Metcalfe w c (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No date or edition remarks. Bearing a presentation plate to the first free and page. Tanned and with a few small marks to the page edges contents are otherwise clean, clear and in a tight binding. Decent copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second edition. some fading to red pictorial cover. Book.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 413 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Sticker to rear pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible bumping to corners. Notable crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Water staining and marks to all.…

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Book has a slight musty odour. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with prominent splitting, fraying and crushing to ends.…

Zustand: Poor. The Publications of the Harleian Society number 22. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Loose pages; spine splitting. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. Prize sticker. Covers have light rubbing. Harold Piffard (illustrator).

8vo. 251pp. + 16pp. adverts. Colour frontispiece and plates by W.S. Stacey. Pages browned, original illustrated green cloth, rubbed to head and tail of spine. US$15.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Blind stamping; gilt title on front and spine; spine splitting. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. No date [c. 1925]. Pale-blue pictorial hardcover. 136 x 192 x 41mm. 272pp. Four full-page b/w illustrations, plus colour frontispiece. Spine leaning, cover somewhat scuffed on edges and corners, with 1cm tear at top of spine; prize sticker to fly-leaf; internal text clean and unmarked. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive. Arthur Twidle (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. A ripping yarn of a voyage to Australia. First edition, 1905. Colour frontis with tissue guard and two monochrome plates. Covers bright and clean. Prize label on front free endpaper but no other inscriptions. Foxing to page edges and to first and last few pages, contents otherwise in bright condition. Lancelot Speed (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp 223 d/j lacking small portions and repairs scans available. W Rainey (illustrator).

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Marbled boards with red leather half binding. Shelf wear on corners and edges. Gilt lettering on backstrip which has pulled away from front board. Orange end papers. Front and back hinge split. Several pages have pen markings. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Pigtails and Pirates - A tale of the seaPlease noteThere is no dust jacketThe boards are shelf worn and fadingThe bindings are loosening in three placesThere is light foxing throughout the book There is an inscription on the frontispiece dated 1908.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 240, 16. Original publishers illustrated red cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. No date, circa 1908. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Slight fading at spine, otherwise very good indeed. Neat name on front endpaper, dated 1913. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket issued. Index; iv+126pp. orig. cloth gilt, slight wear on extremities, t.e.g.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A vanishingly scarce adventure novel set on the seas on a voyage to Australia, an illustrated novel by William Charles Metcalfe. A vanishingly scarce work.An adventure story for children by William Charles Metcalfe, a gripping tale of storm perils by Australia.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and two monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A small amount of cockling to the head of the spine and to the fore edge of the rear board. Decorative gilt to the front board and spine is a little rubbed. Spots to the fore edge. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's gift inscription to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. Lancelot Speed (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Pearse, Alfred; Hardy, Norman H.; Johnson, A.J.; Hardy, Norman H.; Staniland, C.J. (illustrator).…