Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Chesil Books

Soft cover. Good. British Council, London, 1951, first edition; large 8vo, pp 90 and also with several full page photographs; clean throughout but with some foxing of the covers and end papers and with the covers lightly dust soiled and slightly rubbed. This is the second issue of the magazine, in this case reviewing what it calls the country's "principal literary output" from 1 November 1949 to 31 October 1950. Noel Annan writes on Bertrand Russell, Stephen Spender on Eliot's "The Cocktail Party" and Walter Allen on George Orwell and there are poems by Kathleen Raine and other relevant essays. Contains a 9pp page essay by Bertrand Russell, "On Catholic and Protestant Sceptics" as well as other contributions by David Garnett, André Maurois and others. NOTE: on account of the size and weight of this item the postage cost will be LESS than the default amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed.

Hardcover. Very Good. Short history of the start and growth of Lever Brothers in southern Africa from 1932 on and particularly covering the period from when Gourley went to Durban in 1945 as the Lever Brothers chairman for southern Africa through to his retirement in 1960. Oblong folio, 320 x 280mm; well bound in red morocco stamped gilt "A.D.G. - 1945-1960" on the front cover; partially photographic title page essentially identifying the work as a unique copy prepared for presentation to Gourley on his departure from Africa. ... ... ... The book runs to some 32pp of text divided into four sections covering different time periods. The pages are separated from each other with heavy tissue protecting the 36 original watercolour drawings of people, locations (such as the Kariba dam) and incidents. In addition there is a full page hand drawn and wash map of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and a fine full page photograph of Salisbury. Immediately after Gourley's arrival in May… Read More

Hardcover. Fair. S Druckerman, New York, [1924]; 8vo, 135 x 200mm; pp 76, [iv]; paper covered boards, green cloth spine; covers somewhat rubbed and spine a little torn at the head and foot, front innter joint cracked though still holding well; internally clean and firm. ... ... ... 'The object of this book is to give the student of the Yiddish tongue the very rudiments of the language.'

Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Peter Halban, London, 1996, first edition; 8vo, 160 x 240mm; pp xiii, 257 and with 8pp of photographic plates; black cloth, lettered gilt on the spine; pictorial dust wrapper featuring photographs of Rabin front and back; near fine copy. ... ... ... ./.. ... ... Rabkin was a high general in the IDF and followed Golda Meir as prime minister,becoming the 5th PM of Israel. He was awareded the Nobel Peace prize with others, following the signing of the Oslo peach agreement. He was assassinated in November 1995 by a right-wing Israel student fanatic opposed to the Oslo agreement.

Hardcover. Good/Not relevant. Chatto and Windus, London, 1939, first edition; 8vo, 160 x 225mm; pp xix, 434, frontispiece and 75 other illustrations, a few of them coloured and some full page; red cloth, spine titled gilt, a few small tears at the head of the spine and the spine itself a little dulled but otherwise a good copy. ... ... ... ... ... Introduction by J B S Haldane ands edited by him also. The author acknowledges help in the genetics section from Dr Morton and D Schweitzer. The website "TextBook History" note that the book became a bestseller on its publication in 1939, noting it as " ... an excellent layperson's primer on the state-of-the-art in human genetics and heredity, and a serious critique of the racist, nativist and even anti-homosexual sentiments common among early eugenics supporters." This is important because Scheinfeld acknowledges the importance of the study of human inheritance while disassociating himself from the views on eugenics expressed… Read More

Soft cover. Good. Evans and Company, New York, 1964, first edition; quarto, 210 x 275mm; pp 237; numerous illustrations, typcially hand drawn by the author; thick card covers; some browning of the back cover and a lttle rubbing of the binding but nevertheless a good, firm copy of this wood frame self-build manual. Roberts has experience building houses and the value of this work comes particularly from the practical advice, derived from his own experience and mistakes, he gives as to location, humidity, sun effects, soil characteristics, wnd, shelter and the like, much of it nto ordinarily featuring in discussions with architects or builders.

Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Gollancz, Victory Books, 1944, London; 8vo, 130 x 190mm; pp 110; blue cloth; yellow, magenta and black dust wrapper a little dust smudged but otherwise in good to very good condition. ... ... ... A detailed rendering of the views, speeches, politics and in many instances, business dealings, of Conservative and National Liberal MPs in the 1935 parliament who, the pseudonymous author asserts, mostly bear responsibility for the then situation. At the back there's an 18pp index of the MPs mentioned and their voting record on several relevant motions.