Ellis Silas (133 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Tan cover shows overall wear and a little fraying at corners. No markings. End papers tanning. Pages light and tight. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Dust Wrapper a bit chipped. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Novel about car-racing for boys. Great art deco painted cover & b/w plates through book by same artise. No inscr., dw has some edge tears. 1936 reprint. Ellis Silas. (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Light Grey Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. An adventure yarn for boys. Frontispiece by Ellis Silas. Undated with gift inscription Xmas 1955 and slight scribble both on title page. Slight browning to page edges. Good sized easy to read print. 304pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ellis Silas (illustrator). Gift Inscription+Rubber-stampi.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition, inscription inside from 1934. Firmly bound, decorated blue cloth boards. Fading, scuffing and dust spotting on cover and spine. Marks on some pages. Foxing on closed page edges. No jacket. with illustrations by Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The dust jacket is Fair showing wear the the top edge and bottom edge with small pieces missing, has clipped ends, the dust jacket pasted-on illustration is in good condition with some abrasions at the top edge. The dust jacket is encased in a Brodart protectant cover to preserve the dust jacket. The book is Very Good, bound in blue cloth over boards and has bright gilt stamping on the front cover, dulled stamping on the spine, corners bumped.  The book cover pasted-on illustration is in very good condition. The book has some toning on the front endpapers. The book has sixteen illustrations in color by Ellis Silas. Untrimmed fore-edge.  The binding is tight and pages are clean. Silas, Ellis (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 256 pages. No dustjacket. Clean green hardback binding, wear and creases to spine-ends, small wear to covers' corners, long ink gift inscription to flyelaf. Page-edges darkened and lightly foxed. Pages very clean and sound. Colour frontispiece. Silas, Ellis (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Original pictorial boards, illustrated with (full page) b/w sketches, oblong, circa 19x26cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, decorated, navy blue cloth boards with gilt title on it. Browning on the end papers. No jacket. illustrated in colour by Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xxii / pp 577- 648, colour plate and numerous bw ilustrations, staple bound in paper covers. Covers and edges rubbed and a little marked, crease and small name stamp to front, pages tanned study copy. Robert Strange, Teek, Ellis Silas, E.E. Briscoe ey al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Paper. Condition: Fine (+). New item. 4-panel panoramic fold-out of an early 1900s port. You create a vibrant water scene by placing numerous ships, bouys, cranes, etc. into the panorama. This is done by inserting tabs on the ships, etc. into slots on the fold-out. A charming facsimilie of a bygone day. Ellis Silas (illustrator).…

Red Embossed Cloth. Condition: GOOD (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Undated Circa 1929. Damp stains to rear board & foxing ."Pearl Granger, Wesleyan School 1929" on Bookplate. .POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES! AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY).Please e-mail for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Ellis Silas (illustrator). "Pearl Granger,Wesleyan School. …

Blue Decorated Cloth. Condition: Very Good-. Circa 1930. 310 pp e-mail for details. JJ needs att. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. First American edition; 230p., illustrated with a large folded map bound in, numerous b&w plates on glazed inserted stock, and one color reproduction as frontispiece. Hardbound in blue cloth boards gilt and blind. Weathered copy which exhibits much foxing of blanks and slight but pervasive foxing throughout text. Front hinge is tender, a bit of fray to casing edges: otherwise presentable, a good (good-only) copy.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tenth Edition. Tenth printing from 1948. This was the fourth 'Sudden' story which was originally published by Newnes in 1933. The boards have a little rubbing to the corners and edges with some darkening at the top and bottom of the spine but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Page edges browned. Pages a little browned with a small number in pen at the top left corner of the front free endpaper but otherwise unmarked. The jacket has some chipping and tearing around the edges with several pieces missing. The front panel has quarter-inch pieces missing from both the top corners and some creasing and small edge tears. The spine is browned with a quarter-inch piece missing at the top and a one and a half-inch piece missing at the bottom. The rear panel has half-inch pieces missing from the top right and bottom left corners with some closed tears and smaller chips. Jacket illustration by Ellis Silas. Silas, Ellis (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. [1948] 224pp. In blue cloth boards with deep blue titles front and spine. Upper text block edge sprayed blue. With a monochrome plate frontispiece and three further similar plate illustrations. Boards very mildly rubbed and rounded at base of spine. Hint of flecking on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, a little bumped on edges, small, circa 1cm2, chip on lower leading corners, and a little rubbing at spine ends and corners. Two demobilised airmen answer an unusual advertisement and find themselves involved in a daring enterprise. Silas, Ellis (illustrator).…

Good. Condition: Good. A plain tale of Stange happenings on the sea, found in Bleilers checklist of fantastic literature, many color iluustrations, spine has some tearing at top and fading. Ellis Silas (illustrator). Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Large 8vo. 633 pages. Pictorial dust jacket. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Top edge of text block stained maroon. 16 colour plates, including frontispiece; all present. Dust jacket soiled; several creases; small tears and chips along lower edge; more heavily torn along upper edge with significant loss to rear panel. Boards lightly edgeworn; spine discoloured. Mild soiling to edges of text block. Front free endpaper removed. Light toning and foxing to endpapers and rear flyleaf; otherwise pages clean. Binding firm. Ellis Silas (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Thus. 310pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Tightly bound. Light foxing to external edges & preliminary pages, but interior text is pretty much unaffacted. Externally, there is sun predominantly to spine. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **Originally published in Victorian times. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Ellis Silas (illustrator). Book.…

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.…

Condition: Good. 1926. No Edition Stated. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough cut pages. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightly sunned spine. Foxed edges. Undated. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Decorated blue cloth boards. Rubbing, hole and fading on the spine, scuffing and fading on cover. No jacket. Reading copy only with quite heavy general handling wear. Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Large 8vo; split in spine and chipping at spine ends; gift inscription (not author) on fep; bright colour fep; b/w illustrations throughout; clean copy; ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Illustrated by Ellis Silas (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. Ex-library. Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards. Black lettering on covers. Covers worn and unevenly faded. Corners bumped. Foxing to fore edge and prelims. Front endpaper removed. Silas, Ellis (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Minor delamination of boards. Foxed edges else minimal internal wear. Colour frontis. Ellis Silas (illustrator).