Ruth Harris:Love and Money
- Taschenbuch 1989, ISBN: 9780747403197
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London: Robert Hale. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0709023391 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. N… Mehr…
London: Robert Hale. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0709023391 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis plate. Numerous photographs some in colour. 223 pages clean and tight. The Green, the heart of so many of England's delightful villages, has never before been celebrated in a book. Yet it is one of the most ancient and hallowed of English institutions and has associations with all of the important traditions - sporting, literary and social - which have made up the fabric of English rural life for nearly 1000 years. Increasingly the focus of conservation and revival, the Green is a cherished part of our national heritage. Brian Bailey describes in detail some 600 of the most important and attractive village greens from all over England, recreating for us that familiar world of maypole and morris dancing, cricket, and carol singing. This beautiful and timely book is both a valuable survey and a heartfelt appreciation of a uniquely appealing part of the English countryside. It is also a powerful plea for its careful preservation. ., Robert Hale, 1985, 2.75, London: Robert Hale Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0709023391 Dust jacket complete. Green cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous Colour & b/w Photographs (illustrator). The Green, the heart of so many of England's delightful villages, has never before been celebrated in a book. Yet it is one of the most ancient and hallowed of English institutions and has associations with all of the important traditions - sporting, literary and social - which have made up the fabric of English rural life for nearly 1000 years. Increasingly the focus of conservation and revival, the Green is a cherished part of our national heritage. Brian Bailey describes in detail some 600 of the most important and attractive village greens from all over England, recreating for us that familiar world of maypole and morris dancing, cricket, and carol singing. This beautiful and timely book is both a valuable survey and a heartfelt appreciation of a uniquely appealing part of the English countryside. It is also a powerful plea for its careful preservation. ., Robert Hale Ltd, 1985, 3, London: Robert Hale. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0709023391 The Green, the heart of so many of England's delightful villages, has never before been celebrated in a book. Yet it is one of the most ancient and hallowed of English institutions and has associations with all of the important traditions - sporting, literary and social - which have made up the fabric of English rural life for nearly 1000 years. Increasingly the focus of conservation and revival, the Green is a cherished part of our national heritage. Brian Bailey describes in detail some 600 of the most important and attractive village greens from all over England, recreating for us that familiar world of maypole and morris dancing, cricket, and carol singing. This beautiful and timely book is both a valuable survey and a heartfelt appreciation of a uniquely appealing part of the English countryside. It is also a powerful plea for its careful preservation. ., Robert Hale, 1985, 2.75, Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1981. Hard 8VO. Sm 4to 0714822361 Dust jacket unclipped, closed tear, slight wear to edges. Cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 120 illustrations, 20 in colour. 128 pages clean and tight. There are true book lovers, such as Erasmus: "When I get a little money, I buy books: and if any is left, I buy food and clothes". There are those who are not so keen, such as Louis XIV: "I see no point in reading". There are critics who are less than fair to authors, such as Sydney Smith: "I never read a book before reviewing it, it prejudices a man so". There are authors who are less than kind to critics, such as Rabelais: `As for you, little envious prigs, snarling, bastard, puny Criticks, you'll soon have railed your last: Go hang yourselves". Finally, there are those who stand by, incomprehending, such as William Henry, Duke of Gloucester: "Another damned, thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr Gibbon?". All these quotes and many others are included in Gerald Donaldson's delightful anthology: Books. In this beautifully illustrated volume are hundreds of quotations about books being made, books being sold, books being read, disastrous books, successful books, and the problem and cure of bibliomania. A book for every book lover, dealer, curator or collector, Books is a truly original collection of insights, both lighthearted and earnest: it answers questions that few would have thought of asking, and it shows the literati at their wittiest and wickedest, such as Disraeli, who wrote on receiving an unsolicited manuscript: "Many thanks; I shall lose no time in reading it"; or Groucho Marx, who wrote with his usual kindness: "From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it". ., Phaidon Press Ltd, 1981, 3, Sphere, UK, 1989. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 424 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Sphere, UK, 1989. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Small surface tear on back cover. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Set in the glittering world of New York's Wall Street rich, this novel by the author of "Husbands and Lovers" and "A Self-Made Woman" spans three decades from the 1950s and tells the story of two beautiful half sisters, the father and lover they share and their pursuit of love and money. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0747403198. ISBN/EAN: 9780747403197. Inventory No: 20020217.. 9780747403197, Sphere, 1989, 2.5<
