spine lettered in gilt. In dark red printed dust-jacket. **Signed to fly-leaf by J. B. Phillips; dated 1956. No other owner name markings. Feint mark to fly-leaf (stain). Bright, tight and clean. Jacket bright; with wear and a few neat repairs. VERY GOOD INDEED in GOOD jacket; not faded - now in a clear protective sleeve. 348 pages. Index. Folding chart to rear. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Faith Press Ltd.,, 1958. Revised . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. LONDON : 1962. [ First issued in 1955, revised in 1958 ]. First Paperback Edition. Cream printed covers (spine plain). Quality sewn book. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; some internal markings. Minor wear. GOOD. 95 pages. Quite uncommon. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1964. Hardback. Original dark blue cloth, spine gilt lettered. In light grey & orange printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped). No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED in like dust-jacket - now in a clear protective sleeve. 157 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1970. Hardback. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red printed dust-jacket (price-clipped). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Slight fading to jacket spine. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. **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. ].