Sercombe griffin (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1943. First Edition. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light 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. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Book produced to War Economy Standards. 206. [ii]pp, with map frontispiece and occasional line drawings in text. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine. 12mo. Cloth a little rounded at corners and spine ends, a few small and mild marks. Gift inscription, dated 1943, inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, rubbed all round edges, price clipped, a little toned and shelf worn. Father and son flee the Axis powers in Burma during the second world war, along the Burma Road: the father, Rochester Wrekin was engineer responsible for the construction of a great part of the Burma Road and was therefore a valuable man to the China as guardian of their life line; and equally Axis powers continually watch for an opportunity to kill him. Matthew, Jack (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Decorated blue cloth boards. Rubbing, hole and fading on the spine, scuffing and fading on cover. No jacket. Reading copy only with quite heavy general handling wear. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 244 pages; Physical desc. : xi, 244 p : front. , plates ; 20 cm. Subject: Palestine -- Description and travel. Jerusalem -- Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Undated. Dustwrapper has some taped repairs and two pieces missing.

Zustand: Poor. Undated, inscription dated 1936. Jacket torn in half with dark stains/marks/creases/tears. Dark stains/wear/bumps to cover & spine faded. Tanning/foxing/dark marks/nicks to textblock edges. Tanning/foxing to endpapers. Some foxing to pages. Text good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Undated hardback edition, presumed first?, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed to edges and slightly faded to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text and illustrated frontis bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 100 pages. Short Stories: The Marriage Wrecker; Reckless Voyage; Bait for a Bachelor; The Message. Articles: What Negroes Can Learn From Gandhi; Fury on Ice - The Richard brothers of the Montreal Canadiens, Maurice (The Rocket) and Henri (The Pocket Rocket); We Motored to Moscow - fascinating photo-illustrated article about a drive behind the iron curtain; On My Own - part 4 of 'my round-the-world adventures'; We Hunted Sharks and Sunken Gold - color-photo-illustrated article on treasure hunting in the Caribbean; The Navy vs. "Going Steady" - the Naval Academy's new experiment in forced-feeding social life. Serials: Hornblower and the Pirate Plot (conclusion); The Case of the Footloose Doll (part 5 of 8). Ads: Great color-photo Camel ad inside front cover features power lineman at work; *Sensational* De Soto two-page color photo features white car surrounded by nine sailors in white uniforms; Maytag dryers; Simmons mattresses; Oldsmobile with trans-portable radio; Campbell's Vegetable Soup; Pontiac - with photo of futuristic monorail 'Trailblazer' in background; Cushman 'Eagle' (minibike); Lucky Strike Cigarettes (at basketball game); Thorexin; Arrow Shirts; Fisher Body; Butterscotch Lifesavers; Renault La Dauphine car; Sealtest Black Raspberry Ice Cream; GMAC; Canada Tourism; Westinghouse TVs; Oasis cigarettes - on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Hughes, George (cover); Griffin, Arthur; Whitmore, Coby; Davies, Ken; Bomberger, Bruce; (illustrator). …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this novel from Sercombe Griffin's Books for Boys collection, in the original dust wrapper. A smart, first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding with a decorative sea motif to the front board and the original dust wrapper.Sercombe Griffin was a British chemist and author from Bath, who wrote young adult adventures for boys. In particular, he wrote a series entitled Books for Boys, of which this novel is a part of. Griffin travelled and worked in many places, including San Remo, while working as a locum pharmacist. In 'The Treasure of Gems', protagonist Ralph Coombe sails from Bristol to Martavan, beyond the Ocean of the Indies, after being summoned by his Uncle Roger, a rich trader. The story follows their search for treasure and the many dangerous encounters they have along the way. With five illustrative plates, by British artist and draughtsman Ellis Silas. This includes a colour frontispiece. Collated, complete.With Books for Boys advertisements to the rear of the dust wrapper. In original publisher's blue cloth binding, with the original, clipped, dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the extremities, with a patch of fading to the spine. Offsetting to front endpapers. Dust wrapper in good condition with chipping and the odd tear to the extremities. Tear to the wrap at the middle of the spine. Slight sunning to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Ellis Silas (illustrator). book.…