Collins St James's Place, London. 1977. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Ex-library, but clean with only labels present. Overall a lovely copy. View More...
The first book in the "Railway Series" by Rev. Awdry was this title. This is probably the second or third printing. The dust wrapper is present but price clipped, the boards are original green cloth gilt. The only title mentioned in the advert at rear of volume is "Thomas the Tank Engine" which was published in 1946. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine, small area of rubbing along bottom edge near lower corner. Wrapper sl. soiled, endpapers browned, page 58 has small crease otherwise both wrapper and pages are remarkably crisp, clean and bright. VG+/VG+. A very attractive, early and scarc... View More...
Edmund Ward (Publishers), London. 1955. First edition. Small landscape 8vo. Hardback with DW. Lovely bright colourful illustrations throughout. A lovely clean copy in worn wrapper that has a few small close tears to extremities, is a little rubbed and worn and rear panel is lightly soiled. View More...
C. Arthur Pearson. London. 1936. Second Edition. Hardback. No DW. Peach cloth. Illustrated. Boards are partially sunned. Bookplate to front pastedown, ownership signature to title page o/w a good sound copy. View More...
Herbert Jenkins Limited. London. 1949. First Edition, thus. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Slim 8vo. Boards are soiled. Bookplate to front pastedown and ownership signatures to endpapers. Wrapper lacks portions from head and tail of spine and has a few close tears and some chipping to extremities and ownership signature to top margin of front panel. View More...
C. Arthur Pearson. London. 1936. Reprint. Hardback. No DW. Red cloth. Boards are sunned, lightly soiled and a little rubbed at extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown. Page margins browned o/w contents clean and sound. View More...
Blandford, London. 1956. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Bookplate to front pastedown. Ownership signature to front free endpaper scribbled out o/w contents clean and sound in worn and slightly torn wrapper. View More...
C. Arthur Pearson. London. 1941. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Boards are a little discoloured. Bookplate to front pastedown and ownership signature to half title page o/w contents clean and sound. Wrapper spine sunned, extremities slightly worn and one of the O's in Outlook has been coloured in on front panel. View More...
Newnes Book, Middlesex. 1968. Sixteenth Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Corners are a little bumped. Ownership signatures to top margin of wrapper and to front endpaper + bookplate to front pastedown. Wrapper is a little worn, very slightly soiled and sunned to spine. A nice copy. View More...
James Nisbet. London. No date (c.1892) Early reprint. Original decoratedred cloth gilt, sunned to spine and a little faded to edges. Endpapers lightly water stained. Generally a clean and sound copy. View More...
Publisher:
James Nisbet & Co. London. N.d. (c.1910)
Seller ID: 69287
Reprint of very scarce first edition of 1882. Small 8vo. Illustrated pink and red paper covered boards with green text. Upper board has a small patch of rubbing and the spine is sunned and worn to extremities. Profusely illustrated with plates and vignettes featuring line drawings by Ballantyne which are surprisingly good and sl. macabre. Ownership details dated 1913 to front endpaper and pages browned and occ. soiled. VG. SCARCE. View More...
James Nisbet. N.d. [1880]. Hardback NO DW. Green-grey cloth with type and ills. in black, red, green and gilt to spine and upper board. 400 pages. Six full-page b/w plates. Extremities v. sl. rubbed, spine a little dulled. View More...
James Nisbet & Co. London. 1882. Reprint. Hardback. No DW. Brown cloth, gilt., with colour illustration laid down to front board. Illustrated. Small slim 8vo. Prize bookplate to front pastedown, tiny hole to page 17/18 slightly affecting text o/w a good copy. View More...
First edition. James Nisbet. 1886. Hardback NO DW. Blue-grey cloth with type and ills. in black, red and gilt to spine and upper board. 442 pages + 24 pages publisher's list. Full-page b/w ill. plates. Extremities sl. rubbed, spine ends a little more so, spine dulled. Inscription to front free end-paper. View More...
Original green illustrated cloth, gilt. No DW. All edges gilt. 392pp. Illustrated. Board extremities very slightly rubbed. Endpapers browned with previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, some occasional light foxing o/w VG. View More...
