Talbot e et al (27 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First. 8vo. inscription 1939 cracking hinges no rear end paper some corners roughly torn. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 4to No date but prize label on ffep dated 1934. A very good copy for its age, except for water mark and a little damp spotting to front pastedown and fep, showing through a ittle onto front illus cover, which shows 3 girls picnicing on a river bank, making tea. Yellow spine cloth First story A Madcap Trio by E L Haverfield. Very minor foxing throughout. Minor shelf wear. Large book, may incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 4to; hbk; covers marked; G+; illustrated eps; some foxing; colour frontis; other plates & illustrations in half tone or line drawings; excess P&P outside UK due to weight ; Collins Schoolgirls' Annual; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Norman Sutcliffe Et Al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Book hardcover illustrated No DJ pictorial boards and spine pp143. Condition Very Good Internally tight and clean. Edges tanned and top edge dust dulled. Page block bowed. Endpapers tanned. Boards and spine very good. Unmarked aside for owner's inscription on endpaper .Voices from Calvary leaflet laid in.…

Hardcover. Zustand: G+. First Edition. 4to. A very good copy for its age with blue illus cover, young girl in red dress with yellow spots pushing a perambulator with a teddy bear dressed as a doll and holding another in her arms. nd but ca 1920-30. Minor denting to fore edge of front cover an bumps/scuffs to corners. Lighter blue cloth spne has minor damp spots to top edge. Front inner hinge a little slack. Pages browned. Thick, annual type book, unpaginated, with many stories for children to read for themselves. First story: The Hut by the River by Mabel M Stevenson. Illustrations and some colour plates. Heavy book, may incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Ethel M Burgess, (illustrator). Book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The Jolly Bookshelf series. Yellow pictorial covers, tennis player to front, hockey player to spine. 9 stories and 1 poem. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Hiley, Francis E. & Studdy, G.E. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. circa 1929. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The Jolly Bookshelf series. Yellow pictorial covers, tennis player to front, hockey player to spine. 9 stories and 1 poem. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Some light foxing and browning mainly to endpapers and taxt block. Text pages very good. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Hiley, Francis E. & Studdy, G.E. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. 4to hbk; undated but gift inscription is of 1929; cover shows girl with tennis tacket in foreground; 96pp; thick paper; cover has darkened with age; b/w and colour illustrations; contents generally Vg - just a little light foxing; 4 full page colour illustrations, by 4 different illustrators, - the last one being a lovely dog picture - dog has the name rose on its collar; ; The Jolly Bookshelf; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Cobb, Ruth; Francis Hiley; a H Watson; Frank Wright Et Al (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Covers edge rubbed, corners worn. Spine bumped. Small stain to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pencil doodle erased on verso of frontis. Foxing to contents and some light fingering. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Harrison, Florence & Reynolds, Warwick & Wiles, Frank & Brock, C.E. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1924. Good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boys in a sailing boat. Colour frontispiece. B/w plates and illustrations throughout. 288 pages. First story is "A Famous Name" by Hylton Cleaver. Boards edge worn and slightly grubby. Spine worn. Light damp stain to edges of front free-endpaper. Some foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Brock, H.M. & Browne, Gordon & Millar, H.R. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Spine bumped, worn and browned with a few marks. Corners and cover edges worn. Marks to covers. Small amount of crossed out writing to front endpaper. Grubby mark to top corner of half-title page. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Light foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Harrison, Florence & Reynolds, Warwick & Wiles, Frank & Brock, C.E. & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. circa 1925. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Anderson, Anne & Rees, E. Dorothy & Lodge, Grace & Lambert, H.G.C. Marsh & Neilson, Harry B. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1923. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 16 colour plates. Spine and edges rubbed. Rear board browned. Front endpaper missing. All plates present. A few scattered foxspots. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Studdy, G.E. & Fraser, Peter & Earnshaw, Harold C. & Wood, Lawson & Webb, Arch & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Colour pictorial boards show children running after dog. