adrian mitchell john lawrence (11 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Lawrence, John (illustrator). Covers slightly aged and rubbed around edges. Contents also vg, with very slight edge discolour. no insc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Lawrence, John (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, gilt embossed hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is sunned, page block is a little blemished, and page edges are lightly tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Used.

Black Cloth Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. John Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. First collection of Adrian Mitchells's poems for children, illustrated with specially created woodcuts by John Lawrence. 79pp illustrated in black and white. Gilt figure to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with some edgewear and fading, otherwise good. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Poems by Adrian Mitchell collected in one volume and combined with John Lawrence's woodcuts, which have been specifically created to complement the poems. Signed and inscribed by Adrian Mitchell. Slight yellowing of dust jacket, discoloration of back side of dust jacket, slight yellowing of pages. Text in English. 79 pp.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 80pp. Signed and annotated with an elephant cartoon on the half title page by Adrian Mitchell. Illustrated laminated card cover.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. A little wear to corners. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Poems about elephants, bananas, mashed potatoes, floating flautists, love, a seven-headed snake, wizards, arithmetic and a hundred-mile- high pine tree leap from these pages in a helter- skelter of words and pictures. Adrian Mitchell seeks out the magic in ordinary things and makes the weird and unexpected seem perfectly normal. He plays games with words, invents jokes and tells stories some full of his mischievous sense of fun, some poignant and thoughtful. All are beautifully illustrated with irresistible wood engravings by John Lawrence (LL).

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. COVERS MARKED AND CREASED WITH SOME BUMPING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. *AUTHOR SIGNED - NOT AUTHENTICATED. BINDING FIRM. SOME LIGHT TANNING TO PAGES. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

(248 x 168). pp, 79, (1). Black and white illustrations. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A SKETCH ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Black and gilt cloth. Unclipped dustjacket in clear protective wraps. Near fine.

FIRST EDITION 1984, hardback, 250 x 180 mm, 10 x 7 inches, black boards, gilt vignette, gilt lettering to spine, 80 pages. Superb wood engravings throughout. Lively jolly poems for children. Minute bump to top corner of upper cover, tiny shallow dent to top edge of lower cover, no owner inscriptions, near Fine in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, very slight wrinkling at head of spine and at top of front fold). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

First edition, wrappers issue. Royal octavo. 80 pages. Glossy colour card wrappers. Poems for older children with numerous illustrations, these being snippets from a large wood engraving made by John Lawrence and which was available separately.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the half-title page: ''for Edward Upward with thanks especially for The Spiral Ascent - Adrian Mitchell''. The Spiral Ascent was Upward's semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels.Fine.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Signed by both authors, with doodle of an elephant. Slightly worn and marked, otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Recipients of the book have each imitated the original doodle on endpaper.