Ann Shead (44 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Friedman, Marvin (illustrator). First Printing. Pictorial boards are lightly rubbed. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition 3rd impression stated of a good hardcover with discolouration to the boards, and pages toning, in a very good dustjacket with some loss to the top of the spine and wear to the extremities. During WWII, after an air-raid two now homeless families decide to accept an offer from Australia to look after their children for the duration of the war. And so the adventure begins for Jerry Bryant and David and Kathy Blair as they sail to Australia. Young adult fiction.

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 192 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to edges. Paper worn away to front cover. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Condition: Good. DJ may have toning, marks, chips and tears. Cover may have general wear and a lean. Pages may be tanned. May contain inscriptions.

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with gift message to front paste down. Light toning to pages with some pages. DJ has edge wear.

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with toning, marks and splits to top spine. Hinges are a bit cracked with webbing visible. Content has toned pages with some foxing. No DJ.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (detective fiction, mystery stories ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

First Edition. First Printing Hardbound Good+/Good-., DJ Marvin Friedman, illus. 8vo, 192, General wear to covers. Clean copy - no school or library markings. DJ is worn on edges/corners, with several short edge tears. DJ is price clipped.

Condition: Good. Boards have some toning, remains of label front. Content has light toning to endpapers, redacted name/address fep, 208pp with some B&W illustrations. No DJ.

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial jacket over cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, dealer sticker at foot of inner front board, browning/VG+, Price-clipped, edgewear, mild spine fade, browning. Adventure mystery. Jacket design by Margaret Wolpe. Expanded condition report/photo on request.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Red cover Title on spine is gilt, the top edge is red. The cover has bumped corners and there is shelf wear on front edge and spine, there is a crack to spine that is about 1 ½ inches from bottom edge and there are a couple of chips to spine and cover, down to the cloth. There is some foxing mostly toward the front pages the cover has been sun struck with another books imprint. On the end paper there is a bookplate, which says, "Presented by The Education Authority of the County of West Lothian as a memento of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI. And Queen Elizabeth 12th May 1937" There are 33 black and white photographs throughout the book, one of which is the marriage certificate of the Queen and King.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 205x135x20mm+330g . . Collins. London. 1968. First Edition. 1st Printing. . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 208 pages. A tale about a dog. Generally clean and sound, some wear to the to the edges of the boards and evidence of previous ownership on the front free end paper. There is one weak point in the binding but all is secure. No dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Condition: Good. 1937. No edition remarks. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 48 pages. Green pictorial boards and jacket. Colour illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Prominent forward lean to text block. Boards are noticeably bowed. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

hardbound. Condition: Good. b&w frontispiece plate (illustrator). Mystery fiction for young readers (Muir 771); b&w frontispiece plate; no publishing date, but Trove dates 1940 (I'm assuming this is the 1940 1st Edition); gift-inscription to front pastedown, medium-heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, heavy tanning to text block, lighter tanning to edges of pages, o.w. Good; boards a little rubbed and scuffed. no dustwrapper. 208pp. 8vo. Good.

8vo. 223pp. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations. Prelims. and edges of pages slightly foxed, owner's inscription to front f.e.p., original maroon cloth, in rubbed and slightly chipped d/w. US$10.

208pp. small 8vo. original cloth in dustwrapper. B&W line drawings. Writing on frontispiece and bookplate. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edition Unstated. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat, dated 1942. Edges foxed and browned. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Australia; Australian Childrens Classics; Fiction. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8739. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG++, Shelfwear, Dealer Label, Mild Browning/VG+, Edgewear, 3 Very Small Tears, Abrasion, Small Stain, Spine Fade. Adventure mystery. Jacket design by Margaret Wolpe. Expanded condition report/photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Unmarked. Dust jacket is intact and bright.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. DW COVER GLUED TO INSIDE BOARD INSCRIPTION DATED 1943, FOXED EDGES, BOARD BEGIINING TO SPLIT FROM FEP.

HB PICTORIAL BOARDS FINE PP192 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Illustrations by Marvin Friedman.

HB PICTORIAL BOARDS VERY GOOD PP192 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Illustrated by Marvin Friedman.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Regular. Q025375. Toray - 203pp Algo amarillento. Cubierta desgastada y con alguna pequeña rotura. Ro.

1st ed. Binding tight; blue cloth a little browned on boards, & faded on spine, with small area of loss. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

(1940) Or.cl. 208pp. Two b/w plates. Pages browned & the boards sl.rubbed else a good copy. 1st ed. Muir 6706. A young RAAF pilot is sent on an undercover mission to Maralinga.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No date stated but assumed 1930's. Marcie Muir's Bibliography of Australian Children's Books page 771 suggests a date of 1936, 224 pages, frontispiece and 4 other illustrations. In this story Mike meets Sandy Rainer, the hero of Shead's book Sandy. ; 195 x 140mm.

unknown_binding. Condition: Acceptable. Some foxing and tanning to pages. Message to previous owner on front end papers. Wear and tear to dust jacket. Photograph available on request.