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: Pocket Thunder by Harold Avery. Spine bumped, picture on it worn, 1.5" split to bottom of front edge. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers very grubby. Erased writing and faint ticks to both endpapers and verso of frontis. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Wood, Lawson & Groome, W.H.C. & Fraser, Peter & et al., (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very Good. DE FOUBERT, E M; AMBROSE, J H; TALBOT, Ethel CHISOLM, Edwin (Editor) et al. The Jolly Book for Girls. Thos Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1932, hardback with printed boards and cream fabric spine, 192 , VG-, illustrated throughout from b/w drawings and six full colour plates including one frontispiece (see scan) by R N Brock and E Brier One neat inscription on front endpaper, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages crisp, lightly tanned, hand cut pages with light foxing to ends Boards clean and rigid, front board illustrated (see scan), gentle rubs to edges, small chips to fore-edge corners, spine strip intact . CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, COMPENDIUM OF STORIES FOR GIRLS.43883 CHILD'S COLL £1000.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1920. Good condition with no wrapper. For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some fading to spine. Front cover and edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover grubby and marked. Top of rear board next to spine badly bumped. Top inner corner of contents also bumped. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges pulled. Dated inscription to front endpaper. Page 17/18 is detached from book. Browning to endpapers. A few small marks otherwise contents generally clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Wood, Lawson & Studdy, G.E. & Earnshaw, Harold & Anderson, Anne & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1920. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Wood, Lawson & Studdy, G.E. & Earnshaw, Harold & Anderson, Anne & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fair reading and research condition, sporadic stains, underlining/marks in margins, free front end page missing owners signature, green boards, worn, corners bumped, a lot of damage to spine.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1925. Very good condition with no wrapper. Blue pictorial cloth. Large format. 11 colour and b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. Vol XLVII on spine. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Light marks to rear cover. Some slight foxing else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Brightwell, L.R. & Browne, Gordon & Pearse, Alfred & Robinson, T.H. & Rountree, Harry & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1927. Good condition with no wrapper. Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Talintyre, H.M. & Sexton, Donald R. & et al., (illustrator).…

Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. 4to 11'' x 8''. Contains approximately 128 printed pages of text with 10 single-sided art plates on coated paper, 4 colour and 6 monochrome, lots of monochrome text illustrations throughout. Foxing to the frontispiece colour plate, age tanning to the text block edges, in tight and square condition with small rubs to the spine ends, no dust wrapper. The first story is 'The Chums of St. Katherine's' by S. Beresford Lucas, the last story is 'Tess Lends a Hand' by E. Walker. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR GIRLS.…

Zustand: VG/VG. 3 vols. 4to. 381;207;523 pp. With ca.9000 figs. Indexes. Hardcover. Or.boards, in (sl.chipped) dustj. * Heavy item, requires extra shipping costs for destinations outside EU.

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. These uncommon, fascinating works of twentieth-century Medieval literary criticism, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression ofMedieval Literature and Antiquities : Studies in Honour of Basil Cottle published in 1987, and, the first thus new edition ofPiers Plowman : The C-Text and Its Poet, first published in 1949.With the original unclipped dust wrappers.Medieval Literature with 13 monochrome photograph plates, including of illustrations from the important medieval manuscripts MS Cotton Claudius, MS Harley, and MS Junius. Collated complete.Piers Plowman : The C-Text with previous owner's neat inscription, "Tom Mason 1971" to the recto of the front first free endpaper.Uncommon.E. Talbot Donaldson was a scholar of medieval English literature who is most famous for his 1966 translation ofBeowulf. His workPiers Plowman : The C-Text examines the significance of the C-Text of Piers Plowman by William Langland, which is now recognised as a vitally important version of one of the most significant works of literature from the Medieval period.Medieval Literature is an exciting collection of essays by various Medieval scholars on topics such as 'Ladders and Lines of Connection in Anglo-Saxon Religious Art