Ball Armour (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Tatty. Popular Edition. Book is in vg clean tight condition, illustrated. G.d. Armour (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. No date - circa 1940s. Very large octavo Hardback vi+151 pp, illustrated. Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (some closed splits along spine edges) No inscriptions. Armour, G. D. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ix, 137pp. 16 illustrations by Armour. Usual foxing to page edges and internall. Name to ffep. Red buckram to spine and paper to boards. Unclipped dj has tears to top spine. EdgewearSize: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0 0.0. Armour (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. Quarter Cloth On Heavy Boards, Ix + 135 Pages, Illustrated. A Complete & Soundly Bound Book In Rather Worn Covers, Internally Unmarked. Not Ex Library. G. D. Armour (illustrator).

reprinted. fltleaf clipped, very good in slightly worn dust jacket. G.D. Armour (illustrator).

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original brown cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rather chipped and worn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 134, illus with 16 b&w plates by G.D. Armour (previous owner's neat 1930 inscription on front endpaper).

Cloth-backed Boards. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. 135 pages. Illustrated. A stirring equestrian tale inspired by the famous Olympia winner and dedicated to horses who served in the Great War. Cloth-backed boards. Corners bumped. Inscription (not by author) on front endpaper which appears at one time to have been covered by a label and now shows signs of label removal. G.D.Armour (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. De Luxe Limited Edition, this being 31 of 150. Signed by the author and the illustrator opposite title page. 16 pencil drawings plus a duplicate set of plates for framing. Quarter bound leather and beige cloth, gilt titles and gilt top edge to pages. All is clean and firm, the book is in fine condition. Comes in original box with attached envelope with the duplicate plates. The plates are all pristine, the box is very battered but holding together. Armour, G.D. (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 19cm), ix, 163pp. 16 plates from pencil drawings by G D Armour. Original brown cloth spine, patterned boards, dustwrapper. Light foxing of the preliminary pages, gift inscription to the front free endpaper, else this book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (extremities chipped, repaired tear to the rear panel). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar to protect it.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1930. Very good condition with no wrapper. Beige cloth spine, brown boards. Dark brown titles. Lovely b/w sketches. Corners worn. Spine bumped and slightly foxed/marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A nice copy. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Armour, G.D. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1930. Very good condition with no wrapper. A horse story for children. Brown cloth spine, brown paper boards, dark brown titles. 16 full page b/w illustrations. Spine browned. Frontis starting to detach from base, a few small foxspots. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Armour, G. Denholm (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Illustrated by G. D. Armour (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good clean, tight copy. Corners bumped, more so to the front. Slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Spine a little cocked. Endpapers browned. G.D. Armour (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9 pp, 163 pages, 16 plates, very good condition in cloth covered boards and leather spine, top edge gilt, decorated end-papers, some marks on the front board, scrapes on the top panel of the spine, rough cut edges of pages spotted, some spotting of the plates, mainly to the back, number 75 of the Edition de Luxe of 150 copies signed by the author and artist. G D Armour (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in brown marbled cloth, with contrasting light brown backstrip, this hardcover 1930 First Edition is VG. 1X/135pp with 16 full-page B/W pencil drawings by Gordon Armour and 20 chapters. Several drawings set in WW1 France, evoke the contribution of the horse in war with great nostalgic appeal. One plate has been trimmed by 3/16" at fore-edge, margin only affected, otherwise all VG. Armour, G.D. (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. dw. 1st. Brown and pink patterned paper-covered boards. Brown cloth spine. Black lettering on covers. 19cm x 26cm. 165 pages. Light wear to dustwrapper, and dustwrapper spine darkened. Some minor shelf-wear to edges of covers. Name written neatly inside front cover. Some very faint foxing to endpapers. Armour, G. D. (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, brown marble paper covered panels. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼'' ix, 135 [pp.]. 16 full-page pencil sketches by G. D. Armour. Small rubs to ends of the lower joint, ink message to the front end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Customs duty applies for orders shipped into the EU from outside the EU, Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), our shipping price includes DDP. Member of the P.B.F.A. EQUINE & EQUESTRIANISM.…

