Mrs herbert strang editor (43 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: GOOD. First edition. A collection of short stories and poems - featuring children, as in the title story - or animals like Whiskers, the field mouse, or Merrilegs, the pony. Illustrated with black and white drawings. 77 pp. Very good in papercovered boards with a colorful illustration on the front cover, blue spine and back cover (usual toning to pages, some rubbing to covers).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. undated c1920 from cover illustration design. One of Mrs Strang's Unbreakable Books, contains 6 boards featuring 2 illustrations bound together at spine. Illustrators include Govey, Brock, Sowerby. Sadly although the board were indeed unbreakable the top edges have suffered a liquid spillage but does not impinge on pictures. Front cover generally clean, rear has scuffing. Various (illustrator).…

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, mild foxing, pictorial paper covered boards, a very good tightly bound copy, brief gift inscription to a previous owner, the text otherwise unmarked, colour frontis, b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. Damaged book in pictorial board covers; backstrip has been re-glued in place; a little faint writing to front edge and surface rubs. Internally fair; end papers tanned; a note to verso of flyleaf; front hinge very tender; text block sound; no foxing; stories by Alice Massie, Jessie McAlpine, Dorothea Moore et al. No date c 1933.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book in pictorial board covers; rubbed at spine ends. Internally very good; neat dedication to verso of frontispiece; very well illustrated; binding tight; a few faint foxing spots to prelims but little elsewhere. Cicely Englefield, Angusine MacGregor, May Smith et al (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First. 4to. creased & ridged spine slight tear top page in Yellow Gown. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1930 1st edition. Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with some rubbing/scuffing, a little splitting to spine. Contents generally clean but for minor soiling/browning, some splitting. I think the front board may have been replaced, but I can't be sure. Charming B&W illustrations throughout by Cicely Englefield. Bingo the baby polar bear visits the other residents of the zoo to tell them about his woolley coat. A scarce book from a scarce series of miniature books. Englefield, Cicely (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. unpaginated, coloured title page, 3 other preliminary pages have colour illustrations, one colour plate and several b/w text illustrations, lacks spine, several pages loose. Rare.

Publishers Illustrated Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Undated but circa 1918. 27 subjects, mainly stories by various authors including, Angela Brazil, Alice Massie, Beatrice Tilly and Bessie Marchant. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus numerous full page colour plates. Pages unpaginated. Inscription to front end paper dated 1918. Decorated green cloth with pictorial onlays to cover and spine in remarkably good condition. Size: 230x185mm. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Hardback annual, 1926, with no jacket as issued. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - paper-covered boards rubbed to edges and slightly darkened to spine with chips to paper at spine head. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - school prize plate to second front endpaper dated 1927; toning to page-ends and the odd spot of foxing here and there but text, illustrated endpapers and illustrations bright and clear throughout - several of the black and while illustrations have been neatly coloured in. Photographs available. Not an old library book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good tiny book in thick card pictorial covers. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; very well illustrated; binding sound; no foxing. A scarce item and even rarer in this condition.

FIRST EDITION 1931, miniature book 84 x 71 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, frontispiece, title vignette and 28 illustrations, 7 full page, (76) pages, bound in original publisher's blue stiff boards, cut flush, coloured illustration on both covers, lettered white, double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover, vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. Little stories about rabbits, a little cat, a bear. No inscriptions, board edges, head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn, surface eroded on illustration on lower cover (see image), a couple of inner joints slightly cracked, binding tight and firm, occasional very slight faint foxing. A good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION dated 1933 on reverse of title page, miniature book, approximately 80 x 65 mm, 40 mm thick, 3 x 2½ inches, 1½ inches thick, pink and white illustrated boards, illustrations of nursery characters and toys on endpapers, (184) pages, illustrated throughout in black and white, some full page, some by May Smith. SPINE MISSING, child's name on front endpaper, contents clean. Acceptable copy of scarce miniature title. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

, [16] pages, with illustrations throughout including 2 full-page and one double-page colour illustration First Edition , covers lightly marked and creased, internally nice and clean, the book is in good+ condition , pictorial card covers, with a girl and rabbits , 28 x 21.5 cm Paperback ISBN.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION dated 1930 on reverse of title page, miniature book, approximately 71 x 60 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, green stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustration of golliwogs on covers, No.7 in list of 8 titles in the series facing title page, illustration of toys on endpapers, no pagination (circa 40 thick pages), vignette on title page and verso, plus 19 illustrations, 5 full page. The Golliwog features throughout, plus dolls and Teddy Bears. Some closed tears to spine paper now glued down, head and tail of spine slightly worn, neat name on front pastedown, child has partially filled in a couple of toys on front pastedown, some pale foxing to contents. A good plus copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

FIRST EDITION 1932, miniature book, approximately 83 x 72 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, grey stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustration to both covers, nursery characters to rear endpapers, list of titles in the series to front endpapers, (69) pages, frontispiece and 26 illustrations, 4 full page. Little stories about 2 children and their pet dogs and cats. No inscriptions, head and tail of spine just slightly rubbed, minute chip to bottom of lower hinge. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1938, miniature book, approximately 85 x 68 mm, 3¼ x 2½ inches, green stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustration to both covers, frontispiece and last page of text as pastedowns, (44) thick pages, frontispiece and 14 illustrations in the text. No inscriptions, spine just slightly darkened, first gathering held only by lower stitch, 2 inner joints partly cracked, binding otherwise sound. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

