stowell thora (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Some shelf and reading wear. Pages a little tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Hbk illus boards, 4to, G+; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. William Stobbs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Historical adventure set in the days of sail. Undated but 1951. A young Cornish boy goes to sea and is captured by Barbary pirates, the Sallee Rovers. Atmospheric illustrations by William Stobbs. Page edges and endpapers slightly tanned otherwise in very good condition with no inscriptions. The dust jacket is price-clipped with loss top left front and top of spine.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 196 cm, illustrated, 19 cm. Subjects; Manuals. Children's books. Children's toys. Fiction - children. Toys. Games. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Brier, E.E. & Watson, A.H. & Smith, May & et al., (illustrator). Very good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards and spine. Front board shows two children on a swing "ever so high!". First story is "Six and Twenty Fairy Cows". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations to text. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Circa 1937. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Pictorial boards, colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Witch's Cottage' by Ierne L. Plunket. Board edges worn, a few corners bumped. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Some light browning to verso of frontis. A few light foxspots to contents. Contents are tight. A little chipping to edges of wrapper, with some foxing and grubby marks - but nice and complete! Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. A very clean bright copy. PO to blank endpaper.

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, (1935). 23 S. Mit 8 tls. zweifarb. Illustr. von Grace Lodge. (= Strang's Penny Books, A 5). Kl.-8vo (18 cm). Geheftet. Für Kinder von 6-7 Jahren. Mit Anhang von Fragen u. Übungen zu Text u. Illustrationen. - Thora Stowell (i.e. Alice Ogden, 1885-1974), britische Mädchenbuch-Autorin. - Grace Lodge ist vor allem als Illustratorin von Enid Blyton-Büchern bekannt. - Herbert Strang (i.e. George Herbert Ely, 1866-1958, u. Charles James L'Estrange, 1867-1947). Die beiden Autoren schrieben vor allem Abenteuerbücher für Jungen, stark beeinflußt von Jules Verne, gaben aber auch zahlreiche Serien u. Anthologien unter ihrem Pseudonym heraus. - Leicht gebräunt, stellenw. stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reeve, Mary S. & Lodge, Grace & Harrison, Florence & Brock, C.E. & Millar, H.R. & et al., (illustrator). 1923. Very good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial front cover shows three girls sitting on grass, one reading a book. First story is "The Influence of Anne" by D.F. Bruce. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Some slight chipping to edges of onlay to spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing and some fingering to page edges and margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). circa 1924. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine browned, bumped and worn with a little loss from top edge of onlay. Wear to corners and cover edges. Uneven fading and a few marks to covers. A couple of hinges cracked. A little foxing, mainly to text block. One plate partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). Circa 1924. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Onlay to spine is a little sunned. Crease to corner of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edition hard back binding in dark green cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and deco design to the spine, Laleham School, Margate coat of arms and lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains colour frontispiece, 292 printed pages of text with full-page monochrome photographs, text illustrations throughout. Laleham School, Margate prize plate inside dated 1935 and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NATURAL HISTORY.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Elcock, Howard K. & Reeve, Mary Strange & Johnston, M.D. & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). circa 1924. Good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Slight bumping and wear to spine, corners and lower edge of front cover. A couple of small marks to rear cover and fading to edges. Spine and front cover general lovely and bright. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Hinge cracked next to first page of text and first gathering pulled so feels very loose. A few hinges cracked. Contents generally clean with just a little foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Brock, C.E. & Griffith, Joan & Reeve, Mary Strange & Peart, M.A. & et al., (illustrator). 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Pictorial front cover shows two young ladies in cloche hats carrying Christmas presents. Pictorial spine. Orange and grey endpapers showing an Arabian scene. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss to top edge of rear panel, foxed on verso with some light foxing showing through to front panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Zustand: 2. Relià cartonnage de l'à diteur sous jaquette illustrà e.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (1937). XII+315 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover (Decorated Green cloth, Black Stamping and lettering, no dj). light foxing to the title page. No Wear. Frontispiece got some Foxing. Free of marks,inscriptions, etc. throughout. Strong unshaken binding, perfect hinges. 8.3"x5.5"x1.5". be30132.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Harvey T. Dunn (illustrator). A charming selection of 20th century novels from popular authors such as American novelist Rex Beach and satirist Mary Dunn. A lovely set of four novels written in the first half of the 20th century, three of which centre on the lives, adventures, romances of female protagonists. The forth addition, 'The Silver Horde', revolves around one man's venture into salmon fishing in Alaska.With works from American authors Rex Beach and Grace Livingston Hill, who were both prolific and popular novelists of their time, as well as Mary Dunn's popular and entertaining Lady Addle character.Each with the publisher's original dust wrapper, all unclipped except for 'The World of Lady Addle'.Including the following titles:'The Silver Horde' (1911) by Rex Beach. The popular copyright edition. Undated, dated from Hathi Trust. With a frontispiece and three plates of illustrations by Harvey T. Dunn.With twenty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.'The Crooked Plough' (1926) by Thora Stowell. Second impression, published in the same month and year as the first. A very scarce novel that follows a girl's tumultuous journey to Egypt as governess to an Egyptian child.'White Orchids' (1935) by Grace Livingston Hill. Second impression. With six pages of advertisements to the rear. An absorbing romance about a beguiling girl who is charmed by a millionaire's son after he gives her orchids to wear.'The World of Lady Addle: Comprising the Memoirs of Mipsie and Lady Addle at Home' (1985) by Mary Dunn. With a frontispiece and seven plates.The Memoirs of Mipsie was originally published in 1947, and Lady Addle at Home was originally published in 1945.Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the publisher's original dust wrappers, all unclipped except for 'The World of Lady Addle'. Externally, 'White Orchids' and 'The World of Lady Addle' are excellent, with minor shelf wear and the odd mark to the boards. 'Silver Horde' and 'Crooked Plough' are very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities and damp stains to the boards of 'Plough'. Dust wrappers are very smart, with edge wear and light chipping to the wraps of 'Silver Horde' and 'Crooked Plough'. Spotting and marks to the extremities of 'Crooked Plough', heaviest to the spine. 'World of Lady Addle' and 'White Orchids' dust wrappers are excellent, with minimal edge wear. Internally, firmly bound, with generally bright and clean pages. With contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpaper of 'World of Lady Addle' and 'White Orchids'. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition, large 8vo, 30 pp. 5 colour plates, with 20 folded sheets containing patterns inserted into a paper envelope inside the upper cover, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, with mild fading, d.w. slightly foxed and marked with minor loss to the top of the spine. No other copy located.