Search Results: Titles starting with G from CHARLES BOSSOM

Watts Gallery. Very Good/Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0956102239 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Small label on ffep. Numerous photographs & illustrations some in colour. 92 pages clean and tight. G.F. Watts's association with Kensington lasted for more than fifty years. The key: incidents of his life and his, work were played out within the confines of this corner of London, from the grandeur of Holland House and the bohemian enclave at the rambling old Little Holland House to his own purpose-built studio house at 6 Melbury Road. Watts had an international reputation in the later nineteenth- century; he was quite simply one of the most famous artists in the world. Yet, unlike today's globetrotting celebrities, artists of the. Victorian era deployed their homes as the site of their reputations and none more so than Watts. New Little Holland House formed the backdrop to the artist's career.… Read More

London: Ian Allan. Very Good. 1971. Soft Cover. 8vo 0711002274 Illustrated card cover. No ownership inscription. Photographs plates. Illustrations. 208 pages clean and tight. Here, O. S. Nock recalls the momentous development which took place in the twentieth century, on the crest of a tremendous wave of expansion, and gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of the personalities involved - not always a harmonious accord. The story is traced through two World Wars, the centennial year, and finally to government controls, and nationalisation. This is a delightful portrait of a great institution in Western English life. .

London: John Camden Hotten. Good/No DJ. 1870. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo No date. Preface dated 1870. Green cloth rubbed to edges, bumped. Printed by Dalziel Brothers. A few light spots. xvi. 237pp. 2 catalogue pages. Contents good to very good, cover fair. .

London: David and Charles. Very Good/Very Good. 1973. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket complete but price clipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Light foxing to page tips. 172 pages clean and tight. Trees are basic elements in the structure of the ornamental garden. As features or simply as background plantings, they add maturity to any plot in addition to saving valuable space. But since most gardens are small these days, and there are such a wealth of beautiful trees one hardly knows where to begin. Leslie Johns, an unashamed tree-lover, has written a work that will solve the problems of most gardeners. He discusses planning and planting ; training; container-grown trees; moving and removing; growing from seed; and pests and diseases in this useful introductory guide. A substantial section of the book is devoted to extensive lists and descriptions of evergreen and deciduous trees. Appendices on trees suitable for chalky and acid soils, for cities… Read More

London: Duckworth. Very Good. 1918. Full Leather. 12mo Bright gilt titling and decorations / illustrations to full leather covers. Slight wear to edges. No ownership marks. Illustrated end papers. Foxing mainly to margins of end papers. viii, 191 pages clean and tight. .

Very Good. 1957. Hard Cover. 4to Numbers 1 - 12. Green cloth covered boards, a few marks, with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name on ffep. Numerous colour & b/w photographs. 628 pages clear and tight. .

Very Good. 1952. Hard Cover. 4to Green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling, Rubbed spine, a few marks to cover. Neat name on ffep. Numerous colour & b/w photographs. 630 pages clear and tight. VOLUME XXIV, NO. 1 LITERATURE AND THE DORSET LANDSCAPE. By GEOFFREY GRIGSON. THE RICE PROBLEM IN EASTERN ASIA. By WILLIAM M. CLYDE, C.M.G., Ph.D. YUGOSLAVIA: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE. By FITZROY MACLEAN, M.P. . THE KELABITS OF BORNEO. By TOM HARRISSON, D.S.O. . BRITISH ENERGY SPELLS POWER AND PLENTY. II. Energy in Production. By PROFESSOR E. G. R. TAYLOR LONDONERS' LONDON. By H. DENNIS JONES. VOLUME XXIV, NO. 2. THE CRIOLLO HORSE OF SOUTH AMERICA. By A. F. TSCHIFFELY A WISCONSIN ISLAND. By RUSSELL and JUANITA ROSENE . KING'S MEN AND SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST COUNTRY. By BEA HOWE. Water-colours by FRANK BOWMAN. . PERSIA SINCE PAHLEVI. By A. C. EDWARDS. LONDON'S LONDONERS. By H. DENNIS JONES . Photogravure Supplement . . Facing page.… Read More

Very Good. 1955. Hard Cover. 4to THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE: VOLUME XXVII, MAY 1954 - APRIL 1955 Numbers 1 - 12. Green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling.. Neat name on ffep. Numerous colour & b/w photographs. 652 pages clear and tight. .

