Derek Adley (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good with very shelf worn jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Not Price Clipped. British First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket and some rubbing to jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG+, tight, clean, no previous owner markings or bookplates. In a vg dust jacket with considerable rubbing and edgewear along hinge creases and light fading to spine. Not price-clipped and no chips or major tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 90 pages. Illustrated. F H Winstanley "Capt W E Johns' Biggles Stories" / Richard Dalby "The Strand Magazine" / W O G Lofts And Derek Adley "Collecting Rupert Bear" / Nicholas Redman "Arnold Bennett" / Anthony C Davies "Rare Bee Books" / F H Winstanley "The Pulps" / W O G Lofts And Derek Adley "Rare Edgar Wallace Books".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 246pp hardback, blue boards gilt in wrapper, wrapper scuffed, good in a fair wrapper.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with lightly rubbed dust jacket. 200mm x 120mm (8" x 5"). 246pp. Blue/guilt hardback cloth cover.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; A Howard Baker book. Physical description; [6], 361 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; "Contains the names of well over two thousand authors and editors, together with biographical details of many of them, including the pen-names they used",-upper inside flap. "Bound by William Brendon & Son Ltd.",-t.p. verso. Blue paper case binding. Yellow illustrated dust jacket. Summary; A collective biography of all British authors who ever wrote for boys. Subjects; Authors, English Dictionaries. Children's stories, English Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries. Boys Books and reading Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries Biography Dictionaries. Children's literature Bio-bibliography. Children's literature, English History and criticism. Children's literature, English Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Children's books. English fiction History & criticism. Children's books Authorship. Boys' stories Biographical dictionaries. Genres; Biographical dictionaries - England - 1970. Biography. Bookplates - England - (1960-1979). Dictionary. Dust jackets - England - 1970. Library (institution) copies (document genres) - England - (1960-1979). Paper (fibre product) case bindings - England - 1970. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 246 pages; Description: [15], 246 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Wallace, Edgar (1875-1932) --Bibliography. 3 Kg.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 246pp, foxing on page edges, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Good condition in rubbed dustwrapper. ISBN: 0093047606.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 246pp, slight browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good condition in rubbed and frayed dustwrapper. ISBN: 0093047606.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 246 pages. Fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Octavo, pp. [1-16] 1-246 [247-248: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], boards. First edition. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with rubbing to purple background ink. (#94878).

Octavo, pp. [1-16] 1-246 [247-248: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], boards. First edition. Small penciled check marks against a few book titles, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with rubbing to purple background ink. (#113729).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. stapled paperback, pictorial covers, a very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked, 40pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 361 pages. Corners wornFirst Edition. A VG+ copy in a Very Good dust jacket. The book has small bump s to its lower corners. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners and frays to the head of its spine. Rubs to its spine edges. Mild dust soiling to the panels.</p.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; A Howard Baker book. Physical description; [6], 361 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; "Contains the names of well over two thousand authors and editors, together with biographical details of many of them, including the pen-names they used",-upper inside flap. "Bound by William Brendon & Son Ltd.",-t.p. verso. Blue paper case binding. Yellow illustrated dust jacket. Summary; A collective biography of all British authors who ever wrote for boys. Subjects; Authors, English Dictionaries. Children's stories, English Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries. Boys Books and reading Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries Biography Dictionaries. Children's literature Bio-bibliography. Children's literature, English History and criticism. Children's literature, English Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Children's books. English fiction History & criticism. Children's books Authorship. Boys' stories Biographical dictionaries. Genres; Biographical dictionaries - England - 1970. Biography. Bookplates - England - (1960-1979). Dictionary. Dust jackets - England - 1970. Library (institution) copies (document genres) - England - (1960-1979). Paper (fibre product) case bindings - England - 1970. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 246 pages; Description: [15], 246 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Wallace, Edgar (1875-1932) --Bibliography. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in about very good dust jacket with rubbing along all edges.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A little spotting to the closed page edges and some dulling to the jacket spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A detailed and careful bibliography of the books and magazines and other materials featuring Richmal Crompton's ever popular hero William Brown. Coverage includes radio and television adaptations etc.Hardcover editions. Paperbacks. Magazine articles. An appendix reproduces "William on the Trail", the only William story unpublished in book form. Good.B/W ILLUS. TYPEWRITEN.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G++ DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Edges of text lightly spotted in places. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and entire BUT noticeably scuffed / rubbed.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DW. 1st Edition. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket (£4/4s) are in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Text edges a bit spotted.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. 3rd Edition. 74pp; a couple of minor marks to front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Paperback; pale green card covers a little grubby and worn at edges; 8" x 6". Vi, 94pp; a unique list of titles and other data, recorded from D J Adleys original record book compiled over 20 years. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages.

Hardback, 200mm x 125mm dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 246pp. Good/NoWrapper. Book has been well read and is a little darkened with age. Dustwrapper has been dampened and is now stained from cover on inside. Also badly worn around all edges. A first British bibliography of a big-selling writer of popular fiction. Catalogue: Literary Criticism. Keywords: fiction, script, novel, crime.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Not dated. Uninscribed. No wear. .

1st edition. 8vo. Prelims. + 246pp. Original boards with small bump to tail edge of upper board. Rubbed pictorial purple d/w. lettered in white, spine faded. US$10.