Published by Humphrey Milford, London, 1937
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Pp. 288+282+260(last blank); post 8vo; blue pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in black, slightly soiled and rubbed, fore-corners of boards a trifle worn; bottom fore-corner clipped from upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1937. *Reprinted from plates of the originals. Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith (1881-1965).
Published by Blackie & Son Limited, London, 1924
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Pp. 256(last blank)+[2](advertisements), frontispiece, plus 3 plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in blue & black, slightly soiled, edges of boards lightly rubbed and bruised, tiny fray to upper joint; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, short split to top edge of frontispiece, hinges tender at a couple of points, some foxing throughout; Blackie & Son Limited, London, n.d.[c. 1924?]. The Crown Library series. *Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith (1881-1965).
Published by Humphrey Milford, London, 1918
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Pp. 288, coloured frontispiece and 3 plates; cr. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board, the boards slightly canted, edges a trifle rubbed, the spine faded; school prize bookplate (dated 1924) on upper pastedown, ownership stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; dHumphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1918. Second printing. School Stories for Boys series. *First published in 1917. Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith.
Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, 1926
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Pp. 256(last blank), frontispiece, plus 5 plates; wide cr. 8vo; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown and green, upper board a trifle flecked, lower board slightly soiled and damp stained, fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges green; the free endpapers offset, with inked ownership inscription on lower free endpaper, bottom fore-corner of a few leaves slightly creased, outer leaves and edges foxed; Blackie and Son Limited, London, n.d.[1926?]. *Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith (1881-1965).
Published by Humphrey Milford, London, 1928
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Illustrated by Frank Insall. Pp. viii+280, coloured frontispiece, plus 4 black & white plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in black, boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; free endpapers slightly offset, some scattered foxing throughout; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1928. First edition. *Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale (1881-1965).