176 résultats
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Age-toned paper. 246 pages.
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel showing a coin is by Berthold Wolpe who also provided the title illustrations. FIRST PUBLICATION OF GRAVES'S TRANSLATION, AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Penguin Classics, L72. Higginson A80.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very faintly browned, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. Penguin Classics L82. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Watts' translation.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; original series binding of pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel is by Diana Bloomfield. Penguin Classics, L61.
Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.Translation by E.F.Watling .Vintage original Penguin edition (# L3) the third title in the Penguin Classics Series 1947 Book
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, covers very faintly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Watling's translation. The cover roundel is based on an alleged bust of the dramatist. A note in Penguin's Bristol archives suggests that one 'Bert Pugh' was responsible for the design (see Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.60). Penguin Classics, L3.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with48 pages of plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 63
Oblong 8vo., First Edition; original decorative wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin SC19.
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges faintly browning; original orange printed wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1192.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Cover shows slight edge wear. Yellowing paper inside. 128 pages. 4 3/8"w x 7 1/16"h. Betrand Russell details the practical steps humans can take to continue the human race in face of nuclear weapons.
4to., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The images includes a number of Russell's own works.
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges toning slightly; original series binding of printed wrappers, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin Classics L33. The cover roundel (a stylised periwinkle) is by Elizabeth Friedlander. 'The periwinkle was for Rousseau, I believe, the flower of memory, and memory is the keynote of his book'.
8vo., First Edition, page edges very lightly browning; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin Poets, D59.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates, and line illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. King Penguin 23. One of the scarcest King Penguins. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a near fine copy. Penguin Classics, L47. The cover roundel is by Ray Morgan.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Tancock's translation. Penguin Classics, L13.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin 1829. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L84.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; original patterned boards, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. King Penguin 55. Particularly scarce in the dustwrapper.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, upper board with gilt frame border, gilt back, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. King Penguin 55. A splendid copy of a scarce work in unusual and elegant binding.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; original patterned boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. King Penguin 55. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original printed wrappers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Penguin 1547.
8vo., Second Impression, with 8pp of coloured maps; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. First issued in 1949.
8vo., First Edition thus; original orange wrappers printed in black, covers lightly creased and dust-soiled else a good, clean copy. Penguin 483. First published in 1936.
8vo., First Edition thus; printed wrappers, backstrip just a trifle browned else a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Penguin 1474. Cover artwork by Charles Mozley. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
