Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, near fine condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Excellent bibliography of Edward Ardizzone's prolific output of work. pp. 309. 25.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Both the book and jacket are in excellent, very near fine condition. There are a couple of tiny foxing spots to the top closed textblock edge and some tiny spots to the top edge of the underside of the dust jacket. Otherwise as new; no marks, handling wear; a super copy. Slim and unpaginated. Dust jacket 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 it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 26cm ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. 1962 reprint of the re-drawn second edition of 1955. A just about good condition copy in a very good dust jacket. The binding is firm. Some quite significant foxing to front endpaper and to page edges. Lighter foxing to the rear endpaper and some occasional foxing and pale grubby handling marks to pages. The book has a musty odour. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Rubs to board edges. Lighter rubs to dust jacket edges, foxing to the underside of the dust jacket, and chips to the dust jacket at the spine ends. Fron... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, very near fine condition. In this, the first title of the beloved Little Tim series, a small boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy sea and sinking ship to come! Slim unpaginated picture book. 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 it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to mi... View More...
Hardback. First edition, lacks dust jacket. In POOR condition but the binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Single-sided offset lithographic printing, on just one side of each leaf of paper. The reason this copy is marked as poor condition is that nearly EVERY blank reverse side have been used as a child's sketchbook / jotter - some pages have a lot of drawing on, other pages just a couple of small scribbles or numbers. Only a few pages have been left blank. Most of the drawing or scribbling is in pen or felt pen; a few are in pencil. There is NO scribbling on other sides of the page... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition thus - first printing of this revised and redrawn edition (Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes was first published by the OUP in 1937). An excellent, very near fine condition copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Tiniest amount of foxing to the top edge of the underside of the dust jacket and a few very pale (difficult to see) spots to the dust jacket covers. There are two slight black ink printing smears to pages - one on p.43, the other on p. 46. In otherwise excellent condition throughout. Clean, tight and unmarked. No names or inscriptions. The front flap of t... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 3rd impression, 1970; was first published in 1963. A very nice clean and bright condition copy, but with some foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and to closed textblock page edges. Pages are otherwise bright and clean throughout, with no signs of handling, marks or creases. Appears unread. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is excellent - would be described as fine except for two strips of adhesive marks to the edges of the underside of the jacket where a publisher's original dust jacket protector was affixed to the edges of the underside of the ... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked and appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The 11th and final title in Ardizzone's wonderful Little Tim series. When the crew of the Claribel fall sick, the second mate takes charge. He orders Tim to steer east - but Tim knows that this will lead the ship on to deadly rocks! The second mate, who is a terrible bully, refuses to listen. What can Tim do to save the ship? First published in 1977; this is a 2007 reissue. The dust jacket is supplied by ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original green boards are a little bruised at the spine ends. The binding is firm and pages clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A little light foxing to the top closed textblock page edge. The dust jacket is generally darkened / discoloured but otherwise very good. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 144. 25.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. In excellent, near fine condition; just a few very light little bruises to the edges of the boards and jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked and appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The 6th in Ardizzone's wonderful Little Tim series. Tim arrives home after a long holiday to find his parents have vanished. He is determined to search the whole wide world, if necessary, to find them. Many people offer to help Tim, but sometimes their help is the last thing he needs! First published in 1957; this is a 2006 reissu... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked and appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The 6th in Ardizzone's wonderful Little Tim series. Tim arrives home after a long holiday to find his parents have vanished. He is determined to search the whole wide world, if necessary, to find them. Many people offer to help Tim, but sometimes their help is the last thing he needs! First published in 1957; this is a 2006 reissue. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival fi... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Fourth impression, 1961. There are a few pale marks to the front cover of the dust jacket and two c. 2cm tears to the edges of the front cover. A bump to the base of the spine. Some rubs to board and dust jacket edges. The binding is nice and firm and pages clean and bright throughout. No previous owner's names or inscriptions, no marks to pages and remarkably fresh and free from handling creases to pages too. Front flap of dust jacket not price clipped. Unpaginated. An overall very good condition copy of this Edward Ardizz... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. In excellent, near fine condition; just one small flattened crease to the rear dust jacket flap. Clean, tight and unmarked; appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. Charlotte lives in a big house with lots of toys. You'd think that would make her happy, but it doesn't. She wants to play with some real friends and you can't have better friends than Tim and Ginger when they're bound for adventure - and trouble! First published in 1952; this is a first impression of the Scholastic 2000 reissue. The dust ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. First impression, 1965. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good clean condition overall. Some surface rubs to the upper, or front, board (see photos). Rubs to the board edges as well and a very small pale brown mark to the front cover of the dust jacket. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to both endpapers. The rear pastedown has a small label of a house name, Plas Glanafon. No handling creases to pages but there are a few very pale grubby marks to page margins (just a few - ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression; this Little Tim book was first published in 1965. In very good condition. Publisher's pictorial boards, with matching dust jacket. The lower corners of the boards are bumped; the binding is nice and firm, no previous owner's names or inscriptions; a little light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns and some small light spots to closed textblock page edges; there are a couple of very faint foxing spots to page margins but pages are otherwise nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket has two stained strips to the underside, near the edge; this is quite c... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Fourth impression of the revised and re-drawn third edition of 1958. This copy reprinted in 1968. A really lovely bright and clean condition copy but with some foxing to the closed textblock page edges, very edges of the margins of a few pages, and the edges of the endpapers. Pages are otherwise bright and clean throughout; no handling wear, marks or creases. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are some minor rubs to the inside lower edge of the boards. The dust jacket is fresh, bright and clean; not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a ... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked and appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. First published in 1958; this is a 2005 reissue. 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 it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 26.7cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Seventh impression. A really lovely bright and clean condition copy but with some foxing to the closed textblock page edges, very edges of the margins of a few pages, and the edges of the endpapers and pastedowns. Pages are otherwise bright and clean throughout; no handling wear, marks or creases. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is fresh, bright and clean; not price clipped. The jacket would be described as fine except for very faint marks to the underside - two strips near the edges where the publisher's dust jacket protector was originall... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight and unmarked; appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The 5th title in Ardizzone's wonderful Little Tim series. Ginger is fed up with life on dry land. One morning Charlotte and Tim wake up to find a note which says he has run away. They set off to find him, but a terrible sea fog surrounds their ship with disastrous results! First published in 1953; this is a first impression of the Scholastic 2000 reissue. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose ... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Pictorial boards with matching jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked and appears barely read. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The 5th title in Ardizzone's wonderful Little Tim series. Ginger is fed up with life on dry land. One morning Charlotte and Tim wake up to find a note which says he has run away. They set off to find him, but a terrible sea fog surrounds their ship with disastrous results! First published in 1953; this is a 2006 reissue. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. T... View More...
