Hardback with dust jacket. Original black boards. A small rubbed patch towards the top of the spine. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Printed on thick gloss paper. Numerous colour plates. 159pp. 28cm tall. 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. Date of publication not stated but is c. 1938. With four colour illustrated double page pop-up scenes, colour frontispiece and vignette title page, two-tone endpapers and some line drawn illustrations by Elizabeth Merwin Wickham. Some further line illustrations by other artists. Design by Giraud. There were 17 numbered Bookano stories published between c. 1933/4 - 1950, and this additional un-numbered volume. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards. The pop-ups are in very good condition: there are four of them and the last two are in crisp, perfect condition; the first p... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The Evergreen Library edition, 1971; the book was first published in 1961. The binding is firm. Publisher's original green boards. Top edge tinted green. Previous owner's name and address written in ballpoint pen on the front endpaper. Marks to the edges of the dust jacket flaps, pastedowns and endpapers from old sellotape strips holding on an old dust jacket protector (all now removed). Dust jacket design by Mark Peppe; in text illustrations by John Verney. Apart from the old tape marks the dust jacket is bright and clean. Front flap has been price clipped. pp. 256.... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Publication date not stated but c. 1950s edition. In the Nelson New Era Series. Blue cloth boards, faded at the spine ends. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Colour frontispiece illustration. The binding is firm. Some discolouration and very light foxing spots to outer closed textblock edges. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with some rubs, chips and tears to the edges, with loss at the spine ends, corners and a little to the top edge. Dust jacket price clipped. pp. 292. 19.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression, 1973. Publisher's original brown boards. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some foxing to endpapers and to closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges, with a few tiny nicks, and significant foxing to the flap. Front flap price clipped. pp. 156. 20.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First printing of this reissued hardback edition. An excellent, fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket - very slight rubs to the corners only. The book is clean, tight, unmarked and appears unread. A super copy. pp. 170. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1957. In very good condition. Publisher's original blue boards. Some foxing to the dust jacket and a very little foxing to page edges. Top edge tinted blue. The binding is firm, inner hinges very good. A school prize label pasted on the front endpaper, dated 1957. pp. 192. 20cm tall. White parts of the dust jacket discoloured / greyed. A couple of short tears, tiny chips and some rubs to dust jacket 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 o... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression. Red boards. In very good clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges. Not price clipped. pp. 121. 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). View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. First impression. Original grey boards. The book itself is in very good condition - light bruising to the spine ends and minor bumps to the bottom corners. The binding is firm and pages are bright and clean, except for a small faint mark to the edge of the rear endpaper. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding is tight. The dust jacket unfortunately has a water-type stain to the top of the back cover, affecting approx. 11cm x 3cm max at the top edge. There are a few other very light marks to the dust jacket and minor rubs to the edges and bru... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original grey boards. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks to the pages. Some foxing spots to the closed textblock page edges but the pages themselves, including page margins, are not affected. pp. 216. 19cm tall. The first novel in the Lancaster family series. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with a short tear at the top of the spine, small chips and a few small, pale stains to the spine. The dust jacket is generally discoloured / greyed. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. A good condition, but EX-LIBRARY copy, in a very good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original bright green boards are in bright, clean condition. The front endpaper has been removed (neatly) and the book now opens onto the half-title page. Minimal library marks; just a number stamp on the copyright page. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm and pages are in good, clean condition. The dust jacket is mostly bright and clean but there is a very pale brown stain towards the tail end of the spine and spine edge of the back cove... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. A good, but EX-LIBRARY, copy in a near very good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original bright blue boards are in nice, clean condition. The front endpaper has unfortunately been removed. Minimal library marks - a number stamp and a round library stamp on the copyright page. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A number of pages have flattened creases where top corners have previously been folded over (presumably to mark the page). The dust jacket is bright and clean but there is a rubbed patch on the front cover, next to the title (see phot... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. In overall good condition. Publisher's original orange boards have bumped corners to the upper, or front, board and lightly bruised spine ends. An EX-LIBRARY copy but with minimal library marks - printed number and round library stamp on the copyright page and abrasions and label residue on the front endpaper. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Text pages are nice and clean throughout. The binding is firm. Two tiny marks to the top closed textblock page edge. The dust jacket is clean, though lightly bruised at the edges and significantly faded ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression; was first published in 1976. In overall very good condition. Publisher's original green boards. The binding is firm, inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There is a small brown stain to the top corner of the front endpaper (see photos). Otherwise nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket is clean and tidy, not price clipped. pp. 119. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression; was first published in 1965. Published under the Acorn Library imprint of The Bodley Head. Publisher's original pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. In overall very good, clean condition. There is an approx. 2.5cm tear to the bottom edge of the last page, p. 79 - margin only, text not affected. Pages are clean and bright throughout and the binding is firm. Inner hinges are very good. The dust jacket is bruised at the base of the spine, very lightly rubbed to spine ends and corners and the front flap has been price clipped. Although the book app... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. New edition; was first published by Faber in 1954. Publisher's original magenta colour boards - a bump to the top corner of the lower board and the boards are slightly faded at the edges and bruised at spine ends. Mild discolouration / darkening to closed textblock page edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are a couple of minor grubby handling marks to a pages (very few). The dust jacket is rubbed, torn and creased at the edges, with some minor loss to the top edge of the back cover. Front flap price clipped. pp. 156. 22cm tall. The dust jacket is ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 1936 reprint. Blue boards. In very good condition overall. No names or inscriptions. Some foxing spots to the closed textblock page edges and sporadically to page margins. Colour frontis. illustration. 192pp. The dust jacket is price clipped and worn at the edges, with some loss at the spine ends and corners and small loss to cover edges. 19cm tall. 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 ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 1933 Reprint. A very good condition copy in good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original blue boards; bright and clean, lightly bruised at spine ends and lightly rubbed at corners. A forwards lean to the spine. The binding is firm, pages are clean and bright. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with rubs, small chips and tears and creases to the edges. Front flap price clipped. pp. 192. 18.8cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacke... View More...
