First U.S. edition of Missee Lee; it was first published in the UK by Cape in 1941. A FAIR copy only. Publisher's original red boards; some marks to the boards from previous damp / mildew exposure - pages not affected. The cloth has worn thin at the spine joints and there is a short split in the cloth at the lower end of the front, or upper, board joint, c. 2cm in length. Upper board corners are rubbed, exposing a small amount of board. Spine ends lightly rubbed. This is an ex-school copy, with school name stamp on the front endpaper, a number written in pen at the top edge of the front endpap... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First edition, 1936. Publisher's original green boards. In very good, clean condition. A couple of minor light marks to the boards. Minor bruising to spine ends. Some very light foxing to prelims and to outer closed textblock page edges. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Very small brown mark on p. 252; pages are otherwise nice and clean throughout. pp. 384. 20.5cm tall. A nice copy of the first edition, albeit without dust jacket. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 23rd impression, 1968. Publisher's original green boards. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A very small rubbed patch at the top corner of the half-title page. Pages are bright and clean throughout. The dust jacket is also bright and clean, some minor rubs and a couple of short nicks to the edges and just three very small, light brown marks to the bottom edge of the back cover. Front flap price clipped. pp. 384. 20.5 cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protec... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Second impression. A good copy in a fair condition dust jacket. Publisher's original green boards. A couple of grubby marks to the lower board, spine ends bruised, a slight lean to the spine. The binding is quite firm; inner hinges are good. There are some occasional grubby handling marks to page edges / margins (not many). The dust jacket is worn and torn with several previous owner repairs to the underside, in masking tape. A further old tape repair to the outside of the dust jacket at the head of the spine. Pink ink mark on the front cover of the DJ, flaps torn at... View More...
First American edition, 1940; it was first published by Cape in the UK in 1939. Original green cloth boards with blue titles; some mottled fading to the boards and slightly faded spine. The boards are a little bruised at the spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. Previous owner's bookplate on the half-title page. A pale water-type stain to the very edge of the title page; no other pages affected. The same pale stain visible to the edges of the dust jacket flaps. Some very light foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. pp. xii, 363. 20.5cm tall. The dust jacket is w... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 10th impression, January 1940 reprint. Publisher's original green boards. A slight forwards lean to the spine and minor bruising to the spine ends. The book is in good to very good condition overall. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Previous owner's name written neatly in semaphore on the half-title page (in ink), with date underneath of 1941. A few pages have flattened creases to the top corners and the top corner of p. 439/440 has been torn off (just the tip), text not affected. There are a few very light, minor handling marks to a few pages (ver... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. May 1940 reprint (16th impression). A good early reprint in a fair to good dust jacket. Publisher's original green boards - small areas of slight fading to the head and tail of the spine and to the top edge of the lower board. Spine ends and corners lightly bruised. The binding is reasonably firm and inner hinges are very good, there are a couple of weaker / shaken spots in the binding (minor) but holds well. Previous owner has written some small semaphore figures in pen on the half title page under the title (their name I presume, R Norris), and have written 1941 un... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 1974 reprint. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition but with some foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and to the dust jacket. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. A gift inscription written in calligraphy on the reverse of the front endpaper. Front flap of the dust jacket clipped, though price label still present. White parts of the dust jacket generally darkened. Except for the foxing to edges, the pages are nice and clean throughout. pp. 351. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sl... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First edition, 1940. Publisher's original green boards. In very good, clean condition overall. There are a few small, minor marks to the boards. A forwards lean to the spine. The binding is quite firm and inner hinges are very good; very slight pull to binding between pages 272-273. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There is a small pale stain to the outer closed textblock page edge, affecting the first approx. 30 pages. A few very light foxing spots. pp. 400. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First American edition, 1941. Publisher's original cream boards with green titles; some foxing to the boards and spine ends slightly bruised. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. Some foxing to prelims and to outer closed textblock page edges. Previous owner name visible (partially erased) in red pencil on the front endpaper. There is a tear in the margin of p. 253/4. Just a couple of minor handling marks in page margins but pages themselves are predominantly nice and clean throughout. pp. 353. 21cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First American edition. Publisher's original light green boards. A little fraying to the cloth at the head of the spine. The book is otherwise in very good, clean condition throughout. The binding is firm, inner hinges are very good, no previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket has some wear to the edges - minor rubs, a couple of short tears, small chips/loss to the top of the spine and two small losses to the top and bottom edges of the front cover. White parts of the dust jacket have browned / darkened. Remnants of a sticker on the rear d... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First American edition. Publisher's original light green boards. Very slight rubs only to spine ends. A previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The book is otherwise in very good, clean condition throughout. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A couple of pages have flattened creases to the top corner, where the page has been turned over as a marker. The dust jacket is worn and torn but presents reasonably well in a loose clear plastic sleeve. Full length tear to upper spine joint, so front cover of DJ... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First American edition, 1934. Publisher's original blue boards with white titles. There are some light marks to the boards and spine and the spine is slightly faded. Top edge tinted blue. Some grubby marks to the other outer closed textblock page edges. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A few pages have some minor / small handling marks / stains to page margins; page 333/4 has a cut to the page, approx. 5cm long up from the bottom margin. Overall good condition of this scarce first American edition. pp. 3... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 19th impression of the American edition. An EX-LIBRARY COPY. Publisher's original red boards - rubbed and marked, and frayed at spine ends. Some colour bleed to the edges of the pastedowns, and to the dust jacket. Top corner of the front endpaper excised. Withdrawn stamp on half-title page. Library name stamp on title page and library pocket to rear free endpaper. Some grubby marks to textblock page edges and to pages. Abrasions to the pastedowns where previous dust jacket cover has been glued to the boards (now removed). The dust jacket is rubbed and torn at the edg... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 4th impression of this American edition. Lovely Helene carter illustrations. Publisher's original blue boards with dark blue titles. Bumps to bottom corners and lightly bruised spine ends. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges and has a small mark (paint?) towards the base of the spine; otherwise clean. The DJ is about 3mm short for the boards (see photos) - may have ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 4th impression of this American edition. A very good copy in a just about good dust jacket. Publisher's original red boards with black titles. Boards bruised at spine ends and top corners. A brief gift inscription written on the front endpaper (dated 1946). Pages are nice and clean throughout. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. The dust jacket is worn and torn at the edges, particularly at the spine ends, with some loss to spine ends and small chips to corners. DJ is also faded at the spine. Printed price of $2.50 on the front flap. pp. 349. 21cm tal... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First (and only) CHEAP edition. Publisher's original green boards. This is shorter than the original editions and paper quality is poorer so has browned, particularly at the edges. This is the only edition to have been reproduced in Arthur Ransome's lifetime with the Steven Spurrier dust jacket illustration from the very first edition of 1930. The formatting and colours of the dust jacket are slightly different but the illustration is still Spurrier's. After the first edition S&A was printed with Clifford Webb illustrations and thereafter with Ransome's own illustrat... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. 4th impression, December 1933; was first published in 1931. Early reprint, still with the Clifford Webb illustrations. In slightly better than very good condition. A really nice, clean copy inside and out. Publisher's original green boards. The boards are slightly bruised at the spine ends, with a faded patch at the base of the spine and a small rubbed patch towards the head of the spine, just underneath the title. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Remarkably clean throughout. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Bottom textblock edge untrim... View More...
First edition. One of 500 softback copies printed for subscribers; there were also 50 hardback copies printed. Transcription of an early draft of Swallows and Amazons held at Abbot Hall, Kendal. Differences between the draft and final published texts are indicated by a change of font or asterisk. Where possible Ransome's corrections have been reproduced and where he wrote alternative versions they are reproduced side by side, in 2 columns. For the first time, published with the original illustrations by Steven Spurrier. Ransome rejected Spurrier's commissioned illustrations, making the first e... View More...