limited edition-de-luxe of 200 copies signed by the author. This number 15. Quarter leather spine with reddish cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg.10.25ins x 8ins, patterned endpapers, ix, (i), 135pp plus frontis and 15pp plates. Also illustrated title page and 2 small vignette illustrations. Occasional foxing. G+.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Country Life Ltd., 1931. Hardcover book in original dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good minus. Pencil Drawings By G.D. Armour (illustrator). Slightly oversized hardbound (small quarto). Boards are clean and sharp with straight spine. Vague crease to front board. Interior is in Fine condition with text and illustrations pristine. Free from previous owner¿s names or inscriptions. Dust jacket is browned with age, spine darkened, light chipping to spine ends, small loss to foot of spine, not price clipped. Scarce in original Dust Jacket. G. D. Armour (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Autographed Edition de Luxe. Half-leather quarto with red cloth boards and gilt stamping; marbled endpapers; ix, 134 pages; [4] pages frontispiece; deckle edges; illustrations, 15 plates; 26 cm. "Dedicated to horses of "all ranks" who served in the great war, all of whom suffered and few of whom survived. Among the survivors is the real Broncho whose name has -- in all humility -- been given to the "hero" of this fictitious tale, since it is to him that it owes its inspiration." --Publisher. A partially fictionalized story of an army horse who becomes a showhorse. About the illustrator: "George Denholm Armour OBE (1864?1949) was a British painter and illustrator. During his career he made hundreds of illustrations for The Graphic, Punch and Country Life, most connected with horses and riding. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics, the 1932 Summer Olympics, and the 1948 Summer Olympics."--Wikipedia. This copy is number 81 in a run of 200. // Chevaux Folklore, Folklore, Horses, Horses Folklore // **Heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed. Please inquire**. Mild foxing else ; pages sharp and binding tight ; overall a very good (+) copy; slightly perfumed.…

, Khyberie. The Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier, xii, 178, [2] pages, 8 full page plates and other small in text illustrations. Penny Farthing, x, 163 pages, 16 plates Reprint and First Edition , light wear to spines and corners, bubbling to front board of Khyberie, fading to edges of boards and bookplate to front pastedown of Penny Farthing, pages clean, books in very good condition , dustwrappers marked and sunned, light edge wear, unclipped and in good condition , cloth with titles to spine; quarter cloth with marbled boards and title to front and spine , 21 x 15 cm and 25.5 x 19.5 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. In the Junior Country Life Library. Orange cloth, slight fading to bottom of spine where dj is chipped for about one inch, and the same to top of spine of dj, where title is chipped away. Dj now protected. Inscription on free fep. G.D.Armour (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Hardback in a box. Quarter leather, with gilt titles to spine and front board, with a tatty glassine wrapper. Marbled end-papers. 26cm x 20.5cm. 162pp. Illustrated. Signed deluxe copy with 10 extra plates for framing purposes by G. D. Armour to pocket inside front of box. No. 44 of a limited edition of only 150 copies, signed by Richard Ball and G. D. Armour. Original box is rubbed with some fraying. Some losses to glassine wrapper. Some additional plates are scuffed to their fore edge. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. Armour, G. D. (illustrator). Signed by Author and Artist.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1926). 1926 1st edition. 4to (192 x 262mm). Pp137. B/w illustrations by G.D. Armour, rough-cut edges, top edge gilt, marbled card end-papers. Quarter bound in brown leather over red buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Edition de Luxe, limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author and artist. Slight browning else very good. Number 17 of an edition limited to 200 copies. This is the novel of a hunter called up for service in the cavalry in the first world war. Fiction, but based on real experience. "Dedicated to horses of 'all ranks' who served in the Great War, all of whom suffered and few of whom survived. Amongst the survivors is the real Broncho, whose name has - in all humility - been given to the 'hero' of this fictitious tale, since it is to him that it owes its inspiration." .…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. An entertaining horse racing novel, illustrated with beautiful plates by George Denholm Armour, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A charming and adventurous novel following the exploits of an Olympia winning horses, Broncho.Illustrated by George Denholm Armour with a frontispiece, and fifteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by Richard Ball. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper is lightly discoloured and spotted, with minor edgewear, resulting in a few small chips. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of odd handling marks. Tail of the frontispiece is lifting a little. Very Good Indeed. George Denholm Armour (illustrator). book.…