G Vernon Stokes (41 results)

Condition: New. Stokes, G Vernon (illustrator).

Condition: New. Stokes, G Vernon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VERY NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, YELLOW AND BLACK DESIGN WITH BIRDS AND TREES FRONT, YELLOW PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, BUMPS ON CORNERS ON FRONT, INSIDE FRONT AND BACK LIGHT BROWN FROM AGE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, NICE AND TIGHT. 12 VERY NICE ART ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. CONTENTS INCUDE 12 CHAPTERS OF THE 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. WRITTEN BY A LOVER OF NATURE DETAILING A LIFE IN THE WILD. VERY INTERESTING DETAIL AND NICE ARTWORK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES. G. VERNON STOKES (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Stokes, G Vernon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hard Cover. Very Good. 244 pages in green illustrated cloth. 12 b/w plates. some shelfwear at base of spine. small previous owner's name. endpapers discoloring. binding tight. text and illustrations c lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. An attractive edition of Sewell's classic bound in yellow cloth with pictorial paste-on. Missing frontis, with five other monochrome illustrations printed in greed, two loose but present. Shelfwear, fraying to spine extremities. 296 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1947 (1944) 3rd printing. Good/Fair. Hard pictorial boards with cloth spine, some rubbing/bumping/chipping to edges, minor patchy fading to top and bottom of spine, minor scuffing/soiling. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor spotting/soiling. Gift inscription inside front cover. Nice DW, quite worn with minor loss, some tears & tape repairs, minor soiling/spotting. Charming colour and B&W illustrations by the authors throughout. An Old English Sheepdog puppy works hard to become a good sheepdog with the help of two children. Stokes, G Vernon & Harnett, Cynthia (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Stokes, G Vernon (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. 296pp., no date (circa early 20th century), no statement of print. Previous owner's name/note on the front free endpaper, cracked in the gutter at the title page, tanning to paper, soiling throughout, staining along the top edge, foxing and corner creasing. Pictorial boards have edge/rub wear, soiling, fraying, remnants of a label on the spine (near the middle) and bump wear to the corners. A worn copy of an uncommon Canadian edition. 13.5 x 20 x 4cm, wt600g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stokes, G. Vernon; Wright, Alan (illustrator).…

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None. 244 pages and publisher's adverts. White, brown, red and black pictorial cloth with front cover depiction of elephant and camel (with riders) and pair of bullocks; heavy horse and attendant on spine. Eight full-page illustrations in colour. Very bright covers with minimal wear; some foxing, mainly to edges but with one or two pages more heavily affected. Tightly bound, with neat Christmas 1919 inscription on front endpaper. The design of this book is to rouse interest in and sympathy for the animals that work more or less diligently and faithfully in the service of man. Very good copy for its age. G. Vernon Stokes (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. {rontis], viii, 92 pp.Interspersed with fifteen un-numbered single sided tissue guarded plates. Book: Hinges weak Previous owner's name & date on FFEP Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stokes, G Vernon (illustrator).

First edition (per "First published in 1930" statement upon title page verso). viii, 92 pages plus sixteen unpaged b/w plates with tissue guard sheets. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 22.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Tan cloth with light soiling and staining; light scuffing/bumping at spine ends and board corners; spine's gilt lettering remains bright; front board decorated with bright gilt stamped black title label. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Approximate shipping weight = 3 pounds.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 112pp, index, bw ills, 2 tipped in col plates. Or green cloth in jacket. Endpapers and prelims heavily foxed, some light foxing throughout. Jacket edgeworn with tear and chip at top of front panel, 8cm tear along rear flap fold and large (7x7cm) piece torn from bottom rear corner, rear panel creased. Detailed guide to the drawing and painting of dogs. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Reading copy. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards rubbed and edge-worn esp at corners; fore-edge marked; tape marks to 3 pages; 1 page edgeworn; binding fragile; contents complete; unpaginated - approx 52 pages, illus, inc 10 full page colour. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stokes, G. Vernon (illustrator). …

