Language: English
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1949
Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative, Clevedon, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In very good green cloth boards, with black outline of boat to front and black titles to spine. The boards are secure flat and clean; slightly shelf-cocked. Very lightly tanned free end papers; the front free end paper has a prize plate. The text block has black and white drawings by Guy De Selincourt and is in very good condition. The pages are very secure and level and clean. Very good condition. Without jacket.
Language: English
Published by John Lehmann Ltd., London, 1949
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 12.44
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Add to basketOriginal Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. de Selincourt, Guy; May, F. Stocks (illustrator). First Edition. The front and rear panels of the boards are discoloured with some lighte edge rubbing and some corner bumping. Page edges browned with some spotting. Gift message in pen to the front free endpaper. There is a little brown spotting to the pages at the front and back of the book and a small tear to the bottom corner of one page. The pages are otherwise generally unmarked. The jacket has chipping with some loss at the top and bottom of the spine and the top and bottom left corners of the front panel. Chipping to the corners with some browning to the rear panel. The jacket illustration is by Guy de Selincourt who also created the frontispiece and the illustration on page 7. The other line illustrations in the book are by F. Stocks May. First printing.
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1943
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). Rep., hard cover green cloth bds, Good, vignette in black of sailing boat to upper bd, a little scufifng at extrem.s, no dust jacket, nice b/w frontis. of "Entering Yarmouth Harbour on Trial Trip", contents nice and tight with further b/w illustrations by Guy De Selincourt, pp313. A nice reading copy.
Published by London: Routledge,, 1943
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). Second Printing. Green cloth hbk is worn and a little shabby, especially at edges; gift inscription (not author) on fep; contents however are clean & sound, so a decent reading copy; ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1944
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
US$ 14.52
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Add to basketFabric. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). 3rd Impression. Green fabric covers with black illustration to front and titles to spine. Some slight edge wear and grubby marks. 316 pages, b/w illustrated all clean and unmarked uniformly tanned. Binding vg all in order.
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1946
Seller: Just Signed Books, Honiton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). Blue fabric covers with black illustration to front and titles to spine. Corners slight bumping and slight edge wear. 313 clean unmarked pages with authors signature to fep. b/w illustrated throughout. Pages bright and no foxing. Binding tight. A vg condition signed book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Routledge,, London, 1949
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 13.82
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). Third Printing. Hbk no d/w; G++; red cloth cover with black line drawing of boat on cover; cover very faded in areas; , especially spine; internally extremely clean & without any handwriting ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: M & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER, Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. De Selincourt Guy (illustrator). First Edition. Tight Firm Read Copy - First Edition - Has Gift Inscription On Front Paste Down. Illustrated. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Purple Titles On Spine And Illustration Of Masted Ship On Front - Some Edge Wear And Bumping To Corners.
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: M & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER, Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. De Selincourt Guy (illustrator). Reprint. Tight Firm Read Copy - Reprint - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Orange Cloth Hard Cover With Black Titles On Spine And Masted Ship Illustrations On Front - Edge Wear And Rubbing - With Slight Fraying Along Edges And Ends Of Spine Starting To Come Loose. Reading Copy Only.
Published by John Lehmann, 1949
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 15.20
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May, F. Stocks & De Selincourt, Guy (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. A few pages have light creasing to top corners. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1949
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 19.82
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Guy de Selincourt (illustrator). 1st Edition. 270pp. HARDCOVER. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Strong binding. D/w is present, but has an unfortunate area of loss at top of spine. The front & rear are pretty much complete. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by London; Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1946,, 1946
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.82
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 309pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, page edges foxed and browned, text clean and sound, green cloth, Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper browned, slightly frayed.
Published by George Routledge, 1943
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.75
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Add to basketCondition: Good. de Selincourt, Guy (illustrator). 1st. Green cloth-covered boards. Maroon lettering on covers. Maroon decoration on covers. Light wear to edges of covers. Corners bumped. Neat gift dedication on front endpaper. Pages faintly tanned.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1949
Seller: Amnesty Bookshop, Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.82
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Guy de Selincourt (illustrator). 1st Edition. In a green cloth hardcover with black titles to spine and a black illustration to front. With an unclipped dust jacket with brown and green titles to spine and brown titles and a green illustration to front. 270 pp. with a number of black and white drawings. The book is in very good condition with just a trace of shelf-wear to the extremities. The binding is tight. There is a little light foxing to the edges, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is fair with quite heavy shelf-wear to the extremities, including a number of chips, creases and tears (up to .5") and moderate foxing.
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. De Selincourt, Guy (illustrator). First Edition. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and quite a few tears to the edges, some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards and some old damp-marking to back of same, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book. One of the author's stories for children featuring the same characters from his "Family Afloat" and other books. 309pp, b&w drawings. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. De Selincourt, Guy (illustrator). Dustwrapper in very poor state, torn in three pieces (front panel, back panel and back flap, with spine mostly gone) and with creasing and tears to the edges. Some bumping and wear to spine ends and corners of orange boards, a previous owner's name on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. One of the author's nautical stories for children featuring the characters from his "Family Afloat". Originally published in July 1944, this is a reprint from March 1946. 266pp, b&w frontispiece and drawings at chapter heads and ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1946
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 27.35
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. De Selincourt, Guy (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Green cloth, burgundy title to spine and vignette to front cover. 309 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss at spine and corners and is slightly browned, particularly to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1946
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
US$ 49.75
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Add to basketFabric. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Guy De Selincourt (illustrator). Reprint. Blue fabric covers with black illustration to front and titles to spine. Corners slight bumping and slight edge wear. 313 clean unmarked pages with authors signature to fep. b/w illustrated throughout. Pages bright and no foxing. Binding tight. A vg condition signed book. Author.
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1946
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 20.73
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Guy de Selincourt (illustrator). Firsr Edition. A bright firm book with slight browning and fading to the spine in a moderately worn/browned dj. Pics available. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1943
Seller: Mike's Library LLC, Plymouth, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Guy de Selincourt illus (illustrator). First Printing. Light wear, gift inscr; DJ dampstain/wrinkling. Solid hardcover. 1943 Christmas gift inscription. ; British wartime first printing. The children build a boat, Tern. "Anthony and Robin, with Anne and Elizabeth, and helped by the Bosun and Mr Rutherford, build a boat, a real boat, half-decked, seventeen feet long and six feet broad, rigged with a mainsail and a jib. Her name was Tern, and it was Robin's idea. How they built the boat and launched it and sailed and cruised in it is a fine and exciting story." Not in Toy, although Family Afloat and his non-fiction are included. Quite uncommon in dust jacket. ; 313 pages.