1986In perfette condizioni, 290 pagg illustratissime, completo di cofanetto cartonato. NB: la libreria si accolla i costi di spedizione aggiuntivi Rilegato
1930réf. 1849London and Edinburgh: McDougall's Educational Company Limited between 1930-1939. Staple-bound book in stiff printed wrappers. 25 cm. 31 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations. In good plus condition. No writing/markings within. Interior pages lightly creased and soiled. Moderate edge wear creasing to the covers. Rare. McDougall's Educational Company, Limited unknown
1960réf. 1777624752TBEChatto & Windus London 1960 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. Abridged edition. 924 pages. Gold jacket over grey cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light sunning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Chatto & Windus London 1960 hardcover
1960réf. 155431London: Chatto & Windus 1960. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xviii 924pp. ep maps index Some use o/w a very good copy Chatto & Windus hardcover
1854réf. 310357Armstrong and Nicholson 1854. Hardcover. Good. Part I is the House edition Part II the Senate; the third volume is Part I of the Maps. 8vos in the publisher's brown blind-tooled cloth titles in gilt on Part II and the Maps. All 16 plates present in Part I all 36 in Part II but lacking the two maps all three as called for in the maps volume. Corners rubbed through shallow chipping at the spine ends a couple of hinges starting. Moderate foxing throughout Part I; Part II is more heavily toned and foxed. The mid-sized map has small separations at every fold intersection. The large map has some small separations but has one large hole at a fold intersection. The small map is damaged in that two edges are attached and the map cannoat be fully opened. Armstrong and Nicholson hardcover
réf. 71808London: The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co nd. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 288pp. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a jacket that is darkened on the spine and at the edges of the panels. First published by Jarrolds in 1934 and widely reviewed at the time it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twentieth century. The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co hardcover books
réf. 697233056The Association for Scottish Literary Studies . Papeback. New. pp. 184 The Association for Scottish Literary Studies unknown
réf. 454383Jarrolds. Hardcover. Good. The famous Scottish Trilogy comprising Sunset Song Cloud Howe and Grey Granite. A Scots Quair is revolutionary - innovative in its form deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language courageous in its characterisation and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In Sunset song Gibbon's finest achievement the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming community: the seasons the weddings the funerals the grind of work the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll machines repalce the old way of life.Cloud Howe and Grey Granite Jarrolds hardcover
1977réf. ABE-1643862133591Schocken Books 1977 First edition of this scarce advance reader copy reissuing the Scots Quair trilogy; Sunset Song Cloud Howe Grey Granite. Softcover book has rubbing to edges but is nice and square with publisher letter tipped in. 496 pages plus glossary textual wraps with publisher message large octavo. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted padded box. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Schocken Books hardcover
réf. Q-0090412125HUTCHINSON 1966-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HUTCHINSON hardcover
réf. 6101229653Benediction Classics . Hardback. New. pp. 586 Benediction Classics hardcover
1977réf. 168171st printing. Very Good HC in Good DJ. White cloth over boards red titles on spine; red and white headbands. Clean square covers and spine; moderate foxing on spine and very slightly along cover top edges; dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; bright crisp clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; front cover has slight general age darkening; spine and rear cover have greater general age darkening but all text/titles remain clear. 8vo 496 pp glossary. Schocken Books hardcover
réf. Juanpebooks137819WE ship worldwide. Brand new 100%guarentee unknown
réf. Juanpebooks137827WE ship worldwide. Brand new 100%guarentee unknown
1986réf. Q-0140083480Penguin Modern Classics 1986-03-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Modern Classics paperback
1934réf. C212763Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press 1934. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth lightly used offsetting to endpapers otherwise near very good indeed. No dust jacket. The Porpoise Press, hardcover
réf. 459589Polygon. Paperback. Good. The author or James Leslie Mitchell as he was known did his military service in the East and became fascinated by the exotic and the fantastic. Many of the themes are also concerned with the history of society and religion. A Scottish writer known for his Scots Quair these are highly unusual stories - the quest of a sorcerer the hunt for the last Neanderthal and how a bishop saved his soul. A rare find from a best-selling author.Slightly buffed corners but tightly bound. Copyright © Polygon Polygon paperback
réf. 71808London: The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co nd. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 288pp. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a jacket that is darkened on the spine and at the edges of the panels. First published by Jarrolds in 1934 and widely reviewed at the time it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twentieth century. The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co hardcover
réf. GOR003116600Paperback. Very Good. paperback
1933réf. mon0000974573Jarrolds Publishers 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Cheaper edition. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Jarrolds Publishers hardcover
1933réf. 2504160005Jarrolds 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Classics of Scottish Fiction 1933 printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Owner's name on front end page. 287 p. 19 cm. "Sunset song is a 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon set in the rural north east of Scotland specifically Kinraddie a fictionalized version of the Mearns in Kincardineshire where the author grew up. The novel tells the story of a young woman Chris Guthrie who is 15 at the start of Sunset Song and 24 at the end. We follow Chris through late adolescence love marriage childbirth and widowhood over the course of the novel. It is set in the early 20th century when the outside world in the shape of the First World War and technological change is beginning to impact on the hitherto isolated world of Kinraddie. Jarrolds hardcover
1933réf. 1749020331ADAJarrolds Publishers London Limited 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. Cheaper Edition. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Light blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Catalogue of publisher's new books to rear. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Moderate tanning and light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers with pencil and pen markings to front endpaper. Boards have moderate to heavy edge wear with heavy rubbing and tanning to cloth. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Bumping to corners. Moderate tanning and foxing to textblock. Jarrolds Publishers London Limited hardcover
réf. 1730912189LEEJarrolds Publishers London Limited 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering to spine. List of author's other publications facing title page. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. More pronounced to endpapers pastedowns and text block edges. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Noticeable cracking to gutters. Binding is weakened. Minor dog-eared corners to some pages. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to front pastedown and free endpaper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners and rub wear all over. Boards are warped. Marked sunning to spine with some fraying to cloth. Ring mark to front board. Brown staining to rear board. Jarrolds Publishers London Limited hardcover
1982réf. 1704Edinburgh: Ramsay Head Press 1982. First UK thus. Hardback. Fine/Fine. A very clean and 'as new' copy of Gibbon's posthumously published new novel of the Mearns which was shaping up to be a worthy successor to the author's masterpiece Sunset Song. Gibbon again employs his sharp insight and lends his deft and unique comedic voice: "Now the second of the crofts in that little bouroch was Badymicks that stood outbye the land of Cruickshank a little low dirty skleiter of place the biggings were old and tumbling down . whose wife could cook that foul South dish the haggis in a way that made the damn thing nearly eatable not as usual with a smell like a neglected midden and a taste to match or so you imagined not that you'd ever eaten middens." Book is very clean with boards pristine and gilt lettering very bright. No marks or inscriptions; opens very clean and tight. Jacket fine with just a slight crease to spine top. Protected in Mylar cover. Lewis Grassic Gibbon was working on this novel when he died during surgery at the age of 34. His literary estate gave the manuscript for publication and an introduction is given in this book by Professor Ian Campbell long acknowledged and respected Gibbon expert. Also contains the author's manuscript notes in Appendix. . Ramsay Head Press unknown
1982réf. 1706Edinburgh: Ramsay Head Press 1982. First UK thus. Hardback. Fine/Fine. A very clean and 'as new' copy of Gibbon's posthumously published new novel of the Mearns which was shaping up to be a worthy successor to the author's masterpiece Sunset Song. Gibbon again employs his sharp insight and lends his deft and unique comedic voice: "Now the second of the crofts in that little bouroch was Badymicks that stood outbye the land of Cruickshank a little low dirty skleiter of place the biggings were old and tumbling down . whose wife could cook that foul South dish the haggis in a way that made the damn thing nearly eatable not as usual with a smell like a neglected midden and a taste to match or so you imagined not that you'd ever eaten middens." Book is very clean with boards pristine and gilt lettering very bright. No marks or inscriptions; opens very clean and tight. There is just a bookseller's sticker to the front jacket flap; some may consider it a bonus given the name and provenance Bookseller Hogg of Montrose. Jacket fine. Protected in Mylar cover. Lewis Grassic Gibbon was working on this novel when he died during surgery at the age of 34. His literary estate gave the manuscript for publication and an introduction is given in this book by Professor Ian Campbell long acknowledged and respected Gibbon expert. Also contains the author's manuscript notes in Appendix. . Ramsay Head Press unknown