James Nisbet. 1885. 11th thousand, early reprint. Original blue-grey illustrated cloth, gilt. No DW. Head of spine frayed, extremeties rubbed. Gift and ownership inscriptions. Pages browned and occasionally marked otherwise clean and sound. View More...
T. Nelson & Sons, London. 1898. New edition. NO DW. Original blue blind decorated cloth, gilt. Spine sunned, extremities a little rubbed and worn. Inner hinge is cracked, but overall contents are clean and sound. View More...
Viking. New York. 1992. First edition. Small square hardcover with original laminated boards. Contains 6 double-page pop-ups. Small nick to edge of spine, pop-ups all in excellent condition. View More...
Vawser & Wiles, London. 1946. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Slim 8vo. Boards are partially faded at extremities. Remains of small label to front free endpaper and small ownership address label to rear pastedown. Pages are lightly browned o/w clean and sound. Poor wrapper. View More...
Blackie & Son Limited, London. c1930. DW. 4to. Tipped-in coloured frontis and 11 other tipped-in coloured plates. Outer edges are slightly worn and soiled. Some foxing and the occasional mark to contents, endpapers browned, prize bookplate to front pastedown and ownership address. A charming copy in grubby wrapper with closed tears, chips and creases. VG/VG- View More...
Blackie & Son Limited. London. c1930. Early Edition. Hardback with DW. Large slim 8vo. Illustrated with tipped in colour plates. Boards are a little grubby. Inner hinge cracked, but contents clean although showing signs of aging. Wrapper is soiled, chipped and worn and also a little creased at extremities, its lacking small portions from bottom margin of front and rear covers o/w a good sound copy. View More...
Evans Brothers Ltd. London. 1958. Reprint hardback in DW. Endpapers browned otherwise a clean and sound copy in price-clipped wrapper that is crumpled to top right corner and slightly worn to edges. View More...
J. Fairston, London. c1945. Early Edition. Hardback. No DW. Original cream paper covered boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards are slightly soiled and partially browned o/w generally a clean and sound copy. View More...
Wills & Hepworth Ltd. Loughborough. 1947. First edition. DW. Ladybird Book Series 497. 24 very brightly coloured plates. Mounted coloured illustration to upper board. Inner hinge partially visible between front endpaper and half-title. Endpapers browned otherwise a lovely bright copy in a wrapper which is slightly worn at head and tail of spine. View More...
Hodder and Stoughton Limited. London. No date, circa 1930. Hardback with DW. Illustrated with colour frontis and 5 further colour plates and 15 black and white drawings. Boards are partially sunned, a little soiled and bumped and lacks a small portion (1cm x ½cm) from head of spine. Endpapers are slightly browned and gift inscription to free endpaper dated 1930. The wrapper is a little chipped and worn, with 1 inch closed tear near head of spine at joint with rear cover and at top corner of rear cover, and lacks a small portion (4.7cm x 2.5cm) from bottom corner of front cover, slightly a... View More...
Folio Society. London 1992. First edition, thus. Hardback, no wrapper (none issued). SIGNED by Paula Rego on a lovely colour illustrated bookplate, that is loosely inserted. Blue illustrated cloth in blue slipcase. Tall 8vo. A beautiful clean and fresh copy. View More...
IPC Magazines Ltd. 1978. Hardback. No DW. Coloured laminated boards slightly soiled. Worn to tail of spine. Gift inscription to top of front pastedown. Most puzzles and dot-to-dots filled in but not colouring page. Generally a clean and sound copy. View More...
Top Sellers Ltd. 1970. Hardback. Original laminated coloured boards, slightly soiled and worn especially to edges. Slight foxing to pages and other signs of use otherwise a clean and sound copy. View More...
F. Warne & Co. with The Armitt Trust. Ambleside. 1999. First edition. Illustrated in colour with many of Potter's illustrations of mushrooms. Slim 32 page stapled light teal booklet with shiny covers. Fine. View More...
