Search Results: fables by jacquetta hawkes

New York: Random House, 1953. Corners worn, but binding still tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Cresset Press, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. First Edition. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Cresset Press, 1955. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. green cloth gilt lettering no dust jacket 164 pp.

UK: Cresset, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition. Fine in good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper browning with tearing, pieces missing. Some wear. 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.

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 184 pages; Price clipped jacket with rubbing and wear. Couple of small spots to fore-edge. .

London, England: The Cresset Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. 1199151467 . Green cloth covers with gilt titles, pannelled in brown, to the spine. In Very Good+ condition, tightly bound and an unmarked text. First Edition. The DJ is clipped with browing tot he spine and spine end chipping, now protected by a clear plastic covering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages .

Cresset Press, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 164 pp. Binding firm, spine faded. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges browned. Ex-library, with usual stamps and markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50773. .

New York: Random House, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; mild shelf wear, covers very clean, cloth a tiny bit spotted. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; not clipped, very clean, edges a bit worn. In a wrapper. Fic. Stax.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: The Cresset Press, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 164 pp. Some light edgewear and fading to boards, small remainder mark on the rear pastedown, owner's signature in pencil; price-clipped jacket is worn, rubbed and lightly chipped.

NY: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce, out of print. .

The Cresset Press, 1953. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No Dust Jacket - First inner page removed. Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear.

New York: Random House, 1953. See our modern firsts catalogue no 3 @ Abe for other titles.. First. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good in Protector. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Viii,284 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Lettered In White. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Price $2.75, Light Rubbing And Wear.

NY: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce, out of print. .

The Cresset Press, 1953T. hardcover. Very Good. 2.2843 in x 21.8274 in x 14.2132 in. The Cresset Press 1953 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, no dust jacket.

Cresset Press, London, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo, First Edition. Condition: Near Very Good. Boards and interior very clean. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In protective cover. Not Clipped..

Hardback. New.

London: The Cresset Press, 1953. First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped); chipping to head and tail of dust jacket, and one-inch closed tear at spine, otherwise moderate edgewear. Near-fine in a very good-plus dust jacket.. A bright copy of this collection of fables from the British archeologist, poet, and essayist Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996). Hawkes was a highly respected British archeologist who combined her love for archeology, history, and literature to publish over twenty books-from poetry to fables to works on British history and geology. Hawkes was born in Cambridge, England, the youngest child of Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, a biochemist and 1929 Nobel Prize recipient for his credited discovery of vitamins (and the cousin of Gerard Manley Hopkins). She studied archeology at Newnham College, Cambridge, gaining first-class honors, and during the 1930s she joined and led archeological excavations around the world, including at Mount Carmel, Palestine,… Read More

London: The Cresset Press, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A signed, first edition of this collection of moral fables written by English writer and archaeologist, Jacquetta Hawkes. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper.Written by English writer and archaeologist, Jacquetta Hawkes. Signed by the author, inscribed 'For Sybil, In memory of a happy weekend, With love, Jacquetta' dated 14th August 1970. This work is comprised of eighteen fables delving into a variety of topics, from politics to those issues closer to home, such as matters of the heart. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is very good, with light edge wear and the odd closed tear. Slight sunning to the wrap, particularly to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with author's ink inscription to the title page. Fine