nicholas fast moving diesel von ardizzone edward (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 3rd. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Zustand: GOOD. First US printing. Originally published in England in 1947, this story by author/illustrator Edward Ardizzone tells of two young boys who save a train from crashing, after they have hopped on and the engineer suddenly falls ill. Illustrated by Ardizzone in both color and black and white. Unpaginated. Bound in blue-gray illustrated boards. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall good condition in a good unmarked dustjacket (some tape remnants to interior of dj, few small chips, but original price of 2.75 still present).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Full of Ardizzone's delightful illustrations - both colour and black & white. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. First published in 1947.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Edition Stated. Cloth Hardback w/ Pictorial DJ / Mylar, Ex-Library with some expected wear and faults, Pages are otherwise clean, tight & flat, Item Shrink-wrapped for additional protection.

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

First U.S. edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards. Quarto. 10¼'' x 7¾''. Contains [48pp] with monochrome and colour-wash illustrations throughout. The cloth around the spine has detached itself from the top front gutter, foxing to the end papers, no dust wrapper. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'Edward Ardizzone.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-1979).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1966. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. This edition partly re-written and entirely re-drawn. Yellow pictorial boards with red spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light finger creases/marks to endpapers. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edition in this format hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Quarto. 10¼'' x 7¾''. Contains [48pp] with monochrome and colour-wash illustrations throughout. Light spotting to the end papers. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with similar spotting to the paper and finger soiling to the edges, not price clipped, 10s 6d. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone and 'Bound Proof Only' indigo stamp to the front free end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-1979).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Edward Ardizzone's charming tale written for his son, about a boy and a diesel train, with Ardizzone's classic coloured illustrations, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing.Illustrated with Edward Ardizzone's charming coloured lithographic illustrations throughout.A children's tale written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, being a reproduction of the author's hand-written manuscript, with cursive script. The story was written for the author's son, and follows a boy, his friend and their dog as they go to work on a train and save the passengers onboard.Undated, dated by copies held institutionally.In the publisher's original pictorial hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with minimal edge wear, and cracking to the joints, though they remain firm. Light offsetting to the endpapers with owner's signature to the front. The wrap has marks, closed tears and chips to the extremities, slight loss to the head and tail, closed tear to the joint of the front fly leaf, owner's signature to the front and tape repairs to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION (1948), slim folio, 335 x 225 mm, 13 x 9¼ inches, original publisher's pictorial colour illustrated boards, 35 pages. 40 coloured illustrations in chalk and line, text in cursive script by the artist. Two boys and their dog Jock save a train from two serious accidents when the engine driver and fireman become sick. No inscriptions, edges of boards very slightly faded, head and tail of spine very slightly worn, corners just very slightly rubbed, endpapers very slightly age-browned, 5 mm (¼") closed tear to 1 lower margin (repaired). Contents very nice. DUSTWRAPPER: Not price clipped (9s), faint foxing all over, 5 mm (¼") missing at head of spine, 10 mm (½") chip to top edge of upper panel next to spine, several small closed edge tears, corners slightly chipped, lower panel marked slightly on image by light through cellophane wrapper. A very good copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER. In his first Preliminary Hand-List of Ardizzone's books Brian Alderson dated this work (1947), but he has revised this to (1948) in his recent full length Bibliography, pages 54 and 59, No.23.1. The book was reissued in 1959 in smaller format. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ardizzone, Edward. NICHOLAS AND THE FAST MOVING DIESEL. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1947]. FIRST EDITION. Folio - 9-3/16" x 13-3/16". Color pictorial paper covered boards with no wear at all for what is a magnificent copy of the book. Color pictorial priced (9s. net) dust wrapper with light foxing but no wear at all for what is a beautiful copy of the wrapper. Plain endpapers with browning to both front and back free endpapers. 35 pp. The story of two boys, Nicholas and Peter, and Nicholas' dog Jock that save a train from two serious accidents when the engine driver and fireman become sick. Calligraphic text and color illustrations by Ardizzone on every page. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust wrapper is NEAR FINE. Only six copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE, especially in such nice condition. An incredible copy of an important book.

Illustrated by the author. First edition. 4to., original pictorial boards, lacking the dust jacket. London, The Bodley Head. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Boards slightly spotted, offsetting to endpapers, otherwise an excellent copy.