Elma m williams (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1963. First Edition. 192 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Mollie and Margaret and front free endpaper. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Heavy water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Heavy tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.…

Zustand: Fair. 1966. First American Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky. …

Zustand: Good. 1963. Second Impression. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Fine book in clean fresh blue cloth covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally fine and free of inscriptions. The dust jacket is also fine and not price clipped; price crossed out. A very attractive copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. A wonderful copy of Valley of Animals by Elma M. Williams. In an undisturbed corner of mid-Wales is the valley of Pant Glas. Here Elma Williams lives with an assortment of animals, hens, dogs, cats, goats etc., each with their own distinct personalities and characters. Accompanying the text are photographs of the stars of the small stories. Title: Valley of Animals Author: Elma M. Williams Publisher: Hodder and Stroughton Publication Date: 1963 Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age apart from some signs of wear, there are age spots throughout.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First of the author's books describing the animal sanctuary she had established on a farm at Pant Glas, Tre'r Ddol near Machynlleth, Wales.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Good jacket with 1/2" by 1" chip at top spine. 1st U.S. Printing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Book Club Edition. Foxing on closed page edges. Tears, creases, scuffing and dust spotting on jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 210mm). B/w photograph plates. Yellow-flecked, salmon pink cloth, gilt titles to red spine-label. Slight use, browning to end-papers and edges, smells slightly musty, good. Cup rings and stains to rubbed dust-wrapper. The numerous photograph plates of the Hodder and Stoughton editions do not appear in the contemporary Book Club edition. "The valley is Pant Glas, an undisturbed corner of mid-Wales overlooking the Dovey Estuary. The animals are a thriving domestic assortment of hens, dogs, cats, cobs, goats, cocks and a sheep. And this is Elma Williams' true account of life with them in one ever increasing, always changing family." . …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The jacket is rubbed and marked.One inscription. Laminated.Light damp marks.Excellent binding.[R.M]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). (1963) 1963 Book Club edition. 8vo (133 x 203mm). Unillustrated. Yellow cloth, spine titled in black. Slight use but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. The photographs which appeared in the first edition were omitted from this Book Club edition. That said, the dust-wrapper of this Book Club edition is worth the price by itself. "The valley is Pant Glas, an undisturbed corner of mid-Wales overlooking the Dovey Estuary. The animals are a thriving domestic assortment of hens, dogs, cats, cobs, goats, cocks and a sheep. And this is Elma Williams' true account of life with them in one ever increasing, always changing family." .…

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. A good condition book. No dust jacket. Marks and annotations to the endpapers and pastedowns. A small section of loss to the blurb. Speckling to the red dyed textblock edges. A few light marks throughout but all text remains perfectly legible. Sound for use as a reading copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A hardback mystery story. Uncommon. Spine sunned. Internally, very clean, bright & tight - no marks or inscriptions.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). (1963) 1963 1st edition reprint. 8vo (138 x 210mm). B/w photograph plates. Yellow-flecked, salmon pink cloth, gilt titles to red spine-label. Very good in slightly used and spine-tanned dust-wrapper. Front end-paper inscribed by the author*. The numerous photograph plates of the Hodder and Stoughton editions do not appear in the contemporary Book Club edition. "The valley is Pant Glas, an undisturbed corner of mid-Wales overlooking the Dovey Estuary. The animals are a thriving domestic assortment of hens, dogs, cats, cobs, goats, cocks and a sheep. And this is Elma Williams' true account of life with them in one ever increasing, always changing family." * The front end-paper is inscribed, "To [illegible], with best wishes from all in this book, and Elma M. Williams." . …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; 8vo; blue cloth cover; no handwriting inside such as names; a couple of light brown marks on fep; contents clean; d/w not price clipped; a few small closed tears to edges around bottom spine; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Three first edition thrillers in their original dust wrappers, including a signed copy of Elma M. Williams' very scarce mysterious novel 'Tomorrow a Stranger'. The first edition for all.Three volumes.Signed to the title page to 'Tomorrow a Stranger' with an inscription to the front free endpaper; "In gratitude to our able chairman, Bill, all best wishes - Elma, Swanwich 1962".In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers to all but 'Tomorrow a Stranger' which is clipped.This set features three riveting thrillers, including;'The Trouble in Thor', a story about a small mining town with hidden mysteries and violence,'Tomorrow a Stranger', a crime thriller following Cara Lorton and the mysterious notes she finds before a murder is committed,'Death Takes a Dive', an action packed thriller about a man who is asked to perform a task by the Navy which has lead other divers to go missing or die. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers to all but 'Tomorrow a Stranger' which is clipped. Externally lovely to 'Thor' and 'Tomorrow a Stranger'. Externally smart to 'Death Takes a Dive' with loss to the head of the spine, marks and offsetting from tape to the heads and tails of the boards. Further offsetting to endpapers. The wraps are generally smart with marks, closed tears, creasing and loss to the head of the spine to 'Death Takes a Dive' with offsetting to the rear and verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…