Condition: Acceptable. Craner, Ben (illustrator). A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (However the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but the notes cannot obscure the text. Book may be a price cutter or have a remainder mark.
Condition: Good. Craner, Ben (illustrator). A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or limited small stickers. Book may have a remainder mark or be a price cutter.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Craner, Ben (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Thomas & Thomas, chicago, 1899
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original old 1899 edition in good shape but obvious age and interior hinge cracked at back - yet tight. Illustrated. Looks more antique-ish than just used.
Published by The Westerners, Denver, 1971
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Immaculate and tight textblock with light edge wear. In this issue: Colorado Melodrama Revival. 32p., including back cover. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Historical Periodical.
Published by The Westerners, Denver, 1971
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, else very clean and tight textblock with light edge wear. In this issue: Colorado Melodrama Revival. 32 p., including back cover Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-library Periodical.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
US$ 12.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. 1.0 edition. 184 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.42 inches. In Stock.
Published by The Avenue Press, London, 1111
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
US$ 11.14
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: G-. Victor Clarke, Geoffrey Eyles, Ben Somers (illustrator). 1st thus. A good reading copy. Blue board front cover a little bowed, illus with sea scout. Front board pulling away slightly at tail edge. Scuffing to cover edges and corners, with board showing in places. Blank orange cloth spine and plain board back cover with (liquid) stain near tail edge. ffep apears to have been removed. Very minor foxing to page edges and eps, slight stain to back of frontspiece, otherwise internally very good for age. nd but ca 1940. Immediate despatch from the UK. 4to. HB. Book.
Language: English
Published by The Avenue Press, London, UK
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Unstated. Text/Strong & structurally sound despite some five sectors w/open hinges; text show faint margin discoloration. trace soiling, & one folded corner. Illustrated boards w/gray linen backstrap/VG w/rubs to surfaces and all leading edges; faded spine. Published circa 1936. Anthology of 15 adventure stories; 124 pgs, illustrated with color plates and line drawings. A wide range of tales. The first, King of the Ranges by Ben Draper, is of cowboys and horses in America's wooly west; the second, Bullion Gold by John Bostock, is a crime story staring a young aerial photographer and would-be reporter; and, the third, A Match for the Mullah, again by Ben Draper, is of a harrowing experience of a young army captain of the Khyber Rifles while on duty at Afghanistan's Khyber Pass.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Front colour cover picture of a sailing boat in a bay with 3 sailors talking to 2 natives on the beach.
Published by Dean & Son, Ltd., 1942
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. Undated -gift inscription on front free end paper dated Xmas 1942. Thick card boards with blue cloth spine; 4 full-page colour illustrations. 1st story: 'Wide open to win'. Pages yellowed; board edges worn; back-strip of spine browned with wear at head & foot.
Language: English
Published by Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, 1899
Seller: Bohemian Bookworm, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Uncommonly good condition, wine color covers with rubbed front picture of Ben's bust, 412pps on brownish paper clean and unchipped. Reprint of 1887 edition, well illustratedjaunty, comical short stories and remembrances.
Published by London Avenue Press
Seller: Chaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Hardback, 276mm x 203mm decorated card boards over cloth spine, 124+pp. Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Good/NoWrapper. Book has been read and handled, some bumping of boards, block a little tanned round edges but overall bright and clean. No date given for this collection of fifteen illustrated stories for older boys, including three by John Bostock, but content and appearance suggests some time between the wars? Catalogue: Childrens. Keywords: Boys, adventure, cricket, games.
Cloth Spine and Boards. Condition: Very Good +. 14 Illustrated Stories. Frontis is a full page full colour illustration of 2 schoolboys fighting. Orange cloth spine. Front board illustrated with a schoolboy's Soccer Match. First story is "the Amateur Schoolboy" by Arthur Groom. Many B&W In Text Illustrations and 3 Full Page Colour Plates. No inscriptions. Some edgewear. Pages age darkened. Overall in very nice condition. Undated, looks 1940s. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 18.27
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a boy in a speedboat. First story is 'The Secret of Walton Cove' by Charlcot. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some grubby marks to spine. Marks to rear cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Grubby marks to outer page edges and some page margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Language: English
Published by Dean and Son, London, 1944
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
US$ 27.67
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Short stories for Boys (ripping yarns), good condition, quarto, quarter red cloth spine unprinted, printed board front and plain board rear, foxing to edges and moderately internally, gift inscription dated 1944 on front free end paper, coloured frontis piece and line drawings accompanying text, 188 pages. [QP].