Date of publication not stated. Assumed first edition, 1925. Could be a later reprint. No names or inscriptions. Blue cloth. Colour frontis. illustration. Some foxing to the outer textblock edges. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with rubs and creases and some loss at the corners and spine ends. 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). 192pp. 18.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. 'Every entry has been tried on a carefully selected, reasonably naughty, child, and if it failed to entertain, rejected out of hand.' Publisher's original pale blue boards; some very pale mottling to the boards and a very small rust spot to the rear, or lower, board. A lean to the spine. A little foxing and general discolouration to the closed textblock page edges. Pages are otherwise clean and bright; no previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. The dust jacket has pale grubby marks and discolouration all over, including some pale w... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. 'Every entry has been tried on a carefully selected, reasonably naughty, child, and if it failed to entertain, rejected out of hand.' Publisher's original pale blue boards; slightly faded at the spine ends and very edges of the boards. Lightly bruised spine ends. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There is some quite heavy foxing to the top outer closed textblock page edge, which also affects the top margins of some pages. Lighter foxing spots to the outer closed textblock foredge and to the dust jacket. The dust jacket is ... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition, 1937. Pictorial paper-covered upper board, plain lower (or rear) board, blue cloth spine. In overall very good condition. Cover illustrator unknown unfortunately as it is a striking design. Boards are a little rubbed at the corners and spine ends, light marks to spine and a few pale pink marks to back cover, which is white and also generally discoloured / greyed. Foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, a few spots to closed textblock page edges. A very few light grubby handling marks to page edges. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic il... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In fair condition only. Original blue boards. First published in 1930; this is a later reprint from 1950. Pale blue boards have heavy foxing, a dulled and faded spine, small dark mark to the rear board, bumps to corners, bruises to spine ends and a forwards lean to the spine. Both pastedowns have visible vertical creases but the creasing is not visible to the outside of the boards. Inner hinges are very good. Previous owner's name in biro at the top edge of the front endpaper. Brief gift inscription written in pencil below. The bottom corner (about a sixth of the p... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Brown boards. In very good, clean condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket has some minor rubs, very small chips and a couple of short nicks to the edges. Not price clipped. 1950 reprint. The binding is nice and firm though there is a light superficial crack to the front inner hinge. pp. 302. 18.8cm tall. 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)... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In good overall condition. Original pale blue boards. First published in 1928; this is a later reprint from 1949. The boards have some very pale brown marks and the spine has faded and dulled to brown. Light bruising to the spine ends. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges and a very pale stain to the top closed textblock page edge. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. A gift inscription (dated 1949) written neatly on the front endpaper, wishing the recipient a Happy Christmas and a speedy recovery to health. Pale brown mark (could be foxing; cou... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In fair condition only. First published in 1938; this is a later printing from 1950. Original brown boards. There are some marks to the boards, which are also faded in large sections. Significant rubs to the spine edges, with a small hole in one edge of the spine and a short split to the top edge of the spine / rear board joint. The binding is quite firm. Inner hinges are good. Some quite heavy foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are mostly clean, excepting a few foxing spots. There is quite a long tear ... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In good overall condition. Original blue boards. A slight forwards lean to the spine, some light rubs to the edges, a small frayed patch of cloth to the base of the spine, and the spine has darkened / dulled. First published in 1932; this is the 3rd impression. Black and white frontispiece. Foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges, to pastedowns, the first and last few pages, and occasional spots to pages. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. 234. 18.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback. In overall good condition. Early reprint of 1939. 1st published 1928. Blue cloth - quite clean but there is a small rubbed abrasion on the rear board, exposing board. Front inner hinge cracked but binding sound. Previous owner's name on what appears to be the front endpaper. It is possible that a front endpaper has been removed (thus resulting in the cracked inner hinge) but in this case it is extremely hard to tell. A very little light foxing but pages are predominantly clean. 336pp. 18.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In good overall condition. Original blue boards. First published in 1926; this is a 3rd impression, 1936. A slight forwards lean to the spine. Bump to the top corner of the front board. Mild bruising to the spine ends. Some light foxing to the top and side closed textblock page edges; heavier foxing to the bottom edge. A small pale stain to the top outer closed textblock page edge. Previous owner's name and address written at the top edge of the front pastedown. Some foxing to pages throughout, heavy to the first and last few pages. Black and white frontispiece ill... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. In very good condition. Publisher's original beige boards with magenta titles to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. A Sunday School prize bookplate is pasted onto the front endpaper. There are just a couple of minor grubby marks to page margins but overall the pages are in very good, clean condition. The white parts of the dust jacket are greyed and discoloured, with rubs to the edges, a small piece of loss to the top edge of the back cover (approx. 1cm in size), and a small grubby mark to the back cover of the dust jacket a... View More...
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