De Bear Archibald (12 results)

Condition: Fair. 1926. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Detached but present plate. Mild water staining to some pages. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has backward lean.…

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with marks. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content mainly clean with some spotting. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. Firmly bound, orange cloth boards. Fading and dust spotting on cover and spine. Browning on the end papers. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A light-hearted account of a '20's theatrical troupe, with many b/w photographs. Orange cloth, a little marked, some age-spots, good, no DJ. 128pp 0.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Green boards. Binding good. Minor tanning to page ends. B/W photos and illustrations.

theatre programme., good condition., 4pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1926. Front end paper inscription is dated 1926. Clean & tight book. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref D10. The Comic History of the Co-Optimists. by Ashley Sterne & Archibald De Bear. Drawings by Sidney Strube. Published by Herbert Jenkins, London. Drawings by Sidney Strube (illustrator).…

First edition. Well illustrated, small 8vo, pp 128, orange cloth with black lettering, slightly worn and a little marked, the spine is dull and very slightly frayed at the top. [The story of a twenties stage troupe, whose company included Stanley Holloway and Hermione Baddeley.]. Alan Titchmarsh's copy, with his bookplate.…

Condition: Very Good. Original stapled illustrated souvenir theatre programme 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 16 printed pages of text, advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition, 1902. (The first edition was published in 1898: this second edition is an exact reprint.) Pp 108 [4] (publisher's adverts). Grey pictorial cloth printed in black. ***John Goodall was one of the most famous players of his era. His four years at Preston North End culminated in winning the inaugural league championship in 1888-89. Goodall played in 21 of Preston's 22 league games. In 1889 he transferred to Derby where he spent the next ten years. Although Derby did not win a trophy during this time, they came close on several occasions in both league and cup, and Goodall is regarded as one of Derby's greatest ever players. He was capped for England 14 times. Goodall was subsequently player-manager of Watford from 1903-07. The book is mainly instructional but is one of the earliest books written by a player. Nice copy of a scarce title.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, no dust jacket. Inscribed by Archibald De Bear to f.f.e.p. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Light wear to edges. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

First edition. DW. Frontis. + b/w photographs throughout. Board extremities slightly worn. Prelims browned and foxed. Wrapper very worn and torn, lacking portions from head and tail of spine, sl. affecting text, lower panel soiled o/w VG/G-. Scarce in wrapper.