Fitz Roy Olivia (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Solid reprint hardcover in blue paper covered boards with black spine title. Not exlib. Book tips and spine ends bumped but not rubbed. Text is tight and crisp with age-toning at the periphery and foxing at head of 255 page block. Backstrip is lightly sunned at ends where dj was chipped, as well as head of rear board. Original, un-clipped (and unpriced) dj shows several open chips at head and foot of both frt & rear panels and both spine ends and some rubbing with small chips and color loss at both frt board tips and along frt dj flap fold. Lively color illustration on dj frt and backstrip shows a rearing leopard appaloosa being held down by a circus handler in front of large green & white striped tents roofs over caged animals (lion, tiger, etc). Plain cream colored rear dj panel shows moderate even surface soil and lists five other Children's Book Club selections. This is a brilliantly real story of the circus, based on the author's long practical experience of 'tenting'. Her chief characters are Mike, Mary and Nicky, circus children who are left orphaned and in desperate need. They come across their cousins who own Fisherfield's Circus: they are taken on by them, and spend an exciting 'tenting' season, touring the country and taking part in the busy round of circus life. Olivia Fitz Roy does not dwell only on the glamor of the 'big top'. She presents circus life in the round, with its back-breaking hard work and drugery, its rivalries and jealousies, its frantic behind-the-scenes panics, as well as its exciting moments of reward and thrilling achievement.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Faded spine. "Book belongs to" printing is filled in on a printed Children's Book Club label. No jacket, name and address written on the front end paper, small tape marks with a little scuffing on the front and back paste downs. with drawings by Mary Gernat (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped jacket has small edge tears.Pages rough cut to the base as published. Prize plate to half title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, Collins, 1950, London UK. This book is in good+ condition - corners bumped; name and small inscription on ffep; ghost of pencil price on ffep. The dust jacket is in fair condition - large rectangular cut out where price was; several small closed tears plus two closed tears about an inch long; small tears and slight loss of material at top and bottom of spine; tear about an inch long on bottom right corner of front cover with loss of material; small closed tear (half an inch) at top right corner of jacket. Photos available if required. Shirley Hughes (illustrator).…

Original Yellow Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. 1946. 288pp. Illustrated by Phyllida Lumsden. Follows 'Orders to Poach' and 'Steer by the Stars'. Illustrated endpapers. Red titles to spine. Slight fading to top & bottom of spine. Neat inscription by previous owner to half title page. Some small open tears to the dw, particularly to the front right corner and the spine, and slight soiling, mainly to the back cover. Overall this is a vg copy in a g+ dw. Lumsden, Phyllida (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Collins, 1950, London UK. This book is in good+ condition - mild edge wear to boards; slight dirtiness to edges. The dust jacket is in good condition - price-clipped; extensive edge wear with tears at corners; four closed half inch long tears on front cover, with one covered with sticky tape; tears and creases at top and bottom of spine; cover a little dirty. Photos available on request. Shirley Hughes (illustrator).…

Hard cover, blue cloth bds, Good+, faded to spine, a little bumped at top edge, no d/w, contents clean and tight, pges lightly tanned, pp255.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. CBC edition hbk in d/w; G++/G++; blue cloth boards; page edges browned; no names etc inside; d/w has a few chips and is grubby on rear; , ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Mary Gernat (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG red hardcover in good DJ. DJ has some minor soiling edgewear and chipping - see image. Previous owner name inside front cover dated 1946. 288 pages. Plan of Carrick & Taransay on inside cover. Rough cut lower page edge. Juvenile Fiction.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. 2nd impression; hbk; no d/w; red hbk, faded spine; small mark on rear cover; black lettering to spine; cover corners starting to turn under; map to eps; neat name (not author) on half title page; a little light foxing to blocked page foredges; a couple of nicks to page edges; contents generally clean; G+; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages. Illustrated by Anne Bullen (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. The House in the Hills 1946 [Collins], VG+ in a VG+ price-clipped d/w, 1" tear on front panel top left corner, minor rubs at spine base, no loss, a decent copy. Phyllida Lumsden (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Black & white illustrations within text. Book is in very good condition, light foxing to top edges, all else clean and firm inside and out. The dustjacket lacks a third of it's back panel and has small losses to front upper fore edge and top and base of spine area. other general edge wear to jacket. Gernat, Mary (illustrator).…

1st edition, 1955. Red cloth with silver lettering on spine; illustrations by Mary Gernat. Front free end paper glued to front pastedown; stain from old sellotape on back end paper; head & foot of spine a little worn; tiny dents in back board. Good reading copy Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).…

