Francesca maria steele (25 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 93.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. pp.vii, 347 pages, a very good minus hardback, publisher's original dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt border to the front cover, minimal evidence that it is from a uk university library.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, illustrated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 231 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects: English literature Fiction Miscellaneous; English fiction. 1 Kg.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Autoren- / zusammenhangende Unterschrift; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Klappentext Wandern, Fliegen und die Natur geniessen - Ellies Leben ist einfach, simpel, erfullend. Das andert sich jedoch, als Ellie plotzlich am Abend vor ihrem 25. Geburtstag Opfer eines Anschlags wird. Unerwartet wacht sie in einer magischen Welt auf, die alles bisher Gekannte infrage stellt. Ellie stellt fest, dass sie zwischen die Fronten eines jahrzehntelangen Krieges geraten und gezwungen ist, Magie zu erlernen. Ihre Magie, um ihre totgeglaubte Mutter aus den Fangen des Feindes zu befreien. Also begibt Ellie sich in die Lehre der dusteren Schattenkrieger, allen voran Devon Hunt, dem Konig hochstpersonlich. Doch vom ersten Moment ihrer Begegnung erweckt er nicht nur ihre Magie zum Leben, sondern auch Gefuhle, die ihr tief unter die Haut gehen. Eine fesselnde Geschichte uber Magie, Freundschaft, Liebe und den unerschutterlichen Kampf um Freiheit. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A Tearful Victory by Darley Dale (Francesca Maria Steele).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A scarce charming and magical children's novel by Darley Dale, an adventure illustrated by Alexander Monro. A scarce children's novel.'The Little Doctor' is a charming magical adventure tale following Hans and an intriguing gentleman, Zingar.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates, by Alexander Monro.By Francesca Maria Steele under the penname Darley Dale.Six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Some spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Page are bright and generally clean with some odd scattered spots. Very Good Indeed. Alexander Monro (illustrator). book.…

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None. First Edition. A very good plus copy in publisher's original decorative blue cloth gilt. Printed at the Ballantyne Press. A very scarce book and RARE in this condition. 231 pages plus a "List of New and Recent Books published by James Nisbet & Co." (16 pages). Blue, black and gold decorated covers in very bright condition.…

New Revised Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxvii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 19cm. Subjects: Religious orders -- Convents -- Great Britain and Ireland. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with sixteen full-page steel engravings by Paul Hardy, including frontispiece, as called for, and also smaller black and white illustrations in the text including 'Noah's Ark'. Also ornately decorated black and white first letters to first word of each new chapter. ***Very good in brown decorative gilt illustrated pictorial cloth-covered bevel-edged boards, with gilt and green illustration and gilt and black decorative titles and rules to spine, and green, gilt and black illustrated and decorative front board. A couple of small surface marks to front board. Sepia leaf illustrated front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Contemporaneous gift inscription in black fountain pen ink to title-page: 'Mrs Willoughby, Lincoln, from a friend'. Very light unobtrusive, sporadic foxing to pages. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and nicked. Crack to gutter of one gathering which is still tight (book is very heavy). Spine tight. Corners of boards slightly rubbed and bumped. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed***196mm x 148mm.***280 pages plus eight-page publisher's adverts of titles for young people to rear. ***''On the afternoon preceding the night on which the one-inch net was found on Noah's eelset, Eve, it will be remembered, left her father's side suddenly after the report of a gun had been heard, to go for a walk. The gun was a signal. It told Eve that Mr Arthur Clifford, who was staying at the rectory, was tired of Grace Leicester's society, and was going to walk to a certain heronry about a mile from the ark, and would be glad of her company.' (Quote form page 99, Chapter VIII: Love's Young Dream). ***First impression of the true first edition, in its original cloth-covered pictorial decorative boards will all sixteen full-page steel engravings, as called for. ***Darley Dale was the pseudonym of writer Francesca Maria Steele. Only three copies of this title are held in libraries in the UK: The British Library, National Library of Scotland and Cambridge University LIbrary. Four copies held in worldwide libraries according to WorldCat, the afore-mentioned libraries with the addition of Stanford University Library, USA. ***Paul Hardy [baptised David Paul Frederick Hardy - 2 Aug 1862 near Bath, Somerset - 2 Jan 1942 Storrington], was an English illustrator, well-known for his regular illustrations in The Strand Magazine and his painting of "Canterbury Pilgrims" (1903), and his drawings were associated with the serials of the writer Samuel Walkey (1871-1953). Paul was the son of David Hardy, also an artist, as was his grandfather, all from an old Yorkshire family. He was born in Bath, later lived in London in 1886, then moved, after marrying two years later to Miss Ida Wilson Clarke, to Bexleyheath, Kent by 1890, and then moved to Chobham in Surrey by 1899. He exhibited paintings in the 1890s, one exhibited at the Royal Academy, but was best-known as an illustrator of magazines such as The Strand and books. ***Of interest to collectors of Francesca Maria Steele (Darley Dale), antiquarian decorative bindings, young people's antiquarian first editions and the steel-engraved illustrations of the artist and illustrator Paul Hardy. An extremely hard to find first edition title, especially in complete collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. ***. Paul Hardy (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. 8vo. 280 pp plus book catalogue, School Prize bookplate on front pastedown, some browning to foredges and endpapers, some sporadic foxing and light browning internally, good in original blue decorative cloth, bevel edged boards, some wear to extremties, spine darkened, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paul Hardy (illustrator). …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects; Convents Great Britain History. Monasticism and religious orders for women Great Britain Directories. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: gut. 2025. Golden Origin: Das Erwecken des Lichts In deutscher Sprache. pages.