Brenda E Spender (85 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Country Life Limited, London [Published Date: 1938]. Hard cover, 80 pp. First UK Edition. Acceptable+/ NO dust jacket. Light blue marbled paper over boards with blue cloth and dark blue lettering on spine. Paper is nicked and chipped at corner tips and along the bottom edge with a bit of the underlying boards exposed. Light oil pastel (or crayon) markings on back cover. Light overall scuffing, soiling and aging to covers as well. Binding tight. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free end paper. Endpapers have moderate aging and spotting. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Charming full-page black-and-white illustrations by Brenda Elizabeth Spender. Follows the adventures of On'y Tony, a young boy navigating the countryside with his beloved pony and friends, including the mischievous character "The Dragon." The book captures the idyllic setting of rural England with equestrian themes, making it a delightful read for pony enthusiasts. Brenda Elizabeth Spender (1890-1945) was a British author known for her children's books, particularly the "On'y Tony" series. Her works often depicted rural life and adventures, capturing the imaginations of young readers in the early 20th century. This is the third book in Spender's 'On'y Tony" series of pony books for younger readers.…

Condition: Good. 1935. First Edition. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Black and white illustrations by B. Turner. 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 mild marking and tanning. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (Ponies, Juvenile Fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In yellow cloth boards, with blue lettering and artwork. Some small marks on the front and back, and spine is faded - lettering on spine is very faded. Corners and top of spine slightly crushed. The front free endpaper has an insert stuck in it: 'In grateful appreciation of eight years service as Commissioner of the Cardigan District 1936-1944'. Brown stain up the hinge on title page and on a few other pages where the stitching is exposed. Foxing on last few pages. Text is clean, with just the odd mark here and there. Binding is good. No dust jacket. Heavy book, please contact us for shipping costs. Brenda E. Spender (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small 4to. 62 page's. Illustrated, small previous owners name to past down. Bound in publishers original green cloth, lettered in black. A very good clean tight copy, No under-lining, no other Inscription's, marks, or book plates. A beautiful children's book. B. Turner (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1940. Reprinted. 63 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations by Barbara Turner. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. A page detached. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In yellow cloth boards with blue and black lettering and illustration on front and spine. Spine is faded. Corners bumped and scuffed, spine crushed and torn at top and bottom (about 1 cm). Boards quite marked. Inscriptions on front endpapers. Small amount of tanning to endpapers and prelims. Some foxing to rear endpapers. Text is clean. Binding fairly tight. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings. No dust jacket. J. H. Dowd (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. General wear to boards with edge wear. Content has toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. HOR 021742 CARP Appears to FIRST U.S. EDITION , with "London, Country Life Limited , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons" on title page and "First Published 1936" on copyright page. Marbled green pictorial hard cover with cloth spine. Sturdy enough though the spine is a tad stiff and there is a cracked hinge in its middle. The spine is faded and there is roughing of the head and foot of the spine. Inside is clean except for occasional foxing just along the hinge. Beautifully illustrated children's horse book. Turner, B. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Illustrated by B Turner. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Gift inscription on FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Turner, B. (illustrator). Used.

Second reprint. Illustrated with pencil sketches by B. Turner. Frontispiece, 18 other illustrations. Boards slightly stained. A few pages torn where seperated. Overall condition Good.