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. No dj. First Edition. Collins 1944 1st edition hardback, no wrapper, insc. on title page in pencil. small brown stain also. Inner hinges cracked, short tear in spine cloth at top. Titling clear and not too rubbed or faded. The odd mark here and there, map endpapers in good order. Line illus in text.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Hardback with yellow/red boards and dust wrapper. Dust stained - commensurate with age. Illustrated end papers. Illustrated with drawings by Phyllida Lumsden. Lightly foxed. No inscriptions or annotations. No loose pages. Not price clipped. Pages tanned with gentle rubs to edges. Sound tight binding. Light shelf wear to boards. Moderate wear to wrapper with bumps and numerous marks to front and back (see scans). CHILDS COLLECTABLE, ROY Yellow and green spine strip with brown lettering.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G/VG. 2nd Printing. Steer By the Stars 1945 2nd [Collins], VG+ in a G/VG unclipped d/w, long tear near spine on front panel repaired externally with invisitape, other short tears secured similarly, but looks ok. Anne Bullen (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1st Thus. Red boards with black lettering on spine. Covers slightly worn. Bookplate on half-title. Bullen, Anne (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 286. Illustrations. Original cloth, stains to top edge. Price-clipped d/w chipped with small losses. Not bad. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator).

FIRST EDITION 8vo. red cloth hardback in unclipped dust jacket. 288pp., illustrated with line drawings by Anne Bullen. Maps as endpapers. Pencil gift inscription, dated 1944, to front pastedown. Light soiling to dust jacket with some edgewear including small areas of loss to top of spine and top corner of front cover. Some browning and rubbing to spine. Overall A VERY GOOD COPY IN GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 42) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The author, Olivia Gwyneth Zoe FitzRoy (1921-1969) lived in Inverewe in the Western Highlands during WW2, while her husband fought in Burma. She penned a series of enchanting family tales which still have a resonance today and of which âÂÂOrders to Poachâ is the first and most elusive. This copy has a slight lean to the text block and mild bumping to the top and bottom of the spine, but is otherwise clean and free of inscriptions and (most unusually for a book from 1942) not printed on war-economy paper. A rare opportunity for Fitzroy fans. Please note that if ordering from abroad, any customs charge will be the responsibility of the buyer. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland. William Showell (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in dw. Red mcloth boards; maps to eps; ownership details of books last owner (not author) on rear of title page; nice clean copy; d/w not price clipped (8s 6d) ; illustrated. Vg/vg; ; Orders to Poach; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages. Illustrated by Anne Bullen (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; 8vo; h/b in d/w; red cover; small mark on cover on spine corner; maps to endpapers; no handwriting inside such as names, generally a nice clean copy; a couple of foxing spots on blocked page foredges; d/w has been assembled by a previous owner - quite effectively, using the front and spine of the original d/w, and mounting it onto a photocopy, thus preserving what remained of the original quite nicely. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1st edition hbk in d/w; vg-/g+. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; Second Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce Vg+/Vg-; book has green cloth cover with eagle on front; no names or other handwriting inside; d/w not price clipped but has some small chips to edges; ; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 1st edition, a very good plus copy. Black & white illustrations. Clean and firm inside and out, no inscriptions. Complete dustjacket with very minor edge wear. Bullen, Anne (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1946 Collins Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression. very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & b/w illustrations by Phyllida Lumsden, endpaper maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1944 Collins Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful Jacket design & illustrations by Anne Bullen as shown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce title; Vg/Vg-; book has green cloth cover; Award sticker inside cover; d/w not price clipped but has a little chdipping to edges; /w has small loss to top edge; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

FIRST EDITION 8vo. red hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. 286pp., illustrated with drawings by Shirley Hughes and maps as endpapers. Small, neat gift inscription to top of title page. Light foxing to foredge. Crease to rfep. Dust jacket ripped in two across rear cover and flap, repaired internally, with other small chips and closed tears to edges. Overall VG in Good dust jacket. (Shelf 2) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The boards have a little darkening to the spine, light bumping to the corners and the colouring on the front and rear panels is slightly uneven. The page edges are a little browned with dark spotting on the top edges and scattered dark spots to the fore edges. A few light spots to the endpapers with a number in pen to the top right corner of the front free endpaperand a small pen mark to the bottom right corner of the rear pastedown. There are a few brown spots here and there through the book but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a darkened spine and brown spotting to the front and rear panels and the front flap. The front flap has a one inch closed tear to the top edge and a half inch closed tear to the bottom edge. Previous owner's name in pen to the top of the front flap. The jacket has rubbing to the corners and has been reinforced with brown tape to the reverse at all the folds. Jacket and interior illustrations by Shirley Hughes. First printing. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator).…