Very Good. 1956. Hard Cover. 4to Numbers 1 - 12. Green cloth covered boards, a few marks / rubbed, with bright gilt titling on fading spine. Neat name on ffep. Numerous colour & b/w photographs. 418 pages clear and tight. .

Very Good. 1954. Hard Cover. 4to Numbers 1 - 12. Green cloth covered boards, rubbed, bump, with bright gilt titling on slightly fading spine. Neat name on ffep. Numerous colour & b/w photographs. 682 pages clear and tight. .

Lon: Gibbings & Company, Ltd. Good +/No DJ. 1904. New Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Light-grey with titling and illustrations in red. Browning to end papers with loss to centre. 301 pages main contents clean and tight. .

London: Collins. Good/Good. 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0002163756 Fading to dust jacket, unclipped. Maroon cloth with bright gilt lettering on the spine. No inscription. Yellowing to page edges. 240 pages clean and tight. .

London: Cassell and Company Ltd. Very Good/No DJ. 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Original cloth boards with gilt titling, Neat name on ffep dated 1909. Frontis portrait plate. viii, (4) 356pp, with three illustrations including frontis. Clean and tight. .

Arts Council. Very Good. 1974. Hard Cover. Sm 4to Cruikshank, G Original brown cloth boards with white titles on front board and spine. 10x8.5. 60pp. Frontis, numerous b/w illus, The Facsimile colour illustrated booklet "The Tooth-Ache" by Mayhew illustrated by Cruikshank is in the pocket inside back cover. Limited edition 5000 printed. .

London: Faber and Faber. Good/No DJ. 1967. Hard Cover. Narrow 4to Yellow cloth covered boards badly bumped corners through to pages. No ownership inscription. xv, 56 text pages.96 plages of plates. Clean and tight. .

Hambledon Continuum. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 8vo 1852851732 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name and date on ffep. Illustrated. 302 pages clean and tight. William Ewart Gladstone, four times Prime Minister and MP for 63 years, was remarkable for his political impact on Victorian England, and his complex personality. These essays demonstrate the many different facets to this extraordinary and idiosyncratic man. .

London: Dent. Very Good/No DJ. 1930. Limited Edition. Hard Cloth Cover. 12mo Original fawn cloth slight marks, gilt titling. Tiltles on spine a little faded. Name on ffep. Limited to 750 copies, xii & 92 pages clean and tight. .

Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe. Fine/Fine. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0861404068 Inscribed By Author INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP BY FRANCIS WARNER. Dust jacket complete. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Inscribed by Francis Warner on ffep. 116 pages clean and tight. 'This is a study in 'Weimar as a mode of spiritual life', as Thomas Mann might have called it: the spirit of the place reflected in a swift series of sparkling encounters, bewildering in its variety, stirring in its epic scope. The vision was conveyed through some splendid acting... Here they are, the secular saints of German Ku/turreligion: all conjured up with perfect ease and conviction. This play is about people, some more, some less noble, but all noble in their efforts and, in Faustian fashion, 'ever striving'... In the end, what counts is language, the language of poetry (as Herder would have been the first to insist). The verse is effortless and pure, and rises on occasion… Read More

London: Hutchinson. Very Good/Good. 1987. Hard Cover. 4to 0091665108 Dust jacket rubbed to edges, clipped price. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's inscription on half title. 192 pages clean and tight. .

London: Headline Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. 1994. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo 0747209782 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Red cloth with gilt titling. No ownership marks. Slight yellowing to pages. 248 pages clean and tight. This is the story of Graeme Souness and the two soccer-crazy cities where he ruled - Glasgow and Liverpool. He's been called flash, arrogant, ruthless, charming and likeable. Love him or hate him, Graeme Souness has been one of football's most important personalities in recent years. An outstanding player, he has gone on to become possibly the most talked-about manager in the history of English and Scottish soccer. After sensationally quitting Glasgow Rangers in 1991, Graeme Souness returned to his old club, Liverpool, where he had enjoyed his best days as a player. And there, he tried to start a revolution similar to the one he had engineered at Ibrox. The legacy of Shankly, Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish was swept away;… Read More