Search Results: the cloister and hearth by reade charles

Chatto & Windus, 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. No Edition Remarks. 776 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrative plates by Matt B. Hewerdine. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking to front hinge, mild crinkling and mild tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Lettering is bright and clear. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.

Daily Express, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 638 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Boards are slightly warped.

London: Oxford University Press/Humphrey Milford, 1938. significant sunning to spine; age spotting to FEP and BEP; minor soiling to page block; last inner hinge slightly torn; text and illustrations clean and tight. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

Daily Express, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. 638 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 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 tanning.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1906. Hardcover. No jacket. 1939 reprint. Boards and spine are lightly marked. Light crease on front leading edge. Minor nick on spine head. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are marked. Book plate on front pastedown. A few pages are dog-eared. Text is clear throughout. Volume is cocked but binding remains intact. HCW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No edition remarks. 734 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Pan Books, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 733 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Book is slightly curled.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 832 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow paper covered boards. 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: Chatto & Windus, 1905. Reprint. . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo. Front board comming loose. 16 photogravure w tissue guards and 84 other illust. Red cloth ciover w gilt decoration and titles, marked to back, sl grubbt, faded sp w splits at edges.

London: J M Dent & Sons. Good. 1937. Reprint; Seventeenth Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ if issued, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, sunned spine, some marking to boards, pencil name and old price to front endpaper, gutter cracked at half title, original dealer sticker to base of inside rear cover near spine. ; Seventeenth printing, 1937. Red cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed motif to front. Good reading copy. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Everyman's Library; Vol. 29; 720 pages; Arthur Conan Doyle named this as his favourite novel. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story of the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. The Cloister and the Hearth often describes the events, people and their practices of the time in minute detail. Its main theme is the struggle between man's obligations to family and to the Church. .

Chatto & Windus, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. New Edition. No dust jacket. Two books bound together, each paginated separately. Red cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and heavy staining to surfaces.

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. Hardcover. Good. 1926. Reprinted. 703 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. 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. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

George G. Harrap & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. Reprinted. 706 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Stamp to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some splits to spine ends. Light marks to boards.

W & R Chambers, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 788 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Front hinge is moderately cracked causing boards to be loose. Binding otherwise remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with minor splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Walter Scott, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 533 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Gilded text bloc edge. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm.Pages are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray. Slight fraying to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Mild water staining to front board and spine.

Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 533 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Black lettering remains bright and clear.

London.: Collins., No date.. Leather.. Library of Classics. Very Good.

W. Nicholson and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.

MacMillan, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. Abridged edition. 182 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Paperback. Very Good.