Hardback. Laminated pictorial boards. A couple of light scratches to the rear board, light fading to the edges and a few minor rubs. Slightly grubby thumb mark to the edge of the title page. In otherwise very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Slim and unpaginated picture book. 27.8cm tall. French language. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Laminated pictorial boards. Czech edition of Biggles - The Rescue Flight, 1995 edition. Clean, tight and unmarked; an excellent, very near fine condition copy. pp. 199. 21cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. Czech edition of Biggles Delivers the Goods, 1995 edition. Clean, tight and unmarked; an excellent, very near fine condition copy. pp. 182. 21cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. French edition of Captain W. E. Johns's Worrals in the Wastelands, published the same year as the 1st UK edition. In good condition. Publisher's original beige brown boards. The binding is firm but the pages are very browned, due to poor paper quality. The pages have been rough cut at the foredges, rather than machine trimmed, resulting in a few short tears to the edges. Some foxing to pages. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with rubs, short tears, small chips. pp. 190. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose prote... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. French edition of Captain W. E. Johns's Worrals Investigates, published the same year as the 1st UK edition. In fair to good condition. Publisher's original pink boards. The binding is firm but the pages are very browned, due to poor paper quality. Some foxing to the pages, particularly noticeable to the endpapers. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges with some small chips, tears, creasing and the white back cover is discoloured / browned. pp. 192. 19cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear ar... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. French edition of Captain W. E. Johns's Gimlet Bores In. In publisher's original grey boards, with brown titles - the boards are very slightly discoloured at the edges. The binding is firm but pages are browned due to poor paper quality; a little foxing to pages. Some page foredges have been rough-cut due to poor textblock trimming at time of manufacture, resulting to some tears and loss to a few page margins (see photos for an example on p. 61/2). Previous owner's name and address neatly written on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is worn, with some tears, chips ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. French edition of Captain W. E. Johns's Another Job For Biggles. In fair to good condition. The story was first serialised in English in Collins Magazine for Boys and Girls, Feb - Aug 1950 as Biggles in Arabia. It wasn't published in book form in English until 1951; this French translated edition predates the first English book form edition. Publisher's original white boards with red titles. The boards have some foxing and discolouration to the edges. The binding is firm but pages are browned due to poor paper quality; some foxing to pages. Some page foredges have b... View More...
Hardback. Swedish translation of 'Biggles Defies the Swastika'. Fair condition - a good reading copy. Pictorial boards with orange cloth spine. Rubs to board edges and a little pencil on the front board. Front endpaper and half-title pages have been snipped at the corners and edge. Pages are significantly browned / tanned due to poor paper quality. A few slightly grubby thumbing / handling marks to pages (not many). 207pp. Some foxing to endpapers. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 19cm tall. View More...
Language: French. Bound in flexible brown leatherette boards, with clear acetate dust jacket and presented in original Gallimard printed card slipcase. Two yellow ribbon page markers. Top edge tinted orange. The book is in excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. The slipcase is very good but has some mild handling creasing around the spine. pp. cxxxv, 1430. The book measures 17.7cm tall. View More...
German language edition of Missee Lee. Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. There is a significant forwards lean to the spine. Some small light foxing spots to the outer closed textblock page edges. A few small rubs to the top edge of the boards. Overall good clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. 396. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Danish edition of the second half of Swallowdale, 1957. Swallowdale was published in 2 parts in this Danish edition so please take note, this is the SECOND book ONLY. Pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth spine, faded. Light rubs to spine and corners. Two small pale stains to the lower board. Previous owner's name and date (1960) written in neat biro at the top edge of the front pastedown. Paper has browned, particularly at the edges. Binding is sound but pages are brittle. pp. 128. 20cm tall. View More...
German language edition of Arthur Ransome's We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, c. 1948 but publication date of this edition not stated. Hardback with dust jacket. A good condition copy in fair dust jacket. Cream paper covered boards, with blue sail boat illustration on upper board, and with blue cloth spine. Top edge tinted blue. Foxing to the edges of the boards, to the outer closed textblock page edges, and fading to the spine ends. The binding is firm at the inner hinges but there are a couple of weak spots to the binding in the textblock. Paper is very brown and brittle. No previous owner's name... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original yellow boards with Pouwhenua illustration in brown on the upper board and titles in black. Small pale stain to the top edge of the upper, or front, board. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the top closed textblock page edge and a very few light, minor grubby marks to pages (very few). Overall very good condition. pp. 144. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Detective novel by Norwegian / Swedish novelist Stein Riverton (real name Sven Elvestad). This copy is a 5th thousand / 5th printing. This book came from the collection of crime writer P. D. James and loosely enclosed with the book is a letter on Sphere Books headed paper addressed to Mrs P. D. White (P. D. James), from the European Sales Manager at Sphere, 1985. The letter mentions the book and a trip to Scandinavia. There is an older previous owner's signature in pencil at the top edge of the half-title page. Half red cloth binding, with patterned paper sides. The b... View More...
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