Fairlie bruce d (25 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Rare paperback edition published in wartime. Spine is badly worn , dirty and creased. Has been reglued so splitting is evident externally but there is no danger of separation. Not the prettiest copy but a rare survivor. M D Johnson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+/Vg-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce jacketed 1st Aust edition. Undated but 1947. Unclipped jacket has a large chip at the head of the spine and wear to all corners. It is moisture rumpled to the back panel. Now in a new protective sleeve. Pages age toned as typical for the Australian edition. M D Johnson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Hbk; no d/w; cream boards slighty grubby with green illustration on cover; new has been put in; colour frontis missing; girls school story set in world war 2; G+; looks as if the spine has been glued internally - probably when new end paper put in; ; School on the Moor Trilogy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated, c.1930. Stories by Dorita Fairlie Bruce (The School for Scandal), Winifred Darch, Josephine Elder and Evelyn Simms. For full list of stories see photographs. Four colour plates by E. E. Brier, M. D. Johnston and Beryl Irving. Numerous line drawings in text. Endpapers and some decorations by Maud Reed Cooper. Back cover slightly marked, slight tanning to endpapers, a little scattered foxing but generally in lovely bright condition. E. E. Brier, M. D. Johnston, Beryl Irving, Maud Reed Cooper (illustrator).…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 203 pages. Appears unread. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1946. Almost very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Fading to top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to base of spine and smaller pieces of loss to other edges. Is also creased and damp marked. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. H/b in d/w; 1946 reprint; clean beige boards with blue lettering to spine; colour frontis; nice clean copy, with no handwriting such as names inside; d/w not price clipped; (5/-) ; a little chipping to d/w edges, mainly near spine;; Nancy / St Brides; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by M D Johnson (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1946. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges and foxing to spine. Remains of a prize-plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, tears to spine and some loss to spine and edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; hbk in facsimile d/w; green cloth boards has a little wear at edges; award sticker on fep has name scribbled out; pages clean; d/w is a photocopied one;; Colmskirk; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Patricia M Lambe (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Hbk, pictoral boards; 4 attractive colour plates (frontis is of Dimsie by Mary Reeves) ; front cover is picture of girls dismounting a train; No handwriting inside such as names; attractive generally clean copy with just a little general wear; Vg-; in better condition than many copies of this book would be in now. Excess P&P required outside UK; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by M D Johnston; Mary Reeves Et Al (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Onlay to spine is a little sunned. Crease to corner of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1934. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Beige cloth, blue titles and vignettes. First story is "The Family Streak" by Grey. Also includes "The Monster of Loch Shee" by D.F. Bruce. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slight browning to spine and lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Tiny booksellers sticker as well. Heavy foxing else contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is browned and slightly grubby, worn to edges with creasing to top of spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. circa 1924. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine browned, bumped and worn with a little loss from top edge of onlay. Wear to corners and cover edges. Uneven fading and a few marks to covers. A couple of hinges cracked. A little foxing, mainly to text block. One plate partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. circa 1924. Good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Slight bumping and wear to spine, corners and lower edge of front cover. A couple of small marks to rear cover and fading to edges. Spine and front cover general lovely and bright. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Hinge cracked next to first page of text and first gathering pulled so feels very loose. A few hinges cracked. Contents generally clean with just a little foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1933. Good condition with no wrapper. Cream cloth with black border lines and green swan design to front cover, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth at the top of the spine is beginning to split. Board edges lightly rubbed. Spine browned and covers grubby. Both joints are cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing throughout which is especially heavy to prelims and last few pages. