portwin (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Edition. 205 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Ern Shaw, Elwyn Bewick, Leslie H. Shepherd (illustrator). 1st Edition. First story in this magazine annual. Undated, c.1946. A lost world may exist far beneath a vast underground lake under London, which aquatic half-fish half-mammal monsters visit in search of food. 3pp, illustrated by Leslie H. Shepherd. The annual allso includes school and adventure stories and puzzles. Colour illustrations by Ern Shaw and Elwyn Bewick. Page edges tanned and spine frayed.

Zustand: Good. No Edition Remarks. 135 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift certificate on front endpage dated christmas 1947 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1st edition. 1st edition, in brown cloth with dark blue titles. End papers foxed; text clean; binding tight; cloth very slightly soiled Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print (first published in 1947). Hardback copy in red cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 205pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout (both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions. (76/3).

Zustand: Fair. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 122 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate to front pastedown dated 1946. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some heavy rubbing and scuffing to rear.

Undated but 1946 publication with colour frontispiece, tightly bound in red cloth with black lettering to front and spine; top edge of spine and back panel faded; some discolouration spots to front panel; corners a little bumped. Internally, pages yellowed, especially at edges; some discolouration marks, particularly to final pages; otherwise, a good, readable copy. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

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. Good condition book. Undated. No dust jacket. Minor wear to red cloth boards. A tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm throughout. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ern Shaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Undated, and seemingly unrecorded, probably dating to the 1940s, this is the First Edition of this short story from Children's Science Fiction author, E. T. Portwin, here writing under his wife's name Elizabeth Portwin, Known for the children's science fiction story "The Boy in the Moon" published in 1945,and The Werewolf story "The Limping Wolf", And "Death Swamp & Other Stories" & "The Zero Ray Terrors",etc, This children's story tells of The carrot folk who live in the centre of the earth and who operate a big machine that keeps the world spinning, and what happens when the machine stops. I can find no copies of this particular title recorded in any of the main institutional library collections. Illustrated in colour by Ern Shaw, running to 14 pages, covers rubbed with some creasing wear, internally old inscription to front paste down, the centre page has become loose from rusted staples else in good general condition, Very Scarce. This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible.

"A New Kind of Thriller". A werewolf prowls the vicinity of an isolated English country estate. Pp.140, has worm damage to lower inner margins occasionally touching edge of text, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, title to front and spine. Scarce. Fair.** E.T.Portwin (1912-2006) UK publisher and author, born Portwine (name changed legally), who sometimes wrote as by Elizabeth Portwin, his wife's name; as he normally signed his books E T Portwin, some confusion ensued". (SFE).

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Bottom edge slightly darkened, pages lightly age-toned, otherwise near very good indeed in slightly edge-nicked and frayed, slightly dust marked, near very good dust jacket. No date, c.1946.

Zustand: Good. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. Undated. Illustrated jacket by Jas E McConnell over red cloth with navy blue lettering to front and spine. A B&W illustrated frontispiece after the contents page. In which a werewolf wreaks havoc (as they so often do), in this instance on an English country estate. Pages have slight foxing and minor thumbing. Tanning is extremely heavy to some sections but not others due to variable paper quality. Pen inscription to FEP. Mild bubbling to rear pastedown. Block edges very foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Minor rubbing. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket (price 5. net) has edgewear, chips, minor tears and creases. Tiny loss to front panel. Rather rubbed and marked (esp. rear panel). Some red rub marks from cloth to jacket underside. Small hole to spine. Flaps slightly foxed; minor pencil marks to front flap.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon volume containing four science fiction adventure stories for young readers by E. T. Portwin. The first edition of this uncommon short-story collection.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A selection of four imaginative science fiction adventure stories, the title novella of which dramatises the almost fatal discovery of 'liquid radium'. The work also includes 'The Lake Under London', which hints that a Lost World may exist beneath the city with aquatic half-fish half-mammal monsters.Written by E. T. Portwin, a children's science fiction author who sometimes wrote under his wife's name Elizabeth Portwin. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. With only minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is smart, with general wear and handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a couple spots to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. book.