Hardback. No dust jacket, as published. In excellent, fine, as new condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. Green boards with an oval pictorial onlay and titles in black. Bored with his schoolwork, Tim is longing to be at sea again when who should appear but his old friend, Captain FcFee! On board ship, Tim befriends Ginger, the first ship's boy. When mischievous Ginger gets into trouble, Tim must use all of his resourcefulness to come to the rescue. 24.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. The penultimate Little Tim story from renowned author and illustrator Edward Ardizzone. There is some quite significant foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns and lighter foxing to the dust jacket flaps and to the underside of the dust jacket. There is a very small residual tape mark to the rear endpaper, transferred from a previous dust jacket cover. Otherwise in overall very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket has very light rubs to the spine ends and corners; no tears. Front flap not... View More...
Folded card GPO telegram. Printed illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. The centrefold is slightly off square. In very good, clean condition but no envelope. Telegram message printed and pasted inside. Date stamp on the back cover (8 April 1970). A lovely collector's item. 211 x 186mm. View More...
Folded card used GPO telegram. Printed illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. The centrefold is very slightly off square. In overall very good, clean condition but no envelope and there is a pale brown mark to the back, just next to the post mark (see photos). Telegram message printed and pasted inside. There is the tiniest nick to the side edge of the front cover. Date stamp on the back cover (21 Jan 1972). 211 x 186mm. View More...
Folded card GPO telegram with companion envelope. Printed illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. The centrefold of the telegram is slightly off square. The card is in excellent, fine, unused condition. The envelope is also unused, though a little rubbed at the edges, with a little foxing underneath the flap and a short tear to the flap hinge. The envelope is the border illustration design with Many happy returns of the day in a pink word bubble in the bottom border. A lovely collector's item, particularly in such super condition with envelope. Card dimensions: 211 x 186mm. View More...
Slim booklet with sewn binding, yellow thin card covers. The Ariel Poems were published in two series; the first by Faber and Gwyer had 38 titles and were published between 1927 and 1931. This title is from the second series published in 1954 and was one of 8 titles published in this new series. Mountains has an striking full page colour illustration by Edward Bawden, a full black and white illustrated title page, and a further small black and white illustration on the final page. The booklet is in lovely, clean condition. Lacks envelope. pp. 5 including title page. Booklet is 21.5cm tall x 13... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition [1940]. Original blue cloth boards with black outline penguin design and titles on the front / upper board. There is a very, very slight curvature to the boards. Heavy foxing to the top and bottom closed textblock edges. Significant foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and to the dust jacket. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with tears, chips, some loss at the spine ends and corners and loss (max 5cm x 4.5cm) to the top edge of the back cover. Some further pale brown staining to the front cover of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. There... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1957. Publisher's original blue boards. Both boards are bowed. Some foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and first few pages. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. The pink dust jacket is slightly faded to the back cover and spine. Rubs, chips and small tears to the dust jacket edges and a 5cm tear and some creasing to the top edge of the back cover, next to the spine. Front flap 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 w... View More...
Hardback, in very good condition. Printed at the Curwen Press and bound in one of Curwen Press's distinctive patterned paper boards, in a design by Margaret James Calkin. The boards are rubbed at the spine, and title label to the spine (see photos). Small purple stamped star in the top corner of the front endpaper. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Contains three of Bax's satirical plays: The Unknown Hand, The Volcanic Island, Square Pegs. The binding is nice and firm and inner hinges are very good. pp. 51. 19.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. First edition. In excellent condition. Clean and tight. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A brief but warm personal account by Edward Booth-Clibborn, of the long friendship between his father, Augustin Booth, and Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated with Christmas cards sent by Edward and Catherine each year. pp. 48. The dust jacket is supplied in a loose film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. View More...
