Eliott E C (126 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. "First published 1955" on its copyright page, with no reprint dates, so a first edition. On the pastedown inside its front cover is a hand written gift inscription in blue ink, "To John From Aunt Lou + Family Xmas 1956". This book is in good condition, marred by light bumps and wear on its covers' corners and spine ends, some evidence of briefly having water on its front cover (slight discoloration and 'waviness' but no dampstain or odor) plus slight spine lean, and some soiling and light stains around the edges of its page block (not extending into page margins.) Its binding is sound. Covers and pages are otherwise unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is mostly whole, in fair but still shelf worthy condition, marred by a corner-clipped front flap, a slightly faded spine, and light stains on its white back (likely mildew residue, but with no accompanying odor.) I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. First Nelson Paperback Edition. G+, Edgewear, creases, tear to half-title page, abrasion, browning. Children's science-fiction adventure. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request. Cornwell, Bruce (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is the Thomas Nelson and Sons (UK) hardcover first edition, with "First published 1954" on its copyright page, and a full color plate facing its title page. This 71 year old book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light wear on its spine ends, slight sunfade along its covers' top edges, and some faint soiling on edges of its page block (not extending onto page faces.) Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with no apparent age toning. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in good condition, still colorful but slightly toned and faded, marred by several condition issues: a 1/2" chip off the top of its spine, 1/4" chips in the top of its flap folds, wear along its front flap fold and on the bottom of its spine, a 1/2" stain on its back flap (not obscuring any text), and a corner-clipped front flap.I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. R. J. Jobson (illustrator). …

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 119 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 119 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Minor loss to spine and edges.…

Condition: Good. 1955. First Published. 119 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. Small mark on ffep. Price-clkipped dj has shelfwear, wrinkles, light rubbing. 119 pages. Tas and his friend Bluey take a chance and slip inside the new red postal rocket all set for its first flight round the world to delivery mail. The rocket takes off, they don't know how to control it, and the don't know how they'll get back. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cornwell, A. Bruce (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "First published February 1955" and "Reprinted 1955" on its copyright page, so a 2nd printing. Its full color frontispiece is bright and unworn, but has come loose from its spine binding so is tipped in. This book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light bumps on its covers' corners and spine ends, a trace of sunfade along its covers' top edges, some faint soiling on the top edge of its page block (not extending onto page faces), and slight spine lean. Its binding is sound, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are otherwise unworn and unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole and in good condition, marred only by slight fading to its colorful front and spine, small chips in the base of its spine, light soiling on its white back and along its back flap fold, and some toning along its top edge and folds. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: G+. No Jacket. 193 pp, color frontis and B/W ill, a nice clean copy with light foxing on some page extremeties, covers have light soil. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "First published 1955" on its copyrigh page, with no reprint dates, so a first edition. On its front endpaper is a hand-written price in red ink ("8 P"), and a gift inscription written in blue ink with a lovely script, "To Stewart / Christmas 1958, With Love from David and Valerie.". This 70 year old book is in very good condition for its age, mared only by spine lean, light wear on its covers' spine ends, light bumps on its covers' corners, some soiling and foxing on edges of its page block (which does not extend onto page faces), plus a few faint stains on edges of the page block (which do extend slightly into page margins.) Its binding is sound. Covers and pages are otherwise unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole and in good condition, marred by foxing, a faded spine, wear and tiny chipping on the ends of its spine and flap folds, and toning along its folds and top edge.I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Boards are clean and bright. Page edges a little browned with scattered brown spotting. Slight browning to endpapers but pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Musty smell. Jacket has chipping to the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine with a half-inch triangular piece missing from the top right hand corner of the rear panel. A. Bruce Cornwell. First printing. Cornwell, A. Bruce (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in Good condition.Pened name and faint Foxing to end papers. No Dust Jacket. A. BRUCE CORNWELL (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 200pp with b/w illustrations - blue cloth - binding soiled and stained - spine tanned - moderate wear and chipping to edges and hinges - preliminary pages and edges of text block foxed.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Red Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). Dust Jacket Condition: Good Price Clipped. Reprint 1958. Please Email for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Line Drawings (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the Thomas Nelson and Sons (UK) hardcover first edition, with "First published 1954" on its copyright page, and a full color plate facing its title page. This 71 year old book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light bumps on its covers' spine ends and bottom corners. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with no apparent age toning. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good condition, marred only by a corner-clipped front flap, light wear with tiny chips in the ends of its spine and front flap fold, plus some light soiling on its white back and along its back flap fold, but is otherwise bright, whole and unmarked. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Paperback. Printed pages: 202. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Thus. Light rubbing to spine, internally in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dustwrapper worn on edges; mark on front flap. Top edge foxed 3A10. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition. 193 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over blue illustrated cloth with dark blue lettering to spine and front board. Colour frontispiece with black and white illustrations to text by A. Bruce Cornwell. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with rubbing to surfaces and moderate to heavy foxing to cloth. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning and foxing to textblock. Clipped dust jacket has moderate wear to edges, with small chips and tears to spine and corners. Heavy foxing to reverse side of DJ and flaps.…

first edition, hardback (VG) 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: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd London 1955 First Edition G (blue boards w title in navy blue on spine, worn, spine discoloured, headand foot of spine sl bumped, some markings on baords, edges sl foxed, fep missing). Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very good-. Spine is creased. Scarce.Where possible small books will have postage reduced. R j Jobson (illustrator).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Boards have some bumping to corners and light edge wear. Page edges and endpapers are lightly browned. Pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has been price clipped and re-priced by the publisher. There is chipping to edges and corners with several tears. Half-inch 'L' shaped closed tear to the top of the spine with quarter-inch chips out of the bottom right and bottom left corners of the front panel. One inch tear with a half-inch chip at the bottom edge of the rear panel. Chipping to the top corners and the jacket has some surface wear and discolouration. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell. First printing. Cornwall, Bruce, A. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (1955), First Printing, Very Good/no dj, octavo, 200pp., blue boards hardcover, interior hinge paper just slightly cracking, binding tight, color frontispiece & 6 b&w ill's by Bruce Cornwell, text unmarked.

Condition: Fair. 1956. First Edition. 202 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Considerable loss to spine ends.…

Condition: Fair. 1958. Reprinted. 200 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations by R.J.Jobson. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edge wear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.…