Nancy Breary (131 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Impossible Prefect. Book.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 209 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Minor sunning to spine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling. Gift inscription by the author. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Signed.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling, slight bowing. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Mild water stains and droplets to boards.

Condition: Good. 1943. First Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Condition: Good. 1949. Third Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Prize label (1961) on front free endpaper and page edges foxed but no other inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Published. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 248 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1947. Second Edition. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pen to rear endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are heavily warped.

Condition: Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 224 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild mottling to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mays (illustrator). New Edition. Slight tanning to page edges and endpapers otherwise in near fine condition with no inscriptions in a fine complete dust jacket (priced 6/- net).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Joan Martin May (Black & White) (illustrator). 209pp. Bound in the Publisher's Cambridge blue cloth with black lettering. Within a now protected colour illustrated dust-wrapper with some wear and minor loss to the rear. Previous owner's inscriptions but overall a good plus copy.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Joan Martin Day (illustrator). Printing unknown but prize inscription on front end paper is dated 1951 Octavo hardback Red cloth gilt 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white Near Fine condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (top edge of spine of jacket nibbled) Nice copy on the whole.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper and front board. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are warped. Board corners are bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Alfred Sindall (illustrator). 1st Edition. George Newnes, 1946. 1st edition hardback, no dustjacket. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall. Bumping to spine, slight wear to (orange) spine & boards. Protective plastic cover & remnant of original dustjacket. Inscription to title page. Light tanning to pages. Good. book.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good fresh copy, light wear, minor marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Hbk with d/w; version with blue glossy d/w; ; Vg-/G+; sound copy but some foxing to very edges of pages; d/w has some of surface layer missing; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+:VG-. Published circa 1960. Front endpaper removed , name to half title. Jacket has small nicks & tears. Blue boards with signature embossed in gold (As published) to front board. Somewhat scarce title. Jacket lamination (Published laminated) lifting near spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 'The Impossible Prefect' by Nancy Breary. Blackie hardback circa 1950s. VG in VG dustwrapper. 0.

Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Blue cloth titled in dark blue on spine and upper front board, b&w frontis and illstns by Joan Martin May. Undated, gift inscription in front dated 1954. Tight and square, light foxing. Dust jacket is price clipped, tiny edge tears, 2 tiny holes in rear panel and board, unfaded, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Jean Martin May (illustrator). Reprint. Undated, c. 1950s, probably reprint. Front fee endpaper missing but no inscriptions. Spine faded and mark to front.