1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth/blue patterned paper-laid boards (top edge dust stained, fore edge lightly spotted, endpapers tanned), dustwrapper (loss at head and tail of spine, some rubbing and tears at other extrems - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 80, illus with b&w drawings by Barbara Turner (no inscriptions).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, tanned pages. Light foxing. There are previous owners inscriptions on the front end page. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*12/12/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6th Printing. Sixth printing 1948, first published in 1935. Very nice green cloth covered hardcover with tidy former owner's gift ded on frt pastedn. Spine ends barely bumped, tips still sharp. Facsimile dust wrapper is complete, un-clipped, lightly surface soiled and displays beautifully in new mylar. Not ex-lib, text tight and bright, lovely full page pencil sketches throughout. An ideal story for the small person just learning to ride, or even only longing to learn. On'y Tony, who has lived abroad most of his six years and knows nothing of the ordinary life of an English boy or girl in the country, is sent to stay with his godmother. She, so far from proving the witch-like being in pointed hat and long cloak a frightened little boy's imagination made of her, turns out to be the gayest and kindest of young persons and very soon Tony is happily learning to ride with the help of ponies Pickle and Crackers. His adventures in the home fields, out hunting with his friend Rupert, and with the three ponies - for a third and most treasured pony came with him in the train - have been illustrated in pencil by miss B. Turner. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Clean, tightly bound hardback book with school prize label on front pastedown, endpapers foxed, in a price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped with small areas of loss at the edges and spine. 120 pages, illustrations on plates and in the text by Stanley Lloyd.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED AND THE CORNERS ARE BUMPED. THE FFEP HAS A PRESENTATION CARD TO IT. THERE IS LIGHT TO MILD FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. BRENDA E. SPENDER (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1949 reprint. Dust jacket is tatty: bottom front edge is crumpled and torn, about 5cm tear to jacket at spine, another large tear to rear as well as smaller nicks and tears. Name and note by original owner on endpaper. Foxing to prelims. Binding sound. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm. …

Condition: Fair. 1st. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Endpapers missing. Pages tanned, with occasional foxing. Turner, Barbara (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG/GD++. y 1st Thus, 5th Reprint. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Rep: 5th.* Date of Publication: 1948(1935)* Publisher: Country Life Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright Green cloth, dark green title to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear & some age to edges. VG* Jacket condition: Heavy grade paper dust wrapper showing On?y Tony riding his pony, black title to spine and green to face. Some minimum wear and age, slightly grubby. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5/- net on adhesive label. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in protected jacket. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, minimal spotting to text, no tanning or other visible faults. End-papers and all edges slightly grubby. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w pencil drawings by B.Turner within text throughout.* Pages: 62 pp. text.* Description: The story of three ponies and a little boy. On?y Tony is the ideal story book for the small person just learning to ride, or even only longing to learn. O?ny Tony, who has lived abroad most of his six years and knows nothing of the ordinary life of an English boy or girl in the country, is sent to stay with his godmother. His adventures out hunting with his friend Rupert, and with the three ponies ? for a third and most treasured pony came with him in the train ? have been illustrated in pencil by Miss B. Turner in so real a fashion that most readers will guess them to have been drawn from life.* A NEAR VG copy with minor age & wear reducing it to GD++. Now in protected dust jacket.* 1936-01-01. Turner, B (illustrator). …

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning. Gift message to ffep. DJ with some edge wear, tears, toning and loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Boards are worn and marked.minor markings.tightly bound. good copy. Reprint.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[Restored]22-11-2019. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 3rd. Pale blue boards. Illustrated with pencil line drawings. Covers worn and a little faded. Front endpaper missing. Turner, Barbara (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 70pp. HARDCOVER Sml. gift inscription to ffep. Light foxing to prelims. O/w very clean internally. Strong binding. Very clean external cloth. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **A smart copy. Size: 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. J. H. Dowd (illustrator). Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Repr. No dj, mid blue cloth with dark blue titles, spine and edges a little sunned, illustrated in soft b/w by BARBARA TURNER, 1 plate partially loose, vg. wide 8vo, 63pp. Barbara Turner (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Tight Read Copy - Reprint - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Blue Titled Spine And Front - Line Drawn Illustration (Childs Face) On Front - Slight Age Discolouring And Edge Wear. Clipped Jacket With Rubbing And Rips - One Large On Front. Spender Brenda E (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. H/b; d/w; vg/g+; small 4to; 119pp; no handwriting inside such as names; ; d/w worn, torn at top front edge; not price clipped; (8s 6d); Country Life Books; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Torn jacket in poor condition. J.H. Dowd (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Popular Edition. Gray hardcover binding with green imprint of child's face and title on front - clean, square and tight. DJ has some shelfwear but protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Front flap bottom corner clipped, but not price-clipped - $3.00 on flap. Beautifully illustrated in b/w throughout - two pages are stiffer paper, darker background as published. 83 pages. This is a book not only about children but it IS children - different children doing different things in different circumstances. Follows the book Important People first issued in 1931, this volume contains many drawings chosen from Dowd's sketch books. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dowd, J. H. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within south Africa. 2nd edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, marked and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a previous owners signature on the front end page. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*07/09/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…