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Hardback; 'Swan' edition; cream/green/black cover with swans on; (see picture) ; front hinge cracking with fep missing; light foxing to prelims; colour frontis; 6 further b/w line drawing full page illustrations; attractive copy generally; G++; ; Springdale; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by M D Johnston (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. H/b; d/w; vg-/vg-; 8vo; 288pp; foxing on top edge; edges stained; inscription in fep; d/w worn; Nancy/st. Bride's Series; Vol. 8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition 1st impression, matching all points in Sue Sims Fairlie Bruce 1st edition identification booklet; 254pp; Green cloth cover with dark brown line drawing of ARP wardens post on front cover and of motor cycle helmet & gloves in circle, on spine; no handwriting inside such as names; colour frontis; 6 full page b/w line drawings inside; approx 1.5" thick. Olivine top edges; Main fault is intermittent foxing, mainly at beginning, blocked page edges & end, as is common. Ohterwise quite a nice copy. G++; Dimsie; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages. Illustrated by W Bryce Hamilton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; hbk in d/w; green cloth boards; near gift inscription (not authorial) on fep; pages nice and cleantop page foredges have a little foxing; d/w not price clipped, but price crossed out; d/w has several mended closed tears but is pretty well complete; ; Colmskirk; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Patricia M Lambe (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 288pp. Light blue buckram boards with blue illustrations and titles to front and spine. Ownership inscription dated 1941 to ffep. Boards faded and rubbed. Spine sunned and worn at extremities. Textblock clean bright and tight. Overall a very nice copy. JOHNSTON M D (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. First Edition. Pale brown boards with blue titles. Jacket is partially attached to boards from moisture. Would very probably steam off. The jacket has a large chunk missing from the head of the spine going around to the front panel with a smaller loss to the back panel at the bottom. Large chunk from the spine at the bottom is seperate and likewise moisture attached to the spine. There is moisture damage to the surface of the boards which appears superficial. 20% of the front free endpaper has been clipped off at the top. the book is well bound and the pages are clean and present well. Please ask questions for more details. This is the true 1st edition no * to half title which usually identifies the 1st reprint with Oxfords of this period. I note other 1938 editions which are reprints. M d Johnston (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Circa 1942. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few light finger marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942, although printed date of 1938 is on publisher page). Heavy foxing to page edge. Dustwrapper is worn to corners, has a small closed tear to top rear edge, is slightly scuffed to spine and has a small blue mark to rear panel. A very scarce, early reprint. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Half-title page has one *, therefore believed to be 2nd edition. Foxing to spine, margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly marked to spine, with wear to corners. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnston, M.D. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+/Very good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Pale brown boards with black titles. Jacket is partially attached to boards from moisture at the head of the boards. Would very probably steam off nicely. The jacket has small chip missing from the head of the spine and across the top of the spine to about 5mm in depth and a 3cm tear on the back panel adjoining the chip.Front panel has a few small nicks. The back board has moisture damage to the back leading edge and the back panel of the jacket in the same position. There is very slight marking to the last 3 pages at the very edge of the pages. 20% of the front free endpaper has been clipped off at the top. Please ask questions for more details. Presents very nicely This is the true 1st edition no * to half title which usually identifies the 1st reprint with Oxfords of this period. I note other 1939 editions offered by some dealers which are reprints. M d Johnston (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A first edition copy of the final book in the 'Springdale' series by popular children's writer Dorita Fairlie Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrations include a colour frontispiece and five black-and-white plates by M. D. Johnston.This is the sixth book in Bruce's 'Springdale' series, a group of novels set at a Scottish school by the seaside resort of Redchurch. This book follows a group of friends that includes Anne Willoughby and Primula Mary Beton as they transition into older figures in their school.Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885-1970) was a Scottish children's author. She wrote the popular Dimsie series, which sold half a million hardback copies by 1947, making Bruce one of the most popular children's writers of the 1920s and 1930s.Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear to extremities with light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the margins of boards and to the spine, with a few marks to rear board. Prior owner's pencil inscription to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart. Minimal edge wear to the edges of wraps, with fading to the spine region. Lightly age toned to fly leaves and reverse, particularly the spine area, with light spots. A few closed tears to top of wraps with light chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with the odd spot. Very Good. M. D. Johnston (illustrator). book.…