Chell Mary (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Our beautiful vintage books would make a fantastic gift for any vintage book lover. Here at Country House Library you will find an eclectic mix of genres to choose from that would pique anyone's interest! This vintage edition of Merry Slimtails by Mary Chell would be a brilliant read for any fan…

Condition: Fair. 1944. 2nd Impression. 95 pages. Pictorial recycled dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Frontispiece detached but still present. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Some illustrat…

Condition: Good. 1955. 6th Impression. 96 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine…

Condition: Good. 1952. 4th Impression. 95 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine…

Condition: Good. 1946. Second impression. 95 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bum…

Condition: Fair. 1944. Second Impression. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Orange illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair ++. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 95 pages. Ex-library and there is library stamp to back of last page of text, flyleaf removed. No dustjacket. B&W illustrations. Pale blue hardback binding with black titles to spine and front board with mouse and bird illustration. Wear to spine-ends and boards' corne…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover presents with consistent soiling, corner bumping/wear (including head and foot of spine), and rubbing. Text is largely tight in binding, though splitting (especially in first half of this copy) is observable; handle with care to maintain remaining spine integrity. Light…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Childrens. Edition not noted, probable first. Orange cloth covers rubbed and soiled, corners and spine ends bumped. Dust jacket rubbed and worn, old tape repair on the front, chips and wrinkles, pretty rough. Small gift inscription and an ink spot on the first endpaper, ot…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1942. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some messy colouring to b/w illustrations (up to page…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Fifth Printing. Hbk no d/w; Vg-; pink board cover with illustration of 5 mice; spine a little faded; tiny hint of foxing at edges inside cover, gift inscription on rear of half title page (not author) ; pretty colour frontis; a couple of line drawings have been neatly coloured in; ; Slimtails; T…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 102pp. HARDCOVER Tidy external cloth with strong binding. Internally, the pictorial endpapers at the front have been neatly coloured-in. Other internal illustrations have also been similarly coloured-in. Some illustrations remain untouched. Overall, the interior pages are…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good book in pictorial blue cloth covers, darker blue titles to front and spine. Front cover shows mice having a meeting with the gypsy-mouse. Internally very good with coloured frontispiece and many b/w drawings throughout. Free of inscriptions and no foxing. Front end papers wit…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, second impression, pp,102, written and illustrated by Mary Chell, coloured frontispiece and further coloured and black & white illustrations two of which have been crudely coloured in, black titled red cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has tears and some loss especially to the bac…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1947. A lightly used copy with some spots of foxing around the outer page edges, but internally well-presented and clean throughout with no notable creases or signs of wear. Covers firm and secure, with a few bumps and knocks around the corners. Dust jacket has a few small…