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Hard Cover. Condition: About VG. New Edition. Story of a young English lad's adventures in 19th Century English countryside. 224pp, two tipped-in plates, covers still quite clean and bright. Decorated end papers, text browning around edges, tight. No publishing date inside book, but probably published between 1880-1890s. Faintly penned gift inscription on front EP. Shipped in sturdy, cardboard mailer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by John F Shaw Undated, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Some pages are slightly loose. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing and marking to surfaces.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers, New York
Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Early Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Good plus condition, slight foxing on a few pages. Oners name hand written on front fly page and dated 1891. Only date evident is under the owners hand written name 1891. 15 chapters. 128 pages.
Published by John F Shaw Undated
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated. The cover is clear of stains and marking. Photograph available on request.
Published by John F Shaw & Co Ltd, 1932
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1932. New Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Two colour illustrated plates through book. Medium cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated. Photograph available on request.
Published by John F Shaw & Co Ltd, 1928
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1928. New Edition. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with black lettering. Prize sticker stuck to front free end paper. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Pages are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. Noticeable tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to spine joint causing boards to be loose. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray.
Published by John F.Shaw and Co.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated but inscribed 1898. Photograph available on request.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co., 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth with black lettering. Prize sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Noticeable foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable.
Published by John F Shaw & Co
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Published by John F Shaw and Co, 1111
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is aged toned. Bumping to corners and spine ends. Sticker to front pastedown.
new edition hardback no dustwrapper good copy pale green boards with art nouveau design, coloured frontispiece.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.
Seller: Randall's Books, Cathedral City, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. John F. Shaw, London, undated. New edition. Hardcover, 192 pp, plus 16 pp of advertisements. Illustrated (artist uncredited). Good condition with spine skewed forward, some shelf wear and rubbing to boards. Head of text block is dust-dulled. Light tanning to page edges. Small bookseller s blindstamp (T. Hamblen, Leamington) on verso, front free endpaper. Interior pages unmarked.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1331675863ISBN 13: 9781331675860
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by John F. Shaw & Co., 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. New Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light brown marks to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co., 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Insert to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Nicks and tears to page edges. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has been laminated.
Published by London: John F. Shaw and Co. no date circa, 1915
Seller: Books On The Green, Lydd, KENT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pale green cloth, black lettering, with hand-mounted colour plate. Colour frontispiece. Reward / Prize inscription front endpaper: "A Reward from The Primitive Methodist Sunday School Horsmonden, January 1915". Contents: browning and ageing to pages. A few edge tears. Long tear to inside edge of title page. Front endpaper loose. Paper sticker mounted on inner front paste-down. Front inner hinge tracked. Binding a little fragile. Boards: a little rubbing and fraying to spine, mainly at top and tail. Browning/dulling to spine. Otherwise very good, clean and bright. 60 pp.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, 1928
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1928. New Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated red cloth with a colour illustrated frontis. Prize plate to front pastedown. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine.
Published by John F.Shaw and Co, London, 1111
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth boards with art nouveau vine/fruit design, spine browned. Tanning to page edges, owner's inscription on free front endpaper. colour frontispiece of fisherman. Rear illustration on final page may have been hand coloured by owner.
Green hardback cloth cover. Reprint. 180mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 112pp. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked.
Published by Alpha Editions, 2022
ISBN 10: 9356716536ISBN 13: 9789356716537
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Picture board is clear and bright. No dust jacket. Foxing and tanning to end papers. Photograph available on request.
Published by Alpha Edition, 2024
ISBN 10: 9357935754ISBN 13: 9789357935753
Seller: Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: VeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.
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Published by John F. Shaw, London, 1901
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st ed. Undated, but probably c.1901. First story is 'Hira's Quest' by Louise Marston. End papers foxed; prize bookplate on front pastedown; pages a little browned; slight wear at head & foot of spine. Attractive period colour chromolithograph frontis. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in decorated blue cloth with silver.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd., London
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Illustrated in b/w. & Colour (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated boards rubbed to edges, green cloth spine. Previous owner's inscription on front paste down. Ffep missing. Pages clean and tight. Size: 4to.
Published by J.F. Shaw & Co., 1898
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (Book condition). New Edition. "New edition" Laid in, A contemporary classroom, Q and A on the evils of alcohol. Front hinge starting. [Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.
Published by Farcountry Press, Helena, Montana, 2009
ISBN 10: 1560374497ISBN 13: 9781560374497
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
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Softcover. 295 pp. Softcover. Very good condition; traces of wear on edges of covers.
Published by John F Shaw and Co., London
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. M Irwin (illustrator). New Edition. Fair book only in red buckram pictorial covers; picture to front shows three children playing on a beach; boards variably faded. Internally fair; school prize plate to paste down; well illustrated with drawings and b/w plates; binding re-fixed; no foxing; slightly dusty. No date c 1897 [?]. A very scarce title and no record of a holding in copyright or other major British libraries.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. New ed. (undated c.1879). 216pp, 4 b+w plates. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and black and white pictorial decoration to covers and spine, floral feps. Good copy, heavy rubbing to rear cover, edges lightly worn, pages tanned, Wesleyan School prize plate to front pastedown.
Published by John F
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. No date. John F. Shaw. Hard Cover. Book- colour titles and decoration on front board and spine, green boards, spine sunned and damaged, corners bumped, loose pages. 7.5x5. 216pp.