Chilman Edgar (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Scuffs, soils, discolored marks, fading, etc. A reading copy only. 523 pages. Appleton, Honor C. (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Seventh printing of revised edition from 1924. In good blue cloth boards, with black decorative titles field and black titles to front and black titles to spine. The boards are firm and flat and a little grubby. The edges are strong but the spine is a little squashed. The free end papers are very lightly tanned; the front free end paper has names of two previous owners. The text block is clean and quite tightly bound and the pages have been well used. Not annotated. Good plus condition. Without jacket.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. xix, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. ; full blue cloth with gilt lettering. Dj spine sun-darkened ; wear to corners and spine extremities ; hinges cracked and weak. Prev owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated Christmas 1939. Appleton, Honor C. (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1926. Reprint. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable droplets to spine. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardback, The d/j has a missing spine, what remains has tears, bits missing, scuffed and creased. Previous owners name, o/w internally good. Illustrations by Honor C Appleton.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated (but c.1926) hardback in very good condition. Foxing to page edges and a few early pages. Contemporary (1926) inscription on inside cover. No other marks, clean and bright. Loose frontispiece, but binding is otherwise tight and strong. The illustrated cloth boards are in excellent condition, clean , bright colours and gilt edging. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xviii, 524pp, with colour plate frontispiece and seven further colour plates, all by Honor C Appleton. In illustrated and decorated green cloth boards with gilt titles and extensive decorations, tipped in illustration on front panel. Boards a little rubbed and rounded at spine tips and extreme corners, remarkably bright and fresh. Front free endpaper absent, and old water damage affecting the base of the half-title page and frontispiece, (not affecting text or image), frontispiece rubbed along fore-edge, else internally neat, clean, and tight with just a hint of spotting on a few early and late pages. In its original dust jacket, with tipped on illustration matching that on the book (jacket is rubbed and lightly chipped at edges and folds, with minor loss at spine ends, short flat tear running from spine head along fold). Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A really lovely, vintage volume of poetry and verse selected for younger readers, including works by Frank Dempster Sherman, Charles Kingsley, Marion St John Webb, Isaac Watts, Hilda Conkling, John Masefield, Walter Scott, Lord Tennyson, Lucy Larcom, Longfellow, William Cowper, Kipling, Browning, Keats, Chilman, Alice Meynell, Yeats, Lovelace, William Morris, Robert Burns, Matthew Arnold and many, many more. Appleton, Honor C Poetry, Verse, Vintage Books, Anthologies. Appleton, Honor C (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback in jacket 1928 reprint. Spine & front board are bright. Includes 8 colour plates by Honor Appleton. Clean & very tight book. Front paste-down has a 1930 prize label. Title page has the prize winners' blind-stamp at the bottom corner. No inscriptions. Page edges are foxed. Jacket has a little wear with minor loss at the corners. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F8909. The Book of English Verse. illustrated by Honor Appleton. Published in 1928 by George Harrap, London. Honor Appleton (illustrator).…

Hard. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A large, comprehensive anthology of English poetry, including many poems for children, green cloth boards with lettering and decorations in gilt and pictorial paste-down to front board, indexes of authors/titles to front of book and first lines to rear of book, with eight full-page colour plates, plus numerous black & white line drawings in the text, all by Honor Appleton, closed tear to head of spine exposing binding 1.5 cms, small chips to foot of spine, rear board rubbed and stained, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's inscription to fep, gutters cracked, pp clean and clear to read, binding sound. Size: 8vo. Appleton, Honor C. (illustrator).…

DECORATIVE & ILLUSTRATED CLOTH. Condition: NEAR Very Good. LOVELY OLD BOOK WITH FINE BINDING.GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH GOLD GILT LETTERING & BORDERS & DECORATIONS WITH SPLENDID COLOUR PASTEON IMAGE. LARGE GOLD GILT OWL & LETTERING ON SPINE. LESS THAN 1/2 INCH OF TOP OF SPINE MISSING & A TINY TEAR ON BOTTOM, SMALL TEAR LESS THAN 2 INCHES ALONG SPINE ON BACK BOARD. A BIT OF WEAR ON CORNERS & EDGES. SOLID BINDING. CLEAN WITH EX LIBRIS , INDENTED STAMP AT BOTTOM OF TITLE PAGE. 7 FULL PAGE HANDSOME COLOUR PLATES; ORIGINALLY HAD 8 BUT IS MISSING FRONTIS. 523 PAGES. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS. HONOR C. APPLETON. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Re-print. 8vo. xix, 523 pages. 8 coloured plates. Original green cloth lettered and decorated in yellow. With pictorial on-lay on front cover. Spine a little faded. A fresh, bright copy. Honor C. Appleton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st. 1st ed., 8vo, full blue cloth stamped in gilt with color cover plate, 8 interior color plates and numerous line drawings by Honor C. Appleton. Corners lightly bumped. Short split at front interior hinge, else very good, no dj. Appleton, Honor C. (illustrator).

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1925. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 376, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 376 376.…