FIRST EDITION 1933, miniature book 84 x 73 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, frontispiece of African elephant and 32 illustrations, 9 full page, all by Englefield, (76) pages, bound in original publisher's red stiff boards, cut flush, coloured illustration of polar bear on both covers, lettered white, double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover, vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. Stories about wild animals, tigers, camels, rhinoceros, kangaroo etc. No inscriptions, spine very slightly rubbed, a couple of small light score marks to covers, faintest foxing to page edges, 1 inner joint slightly cracked, binding tight and firm. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

FIRST EDITION 1931, miniature book 83 x 72 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, frontispiece, title vignette and 26 illustrations, 4 full page, (74) pages, bound in original publisher's green stiff boards, cut flush, coloured illustration of little boy and toy steam train, lettered white, double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover, vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. No inscriptions, spine very slightly rubbed, faintest foxing to page edges. A near Fine clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

, approx 72 pages, black & white illustration throughout First Edition , spine rubbed and creased, paper missing from rear cover, some light spots inside, few illustrations coloured with crayon by a child, in good condition , Hand drawn dust jacket, rubbed and marked, in good condition , coloured pictorial hardcover 9 x 7 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No Date [Copac cite 1921 and the frontispiece is dated 1919] unpaginated [80 pages], Colour frontispiece by C. E. Brock, one further colour plate by Grace Lodge; further b/w illustrations by G. K. Sterry; Edwards M. Sankey; Grace Lodge et al. Original orange cloth spine, black lettering; printed paper-covered boards with cover onlay to the front board, good with some general wear and rubbing to boards (spine very good), paper chipped to edges and corners worn with boards showing through, boards somewhat marked and rubbed. Contents clean and tight, occasional spotting/foxing and a little general reading wear. A good to very good copy. Scarce - Copac lists just one copy. Size: 4to (18 x 23cm). Brock, C. E. (illustrator). Book.…

[no date]. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. NP. 8vo. Scarce. Illustrated boards, with black, red and white illustrations, and one full page plate. Includes several stories and poems. Clean and bright.

, approx 140 pages, with full page colour illustrations and line drawings in the text, front cover has two children with a fishing net at the seaside First Edition , covers rubbed and lightly soiled, spine dulled, neat owner's inscription on front free endpaper, occasional light spots to pages, in good+ condition , pictorial paper covered boards 24 x 18 cm Hardback ISBN.…

FIRST EDITION dated 1930, miniature book, approximately 70 x 62 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, blue stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustrations on both covers, list of 8 books in the Tippenny-Tuppenny series on reverse of front endpaper, illustration of toys inside both covers, no pagination (circa 40 thick pages), 20 black and white illustrations by Cicely Englefield, 7 full page. Slightly rubbed at top and bottom of spine, minute chip at bottom of lower hinge, no inscriptions, contents clean and bright. A very good plus copy. A baby bear escapes from his cage and meets other animals in the zoo. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

, both titles being a collection of short stories, each illustrated with 4 colour plates (including frontispieces) along with black and white line drawings of varying sizes throughout the text, both titles part of the same series but with the first title originally intended for girls and the second title intended for boys, First Edition , head and tail of spine slightly bumped in both volumes, edges and corners of boards worn (with corners more so), 'this book belongs to' filled out in both titles, neat repair to frontispiece of first volume, foxing throughout both titles but with plates nice and bright, overall in good condition , green and purple cloth spines (respectively), pictorial card covers, titles on front and spine , octavo, 23 x 18 cms Hardback ISBN.…

FIRST EDITION 1931, miniature book, approximately 83 x 72 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, green stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustration to both covers, nursery characters to rear endpapers, list of titles in the series to front endpapers, (73) pages, frontispiece, title vignette and 22 illustrations, 4 full page, some by by Grace Lodge. 6 little stories including The Kind Dragon, Wishing for Wings and Red Feather. No inscriptions, spine just very slightly rubbed. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

FIRST EDITION dated 1933 on reverse of title page, miniature book, approximately 71 x 64 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, yellow stiff card covers cut flush, blue and white illustration of elves and toadstools on covers, front endpapers list the titles in the series, illustration of toys on rear endpapers, no pagination (circa 40 thick pages), frontispiece and 20 illustrations, 4 full page. Contains: The Fisherman and his Wife; The Elves and the Shoemaker; The Tom-Tit and the Bear. Tiny chip to foot of lower hinge, edges very faintly foxed, no inscriptions. A near Fine copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION dated 1931, miniature book, approximately 70 x 60 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, blue stiff card covers cut flush, coloured illustration of the bunnies on both covers, list of 16 books in the Tippenny-Tuppenny series on reverse of front endpaper, illustration of toys inside both covers, no pagination (circa 40 thick pages), 21 black and white illustrations, 6 full page. Slightly rubbed at top and bottom of spine, small blank tip of one upper corner missing, faint foxing to a couple of pages, otherwise very clean, no inscriptions. This early title is stitched rather than stapled. A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

FIRST EDITION 1939, miniature book, approximately 84 x 67 mm, 3¼ x 2½ inches, yellow and white checked stiff card covers cut flush, printed paper label to upper cover, spine plain, frontispiece and last page of text as pastedowns, (44) thick pages, frontispiece, title vignette and 12 illustrations, 3 full page (1 repeated). No inscriptions, spine slightly darkened, 2 inner joints partly cracked, binding otherwise sound. A very good plus copy. The other stories: The Singing Pies; and Grizel, about a little cat who lost her tail. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

, One of a series of Tippenny-Tuppenny Books for children. 32 pages, 22 line drawings. First Edition , light rubbing to spine and edges, occasional foxing, binding firm, very good condition , Card front and back boards with coloured printed paper and stitched pages , 7 cm x 6.5 cm Hardback ISBN.