Ismay Thorn (114 results)

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 161 [vi pub. cat.] pp.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with heavy staining, minor tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1909. 5th edition. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative brown cloth. Contains black & white illustrations. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Red lettering remains bright and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. no date, circa 1920, black and red decorated off-white boards, moderately soiled, spine ends worn, ink gift inscription otherwise clean and sound.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Reprint. Bound in blue, illustrated buckram, sans DW; black & white illustrations; 230pp.

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean age-toned contents, award label front 1906, 128pp, B&W frontis.

Condition: Fair. 1890. New Edition. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 5th edition. 12mo. 188 pages. Pictorial blue cloth boards. Yellow endpapers. Monochrome plates, including frontispiece. Boards rubbed; heavily edgeworn; cloth starting to fray at corners and ends of spine; scattered small spots and marks; spine discoloured. Endpapers soiled; small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown; pencil price mark on front free endpaper; inscription (dated 1901) on verso of front free endpaper. Pages lightly toned around margins; marks on a few pages but mostly clean. Front hinge cracked in upper part; rear hinge tender. . Front hinge cracked.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, fading. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Condition: Fair. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Embossed shop stamp to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. 1906. No Edition Stated. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. B&W illustrations throughout. Moderate brown staining to pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Some pages loose but not detached. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing and soiling to boards.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 182 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with mild tanning and noticeable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to rear board. Mild warping to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Poor, just about fair for this age. No date. Circa 1900. Boards have general wear and staining. Begins with title page. Good inside with handling, smudges, creases. See pictures for further details, description.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with green lettering. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and soiling to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 1894 Wells Gardner No dust jacket; Red boards with neat previous owner inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. inscription dated Decorative Cloth; Illustrated by T Pym Book Condition: Fair; No Jacket; text block separated from covers; crude tape reinforcement to spine; no jacket; Child Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Flat, unmarked pages. Cracked at front and back hinges; front endpaper loose. Remaining pages secure. Pictorial boards scuffed. No DJ. No publication date. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Two black and white illustrated plates through book. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults (W.A.F.). Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustcover. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator). First Edition. Very shabby. 189 pages. Only listed as this is the only copy of this title when uploaded. No date but look early 20th century although writing dated 1942 to a preliminary page.

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 nice condition copy given the books age and the fact that it is a childs book, which overall do not fare well with age. However this copy, published by the famous and Londons Oldest bookshop; Hatchards, has some age marks to boards with some knocks and frating to corners. Text block is a little slack but still holding. Contents have a note of previous ownership otherwise a good clear book.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Pale blue buckram binding. Illustrated in colour to front board and spine. Slight rubbing and a little bumping to ends of spine. Browning and light foxing to page edges. Light foxing to endpapers, a few occasional spots and light marks to text. Prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Bridgwater Wesleyan Sunday School). An attractive Edwardian Children's title. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches (14 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 221.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Here we have Courage (1906) by Ismay Thorn, a title that doesn?t so much sit politely on the shelf as stand upright, clear its throat, and look you squarely in the soul. This is Edwardian moral fortitude in book form: firm, earnest, and absolutely not interested in your excuses. Published in 1906 by Wells Gardner, this is the sort of volume that assumes life is a serious business, character is something you build on purpose, and ?having a bit of a wobble? is simply the opening act before you pull yourself together and carry on. It?s not the modern ?be kind to yourself? brand of courage. This is courage with a stiff collar . Courage that writes letters. Courage that quietly suffers a draught and still turns up to tea on time. Ismay Thorn approaches the subject with that wonderfully old-fashioned conviction that bravery isn?t just for battlefields. It?s for ordinary days, ordinary disappointments, the slow grind of duty, and the faintly terrifying prospect of doing the right thing when nobody is clapping. Expect reflections designed to fortify the reader, like a literary hot-water bottle pressed to the ribs of your resolve. And of course, there?s an accidental comedy to be found in the earnestness. A book from 1906 titled Courage is already funny in the way a stern uncle is funny: it?s trying so hard to be serious that you can?t help but smile, even as you feel mildly chastened. Somewhere in these pages the word ?cheerfully? is probably doing heavy lifting. Somewhere, ?persevere? is arriving like a command, not a suggestion. But that?s why it?s wonderful. This isn?t cynicism, or self-help fluff, or motivational slogans printed over sunsets. It?s an artefact from a world where people genuinely believed you could be improved by reading a book that told you to be steadier, stronger, braver. It?s both quaint and oddly moving. And if you?re the sort of person who enjoys antique seriousness, it?s a treat. Condition-wise, this copy is Good , which for a 1906 book is practically a triumph of Victorian stubbornness. Expect the gentle wear of time: the sort of patina that says it has been handled, kept, perhaps even consulted in moments of earnest resolve. It?s the kind of book you imagine living on a bedside table next to a candle and a sense of moral responsibility. Perfect for collectors of Edwardian inspirational literature, lovers of old publishers? cloth bindings, and anyone who secretly wants to be lectured by a polite ghost from 1906. Also ideal if you?d like your bookshelf to occasionally stare back at you and ask, ?And what did you do with your day, exactly?? As sold by Crappy Old Books , where the courage is vintage, the sincerity is uncut, and the spine has seen things.

Hardcover. Hardback. 47pp. Children's story. Small format. Sunny series. Colour frontis plus black and white line drawings throughout. Col. illustrated matt papers to boards. Somewhat rubbed to points with half an inch of loss to head of spine. Binding is clean and sound. Good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Former owner's name, otherwise unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.