Search Results: the spell of london by morton h v

Methuen, 1948. Nineteenth Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Near Fine jacket 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. pp.211. The author roams London. clean tight unread copy d/j shows minuscule piece missing top spine else slight edgewear, an abrasion to the middle of the spine

Methuen and Co., 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. Nineteenth Edition. 210 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to rear board. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Some tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. Eleventh Edition. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting as well. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and light bleach spotting to spine.

Methuen & Co., 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1930. 10th edition. 213 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned and foxed. Noticeable tanning & foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable tear to front flap joint. Loss to jacket's front panel and spine head.

Methuen & Co, 1931. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Methuen & Co., 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. Reprinted. 436 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding is shaky, pages 295-298 detached but still present. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Creasing to some pages. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to front board.

Methuen, 1940. 15th impression.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. x+213pp, cloth a little rubbed along the edges, a nice bright copy. The second collection of Morton's series of sketches of London life. They had originally appeared in the Daily Express. Henry Vollam Morton [ 1892 - 1979 ] journalist and pioneering travel writer. He first achieved fame in 1923 when he covered the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter.

Methuen, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1945. 436 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. 436 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Methuen & Co, 1929. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Methuen, 1944. Hardcover. Good. 1944. Tenth Edition. 436 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Sunning to spine.

Dodd, Mead & Co, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on verso. Related ephemera glued inside.

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1941. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1948. Sixteenth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers are foxedbut text appears unfoxed Edges slightly foxed Boards have bumped corners and bumped at top and bottom of spine The author's short essays (he calls them 'snapshots') have caught, in a most vivid way, the atmosphere, the humour, the tragedy and the pathos of London in the 1940s. Some B & W photos

Methuen, 1948. 16th impression.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xxvi+436pp, b/w frontis, 14 b/w plates, cloth a little rubbed along the edges, fore edge foxed, a nice copy. The omnibus edition of Morton's series of sketches of London life, with this post 1941 edition containing the introduction Morton wrote for the American edition of the book in which he describes London during the Blitz. Henry Vollam Morton [ 1892 - 1979 ] journalist and pioneering travel writer. He first achieved fame in 1923 when he covered the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter.

London: Methuen & Co, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Some yellowing to endpapers.

Methuen, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Significant rubbing and wear to edges of wrapper, tears to top and bottom edges. Has been internally repaired with special non acidic archive tape and is now in removable clear protective sleeve. No inscriptions. Not price clipped, illustrated. Some spotting to end papers and edges of text block. Text is clean and bright with little wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Metheun. London. 1936 (Reprint). F8vo, 213pp. Hardcover, original cloth, slightly worn on the extremeties, text in vg cond. A companion volume to "The Heart of London".

Methuen. Used - Good.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1948. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards. Few marks and pencil writing on the end papers. The remains of a jacket, very badly torn, creases and scuffed.