Alys Chatwyn (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Poor, hardcover. Marks and heavy age tanning but otherwise in readable condition. Scuffing to boards with damage to top of spine. Hinge loose. Wear to end of spine and corners. No dustjacket, burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible- very good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tight and sound No inside markings or underlinings Fairly clean copy Book has corner rubs and rubs to top and bottom of spine Cover has some stains Please see our photos as many book sites use stock images.

Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Small area of scuffing to last page that affects text. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with decorations. Contains black and white illustrated plates with colour frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published). Tales of School and Home. Articles on Sport, Hobbies, etc. Not dated but probably 1930s, the first story is "The Deputy Princess". Clean and sound. All orders processed and sent promptly from the UK. Please email with your questions regarding this book.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 240 pages. No dustjacket/ Light blue-grey hardback binding with black titles to spine, decoration in black and dark grey to front and spine. Some wear to spine-ends and boards' edges and boards' corners. Bronwing and light foxing to page-edges, some browning to endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A girl guide adventure. Four dramatic b&w plates, unattributed (Beale?). Blue and green pictorial cloth bright and clean. Prize label (1934) on front free endpaper and some foxing but generally in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Anonymous (illustrator).

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition book and DJ. 1/2" tear at back of DJ 3/4" tear by spine and a 1/4" tear front top of DJ. No date. DJ is covered in a non adhesive clear plastic cover. 272 pages browning good and clean with clear print. 'Highly popular as she is with the other girls at Greyladies, there is still an element of mystery about Pam Polgarth. Vera Fendick, the head girl, feels herself strangely attracted to Pam but is bewildered by Pam's friendship with a Chinese they meet, and by his almost reverent attitude to Pam.

Hardcover. 272pp. School and adventure story.ÂGreen boards with dark green titles to spine. Colour frontis and four further black and white illustrations. Cloth is rather faded with some faint watermarks and light stains. Bumped to spine ends. Pages tanned. Text is clean. Binding is sound. Good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Hbk in d/w; Vg/Vg; + prize plate on fep; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. London. The Epworth Press n.d. (C.1925), 1925. 8vo original decorated cloth with illustrations. Corners rubbed otherwise very good. 288pp 3colour - 4 black & white plates. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A girls' school story. Gorgeous pictorial cover illustration of Beryl, with a girl in bathing dress on spine. Endpapers and title page foxed otherwise near fine with no inscriptions. Frontis and two more b&w plates.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date/edition remarks, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightly edge-rubbed boards with bumped spine. Presentation bookplate to front endpaper. A little foxing. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Colour frontispiece loose.

1st ed. Prize bookplate on front free end paper; page fore-edge a little discoloured; biding tight; small stain on front board; spine a little bumped at head & foot. With 4 monochrome illustrations Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Apparent First. vii, 240pp, bw & col plates. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Surface insect damage to covers, page edges foxed, some page heavily foxed. No date c1926. Biography of the Duchess of York including time hunting in Kenya and travelling to New Zealand and Australia on the Renown in the 1920s. Size: 8vo.

Original Cloth. Condition: Poor. Ogle (illustrator). First Edition. Browning to the spine. Light edge rubbing to the boards which have illustrations to the front panel and the spine. A few tiny stains at the bottom of the rear panel. Page edges browned. Front free endpaper missing with webbing exposed along the hinge. Note in ink about the book being a prize award on the front pastedown. Frontispiece in place. One plate in place and two other loose plates with the book. These have an artist's name on them - Ogle. Hinges a little slack with webbing exposed at the rear. Binding secure however. Pages generally otherwise unmarked. First printing. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, light foxing. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Hinges weak. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. A brilliant and blue pocket edition of H.R.H. The Duchess of York by Alys Chatwyn! This is the life story of one of the most loveable and deservedly popular members of the royal family. The author tells of the childhood of the duchess, her youth, meeting with the Duke of York, and the empire tour. It is a life story written with sympathetic insight and penetration. Here we have a homely picture of the Duchess as she is - without ceremony or formality. A biography of interest and importance to every citizen of the British Empire. Read all about this rich history in this fantastic little book! Title: H.R.H. The Duchess of York Author: Alys Chatwyn Publisher: The London Book Co Publication Date: Undated Format: Hardback in dust-jacket and plastic Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear, tanned pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition ? Orange binding, black titles and decoration. 240 pages. colour frontis. Cover worn, text foxed in places. Scan available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book in grey buckram covers with black titles and decoration to front and spine. Internally very good; brief neat inscription to flyleaf; binding sound; no foxing; frontispiece illustration.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Thus. (1928) Sixteen titles listed verso title page. DW has blurb on front flap and "It is everybody's ambition " on rear flap. Illustrated in black and white. Rear hinge cracking. A bit out of shape., DW has slight loss at top of spine. Minor internal repair. Size: Fcp.

1st edition blue decorated boards hardcover. No dj.254p. 1 plate loose with chipped edges. Temperance award plate attached to inside front cover. (Hope of Eltham Tent) Elsie M Day. Spine worn, torn and marked, boards rubbed at edges.

Hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated ivory cloth covers, black lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 240 pp. Colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations throughout. Light rubbing across spine tips, two pencil names and message to the front end papers, light foxing to page edges and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR GIRLS.