Essays from JimsOldBooks

London: Hutchinson, 1954. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a couple of small tears. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, smells a bit of being shut away in a cupboard or similar, though this should fade. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the fourteenth in the "Saturday Book"… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1968. Minor creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, smells a bit of being shut away in a cupboard or similar, though this should fade. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the twenty-eighth in the "Saturday Book" series. Includes pieces on "The… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1958. Includes original box. Minor scuffing to corners of box lid, a tear to the back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Number eighteen in the "Saturday Book" series, contains twenty-five pieces by various authors. 304pp including over 100pp with b&w and colour illustrations.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1952. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Twenty-eight pieces by the author, originally published in magazines between 1930 and 1951, on various literary topics including Elizabethan dramatists, Kipling, H G Wells, "Les Liasons Dangereuses", "Moll… Read more about this item

London: Pitman Medical Publishing Company, 1960. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's bookplate on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of essays by the author on Samuel Johnson, Jonathan… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1927. No dustwrapper, some scuffing to spine ends and bumping to corners of red boards, also some fading to spine of same but gilt titles and decoration thereon are still clear, as is the gilt title panel on front board. An early owner's name and date (1932) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight… Read more about this item

London: George Virtue, 1840. Some bumping to spine end and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, half-inch splits to spine at top end, some fading to spine rubbing to gilt decoration and titles thereon, also to gilt decoration on front and back covers. Original owner's gift message dated December 1842 on f/ep, portrait frontispiece missing, unfortunately, and next page… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1927. No dustwrapper, spine of red boards has faded to pink, gilt titles thereon faded also but gilt author's signature on front board is still bright. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, an old water-stain on front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of thirty-seven… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1908. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some fading to spine but blue titles thereon are still clear, some old damp-marking to bottom edge of boards, a previous owner's name and date (Xmas 1946) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1930. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some scuffing to bottom edge of back anel of same, and a fold up the middle of the spine; minor bumping to ends of red cloth spine strip and to outer corners of blue paper-covered boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Co, 1920. Everymans Library edition in green buckram "Library" binding and gilt title border with round loop on spine. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, a very few pieces of pencil marking to the text, otherwise a good clean tight copy. No publication date shown, but this… Read more about this item

London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. A very small tear to the top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of pieces by the author on (mostly) literary figures, all originally appearing in "The Spectator", "London Review of Books" and other magazines. 490pp, 8pp b&w and colour illustrations.. Hard… Read more about this item

London: W Collins & Sons, 1928. Kings Way Classics edition, published by Collins in 1928. Quite a bit of fading to the spine, and minor creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper; minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. A collection of thirty-two short essays and… Read more about this item

Helsingborg: Bokförlaget Settern, 1981. Dustwrapper is generally creased and torn along the edges, some wear to the spine ends and corners of the yellow paper-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Swedish language book. A collection of essays by the author. 200pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1904. No dustwrapper, some wear and bumping to spine ends, corners and lower edge of green cloth-covered decorated boards, some foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book containing sixteen essays on diverse subjects by the author. Gilt titles and black art-nouveau style foliage design on spine… Read more about this item