G E Breary (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. G. E. Breary (illustrator). Second Edition. 112pp. HARDCOVER Gift inscription to ffep., & foxing apparent to prelims. It also apparent to external edges. Clean external cloth & binding remains strong. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. No dust jacket. Mild edgewear and some marks to the boards and spine. Binding has slackened and the page edges are lightly marked and slightly creased. Overall a good clear copy for its age.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by author. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by G.E. Breary (illustrator). Red cloth & board binding rubbed at extremities; boards scuffed & corners frayed; closed tears to a few leaves, at bottom edges; some juvenile crayon embellishment to rear paste-down & endpaper; one leaf bent at top corner; leaf edges, endpapers foxed/smudged, else a sturdy, clean book. No dj. ; Many good b&w, two-color ils. by Gretchen E. Breary.; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 93 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hbk no d/w; G+; price removed from fep, title lightly underlined on front cover, name written on back cover. A story about boy bunnies at boarding school, behaving badly, written in rhyme. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G E Breary (illustrator). Good / --. B/w illustrations. Red titles to spine and upper cover on yellow boards. Binding is firm and tight. Covers are slightly soiled. Front fep removed. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. A fascinating book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated. The boards show light wear, with moderate dirt and two white stains spots to the back. The leaves are secure and in fairly good condition, with some edge bumping and light thumbing. Many pages are clean, many show moderate stain or soiling marks. Measures 17.5 x 12.3 x 0.7cm. Unpaginated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No date but probably 1940s, Cover and spine well worn and in poor condition, faded and grubby, Corners bumped and worn, Top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, Internally in reasonable condition, majority of pages in good condition, but wear to page edges and corners, edges a little creased, Front end paper missing, previous owners name at top of title page, Pictures on next page partly coloured in pencil (poorly).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Breary, G. E. (illustrator). First Edition. Rubbing to spine, some soiling to boards. ; Colour Illustrations; 0.2 x 6.9 x 4.9 inches; [1946] burgundy boards with black lettering and image of mouse to front cover.

Condition: Good. Breary, G. E. (illustrator). 2nd. Tower House series. Octavo. Green cloth-covered boards. 111 pages. Covers slightly soiled and bumped. A few marks on front endpaper. Contents clean but slightly worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Undated. Dustwrapper, nor protected, has a few small chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G.E. BREARY (illustrator). THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED. THE CORNERS ARE HEAVILY BUMPED AND SCUFFED. THERE IS FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. BOTH END PAPERS ARE YELLOWED. THERE IS SOME FOXING INSIDE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1946, owners inscription dated 1946 very good hardback, page edges browned, in a fair wrapper, corners and edges rubbed with a little loss to some corners, closed tears, spotting to rear cover. Protected by clear removable archival covering. Owner's inscription dated 1946. Not price clipped. Colour illustrations.

Undated & with no edition stated; gift inscription dated Xmas 1946 indicates either 1st edition or early reprint. Pages of 1st gathering slightly yellowed. Blue cloth faded on spine, & stained on front board Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Various (illustrator). Hardback Picture Boards, foxing, large text - inscription, some colour plates, undated, Fairground cover (first story Circus Adventure).

Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. Enchanting colour & black & white illustrations on art paper throughout. Most engaging. Vignette to cloth. 1940's Good, as ever few signs of much loved-ness! A decent copy.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. Enchanting colour & black & white illustrations on art paper throughout. Most engaging! Vignette to cloth. 1940's . Has the additional attraction of a home-made wrapper of some age from b/w photocopies of a couple of the illustrations.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Enchanting colour & black & white illustrations on art paper throughout. Most engaging. Vignette to cloth. 1940's Generally very good, fading to spine and slight darkening to one corner of cloth. Contents very good, apart from signs of a few rear pages having been separated when new, so edges not perfectly in line. A decent copy.

