Published by National Magazine Co. Ltd, 1945
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Light wear marks overall.
Language: English
Published by Collins, London, 1945
Seller: Caldono Books, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 16.48
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Grace Couch (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book has some bumping and slight wear to corners o/w good+; Dust jacket is price clipped, has wear to extremities with small tears and chips.
Published by National Magazine Co., 1945
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. Buff cloth with dark blue lettering; illustrations by Grace Gabler. A few spots of foxing on page fore-edge; buff cloth a little stained Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket).
US$ 16.48
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with rubbed dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
Language: English
Published by Wiiliam Lewis ( Printers ) Ltd, Cardiff
Seller: C. Parritt, Derby, United Kingdom
US$ 30.91
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Couch, Grace (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1940s. very Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing to edges, minor soiling. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling. Charming colour illustrations by Grace Couch throughout. the adventures of an adventurous little fish.
US$ 13.67
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Grace Couch (illustrator). No date but probably late 1940s, Hardback, no dustjacket, Board covers, slightly bowed, Wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, Corners bumped and worn, edges chipped and worn, Most of spine missing, remainder chipped and worn, Internally in reasonable condition, some small marks and stains, edges lightly creased, a few small nicks and a patch of loss of surface stuck to opposite page.
Published by Collins, 1945
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 23.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lacks dust wrapper, slight rubbing and wear to boards with some light soiling but generally in good order.No inscriptions, illustrated, bright and clean internally with very little wear.
Published by Collins
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
US$ 27.47
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Not dated but circa 1930. 160pp, with colour plate frontispiece and four further colour illustrations, numerous line drawings and sketches throughout, colour decorated endpapers. In pictorial boards with linen spine (boards are worn and heavily rubbed and a little chipped and indented at edges, rounded and scuffed on corners and spine ends, where the cloth is worn). Hinges cracked, some mild occasional spotting, and the 'belongs to' section has been filled in. A little loose but holding.
Published by William Lewis (Printers) Ltd, Cardiff, 1943
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 11.68
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. William Lewis (Printers) Ltd, Cardiff, 1943. 1st Edition . Fair. Approx. 7'' by 5'', illustrated paper covered boards with cloth spine. Presumed first edition, no publication date circa 1940's. No. 2 in a series of 6 Spikey books, 'charmingly illustrated in full colour.' Spikey is a small hedgehog off to school for the first time & helped with his letters & numbers by caterpillars & fish. Binding a little loose, corners a bit bumped, obviously a child has read this book (probably more than once) & left a few marks (see pictures). Dedication on front pastedown.
Published by William Lewis, 1943
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 14 page oblong HB Thick printed card boards. VG with no previous ownership markings.
US$ 13.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Type: Book No date. Rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spine. Previous owners inscription to inside front board. (CHILDRENS).
US$ 13.74
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Type: Book No date. Rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spine. Previous child-owners inscription to inside front board. (CHILDRENS).
US$ 13.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Type: Book No date. Content good however end quarter of front board has been detached and repaired using matt brown tape. Light rubbing to edges and corners. Previous owners signature to title page. (CHILDRENS).
US$ 13.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Type: Book No date. Some rubbing to edges and corners.Boards a little marked with slight wrinkling. two tick marks in pen to rear cover. Previous owners signature to inside front board. (CHILDRENS).
Published by Collins, 1945
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Publisher - Collins, 1945. Written and illustrated by Grace Couch. Good condition oblong book with illustrated boards and fabric spine. Initials stamp to ffep. Fairly firm binding. Unclipped jacket in poor condition, extensively mended with tape, and missing part of rear panel and the flap.
Publication Date: 1945
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 18.14
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Couch, Grace (illustrator). Circa 1945. Good condition with no wrapper. A "Spikey" Book. Small oblong format. Orange cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Book has been bent in half at one point with creases to covers and light creases to pages. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Cardiff, Printed by William Lewis Ltd. n.d. ca1950, 1950
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 15.11
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSmall oblong hardback, approx 7 x 4.5 inches. Halfbound with red cloth to spine and illustrated paper covered boards. In very good condition. Some handling marks to cover, corners a little bumped and rubbed, slight crease to boards. No previous owners inscriptions or marks. One rubbed area on page 8. Else pages clean and tight. 16pp. (Unpaginated.) Colour illustrations throughout by Grace Couch.
Published by Collins, London, 1945
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Charming 1940s children's book, written & illustrated by Grace Couch. Illustrated in colour throughout. Thin oblong volume. Printed in Great Britain. Bound in publisher's original colour pictorial paper-covered boards backed by unlettered orange cloth spine, pale blue endpapers. No dustjacket. Slight handling wear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. Unpaginated (24pp). Uncommon. SB-11.
Publication Date: 1945
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 22.67
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Couch, Grace (illustrator). Circa 1945. Very good condition with no wrapper. Small oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations of Potto the baby Hippo. A "Spikey" Book. Minimal wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Publication Date: 1945
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 22.67
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Couch, Grace (illustrator). Circa 1945. Very good condition with no wrapper. Small oblong format. Cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. A "Spikey" Book. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Collins Publishers for the Children, London, 1947
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
US$ 19.23
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Written & illustrated by G. Couch. (illustrator). In the original illustrated paper covered boards. Clean and square condition, blue backstript, minor marks, not affecting the appeal.Free of any inscriptions and tightly and securely bound. A very good survivor. 24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 x 24 cm.
Publication Date: 1945
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 24.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Couch, Grace (illustrator). Circa 1945. Very good condition with no wrapper. A "Spikey" Book. Small oblong format. Orange cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners slightly worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Neat inscription ink to front pastedown. A couple of light grubby marks to one of the last pages, light crease to one page corner tip and some light foxing to textblock. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Publication Date: 1945
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 20.60
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCollins Publishers for the Children. 1945. First edition. DW. Slim landscape 8vo. Colour illustrations to every page. Boards are a little worn and rubbed and is split along tail of spine. Small neat gift inscription to front pastedown o/w contents are clean and fresh. The wrapper is NOT price clipped, but is a little soiled and rubbed, it lacks 1½ inch portion from tail of spine and has a large closed tear to front cover near head of spine, not affecting text. Smaller closed tears and light creases to both front and rear covers. SCARCE in wrapper.
Published by London. Collins Publishers for the Children. First Edition., 1947
Seller: Libris Books, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 61.81
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. London. Collins Publishers for the Children. 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Pictorial boards very slightly bowed. Some rubbing along the top edge and some minor knocking to the cloth spine and corners. Illustrations by the author are unmarked. Hinge is weakened but binding still holdingDust wrapper is unclipped at 4/- but has two areas of loss on the front and a closed tear at the bottom. The reverse also has a little loss and associated creasing and spine panel is worn. Despite all this now in protective cover, the book presents as attractive and it is extremely uncommon to find these books with dust wrappers.
Published by William Lewis, Cardiff, 1945
Seller: Books at yeomanthefirst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.34
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. William Lewis, Cardiff. No date but 1945, First Edition. Size 12 x 18 cm. 8 leaves. Oblong format. Illustrated in colour by the author. Book Condition: Good. Boards rubbed, a little soiled, interior age-toned, a very small pen scribble to one page only. Remainder almost Very Good and free from previous owner¿s names. Scarce title.
Published by Collins, 1945
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Scarce. First edition hardback in Good Plus condition with a Good clipped jacket. Pictorial boards, light use wear and marks, 24 pages, pastedowns a little wrinkly, inscription (dated 1946) to fep, minor use wear and marks, binding firm. Jacket has minor edge chips and tears, corners scuffed, lightly marked, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Free standard airmail worldwide. Discounts available for multiple orders.
Published by Collins, 1947
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 75.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Couch, Grace (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1947. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Oblong format, 6.5 X 9". Green paperboards with pictorial front board. Orange cloth spine. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. The underwater adventure of a little toy donkey. Some light foxing to rear cover. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown marks to top edge of most pages. Stitching has been pulled causing contents to be loose. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, some light browning and foxing and verso very browned. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Collins, 1945
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 77.88
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Couch, Grace (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1945. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Apricot the kitten gives Mr. Chirrupy Chirpy (a chaffinch) a great shock andd suffers a penalty which stops him bouncing for good. Oblong format, 6.5x 9". Pale blue boards with picture to front. Orange cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spne and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly slightly with edge creases and two larger tears to front spine edge. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Cardiff: Lewis (no date).
Seller: Austwick Hall Books, Austwick, United Kingdom
US$ 13.74
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVery good copy in decorated boards with yellow cloth spine.
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60149195: 1947. In-8. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. Environ 30 pages. Texte en anglais. Deux jaquette passables. Quelques rousseurs. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, in texte. Avec Jaquette. . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.