First edition. One of 500 softback copies printed for subscribers; there were also 50 hardback copies printed. Transcription of an early draft of Swallows and Amazons held at Abbot Hall, Kendal. Differences between the draft and final published texts are indicated by a change of font or asterisk. Where possible Ransome's corrections have been reproduced and where he wrote alternative versions they are reproduced side by side, in 2 columns. For the first time, published with the original illustrations by Steven Spurrier. Ransome rejected Spurrier's commissioned illustrations, making the first e... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First thus. Laminated pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. An excellent, fine condition, copy in near fine dust jacket - just a few light rubs to the spine ends of the dust jacket and the spine of the jacket has slightly faded. The book is clean, tight and unmarked. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. Slim and unpaginated. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. In excellent condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. aA fine condition copy in a very good dust jacket. The dust jacket is just a little faded at edges and slightly discoloured at the spine. There is a very slight crease to the top edge of the back cover of the dust jacket and the back cover has a slight groove scored in the DJ. Front flap not price clipped. Old erased price just visible on the front flap of the DJ. Slim and unpaginated. The dust jacket is supplied by us... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. A very good condition copy in good dust jacket. Original grey boards with purple decoration. Some foxing to the rear board. The binding is firm and tight. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and half-title and dedication pages. Significant foxing to the closed textblock page edges and to the dust jacket, particularly heavy foxing to the underside of the dust jacket and to the edges of the flaps and spine. A few short tears to the top edge of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. Beautifully illustrate... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original green boards, which have faded at the edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Tears at the top and bottom of the half-title page. The binding is otherwise firm and pages clean, though slightly tanned with age. pp. 192. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with chips, short tears, creasing, and some minor loss to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. (Books phot... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket as published. First edition. Laminated pictorial boards. Partial discolouration to the cream coloured section of the front cover. In otherwise excellent, clean condition; no names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding is firm and tight. Slim and unpaginated book. 24.9cm tall. The king of the Valley of Gold and his people were unhappy, for there were no stars in the night sky above their valley. All the most powerful witches and magicians had promised to make stars, and all had failed. Now the king, impatient with these tricksters, vowed to chop off the head of the next... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket as published. Laminated pictorial boards. Newly illustrated and revised edition, 1977. A nice clean copy in very good condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm and pages fresh and bright. Slim and unpaginated. 24.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Some foxing to the top outer closed textblock page edge. The textblock is otherwise firm and tight and pages clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. First UK edition. Lovely Paul Galdone dust jacket; front cover bright, dulled / darkened at the spine, a small greyish mark to the spine edge / back cover, and a short tear to the top edge of the back cover. DJ not price clipped. pp. 191. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clea... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Fifth impression, 1970. Publisher's original brown boards with red titles. Spine ends and corners bruised. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light slightly grubby marks to closed textblock page edges. Dust jacket is worn at the edges - rubbed, chipped and creased, with short tears and small loss to the corners and spine ends. Front flap price clipped. Short tear (2cm) to the bottom edge of the front endpaper. pp. 272. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. T... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. Publisher's original pictorial boards. An attractive copy of the first American edition. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Excepting a few very small, light marks on the front endpaper, and just a couple of pale marks to pages, the vast majority of pages are clean and bright throughout. Pages slightly tanned / darkened. The pictorial boards are in very good condition; slightly faded at the spine, a few very pale spots to the spine, and bruising to the spine ends. Top corners slightly pushed / bruised. The de... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression, 1969. In very good condition. Original red boards. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Nice clean condition throughout. Dust jacket has some very minor rubs to the edges and a short nick and crease to the bottom edge of the front cover, with a tiny nick to the top of the spine. Slightly faded at the spine. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 160. 20.3cm tall. View More...