Hard Boards. Condition: Good. Gretchen Breary (illustrator). Undated: circa 1944. 48 pages including 24 colour illustrations (every other page). Hard boards have some marks. SPINE IS FADED, BUT HAS BOLD LETTERING. Internally very clean. Front end paper has a written name & date. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-LG. Polly, Wolly and Doodle by Gretchen Breary. Small and slim Children's book. Published by George Newnes, London.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Breary, G. E. (illustrator). First Edition. Slightly grubby covers and eps, weakness to spine. ; Colour Illustrations; 0.2 x 6.9 x 4.9 inches; [1946] adventures of toy animals in a toy shop. Khaki cloth with maroon lettering and image of bear to frotn cover.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair. Breary, G. E. (illustrator). Boards rubbed and chipped with some loss to front illustration, hinges badly cracked, shaken, some foxing, mainly to closed edges and endpapers, pp clean, plates bright. Size: 4to.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Breary, G.E. (illustrator). Circa 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Woodle was a Fairy King Bear and goes to the Toyshop where he once lived to take back a Girl Bear to Fairyland. Grey cloth with dark red titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some staining to lower edges of covers. Child's inscription in crayon to front pastedown (dated 1946). Light foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins and a couple of other marks also. Dustwrapper is worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and chipped with slight loss to spine and corners. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Very good illustrated boards hardcover with blue cloth spine. 119p. with b&w ill. Award plate has been removed from front endpaper, light sunning to endpapers, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, EH Davie, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Nos 399-425 (07/02/47-05/03/48) - Come to the Circus!, first printing in 26 parts (401 & 402 were combined), preceding the book publication of July 1948, illustrated by Joyce A Johnson, including plenty of chapter-heading illustrations not used in the book and packed with many other favourite Blyton characters, and 3 UNCOLLECTED STORIES: Billy Bad-Manners; The Silly Joker; The Three Golliwogs Again!, all are VG+ or better, 16 being VG+/Fine and at least 7 Fine, 421 has the painting contest neatly coloured, priced for the 26.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, EH Davie, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Stanley Lloyd Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Nos 470-491 (25/11/49-15/09/50) - In the Fifth at Malory Towers, FIRST PRINTING in 22 parts, PRECEDING THE BOOK PUBLICATION of September 1950, with 2-5 illustrations per issue by Stanley Lloyd that DO NOT APPEAR IN THE BOOK (he re-drew all the illustrations for the Methuen first edition), also included are Up the Faraway Tree (parts 141-180 of 180 - [4 strips per issue]), plus many other favourite Blyton characters, and one uncollected story, How Many More Golliwogs?, 5 are near-Fine, 17 are Fine, a lovely set, the 22.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Author (illustrator). Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Color and b/w Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Sunny Stories Nos 243-268 (05/09/41-27/02/42) - The Naughtiest Girl Again, first printing in 26 parts, preceding the book publication of September 1942, and Shadow the Sheep-Dog (parts 12-21 of 24), both including chapter-heading illustrations that were not used in the book, with many favourite Blyton characters, and one uncollected story, Brer Rabbit's Top Hat; all copies are near-Fine or Fine, 264 has contest coloured, a lovely set, for the 26.

Paper Cover. Condition: VG/VG+. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, EH Davie, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Nos 445-469 (10/12/48-11/11/49) - The Wishing-Chair Again, FIRST PRINTING in 25 parts, PRECEDING THE BOOK PUBLICATION of October 1950, including some chapter-heading illustrations that were not used in the book, and Up the Faraway Tree (parts 41-140 of 180 - [4 strips per issue]), also packed with many other favourite Blyton characters, and 3 uncollected stories: What Happened at the Party; Two Can Play at That Game!; Now, You Three Golliwogs!, 465 is Poor/Fair(torn margin not affecting text); 2 are G; 8 are VG; 11 are VG+ and 3 are near-Fine, the 25.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, EH Davie, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Gilbert Dunlop, Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Nos 492-520 (29/09/50-16/11/51) - The Ring O'Bells Mystery, FIRST PRINTING in 29 parts, mostly preceding the book publication of October 1951, with 3 or 4 illustrations per issue by Gilbert Dunlop THAT DO NOT APPEAR IN THE BOOK (he re-drew ALL the illustrations for the Collins' first edition), also packed with many other favourite Blyton characters, and 7 uncollected stories, A Little Bit of Soap [Three Golliwogs]; The Boy Who Was a Dunce; They Wouldn't Put Up With It!; Brer Bear Pays a Call; How Silly!; Derek's Little Trick; The Squeaking Banana, 3 are VG, 15 are VG+, 11 are near-Fine or Fine, the 29.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. W Lindsay Cable, GE Breary, Dorothy M Wheeler, EH Davie, Hilda McGavin, Joyce Johnson, Sylvia Venus, Jessie Land, Etc Etc (illustrator). First Printing. Sunny Stories nos 167-190 (22/03/40-30/08/40) - The Naughtiest Girl in the School, first printing in 24 parts, all preceding the book publication of September 1940, including 24 chapter-heading illustrations that were not used in the book, plus many other favourite Blyton characters, and 5 uncollected stories: Spiteful Sally; The Boy Who Changed His Name; The Horse Without a Tail [Billy-Bob]; Billy-Bob and the Thrush; Silly Mister Scrimmy! [Three Golliwogs]; all first-issue, 182 and 188 have competition coloured but are otherwise VG+, all others are VG+, some near-Fine, a lovely set, the 24.