and Literature', 'Will'sPilgrimage in Piers Plowman B', and 'Chaucer in the Suburbs'. Both in the original publisher's binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, both very attractive: a touch of bumping to the head and tail of the spines and extremities and one or two minor marks to the fore edge. Wrappers are generally smart with some light marks and minor chips and closed tears, slightly heavier to 'Piers Plowman'. Wrapper for 'Piers Plowman : The C-Text' has some age toning, heaviest to the spine, and 'Medieval Literature' is slightly sunned, and a trifle creased at the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages, barring light age toning. Previous owner's inscription to recto of front first free endpaper of 'Piers Plowman : The C-Text'. Near Fine. Multiple plate photographs, including of Bewcastle Cross, MS Cotton Claudius B, and MS Junius 11. (illustrator). book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. circa 1916. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Cowham, Hilda & Rees, E. Dorothy & Anderson, Anne & Attwell, Mabel Lucie & et al., (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A good run of 5 years (1961-1965) all in the original parts with wrappers, (6 parts per year, part nos. 4 & 5 missing from 1962, otherwise all years complete = total 28 parts). Some colour plates, after various artists including D. M. Henry and Chloe Talbot Kelly. Additionally, plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear, some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight, a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Size: 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]. D.M. Henry; C. E. Talbot Kelly et al (illustrator). Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 100 Pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Features: The Crusader's Ghost a tale from Manorbier, a village in Pembrokeshire; The Ice-Harvest of Norway - *fascinating* article and many descriptive photos explain how large blocks of ice are produced and transported to London for sale; Twenty Dreadful Days - Captain W.H. Derard's vessel, the "Siddartha" was dismasted in the Atlantic; Through the Land of Witchcraft - Part 3 - "Ju-Ju" in remote bush districts of West Africa; How We Saved the Team - an Australian teamster saves his runaway bullocks as they hang over a precipice; Paid in Full - Captain G.D. Haigh was captured and mistreated by Boers but he escaped and brought justice to his former captors; Our Trip to the Cedars of Lebanon - *magnificently* photo-illustrated article; The Hunted Hunters - While chasing a French-Canadian lumberman/murderer the pursuers are hunted by wolves!; Stopping a Runaway Engine; Across the Congo - Part 4 - photo-illustrated article describing the 3,500 mile journey of Marguerite Roby from Boma to Elizabethville; The "Beast-Man" - John Tornow vowed a vendetta against the entire human race in the Chehalis County area of Washington state; A Wanderer in Sicily - wonderful travel article with many great photos; School-Teaching in the West - wild times at a mixed composition school at Beaver Creek near Fort Benton, USA. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Dugdale, T.C.; Wigfull, W.E.; De Walton, John; Soper, George; Reynolds, Warwick; Somerfield, T.; Simmons, Graham; Machefert, A.C. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part 1) - Sister Janina vanished from Isadore, Michigan and it was 12 years before the mystery was solved; Post-Hole Pete - an amusing bear story from the Alaska wilds; The Maddest Exploit of the War - Trooper Gerald Fitzgerald No. 1313 1st King Edward's Horse was unaware of the Armistice so single-handedly pursued the retiring German Army; The Ship That Came Back - the liner "Sesostris" was wrecked off the coast of Guatemala, lifted into a jungle by a volcano, then salvaged to resume her career! - article with photos; Short Stories; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - and After (part 1) - Sergeant H. Wright, D.S.M., of the Royal Marine Light Infantry provides striking narrative; Ants and Other Pests - Mining Engineer E.T. McCarthy's thrilling experiences; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 4 - Mr. Philby describes his travels in central Arabia among the Wahhabi (Wahabi) Arabs - article with photos; The Hunting of Felizardo, a notorious brigand in the Philippines - photo-illustrated article; On Foot Through South America - part 7 of 7 - travels in the "Great Wilderness" of Bolivia, and a meeting with "Jack Thompson" - photo-illustrated article; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron on the Western Front - part 4 (illustrated); Down at Iceland - sights and events on a trip to Iceland in a typical Grimsby trawler ; A Battle with Bears - an exciting story from the wilds of Wyoming, by Frank M. McMaines; Nice illustrated B.V.D. underwear ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C.; Whitaker, W.G.; Prater, Ernest; Reynolds, Warwick; Gillett, Frank; Hodgson, E.S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Wood, Stanley L.; Horne, A.E.; Avis, W.; Wigfull, W.E.; Small, A.G. (illustrator).…