ardizzone edward written illustrated ardizzone (10 Ergebnisse)

FIRST EDITION 1962, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 8 inches, original publisher's colour illustrated boards, (48) pages, coloured and black and white illustrations throughout. Towser the stowaway dog saves the ship. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine, tiniest bump to tail of spine, neat inscription on front endpaper (see image), 1 light vertical crease to front endpaper, title page and first 7 leaves, 1 or 2 pale margin fingermarks, tiny pale spot to margin of final page, a very good copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, very slightly worn at head and tail of spine, a couple of minute chips at head of spine, a touch of wear to top corners, bright and clean). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1972, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (47) pages. Large colour-wash illustrations and line drawings on alternate openings. Tim and Ginger run into trouble when they sail as deck hands on the Arabella. No inscriptions, minute bump at head and tail of spine, otherwise a Fine clean crisp unread copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, but a new publisher's price label pasted over the old price, a touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners (see images), clean and bright). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

FIRST EDITION 1972, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (47) pages. Large colour-wash illustrations and line drawings on alternate openings. Tim and Ginger run into trouble when they sail as deck hands on the Arabella. No inscriptions, one vertical crease to front endpaper near fore-edge, otherwise Fine unused clean crisp copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, a touch of rubbing at tail of spine and on spine edges). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

FIRST EDITION 1972, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (47) pages. Large colour-wash illustrations and line drawings on alternate openings. Tim and Ginger run into trouble when they sail as deck hands on the Arabella. No inscriptions, a tiny bump to top corners (see image), otherwise a Fine clean crisp unread copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped with publisher's new price label at lower edge of flap (£2.50), a touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine, corners and upper hinge (see images), clean and bright). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4TH PRINTING 1958 (first published in 1953). Format as first edition, small 4to, 250 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7¾ inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination. Wonderful colour and black and white illustrations to every page, alternate openings. Slightest rub at tail of spine. Near Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER which is not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1972, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (47) pages. Large colour-wash illustrations and line drawings on alternate openings. Tim and Ginger run into trouble when they sail as deck hands on the Arabella. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped with publisher's new price at lower edge of flap, a touch of rubbing to tail of spine (see images), clean and bright). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. .

FIRST EDITION second issue dated 1968 on verso title page, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (48) pages. Large colour-wash illustrations and line drawings on alternate openings. No inscriptions, a Fine copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, publisher's later small blue price label overlaid, in original publisher's clear plastic protection, slight light brown stripe showing at lower edge of upper panel of dustwrapper, caused by glue used by publisher to fix protection to reverse at top and bottom edges - see image 1). The first issue of this book was bound with a dark green cloth spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

FIRST EDITION 1962, small 4to, 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 8 inches, original publisher's colour illustrated boards, no pagination, 48 pages, colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Towser the stowaway dog saves the ship. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in near fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, slightly grazed strip on reverse to top and bottom edges where publisher's plastic protection was sealed on, as issued, now removed). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION (1948), slim folio, 335 x 225 mm, 13 x 9¼ inches, original publisher's pictorial colour illustrated boards, 35 pages. 40 coloured illustrations in chalk and line, text in cursive script by the artist. Two boys and their dog Jock save a train from two serious accidents when the engine driver and fireman become sick. No inscriptions, edges of boards very slightly faded, head and tail of spine very slightly worn, corners just very slightly rubbed, endpapers very slightly age-browned, 5 mm (¼") closed tear to 1 lower margin (repaired). Contents very nice. DUSTWRAPPER: Not price clipped (9s), faint foxing all over, 5 mm (¼") missing at head of spine, 10 mm (½") chip to top edge of upper panel next to spine, several small closed edge tears, corners slightly chipped, lower panel marked slightly on image by light through cellophane wrapper. A very good copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER. In his first Preliminary Hand-List of Ardizzone's books Brian Alderson dated this work (1947), but he has revised this to (1948) in his recent full length Bibliography, pages 54 and 59, No.23.1. The book was reissued in 1959 in smaller format. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

FIRST U.S. EDITION (1938), wonderful coloured illustrations throughout printed 1 side only. 4to, 335 x 225 mm, 13¼ x 9¾ inches, colour illustrated boards, grey CLOTH spine with red cursive lettering, no pagination. Very slightly worn at tail of spine and lower corners, neat small inscription on blank front endpaper, 1 small very pale mark in 1 upper margin. Near Fine in good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, several small chips to edges, 2 larger chips to lower panel, maximum 40 x 30 mm, (1¼" x 1½"), 10 mm (½") chip at tail of spine and on top edge of upper panel, 140 mm (4¼") closed tear to upper panel). This U.S. first edition is 5 mm (¼") taller and wider than the U.K. edition and it has the advantage of a cloth spine, rather than the fragile paper spine of the U.K. edition. Alderson, Ardizzone, No.4 and No. 7. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.