Compton Vera (13 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 130 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Good; firm binding; contents good; a few small tape-marks to endpapers; no dust jacket. Hard Cover Gerald Duckworth 1952 Palmistry.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good condition hardback book - 1952 first edition. The green cover/boards are intact. The binding is very good. It is an exLibrary book so there are some marks where labels have been on flyleaf. A small stamp on the reverse of the title page - other pages complete and clean. The text is clear. Black and white diagrams and plates. An interesting book about palmistry. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An Outline of Chirology. 8vo. 139 pp. With 13 Diagrams and 16 Plates. Missing flyleaf portion, torn away by right hand from top edge in arc down to middle fore edge, under which, at bottom right, in neat ink, is written, "Southgate." An overall good jacket has four minor chips, light tear with creases at back bottom, few stains. Clear interior throughout in sturdy dark red boards. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Edgewear and small tears to price-clipped dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. Book.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The first American edition of the third Joy Street annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, Walter de la Mare, G. K. Chesterton, and many others, in the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First American edition, published in 1925, following the British first edition issued by Basil Blackwell earlier the same year. Illustrated with eight tipped-in colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Vera Hibbert, Doris Palthorpe, A. H. Watson, Hugh Chesterman, Harry Rountree, W. G. Raffe and others. Collated, complete. Complete with the scarce original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, designed by Alec Buckels. The third volume in the Joy Street series, an annual anthology of prose and verse for children, bringing together stories, poems and imaginative pieces by a distinguished group of contemporary writers In the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine with slight rubbing to extremities resulting in minor fading to the pattern. Very slight discolouration to perimeters of boards with one or two very slight marks. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in the odd chip, closed tear, and crease, more so to spine ends, with slight loss. Spine slightly sunned. Minor rubbing to wraps. Slight colour offsetting to inside wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light age toning to fore edge. Near Fine. Vera Hibbert; Doris Palthorpe; A. H. Watson; Hugh Chesterman; Harry Rountree; W. G. Raffe; Et al. (illustrator). book.…