Fyleman Allen (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Oversized hardcover. Title page dated 1924. 223 pages. Patterned white and blue cloth over boards. Blue lettering. In fair condition. Binding is shaken. Corners and head & foot of spine are bumped. Covers are lightly soiled and toned. Some wear along edges and corners. Fore edges, head & foot of textblock, and pages are toned. Front and back gutters are cracked through. A previous owner's inscription written in pencil underneath dedication. Pages are clean--no stray markings throughout. Some color plates are worn along the edges and loose from binding. Beautiful illustrations throughout. Overall, a good reading copy. Please e-mail us with questions or to request photos. This is an oversized book. Extra shipping charges may be required for international or priority delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Spine damage, a little curving to boards, LCC bookplate to front endpaper. 28 pages, loose rear hinge.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. ALEC BUCKELS, K M GIBBS, M.A. (illustrator). First edition thus. A truly charming collection, attractively illustrated. A really lovely copy, colour laid on plate to front board. Enchanting rhymes. A scarce item particularly in such pleasing condition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). The 'School Edition' of this charmingly illustrated 1920s volume of poems for children. The 'School Edition' of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.An anthology of jolly poems from authors including Rose Fyleman, Marian Allen, Edith Sitwell and others.With delightful monochrome and vignette illustrations throughout.With the stamp of the Kent Education Committee to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial onlay to front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Fading to back strip. Light tide marks to head of front board, with spotting to board fore edge. Stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd light handling mark. Good. book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. shows minor wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Boards in blue, decoratively patterned cloth (a bit darkened along edges). Gift inscription on half-title page dated 1935. Foxing to edges of text block. Complete with six color tipped-in plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Dust jacket chipped at head of spine, numerous short closed edge tears; moderate soiling; in an archival mylar sleeve. [8], 247, [1] pages. Uncommon in dust wrapper. Includes stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eleanor Farjeon, Laurence Housman, Olive Dehn, Rose Fyleman, and others. Color illustrations by L. R. Brightwell, C. T. Nightingale, Harry Rountree, Irene Mountfort, Marian Allen, and Roy Meldrum. Joy Street was an popular children's annual. Number Twelve was published in September 1934 and features the Algernon Blackwood story, ''The Fruit Stoners,'' which is totally different from the story as it appeared in his book The Fruit Stoners, published the following month by Grayson & Grayson.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Circa 1930's, a very good tight unmarked copy, front end paper has been neatly removed.