H J C Grierson

The Background of English Literature

London, Chatto and Windus, 1925. First edition. Cloth. H J C Grierson's collection of essays on the background of English literature in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. In the scarce dust wrapper, unclipped. Containing essays discussing the background of English literature, concerned with Don Quixote and its character and influence; Lord Byron; the metaphysical poets; English society, &c. By H J C Grierson, Scottish literary scholar, editor, and literary critic. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor faint damp markings to boards. Dust wrapper with light chipping to head and tail of spine, darkening to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge, affecting occasional leaf, otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 866A39

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: first editions grierson english literature grierson None

Grierson, Philip

Bibliographie numismatique.

Bruxelles, Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques, 1966. broche, 235 pp.. (ancien exemplaire de bibliotheque; estampilles decents a l'interieur; pages en tres bon etat).

Antiquariaat AcademiaProfessional seller

Book number: 18598

Catalogue: Varia

Keywords: histoire, numismatique, coins, numismatics, Munzen, Numismatik, munten, numismatiek, medailles, bibliographie, bibliography, bibliografie

GRIERSON, GEORGE ABRAHAM:

Bih‹r Peasant Life, being a Discursive Catalogue of the Surroundings of the People of that Province. Prepared under Orders of the Government of Bengal. Calcutta, the Bengal Secretariat Press, 1885.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 4, (2), 7, vi, 428, appendix xvii, index clv. With one coloured map as frontispiece, 39 full page lithographed plates and many illustrations in the text after photographs taken by the author. Original blue cloth, spine ends chipped and part of upper hinge split. Ex. museum library copy. With old inscription on title by Reinhold Rost (German Orientalist, chief librarian at the India Office). First edition. A comprehensive dictionary listing and explaining names and words connected with rural life in Bihar, a state in eastern India. It covers in detail agriculture, animal husbandry, housing, clothing, trade and money-dealing, etc. The Bihar words are given in native characters with English transliteration.Grierson was an Irish-born linguist who served for many years in British India. He would eventually become Magistrate and Collector at Patna and, later, Opium Agent for Bihar. He was appointed Superintendent of the newly formed Linguistic survey of India and moved to England "for convenience of consulting European libraries and scholars".

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Book number: 100347

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, indian, inde, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, bihar,

GRIERSON, E.

Bishop Patteson of the Cannibal Islands.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. 1927, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, A record of the life of the first bishop of Melanesia, his heroic work amongst the treacherous islanders and his tragic death. Told for boys and girls. Illustrated. Spine is faded and has two small stains. Good/No Jacket.

Books & BygonesProfessional seller

Book number: 19935

Catalogue: Religious

Keywords: Missionary Religion Religious Melanesia

Grierson, Elizabeth W. Illustrated by Allan Stewart:

The Book of Edinburgh for Young People;

London, A & C Black, 1914; New edition with corrections, Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 379pp with 12 coloured illustrations by Allan Stewart. Original slightly sunned blue pictorial boards, with illustration of a piper at Edinburgh Castle on the front cover and a Scots Guard on spine with red lettering

Wheen O' BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15266

Catalogue: Scottish History Edinburgh Children Topography

Keywords: Scottish History Edinburgh Children Topography

Grierson, Philip

Books on Soviet Russia 1917-1942; A Bibliography and a Guide to Reading

London: Methuen, 1943. Hard bound, first edition, ex-library copy, xiv + Pp354. Includes extensive index. Hinges starting. Minute pencil ticks scattered throughout else very good. 310 grams.

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Book number: 1759

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: Reference

Philip Grierson

Books on Soviet Russia 1917-1942: A Bibliography and a Guide to Reading

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. 354p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in 1/4 orange buckram, retaining the original orange cloth boards. Original boards are rubbed. Labels on spine and back cover. Stamps on foredges. Library stamps, call numbers, and card pocket residue inside; otherwise clean and tight. Fair .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 188040

Catalogue: Books on Books

FRANCIS GRIERSON

The Buddha of Fleet Street

London, Hutchinson. 9999, Not Known. Boards. Book, Appears to be first edition, no date or edition stated. Grey-blue boards. Some foxing prelims. & endpaper; ffep has Argosy Library label. Pictorial dustwrapper has been taped to stiff brown backing, tape is browning and peeling from spine, and marks the edges of the d/w, and the whole thing appears stuck to the insides of the front & back boards; allowing for this, the d/w is bright & intact, and would otherwise be G+. Mystery fiction. Good/Fairly Good.

Marion Pitman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 001753

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Detective Crime, Mystery, Detective Fiction

GRIERSON, FRANCIS

The Buddha of Fleet Street

London: Hutchinson's Universal Book Club, 1950. Hardcover. Red cloth boards stamped in black on the spine and upper panel. Very Good in badly chipped and rubbed dust-jacket. .

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 8506

Catalogue: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery

GRIERSON, Francis

The Buddha of Fleet Street

London, Universal Book Club, 1950. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair dustjacket Book Club ed.. Owner's name; free end papers browned; dust jacket worn & a little soiled, with loss to front panel, affecting title. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS047457I

GRIERSON, Philip

Byzantine Coinage in its International Setting.

Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1990. Original wrappers. 16 p. 1st edition. Fine. Succinct overview, a thousand years of numismatic history in a nutshell.

Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis - PaulbooksProfessional seller

Book number: 275374

Catalogue: Coins / Banknotes / Munten

GRIERSON, EDWARD

The Captain General

London: Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1958. First U.K Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 220pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner inscription on fep .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: grr01

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

GRIERSON, PHILIP; MAYS, MELINDA

Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Collection and the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius

Washington, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. 1992. (ISBN: 9780884021933). Hardcover. Used, Hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition, from the collection of Dr. Cathy E. King, who worked in the Heberden Coin room at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford for more than three decades. Author's complimentary copy note laid in. General shelf and handling wear, including light tanning and creasing to edges, corners and folds of DJ, minor repair to score on rear cover and front cover foot of DJ, cocked spine and discolouration to page block foot. Boards are very clean, with gilt lettering to front and spine. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is 'as unread'. CN. Very Good/Very Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 541604

Catalogue: History - Europe

Keywords: 9780884021933

Grierson, John

Challenge to the Poles.

G. T. Foulis & Company Ltd. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine. Dust jacket has wear to edges with finish worn to white, and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.

Boomer's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36184

Catalogue: aviation