Fitzroy Olivia (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The House in the Hills This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fictional, adventure story about a trip the Island of Birds, a remote Island forty miles beyond Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Here two children become involved with defending the Island's birds. 252pp, b&w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. Book is clean and unmarked. Tight binding, sound hinges. No wear to the green cloth. The unclipped dustjacket shows foxing to the inside surfaces but the illustrated exterior is shows foxing only to the back surface leaving the front cover and the spine clean. This book is too thick to qualify for the rate shown which applies only to 500g or less, and/or under 20mm thick [CPO Lettermail]. ABE is unable to calculate correct rates because its system is unaware of the actual weight or dimensions of the shipment or the exact details of the distance/location to be shipped, or the speed etc required. The 'estimate' thus shown is not a guaranteed rate. Please enquire for shipping rates to your location - at cost - nothing adde.

Condition: Good. 1944. First Edition. 288 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. 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. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. Phyllidia Lumsden (illustrator). Second Edition. 2nd printing, clean wear-free yellow boards, red spine titling, minor creasing/indents. Insides super clean and tight, no dj. Size: 8vo.

Softcovers. Condition: Very Good Plus. Anne Bullen (illustrator). Reprint. 2007. Reprint. [iv[, v, [vi], 326pp., a 5-page catalogue, map and 23 black and white illustrations by Anne Bullen. New essay on the author by her sister Barbara at the front of the book. Olivia Fitzroy (or Fitz Roy) (1921-1969) was a British author of children's books. Her family spent their summers in Scotland, the setting of her books, and they were there in 1939 when her father, a naval officer, decided that they should remain in Inverewe for the duration of the Second World War. Steer by the Stars was first published in 1944 and is the sequel to Orders to Poach, Olivia Fitzroy's first novel. In this story the Stewarts have returned to Carrick lodge on the west coast of Scotland for another summer holiday, and this time they have a boat of their own, the Fauna. The book is bound in paperback form with an illustration on the front cover. It is in excellent condition and the contents are secure and clean with no inscription.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Phyllida Lumsden (illustrator). 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.

Paperback. Anne Bullen (illustrator). Paperback. 326pp. A reissue of this children's classic, a sequel to Orders to Poach, set in Scotland, with an introduction reminiscing about her childhood by Fitzroy's sister Barbara Ormerod. Illustrated in black and white by Anne Bullen. New, unread copy. New.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd imp. the jacket is much worn and scuffed. foxing and markings. much age related wear. fairly good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G/VG. Anne Bullen (illustrator). 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.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 253 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen markings and sticker to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed green. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Slight wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edge wear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning, water and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with rubbed, chipped and marked dust jacket. Pages browned. Foxing to text-block. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 253pp. B/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. THE ISLAND OF BIRDS by OLIVIA FITZROY ** HARDBACK with DUSTWRAPPER ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PUBLISHER : JONATHAN CAPE * YEAR : 1954 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 256 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: COVER RUBBED AND CREASED WITH SOME EDGEWEAR TO DUSTWRAPPER. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE ALTHOUGH YELLOWED. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo green cloth, brown titling to spine, eagle on front board, fading to spine tips + top and bottom edges in clipped dustwrapper - edgeworn top edge + spine edge, inside- tanned + stained which has not affected the book boards. 253 pp [5 blank] beautiful b/w Sheppard illusns throughout - text, chapter headings + full page clean, tight, no inscriptions.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated by Raymond Sheppard, 252pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. William Showell (illustrator). A good condition vintage paperback published by Fontana in 1956. The illustrated cover is all intact with only very minor creasing and shelf wear. The binding is good. The pages are complete and clean - slightly tanned but the text and illustrations are clear and clean. A rare and collectable vintage children's book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). Second Impression. 1960. Second impression (the first was in 1954). 253pp., a black and white frontispiece, 10 full-page black and white illustration and other illustrations within the text by Ramond Sheppard. Olivia Fitzroy (or Fitz Roy) (1921-1969) was a British author of children's books. Her family spent their summers in Scotland, the setting of her books, and they were there in 1939 when her father, a naval officer, decided that they should remain in Inverewe for the duration of the Second World War. "Jamie and Jean Stewart are convalescing after measles at Carrick on the west coast of Scotland. Their housekeeper, Maggie, is looking after them, but they are depressed because their family and friends are away and they can find nothing interesting to do. But one day a friend, Fergus, does arrive, and persuades Maggie to let him take them to his island in his fishing boat, the Wandering Star. They are delighted to learn that they are to act as crew for the voyage, and that Fergus's Island of Birds is forty miles beyond the Outer Hebrides. They enjoy exploring the island with its deserted village, keeping house in the cottage Fergus has rebuilt for himself, fishing and watching birds, including a pair of rare sea-eagles which have nested on the cliffs. An unexpected interruption of their happiness is the arrival of two shady characters who pretend to Jean, whom they find alone in the cottage, that they are friends of Fergus's. Inadvertently she gives away the secret of the sea-eagles' nest. From then on Fergus and the children are defenders in a battle to protect the valuable eggs from the two would-be thieves. The Island of Birds proves to be an even more exciting place than Jean and James had bargained for." The book is bound in the original green boards with red-brown titling on the spine and an illustration of an eagle on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends and a faint water stain near the spine edge of part of the top edge of the front board . The contents are tight and clean with a light water stain extending out to about 1 1/2" from the spine corner on the top edge of the front fixed and free endpapers and slight offsetting to the endpapers. An inscription dated 1964 has been written on the dedication page. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear sith light soiling and the spine is slightly faded. The spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and nicked and there is some rubbing down the front fore edge and front spine edge. There is a water stain at the top of the spine that extends to a diminishing extend along the top of the wrapper, but the stain is only really visible on the back and the reverse. The front flap has not been clipped although there is a later publisher's price sticker over the original printed price. Overall, this is a very good tight and clean copy of a scarce title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bullen, Anne (illustrator). First Edition. Bound in Clean red cloth with clear black titles to spine, this 1944 hardcover First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper (unclipped). 288pp with 18 Chapters, B/W line drawings by anne Bullen, and Maps of Carrick and Taransay to both sets of endpapers. Wrapper slightly chipped at top/tail of spine and return flap corners: one half inch closed tear to front panel of wrapper.Otherwise all VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Anne Bullen (illustrator). 320 grams. The spine is damaged at the front.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes (illustrator). 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+;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Bullen, Anne (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 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.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrator). First Edition. The boards have a little fading at the top and bottom of the spine and a heavy bump to the top right corner of the front panel where there is also some faint staining. The page edges are a little browned. Light browning to the endpapers with a little spotting down the rear free endpaper. No other marks on the pages. The jacket has chipping to the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine which also has some quite heavy edge rubbing. The front panel has a stain over the first part of the author's name. The rear panel has a two small closed tears in the top edge and quite a bit of surface browning. The jacket reverse is also quite heavily browned. Jacket and interior illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. First printing.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). 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.