Published by Purnell, 1966
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Not Price Clipped. Pages Tanning. Spine Strip Damaged With Small Loss At Tail. Some Scribble To Ffep. No Marking In The Text. Tightly Bound. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 127 pages. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 020493.
Published by Birn Brothers td undated 40s
Seller: Border Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Various (illustrator). Picture boards, red fabric spine, running cover, neat colouring.
Language: English
Published by Dean and Son Ltd, 6 La Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill, London, 1936
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
US$ 26.68
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK. Pictorial boards have a little wear around the edges. Undated: circa 1936. 156 pages. Colour frontispiece illustration: "Scoring a Try". First story: "The Air Stowaway" NO JACKET. Clean & very tight. No inscriptions. SOME FOXING. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref G16.
Published by Dean and Son
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 11.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated. Probably 1930s. Pictorial Boards with cloth spine strip. Shows a sailing ship on cover. With b/w ills. First Story Is 'The Seven Minutes War' by Arter. Colour frontis separated. One other colour plate Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 92 pages. Item Type: Book. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 033576.
Language: English
Published by Burt Sperber, Malibu, CA, 2010
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Book TWO only. As new. No dj, as issued. No markings. Collection of mentalism effects. 121 pages.
Published by London, Dean and son, c.1930., 1930
Seller: Último Capítulo S.L., Barcelona, B, Spain
124 pages. 2 planches en couleurs hors-texte. (25x19 Cm). Demi-toile. Dos lisse. Couverture illustrée en couleurs. Coins émoussés. Plats frottés. Recueil de douze nouvelles en anglais illustré. Papier bruni.
Language: English
Published by Dean & Co Ltd, London, 1938
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
US$ 36.25
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK. 220 pages plus Marmite advert at end. Undated. circa 1938. Xmas 1938 inscription on the front paste-down. No other inscriptions. Clean & tight. Flat pages. Very clean front board & spine. Spine is intact. Light rubbing to board corners. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref D79. Chatterbox Annual. Contributors: May Wynne; Kitty Morris; Clare Wood; Ben Draper and Others.
Published by Brock & Rankin, 1898
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
US$ 27.67
Quantity: 2 available
Add to basketHardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback. A story of a simple Country Life giving a Humerous and Entertaining Picture of Every Day Life and Incidents in the Rural Districts, with Uncle Ben's trip to the city of Chicago and to California, and his Experience with the Shams and Sharpers of the Metropolitan World. 412pp. 8vo. Browned pp., previous owner's label to fpd, fr. hinge cracked. Red cloth covers with silver/black lettering and portrait of 'Uncle Ben' to fr. cover. Vg.
Published by Renwick of Otley, London (undated)
Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 27.67
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback copy with yellow cloth boards and spine, pasted-on pictorial front cover. No dustjacket. Colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w illustrations. First story titled 'The Bradshaw Beagles'. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (20/5).
Published by Labor Action Publishing Co, New York, 1956
Hardcover. Hard bound full run through September 24 issue, along with the youth paper, Young Socialist Challenge. Bound *out of orders* with some September issues mixed in with August issues : Weekly newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid and bound. Very yellowed throughout, shelf and very edge worn, moisture damage. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout.
Published by Labor Action Publishing Co, New York, 1957
Hardcover. Hard bound full run through September 22 issue, along with the youth paper, Young Socialist Challenge. Weekly newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid and bound. Various pagination. Very yellowed throughout, very edgeworn else good condition. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. In 1949 they had changed their name to the "Independent Socialist League". Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout.
Published by Labor Action Publishing Co, New York, 1953
Hardcover. Hard bound full run through end of the year. Weekly tabloid newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid. 8 pages. Very yellowed throughout, shelf and very edge worn else good condition. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. In 1949 they had changed their name to the "Independent Socialist League". Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout.
Published by Labor Action Publishing Co, New York, 1949
Magazine / Periodical
Newspaper. Hard bound full run through end of the year. Weekly BROADSHEET newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid. Each issue is 4 pages. Very yellowed throughout, shelf and very edge worn else good condition. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. In 1949 they had changed their name to the "Independent Socialist League". Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout.
Published by Labor Action Publishing Co, New York, 1954
Hard bound full run through end of the year. Weekly tabloid newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid. Each issue is 8 pages. Very yellowed throughout, shelf and very edge worn else good condition. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. In 1949 they had changed their name to the "Independent Socialist League". Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout.