Chisholm Amy (24 results)

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on inside. Slightly dampstained. (Literature, Fiction).

Condition: good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can include some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. this copy is still tight .the text is clean and the 7 colour pictures are bright as well as the coloured fronticepictu.bumped corners & edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. "9"x7" 527 pp. Illustrated book of fairy tales with 12 color and many b/w illustrations (various illustrators). Green cloth boards with gold lettering and picture of staircase on front and spine, no dust jacket. Spine and lower front board sun faded. Edgeworn and foxed. Front board slightly warped. No publication date; presumed original edition.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Some wear to the boards edges and surfaces. Removd front end paper. Sleeve case has a little wear. . With Pictures By Harry Rountree (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Boards are a bit bumped and have general light wear. Pencil inscription to endpaper. Book has a bit of a lean. Contents are clean but very lightly toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Chestnut brown boards dirty, tipped in front illustration worn, spine ends turned, but still complete Front hinge bare. List of b/w illustrations is loose, as is the first section. Rest of book firm and clean but foxing spots make an appearance throughout. 30 colour and 41 b/w plates by a variety of artists. 527pps, over 1.07kg in weight, might require extra post if sent outside UK. s.…

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; xii, 526 p. : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm. Notes; No clear date given. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Fairy tales. Short stories. Folklore. Folklore ; Juvenile literature. Children's stories. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 242 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.57 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; xii, 526 p. : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm. Notes; No clear date given. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Fairy tales. Short stories. Folklore. Folklore ; Juvenile literature. Children's stories. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour plates and black and white line illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. circa 1926. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, blue pictorial matt boards show boy and girl, boy blindfolded. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. A couple of hinges starting to crack. All plates present. Contents generally clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Wood, Lawson & Tayler, Laurie & Earnshaw, Harold & Morrow, Albert & Woolley, Harry & Reynolds, Warwick & et al., (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Heavily rubbed, spine titles faded, spine ends chipped, a few small stains, gutters cracked, prelims a little loose, some of the B&W illus are painted in watercolours (well done), light foxing. Size: 8vo 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. xiv + 526 +[1] pp. Bound in original red cloth, with black titles and pictorial colour image fixed to front board. Extremities worn, including head and tail of spine, with a little sunning and staining. Flyleaves browned and light foxing of edges; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 31 colour plates, including frontispiece and by 41 black and white plates, numbered in text. A collection of fairy tales and short stories by children's authors, Amy Steedman and Louey Chisholm (1863-1948). Chisholm's husband was Edwin Chisholm Jack of Edinburgh, one of the publishers of this work. The authorship of the original stories is attributed at the end and writers include Hans Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and Arthur Ransome. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS FAIRIES LIT. FICTION CHILDREN'S 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. for children aged 4 to 14, all colour plates present, see photos.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. circa 1921. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Red pictorial boards showing various children and fairy folk. Edited by Chisholm. Brazil story is Two Little Scamps and a Puppy. 14 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 287 pages. Spine bumped and worn, wear to edges of onlay. Bumping to corners, wear to corners and cover edges. Covers rubbed with a few light scratches. Front joint cracked next to contents page. ink inscription to front endpaper. Title page is partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A few fox spots and marks to contents. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Blampied, Edmund & Attwell, Mabel Lucie & Fraser, Peter & Anderson, Anne & et al., (illustrator). …

Red Gilt Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Presumed First. With delightful illustrations by various artists. n colour and black and white. Coloured frontispiece by N. D Spooner. Slight darkening of the spine, some marks and rubbing to covers. Internally Very good Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 44639. For further information on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presumed First Thus. No date or edition given. Green boards with heavy rubbing to corners, edges and hinges , some fading to spine, bumped corners, spotting to page edges and eps and previous owner's name on fep.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart retelling of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies, with illustrations throughout. Told to the Children Series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. A retelling of The Water-Babies, a children's novel which follows a young chimney sweep who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby". Originally written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Retold by Amy Steedman, a distinguished English author, renowned for her contributions to children's literature in the early twentieth century. Edited by Louey Chisholm, a British children's author. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron, a Scottish artist, watercolourist, and printmaker. In the original green cloth binding with pictorial plate. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. Katharine Cameron (illustrator). book.…

Rilegato. Condition: buone condizioni. Dust Jacket Condition: buone condizioni. T.C & E.C Jack Ltd,nodate.Brown cloth hardcover with front illustration, spine ends turned, but still complete, foxing spots make an appearance throughout. 30 colour and 41 b/w plates by a variety of artists. 522pg. Good conditions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Maria Edgeworth, Ouida, the women's suffragist, animal rights activist, and socialist Mary de Morgan, and more! In this circa 1918 collection, bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover, you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull, magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions, enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons, and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead, as well as timeless tales from Celtic, Norse, Italian, West African, Russian, Japanese, Greek, and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond, bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner, 30 colored plates, and 41 black and white plates (4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader) by such artists as Cecile Walton, Katharine Cameron, Olive Allen, Evelyn Beale, Cecil Aldin, and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii, [iv], 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards, with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board, lettered in black to upper board and spine, with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing, bumping, and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine, as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries, with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library, Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates, with black and white plates facing pages 235, 286, 509, and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card, signed Maude, and drawing of sailboats laid in. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Maria Edgeworth, Ouida, the women's suffragist, animal rights activist, and socialist Mary de Morgan, and more! In this circa 1918 collection, bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover, you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull, magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions, enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons, and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead, as well as timeless tales from Celtic, Norse, Italian, West African, Russian, Japanese, Greek, and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond, bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner, 30 colored plates, and 41 black and white plates (4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader) by such artists as Cecile Walton, Katharine Cameron, Olive Allen, Evelyn Beale, Cecil Aldin, and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii, [iv], 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards, with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board, lettered in black to upper board and spine, with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing, bumping, and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine, as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries, with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library, Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates, with black and white plates facing pages 235, 286, 509, and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card, signed Maude, and drawing of sailboats laid in.…