Language: English
Published by Chester Music, 1984
Seller: Cacklegoose Press, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). Catalogue of musical works obtainable from Chester Music.12pp including cover. Staple-bound. Cover slightly scuffed. Portrait of the composer by Rex Whistler.
Language: English
Published by John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1978
ISBN 10: 0719535743 ISBN 13: 9780719535741
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and sun fading.
Paperback. Condition: Fine.
Language: English
Published by The Curtain Press, London, 1947
Seller: Alison Carne Books and Ephemera, Canterbury, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION Stapled softback with illustrated card covers. Pages unnumbered. [20pp.] Profusely illustrated with 8 colour plates, 1 b/w plate, decorative head and tailpieces. Advertisements to inside covers. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Some foxing to edges of rear cover and slight tanning to stapled spine. A VERY GOOD COPY.
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bright blue hardcover with dark blue foil stamp on face and spine has hard, clean, straight boards, very minor foxing along the top edges of the board. Pages are clean, bright, very firmly bound, and have a gift in description on the front fly sheet dated 1981. Book is in very fine condition with a fine dust jacket. This book is first American edition, first printing.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Language: English
Published by Nelson Doubleday, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1974
Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rex Whistler [DJ] (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Translated from Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard. Hardcover. BCE. DJ: light edge wear, small tears at spine head, sunned. Quarter black/blue boards with silver gilt spine text. Prior owner's Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Small pencil marks next tot titles on Table of Contents pages. Contents available upon request. LIT/SHORTSTORIES/KIDS/FANTASY/FAIRYTALES.
Published by Norton, NY, 1962
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: vg. Rex Whistler, cover il (illustrator). 7.75" tall; 256pp including index + list of titles; b/w drawing on front cover; white back cover & top edge are soiled. Paperback.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair.
Language: English
Published by John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1978
ISBN 10: 0719535743 ISBN 13: 9780719535741
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Octavo hardback. 48 pp, illustrated. Fine condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Original gift inscription on end papers.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Whistler, Rex (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0241106672 ISBN 13: 9780241106679
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 10.40
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing hardback 64 pp. Colour illustrated throughout Very Good condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
US$ 10.16
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.
Language: English
Published by John Murray, London, UK, 1978
ISBN 10: 0719535743 ISBN 13: 9780719535741
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Whistler, Rex (illustrator). Unpaginated but circa 70pp. Pink cloth-covered boards with gilt vignette on upper panel, gilt lettering on spine. Cream, illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original illustrated, laminated dust wrapper, price clipped, very slightly bumped at edges. This book has two fronts, two backs and two ways of being opened. It is a portrait gallery of characters and there are two ways of looking at each one. Rex Whistler drew the characters; his brother Laurence wrote the stories. Clever.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979
ISBN 10: 0395280516 ISBN 13: 9780395280515
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First US Edition w/complete number line. Blue gilt illust paper covered boards in fine condition with sharp tips and negligible bumps to spine ends. Text is tight and bright. Unclipped dj shows a 3/8" tear at the head of the front panel, light even handling soil on white background dj which is now in brand new mylar and displays beautifully. 48 pages. Innovative drawings challenge both mind and eye in this collection of black-and-white portraits of historical and fictional characters in which each set of features produces two recognizable characters as the book is turned upside down.
Published by The Bodley Head, 1948
Seller: Squeaky Trees Books, Greenfield TWP, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Rex Whistler (illustrator). fourth. Brown boards illustrated in red. Corners bumped. Back hinge visible and sagging, light fading to spine, beginning of tear top back of spine about one inch, gift inscription inside, former owner's name inside front cover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 470 pages.
Language: English
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0396065759 ISBN 13: 9780396065753
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First American edition. 8vo. Teal cloth, with gilt spine lettering. 344 pages, with decorations by Rex Whistler. Name on Front Free End Paper. One mark to text: a neat correction on page 15 of "Virginia Sackville-West " to "Victoria!". The dust-jacket, with wraparound color illustration designed by Una Lindsay, has a few chips to top edge and an evenly toned spine. A condensed version of Nichols's first three gardening books DOWN THE GARDEN PATH, A THATCHED ROOF, and A VILLAGE IN A VALLEY.
Language: English
Published by Jonathan Cape, LONDON, 1934
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rex Whistler (illustrator). Second printing, with frontis by Rex Whistler. Delightful continuation of the series by Nichols of his country house and garden. In green cloth boards with lettering rubbed away on the spine, cute nostalgic bookplate inside. A sturdy, basically clean copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). some shelfwear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.
Published by The Curtain Press
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Part 3, number 7. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An extraordinary book. "Two fronts, two backs, two introductions and two ways of being opened." Drawings by Rex Whistler and his brother Laurence wrote the stories in verse. An amusing and rather special publication.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1979
ISBN 10: 0395280516 ISBN 13: 9780395280515
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First American printing. Hardcover. Bound dos a dos. Features text by Rex Whistler and illustrations by Laurence Whistler that can be viewed differently depending on which way you have the book turned. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a slight lean to the spine and a small vintage price sticker to one of the front free endpapers in a very near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. A nice copy of this charming book.
Published by Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1931
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Whistler, Rex (illustrator). First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, previous owner's stamp to ffep with dust jacket flap taped to bottom half. Corner's bumped, light wear to boards. Text and illustrations near fine.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1979
ISBN 10: 0395280516 ISBN 13: 9780395280515
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Rex Whistler (illustrator). First American Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. First American edition. Art by Rex Whistler; verse by Laurence Whistler. Blue boards with illustration, clean and sharp. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket is crisp and bright. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations throughout, many plates. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by The Arts Council, 1960
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 31 pages. Pictorial paperback. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Paper cover has minor wear with heavy foxing, other slight marks, creases, some sunning and modest edge wear.
Language: English
Published by Pimpernel Press Ltd, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1910258156 ISBN 13: 9781910258156
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Soft Covers in Slipcase. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. "A facsimile of the 'little anthology' of favourite poems written out and illustrated, in an exercise book, by the artist Rex Whistler in 1923, with a separate booklet including new material", soft covers in a burgundy cloth-covered slipcase which is lettered in silver with illustrated label, with separate 8pp notes booklet. Size: 8 x 6.5 Inches. Poetry.
Language: English
Published by John Murray Ltd, London, 1978
Seller: C. Parritt, Derby, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Whistler, Rex (illustrator). 1978 (1946) reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hard pink boards. Contents clean and tight. Nice DW with very slight browning. Decorative endpapers. Very clever B&W drawings by Rex Whistler throughout. A collection of drawings of reversible, inverted faces, each with two different characters dependent on which way up you look at it. Each character is accompanied by a short humorous verse (so 2 verses per drawing) by Laurence Whistler.
Published by The Curtain Press Ltd, London, 1947
Seller: Bookseller, Inc., Akron, OH, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
18 leaves, pictorial wrappers, illustrated (8 color plates, 17 sepia illus.), covers lightly soiled, minor stain in text, very good. Stage designs, costumes, programs, etc. for opera, ballet, plays.