Frederic Saywell (18 results)
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United KingdomAnybook.com
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Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.
- Hardcover
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.Kennys Bookstore
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Condition: Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy in mylar covered dust wrapper. DW tanned and with some nicks and tears. Tipped-in colour plates all present, with some taped down at corners. Minor tear to rfep but remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Published by Hatton & Truscott Smith 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Dandy Lion Editions, Beare Green, Dorking, , United KingdomDandy Lion Editions
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated but believed c1928.Firmly bound and has been carefully read. The hardcover has coloured decoration & a white cloth spine without a jacket Illustrated by Herbert Harvey with 12 tipped in plates mounted on grey card. No inscription or ownership markings. No torn, loose or missing pages. The… endpapers & page edges are discoloured from age & there are a few minor marks which are to be expected in a book of this age. 56 numbered pages. Herbert J Harvey (illustrator).
Published by London: Halton & Truscott Smith, nd [c. 1928]. 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United KingdomCornell Books Limited
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Condition: Good. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), [iv], 56pp. 12 colour plates by Herbert J Harvey. Original black cloth. The boards are rubbed, the rear board is a little scuffed, vthere is minor spotting of the endpapers, and a gift inscription (dated 1933); overall, this book is in good condition.

Published by Halton & Truscott Smith, London
- Hardcover
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. H/b; Vg-; 4to; 56pp; black cover/spine bronze writing. ; rear cover has some marks; 12 attractive tipped in colour plates; black cloth cover has a little splitting to top edge of spine; corners bumped; internally vg; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Herbert J Harvey (illustra…tor).
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.
- Hardcover
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condition: Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy in mylar covered dust wrapper. DW tanned and with some nicks and tears. Tipped-in colour plates all present, with some taped down at corners. Minor tear to rfep but remains a good copy. . . . .

Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.
- Hardcover
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition with no wrapper. White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin… tear to page 38. A couple of light creases. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Harvey, Herbert J. (illustrator).
- Hardcover
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United KingdomGREENSLEEVES BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . no dustjacket, no date inscrip dated 1932, bookplate, Hlaton & Truscott, col plates.
More imagesPublished by Halton Truscott Smith Ltd, London
- Hardcover
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United KingdomC L Hawley (PBFA)
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Hardback. Condition: Good+, sound copy. Hardback. 56pp. Fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm here versified by Frederic B. Saywell and illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey. Colour frontis and 11 further colour illustrations. Illustrations all printed separately and tipped in onto grey paper where they are presented with a colo…ur border, and a caption. No date but gift inscription 1929. Text is attractively printed with a colour border to each page and a black and white vignette of scissors and a grape vine below the text. Quarter bound in cream buckram with patterned papers to boards. Gilt titles to spine. Cloth is slightly marked. Text is clean and illustrations are neat and bright. Good+, sound copy. Herbert J. Harvey (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd., London 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A brightly illustrated first edition of this charming children's verse. First edition. Illustrated with a colour tipped in frontispiece and eleven colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. A charming verse for children following the adventures of a young tailor who becomes desperately sho…rt of money and decides to do something rash. Written by Frederic B. Saywell, a British writer and poet. Illustrated by Herbert Johnson Harvey, an English artist and painter. Dated from the British Library. In the original full black cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Good. Herbert J. Harvey (illustrator). book.

Published by London Halton & Truscott Smith
- Hardcover
Seller: Chaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon, , United KingdomChaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon
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Hardback, 265mm x 190mm decorated card boards over white cloth spine, gilt titles, , 56+pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by Herbert J. Harvey. Good/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped, foxing to block edges and opening/closing pages, stain also to right block edge of early pages, otherwise clean with partially-affixed plat…es all present. Dustwrapper (now protected) has general foxing and wear with staining also at bottom right front. Undated but surely a 1930s production of an attractive verse tale featuring all manner of strange creatures, illustrated in 12 memorable plates. Catalogue: Childrens. Keywords: monster, ugly, magic, folk.
More imagesSeller: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, , United KingdomDevils in the Detail Ltd
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Condition: Good. Title: The Clever Little Tailor or Seven at a BlowAuthor: Frederic B. SaywellPublisher: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd., LondonPublication date: not stated but circa. 1930'sBinding: hardback clothIllustrated: yes by Herbert J. HarveyPages: 56 + platesDescription / Condition: Light edge wear/browning to jacket, pro…tected since by a clear, removable, mylar sleeve. Light wear to boards. Light foxing to pages. A lovely, well preserved copy which is rare with dust jacket still attached.Please see pictures for further information.
More imagesPublished by Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd C.A. 1928, London, UK 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. London, UK: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd. Good/Good. C.A. 1928. . Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 56 p.p., Shelf lean; cracked inner hinge; bottom right corner of front dust cover panel torn; head and tail of dust cover spine chipped; shelf wear; dust cover previously creased; previous owner's insc…ription at top of front free-end paper; hardcover head and tail of spine and corners bumped; top front hardcover edge bumped in two spots; last page has light shadowing front back panel dust cover fold over;some tipped-in plated starting to unstick pages clean and unmarked. . Tipped in Color Plates and Frontispiece; Black and White Illustrations (illustrator).

Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.
- Hardcover
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. White cloth spine with gilt title, decorated paper boards. 12 tipped-in colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 56 pages. Top edge purple. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Endpapers are lightly br…owned A couple of hinges are partly cracked. Some light marking to page margins but contents generally clean. Brown wrapper is slightly edge rubbed but clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Harvey, Herbert J. (illustrator).
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd., London
- Hardcover
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. No date (1930's?) 56 pages in very good, clean condition; edges and endpapers a little yellowed. With 12 coloured, tipped-in plates. Small inscription on the ffep. Quarter bound with white cloth over marbled boards, gold titles on the spine. Spine a little yellowed, light we…ar on corners and edges. Beige DJ with green titles and illustrations. Spine darkened, chipped at the tail. Jacket stained, light wear on corners and edges. VG/FAIR. Harvey, Herbert J. (illustrator). Book.
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith, London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ellis and Co., Shrewsbury, SALOP, United KingdomEllis and Co.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Halton & Truscott Smith, no date, probably 1920s. Quater cream cloth with red decorative paper-covered boards, very good codnition in very good Brown dust jacket with titles, and vignettes on back and front cover, in green. There is a little edgewe…ar to the binding, inside the pages are nice and clean. The text tells the roguish story of the clever little tailor, who by his wits rises from poverty to marry the (not exactly beautiful) princess, and there are 12 tipped in colour plates by Herbert J. Harvey. The text pages have a decorative border, and most also have a vignette of scissors and vine leaves or scissors and a coronet. 56 pages printed on heavyweight paper, colour plates tipped in onto grey card. A most attractive and amusing book. Herbert J. Harvey (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd n/d, London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 56pp. Black cloth with yellow title to spine in original dj. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Minor wear to edges. Some creasing, rubbing and discoloration to dj. Tipped-in frontispiece. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in plates by Herbert J. Harvey. A great copy of this fairy tale. In… good condition. Herbert J. Harvey (illustrator).
Published by LONDON, HALTON, 1920 1920
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12 TIPPED-IN COLOR PLATES FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD.