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Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, James Blackwood & Co.: 0
Seller ID: 002491
Condition: Poor
No date, but c.1860. Maroon colour cloth with titles in gilt on spine and and image of and owl and a duck in college uniform on the front cover. Condition: Poor to fair, covers and spine are quite shelfworn and rubbed, watermark to corners of front pastedown and fep, not affecting text in any way. Previous owners name in pencil on fep. Front hinge beginning to crack, but otherwise binding sound. HBrowning to half-title, otherwise text clean with very occasional light soiling. 200pp. plus publishers list. Charming period b/w images throughout text by the author. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" ... View more info
By: Bellew, Frank
Price: £39.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant: 0
Seller ID: 005905
Condition: Good
Undated, but c.1880's. Title page states "new edition". Pale peach-brown colour cloth with title in gilt on spine and black decorations to front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Some light browning to endpapers and very edges of text. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 299pp. 200 b/w illustrations. View more info
By: Bunyan, John
Price: £9.00
Publisher: London, Religious Tract Society: 0
Seller ID: 001412
Condition: Good
No date, but c.1925. Bright blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine and cover. Blindstamped motif on front cover. Condition: Good, binding sound, spine and cover corners lightly rubbed, but covers are clean and bright.Endpapers browned, previous owners name on fep, with the date July 18th, 1926. 320pp. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Harold Copping. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Carroll, Lewis
Price: £28.00
Publisher: White Plains, New York, Peter Pauper Press: 1984
Seller ID: 004533
Condition: Fine
Two volume set in slipcase. The two books are in fine condition with no inscriptions. The dustjackets are also in fine condition. Light foxing to fore-edge of textblock of both books. The slip case is in fair to good condition with sunning and soiling to the edges.Illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Carruthers, Clive Harcourt (translator)
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Company Ltd.: 1967
Seller ID: 006222
Condition: Very Good
First published thus in 1964, this is the 1967 reprint. Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with some light general sunning to covers and spine of dustjacket. Small chip missing to top edge of front of jacket. Rear of jacket has some watersplashmarks and light foxing.116pp. This is a translation from English into Latin of Lewis Carroll's famous book, Alice in Wonderland. View more info
Price: £37.00
Publisher: London, Hamilton, Adams and Co.: 1832
Seller ID: 005328
Condition: Fair
Violet cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, cloth covers are quite shelfworn and faded with sunning to spine and cover edges. Top edge gilt. Blindstamped decoration to the covers. Cover corners and head and tail of spine are worn, with some splitting to cloth at sides of spine. A previous owners name (Rupert Gwynne, Rosnashane) on front pastedown. Pencil note to reverse of front endpaper dated 1946 and a further pencil note to top of title page dated 1845. Binding becoming a little loose. 251pp. Eighty-five b/w wood engravings designed R.Cruickshank. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - ... View more info
By: Fairfax-Lucy, Brian and Pearce, Philippa
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Longmans Young Books Ltd.: 1968
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 006036
ISBN: 0582159881
Condition: Very Good
Pale blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Signed by Brian Fairfax-Lucy on front endpaper and dated April 1969. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 159pp. Dustjacket and b/w illustrations by John Sergeant. View more info
By: Gavault, Paul
Price: £90.00
Publisher: Paris, Gumuchian & Cie.: 0
Seller ID: 001192
Condition: Good
Brick red/brown cloth, with titles in gilt on spines. No dustjackets. Condition: Good, although covers are shelfworn and spine and corners lightly bumped. Condition: Good, bindings sound, text clean. Some cockling to edge of frontispieces to both books. Light browning to page edges. Volume 1 has a watermark to the spine and back cover, not affecting text in any way. 446pp (Vol 1) and 336 plates (Vol II), mostly b/w, several in colour. Both volumes have been stamped and numbered in error at the bindery of the University of Chicago Library, i.e. a neat stamp on the reverse of the title page and ... View more info
By: Glover, Joyce
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, George G.Harrap: 1942
Seller ID: 002493
Condition: Fair
Orange cloth with titles in black on spine and front cover and an image of a shopkeeper carrying a siamese cat in black on the front cover. Printed on war economy paper. Condition: Fair, covers are quite shelfworn, with sunning to spine and a few small brown marks to front and rear covers. Lower corner of rear cover has a watermark, not affecting text in any way. Binding sound, previous owners name and address on fep has been rubbed out, leaving faint indentation marks. Very light browning to text throughout. 96pp. Illustrations within text by Lunt Roberts. No.43 in the Milly-Molly-Mandy serie... View more info
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, Richard T.Bowyer: 0
Seller ID: 002489
Condition: Poor
No date, but c.1850. Dark green cloth with scrolls and titles in gilt on spine.Cream endpapers. Condition: Poor to fair, covers have been damp to the outer edge at some point, with some raising of cloth to the rear cover. Covers and spine are generally shelfworn with bumping to spine and cover corners. Front hinge has cracked so that the spine is loose from the text, but rear hinge holding firmly.Text not affected. pp.137-140 becoming loose, otherwise binding sound. Previous owners name on fep. 284pp. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard of a painting by W.Mulready. Includes chapters on the... View more info
By: Huxley, Aldous
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1976
Seller ID: 006201
ISBN: 0701150890
Condition: Poor
First published in1967, this edition first published in 1976. Hardcover. Condition: Poor, covers are lightly shelfworn and soiled, more so to rear cover. Top inch of spine covering is separating from binding but still attached. Light foxing and soiling to endpapers. Last two of the rear endpapers have childrens blue scribble and small tears to the tops of the pages. Occasional light foxing throughout text. Aldous Huxley wrote his only children's story for his niece Olivia during a Christmas holiday in 1944. It was first published in 1967, shortly after his death. View more info
By: Joynt, H.Lane
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 1954
Seller ID: 002890
Condition: Good
Green cloth with titles in white on spine. Condition: Good, with light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light foxing. Not price-clipped. 58pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: La Fontaine
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003622
Condition: Good
Illustrated paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to cover edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. Now protected by clear removable cellophane. A beautifully illustrated book of La Fontaine's fable about whether it is better to be poor and happy, or rich and care-worn. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Lindgren, Astrid
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.Ltd.: 1964
Seller ID: 006209
Condition: Very Good
Dark red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good with small neat inscription to previous owner at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with a hint of sunning to spine. Not price-clipped.93pp. View more info
By: Milligan, Spike
Price: £250.00
Publisher: London, M & J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph: 1973
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 006238
ISBN: 0718111125
Condition: Fair
Hardcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners. Some foxing to endpapers. A couple of small red pencil marks to front endpaper.Occasional small marks and indentations within text. Signed by Spike Milligan "To Joss from Hoss" on blank page facing title page (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn (more so to cover corners and head and tail of spine) with some scuffing. Interior of dustjacket has some water splashmarks, not affecting book in any way. Not price-clipped. View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1954
Seller ID: 006392
Condition: Very Good
Third impression, 1954 (first published August 1948). Red hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with light browning to endpapers from dustjacket flaps and previous owners name on blank page after front endpaper. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with some small chips and small repaired tears. Price-clipped. Several b/w line illustrations by Richard Kennedy. 218pp. View more info
By: No Author
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London and New York, Ernest Nister/E.P.Dutton & Co.: 1903
Seller ID: 005221
Condition: Good
Undated, but c.1903. Decorative paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear to covers, more so to cover corners and head and tail of spine. Light browning to endpapers and light browning to pages throughout. Previous owners name on front pastedown. 14 chromolithographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Ransome, Arthur
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1943
Seller ID: 002925
Condition: Fair
Printed to War Economy Standard. Dark green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and blindstamped on front cover. Condition: Fair to good, with light shelfwear to covers and light bumping to spine and cover corners. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 303pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: £39.00
Publisher: London and Edinburgh, T.C. and E.C.Jack: 0
Seller ID: 005982
Condition: Good
Undated, but c.1906. Pale red buckram with decorative gilt decoration and title in gilt on front cover.Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers andvery light sunning to spine. Light browning to endpapers. No inscriptions. 32pp.4 colour plates (inc.frontispiece) View more info
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1966
Seller ID: 006369
Condition: Good
Orange hardcover with title in brown on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers and very light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscirptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light foxing to rear of jacket. Not price-clipped. 86pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings by Marcia Brown.As a child growing up in Jamaica, Philip Sherlock, listened in the evenings to the West Indian tales featured in the book. The roots of these tales lie in the villages and forests of West Africa and were brought over with the migrations from West Africa to the... View more info