Condition: Assez bon. Livre SEWELL (Anna). Black Beauty. The Autobiography of a Horse. Illustrated by G. Vernon Stokes and Alan Wright. London: Jarrold & Sons (s.d.). In-8, 296 pages, pleine percaline, plats illustrés. Etat: Quelques frottements d'usage. Premières pages tachées. Second plat taché. Couverture rigide/couverture reliée. Stokes, G. Vernon (illustrator). Livre. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition Nd. c. 1912. With tipped-in colour plates by G. Vernon Stokes. page edges slightly dusty and foxed. Some very light foxing in places. Contents generally very good and clean. Publishers green cloth with a coloured plate of a retriever laid on the front cover. Cloth is lightly rubbed around the edges. A few splash marks to the spine and one mark to the lettering on the front cover. the lettering is rubbed in places. Some very light scuff marks. Still a good solid copy. Scarce. With tipped-in coloured plates by G. Vernon Stokes. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good square copy, minor marks to boards, some light age spotting inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated by the author. 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition Nd. c. 1924. Wonderful clean bright copy in publishers full colour pictorial boards. Dustwrapper has six small chips to the edges, a few small tears and some creases. Light rubbing in places and some light marking. Generally very good and unusual with dustwrapper. Full page colour plates and text illustrations throughout. (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large paper limited edition, number 49 of 250 copies. Signed by both the author and the illustrator. Lacking jacket. Brown cloth binding with rubbing and slight marking, small nick to head of spine. Good solid binding. Light foxing to page edges. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 9.5 x 11.5 inches (23.5 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 4to. 167. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition Nd. c. 1920's. A wonderful copy in near fine bright crisp condition, very slight rubbing in places, else very good in slightly darkened and very lightly rubbed dustwrapper, bottom of spine very slightly chipped and one other chip to the back panel and a couple of small tears. It would be difficult to find a better copy. An amazing survival. Fine full page colour plates and black and white illustrations throughout. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edit. [46] pages. 6 full-page colour plates, and other coloured and black and white illustrations. Ownership inscription on the front endpaper. Original cloth [fresh and bright] in much torn although most of the front cover is present, now protected by a loose clear removeable cover.The story of two children Jane and Richard, who make friends with a blind man and his collie dog. Vernon Stokes (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Good. A very scarce illustrated collection of short stories for children on animals and dogs. A very scarce work.In the original hardback pictorial board binding.A collection of short stories for children on the subject of dogs and animals, with titles such as 'Polly and Peter', The Chow', 'Percy the Pug', 'The Disobedient Ducks', 'Large and Small', 'A Hunting Dog' and more.A copiously illustrated volume by a variety of artists such as Cecil Aldin, R.H. Brock, G. Vernon Stokes, Mildred C. Hunter, and F.S. Ash.With a coloured frontispiece, a double page coloured plate, and a coloured plate to the rear, including in text illustrations throughout.Undated, dated from a matching copy held at the British Library. In the original hardback binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the spine, with paper splitting and slight loss to the head and tail, with sunning. Shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting. Bookplate to rear of title page. Good. Cecil Aldin; R.H. Brock; G. Vernon Stokes; Mildred C. Hunter; F.S. Ash; et al. (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date, circa 1920's. Presumed 1st thus. Small Quarto. 125pp. Illustrated, complete with 12 colour plates. Original cloth, printed titles. A little rubbing to top and tail of spine. Text-block spotted, marginal internal spotting also. Overall a 'Very Good' copy. G. Vernon Stokes (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. The 1930 1st trade edtion. Clean, tight and VG+ in its beige cloth. And in a bright, price-clipped, Good+ only dustjacket, with a 3"x3" chip along the front panel's lower tip, light chipping and creasing to the panel edges and light soiling along the rear panel. Quarto, nicely illustrated from dry points --with each illustration including its original tissue-guard-- by G. Vernon Stokes. G. Vernon Stokes (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good; some rubbing/bumping and a touch of fraying to extremities; minor soil/stain to cloth; tarnish/soil to gilt top edge of pages; tanning to endpapers; else Fine. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright. No dust jacket. First Edition. G. Vernon Stokes (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blobbs at the Fair , G. Vernon Stokes & B. Parker, c.1920, W. R. Chambers Limited, London and Edinburgh, 1st edition. Quarto (310mm x 250mm), unpaginated. Illustrated by the author in colour and black and white throughout. Fully colour illustrated paper covered boards with some slight edgewear. Titling fully intact at spine. Some very light foxing to endpapers and two small marks to front inside hinge. Otherwise an exceptionally clean and bright copy throughout. Features 11 charming full-page colour illustrations, 13 in black and white, as well as black and white illustrations on the endpapers and title page. Superbly illustrated by George Vernon Stokes, RBA, RMS, who was chiefly known for his paintings and illustrations of animals, particularly of working dogs. A lovely bright copy. Seller inventory #294.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 4to. Original publisher's illustrated boards showing a dog looking down on a hedgehog. No date (1924). Lettering slightly rubbed and slightly chipped at spine, corners slightly rubbed, inner hinge slightly broken- overall bright VG-minus copy. Neat non-authorial inscription to half-title.…

(2),(54),(2) Pp. 10 colour plates by G. Vernon Stokes Extreme wear to the edges and spine of the covers with pieces of the paper missing from the spine. Inner hinge cracks and light soiling to covers. One gathering in the rear just pulling showing the rusted stapled binding Original pictorial paper covered boards. G. Vernon Stokes (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edit. 54 Pages. 10 Colour Plates By G. Vernon Stokes. One Gathering Just Pulled Apart Showing The Rusted Stapled Binding. One Short Closed Tear To A Text Page. Original Pictorial Paper Covered Boards Slightly Knocked At The Head Of The Spine Otherwise In Bright Fresh Condition In Edge Torn With Minimal Loss And Creased Dust Wrapper. The Wrapper Has Protected The Pictorial Covers Which Are Sensationally Fresh Looking. The Fabulously Illustrated Story Of Blobbs The Debonair Bulldog From Mayfair Who One Day Visits The Country. Vernon Stokes (illustrator).…