Adrian Mitchell John Lawrence (21 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Card Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Lawrence, John (wood engravings) (illustrator). Reprint. 80pp. Illustrated throughout.

Condition: Used: Very Good. Softcover. 1986 reprint. No marks or writing in book. Almost like new, but there is a small abrasion to front cover where a price sticker appears to have been removed.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. LAWRENCE, JOHN (illustrator). First Edition. 79pp; Copy slightly curled else bright with numerous b/w woodcuts; Size: Large 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Lawrence, John (illustrator). Covers slightly aged and rubbed around edges. Contents also vg, with very slight edge discolour. no insc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lawrence, John (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, gilt embossed hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is sunned, page block is a little blemished, and page edges are lightly tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/near fine hardback in near fine dustwrapper.stunning illustrations.

Black Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Lawrence (illustrator). First Edition. 79pp. First name inscription from Mitchell with accompanying elephant dated 1984. Top edge of text-block lightly foxed. Dust jacket spine sunned from brown to green; lettering unaffected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in very good + condition with very good + condition dust jacket. Sunning to back of dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed with dedication and doodle of an elephant on the first page: "For Mags - and Pete with love from Adrian, Christmas 1984". No other marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket faded on back cover otherwise fine and complete. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 80pp. Signed and annotated with an elephant cartoon on the half title page by Adrian Mitchell. Illustrated laminated card cover.

Black Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. First collection of Adrian Mitchells's poems for children, illustrated with specially created woodcuts by John Lawrence. 79pp illustrated in black and white. Gilt figure to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with some edgewear and fading, otherwise good. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. A little wear to corners. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Poems about elephants, bananas, mashed potatoes, floating flautists, love, a seven-headed snake, wizards, arithmetic and a hundred-mile- high pine tree leap from these pages in a helter- skelter of words and pictures. Adrian Mitchell seeks out the magic in ordinary things and makes the weird and unexpected seem perfectly normal. He plays games with words, invents jokes and tells stories some full of his mischievous sense of fun, some poignant and thoughtful. All are beautifully illustrated with irresistible wood engravings by John Lawrence (LL).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. COVERS MARKED AND CREASED WITH SOME BUMPING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. *AUTHOR SIGNED - NOT AUTHENTICATED. BINDING FIRM. SOME LIGHT TANNING TO PAGES. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Poems by Adrian Mitchell collected in one volume and combined with John Lawrence's woodcuts, which have been specifically created to complement the poems. Signed and inscribed by Adrian Mitchell. Slight yellowing of dust jacket, discoloration of back side of dust jacket, slight yellowing of pages. Text in English. 79 pp. Signed and inscribed by Adrian Mitchell.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Signed by both authors, with doodle of an elephant. Slightly worn and marked, otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Recipients of the book have each imitated the original doodle on endpaper.

First edition. Hardcover, octavo; black boards with gilt spine titling and lower front board gilt decoration; 79pp., monochrome woodcut illustrations. Minor wear; a few scattered spots to endpapers, half-title and text block edges; rear panel of dustwrapper faded along edges and spine panel edge; mild wear to edges. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.

1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt image of boy riding a giraffe to front board, underillustrated dustwrapper. 10ins x 7ins, 80pp. Forty-eight of Adrian Mitchell's poems, most accompanied by small woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence. VG / VG.

FIRST EDITION 1984, hardback, 250 x 180 mm, 10 x 7 inches, black boards, gilt vignette, gilt lettering to spine, 80 pages. Superb wood engravings throughout. Lively jolly poems for children. Minute bump to top corner of upper cover, tiny shallow dent to top edge of lower cover, no owner inscriptions, near Fine in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, very slight wrinkling at head of spine and at top of front fold). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Miriam Macgregor (illustrator). First edition. A limited edition copy of this collection of poetry from noted authors dedicated to Alan Hancox, signed by the assembler, Alan Tucker. A limited edition copy, No. 76/350. Signed by Alan Tucker to the edition page. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. With a wood engraving to the title page by Miriam Macgregor. A work assembled by Alan Tucker, containing contributions from a variety of skilled authors. With an introduction by Melvyn Bragg, the contributors include D.J. Enright, U.A. Fanthorpe, Michael Foot, Duncan Forbes, John Fuller, Seamus Heaney, Michael Horovitz, Ted Hughes, Adrian Mitchell, Jenny Joseph, P.J. Kavanagh, Laurie Lee, Peter Levi, Brian Patten, Lawrence Sail, Jon Silkin, Jon Stallworthy and Charles Tomlinson. A collection of poetry dedicated to Alan Hancox, whose second-hand bookshop became a focus of literary life in Cheltenham. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding.Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Alan Tucker's signature to edition page in pencil. Fine. signed by author. book.