edith timperley (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. DJ is complete with little wear to edges. It has been price clipped. Contents are very lightly toned.

1st ed. 1st edition, 1968. B&W illustrations. faint foxing on page fore-edge; text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket a little worn & marked Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Zustand: Good. 1965. First Edition. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. A fold-out map at rear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Zustand: Good. 1965. First Published. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Green and red pull-out map to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription and sticker to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and tape to spine and edges.

Nonsuch Publishing. Stoud. 2005. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated in black and white. Extremities slightly worn othewise a lovely clean and sound copy.

Zustand: Very Good. Photo-plates (24) & map Octavo boards in dust jacket 192pg V.G+/near Fine 1 volume. Hardcover.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the photo-illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the corners, the upper board with a small glue? mark to the centre, the cloth otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete wih the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the Roald Dahl in black ink on the front endpaper "To Lesley / Love / Roald / Dec. 1983". A collection of 14 ghost stories chosen by Roald Dahl out from the 749 supernatural tales he read at the British Museum whilst working to develop an American television programme that would feature dramatisations of some of the stories. A pilot written by Dahl based on E. F. Benson's 'The Hanging of Alfred Wadham' was filmed but never released due to concerns that it would offend the American Catholic Church. The stories include 'W.S.' by L. P. Hartley (1952); 'Harry' by Rosemary Timperley (1955), 'The Corner Shop' by Lady Cynthia Asquith (1926); 'In the Tube' by E. F. Benson (1922); 'Christmas Meeting' by Rosemary Timperley (1952); 'Elias and the Draug' by Jonas Lie (1902); 'Playmates' by A. M. Burrage (1927); 'Ringing the Changes' by Robert Aickman (1955); 'The Telephone' by Mary Treadgold (1955); 'The Ghost of a Hand' by Sheridan Le Fanu (1863); 'The Sweeper' by A. M. Burrage (1931); 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton (1910); 'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Barham Middleton (1912); 'The Upper Berth' by Francis Marion Crawford (1885). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

orig.wrappers. Zustand: Rubbed. Spine torn. Good. 3pp photoplates. folding map (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 22x20cm, xiv,148,(3)pp, Corner bump. A 1cm tear to map edge. "The Second Edition, with a New Map & Additions to the Text".