Illustrated john mason (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good+ dj. Later Printing. [nice clean book with minimal shelfwear, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is very lightly soiled, with a bit of wear along the top edge, and is internally tape-reinforced along the top and bottom edges]. Major Hugh North of Army Intelligence travels to Indochina, specifically "into the stewing slums of Cholon, Saigon's twin city," on the trail of a mysterious young woman known only as "the Black Chrysanthemum," who is in possession of "a dossier containing the names of British and Americans who, for fabulous rewards, had betrayed their countrymen [and who] knew that the men whose lives she held in her hands would stop at nothing to assure their safety." This was the first post-World War II adventure of Major North, following a five-year hiatus, and is the 15th title in the North series. Illustrated by (dj painting) John Alan Maxwell (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Becoming loosely bound with a couple of detached illustration pages, decorated embossed green cloth boards, gilt closed page edges, foxing marks on a few pages, no publication date indicated, but gift inscription inside is dated 1876. Illustrated by fifty wood engravings (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Undated edition, probably 19th century. Brown cloth boards with some marks and handling wear, including a split back edge of the spine. illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. [31] p.; 12 pl.: angels, maidens, choirboys &c.; 25.5 cm. Text and plates lithographed in brown ink. (see Farrar and Evans 660) Good orig. blue boards, spotted, vertical crease fore and aft. Illustrated by E. C. Gardner (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. Puffing Billy is a little steam engine who carries farmers and their goods through the hills.Children like him too, because he is the happiest engine in the land.But one day disaster strikes a landslide rolls down onto the track and a lot of important lookinggentlemen decide that Puffing Billy can run no longer.He is taken to a workshop and left alone in a dusty corner.For a while it looks as if he has been forgotten.But then the children who used to ride the Puffing Billy feel lonely without him and they think of a plan to put him on the rails again. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, gilt lettering to spine, peach paper end papers. 8vo 9¼" x 6¼" 223 pp ISBN 0709029640. Monochrome line-and-wash drawings to most pages by John Wilford. Fine in Fine panoramic illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. HEREFORDSHIRE.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good dj. First Edition. [a good sound copy, with just a bit of soiling at the top edge of the front cover and some spotting/tanning to the top of the text block; the jacket is somewhat soiled and foxed, faded along the spine, and has several nicks and some shallow paper loss along the top edge]. (cartoon drawings) A "hilarious report from the lecture front [by] one of America's most popular lecturers [who] makes revelations on the perils of the platform that will delight everyone who ever made a speech, introduced a speaker or simply been part of the great listening public. For here the brave survivor of a hundred club programs tells all, in a riotously funny symposium of his adventures." The thirteen full-page Hirschfeld illustrations are highly amusin', as well, as is the drawing on the (uncommon) jacket. The author (1900-1969) was best known as a theatre critic and newspaper columnist. Illustrated by (dj and illustrations) [Al] Hirschfeld (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good dj. First Edition. [moderate shelfwear to lower extremities, spine slightly turned, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of half-title page; the jacket shows some wear at edges and extremities, has a few internal paper-tape repairs/reinforcements, and has an array of tiny scrape marks on the front panel]. "A Major North intrigue novel" set during the early years of World War II, in which the intrepid Major goes in pursuit of a secret formula for a new explosive, rumored to be in the possession of a famous and exotic Polish ballerina. This leads him to a palatial villa in Rumania, near the Russian border, in which are conveniently gathered a whole bunch of people who are desperate to get their mitts on said formula -- "male and female; Nazi, British, Soviet, Turkish, Hungarian; charming and hateful" -- and, soon, the ballerina herself. Illustrated by (dj) John Alan Maxwell (illustrator).…

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. 1st edition. 178pp, small octavo hardcover in dj. minor dent bottom rear hinge, mild toning to book edges, gilt titles clean and clear, foxing to page edges, binding strong and solid, signed by 33 pilots on first few prelims, interior text clean throughout. DJ covers mildly worn on rear, light chipping to top and spine ends, no major tears, not price-clipped, in mylar cover. …