Breary (181 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. 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.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 209 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Minor sunning to spine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling. Gift inscription by the author. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Signed.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 288 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. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling, slight bowing. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. G. E. Breary (illustrator). Second Edition. 112pp. HARDCOVER Gift inscription to ffep., & foxing apparent to prelims. It also apparent to external edges. Clean external cloth & binding remains strong. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Good for year. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine/ front cover. Generally clean, bright and well-bound. Dustjacket badly torn. Prize certificate on flyleaf.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Mild water stains and droplets to boards.

Condition: Good. 1943. First Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Condition: Good. 1949. Third Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Prize label (1961) on front free endpaper and page edges foxed but no other inscriptions.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. No dust jacket. Mild edgewear and some marks to the boards and spine. Binding has slackened and the page edges are lightly marked and slightly creased. Overall a good clear copy for its age.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Published. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange 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.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by author. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 248 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1947. Second Edition. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pen to rear endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are heavily warped.

Condition: Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 224 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild mottling to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mays (illustrator). New Edition. Slight tanning to page edges and endpapers otherwise in near fine condition with no inscriptions in a fine complete dust jacket (priced 6/- net).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Joan Martin May (Black & White) (illustrator). 209pp. Bound in the Publisher's Cambridge blue cloth with black lettering. Within a now protected colour illustrated dust-wrapper with some wear and minor loss to the rear. Previous owner's inscriptions but overall a good plus copy.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Joan Martin Day (illustrator). Printing unknown but prize inscription on front end paper is dated 1951 Octavo hardback Red cloth gilt 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white Near Fine condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (top edge of spine of jacket nibbled) Nice copy on the whole.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper and front board. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are warped. Board corners are bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by G.E. Breary (illustrator). Red cloth & board binding rubbed at extremities; boards scuffed & corners frayed; closed tears to a few leaves, at bottom edges; some juvenile crayon embellishment to rear paste-down & endpaper; one leaf bent at top corner; leaf edges, endpapers foxed/smudged, else a sturdy, clean book. No dj. ; Many good b&w, two-color ils. by Gretchen E. Breary.; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 93 pages.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Impossible Prefect. Book.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. H/B glazed pict. bds, Near Fine+, contents also very good with many short stories and puzzles, puzzles filled in neatly, some ticks on rear eps, pge 92 and 116 have some numbers added and a little childish writing, pges browning. A lovely book with contibutions from authors such as Catherine Morris, Sheila M. Wilson, John Keating, Marjorie E. Crane, Delith Wyn-Williams, Ralph Bold, Robert Reeves and Eunice Close.