Search Results: the pleasant land of gwent by hando fred j

Newport, Mon: Johns, 1945. Very Good. Later. Illustrated by Author. Very good. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

R. H. Johns, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. New Impression. 112 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stickers to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front flap. Water staining to both panels. Light foxing overall.

Newport, Wales: RH Johns Ltd, 1945. 2nd impression of Dec 1944 edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hando, Fred J. Introduction by Arthur Machen. Clean pale blue cloth boards, stamped gilt emblem and gilt titles on spine. Very light edge rubbing, spine ends bumped but all intact. Slightly tanned cut edges. Illustrated inside covers, faint foxing spots and to FFEP. Clean text block, fine b/w drawings including title page. Binding solid.

Original 1944 Third English Edition Very Good Clean Hardcover Good+ Dust Jacket with Mylar Cover. NOT a library copy. Several small chips at corners. Map Endpapers 112pp. NOT price clipped. Illustrated by the Author's own drawings. A history of the tribal land of the Silures and how it became in the Arthurian post Roman era of "Gwent' The author reasonably claims the Roman amphitheater as Arthur's Round Table in Caer Legion. Written in a cross between lovingly and ghostly. That is backed up by Arthur Machen's commentary introduction!

Newport: R. H. Johns, 1947. Hardback. Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with extensive tape repairs to the head of the spine verso. Short gift inscription to half-title verso. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end.. Signed copy. Hardback in dust wrapper (purple boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 10” x 6¼” (0.8 kg); 112pp; Preface by Arthur Machen; A Later Printing. Signed by the author, in name only, on the half-title page — without provenance. Includes: Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Maps to the lining papers; Title page vignette; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack… Read More

1945. R. H. Johns Ltd., Newport, Wales. New impression. Hardback with DW. Large slim 8vo. Illustrated. Wrapper is foxed and faded with loss to spine and edges. Spine is sunned. Pages also browned with some foxing. Ownership inscription to half title page. A sound copy.

Newport: R H Johns, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. large Octavo. The Author. 6th printing. Prior owner name to flyleaf.

Newport, R. H. Johns Ltd., 1944 1st Ltd Ed. 36/220.. Hardback, 10 x 6.5 inches. Quarterbound light brown and blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine and design to front. Top page edges gilt. In textured/patterned dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (DW some foxing spots, darkening to spine, some small tears to edges, tears to ends of spine with larger tear to bottom end. Vertical crease.) Some fading to edges of cloth. Bookplate to front endpaper “Count Charles de Salis.” Signed and numbered at front by Author. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Edges rough cut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Sketch maps to endpapers. 112pp. Illustrated with many B&W drawings by the Author.