J W Tibble (150 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, which is rubbed & smudged on back panel from handling. Jacket flaps foxed. Top edge dust soiled. Edges of text block, pastedowns & endpapers foxed. Small stain on lower fore edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Good / Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 92 pages with 4 B&W photo pages. "The famous story of a deaf and blind girl's struggle to lead a normal life." >> Cover scuffing & creasing; pen to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Painted cover (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. pp.x, 239 pages, a Fine hardback in a very good plus dustwrapper [0710042051]. This is one of those rare books that have a published date of 1967 with an SBN listed on the copyright page.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 496 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0718108280.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0710042051.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0710042051.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint edition small 8vo. Mild wear mild curl to front cover, sound binding, pages a little age-toned, else good.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 496 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. For a book as slim as this little Piccolo paperback, Helen Keller manages to carry an astonishing amount of determination between its covers. Written by J. W. and Anne Tibble and published in 1973, it belongs to that glorious era of children?s biographies when publishers believed that the best way to inspire young readers was to present them with individuals who had overcome obstacles so vast that merely getting out of bed in the morning suddenly seemed a rather modest achievement. Helen Keller, of course, remains one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century: deaf, blind, and yet somehow destined to become a writer, lecturer, campaigner, and international celebrity. The challenge facing any biographer is deciding where to begin. With Keller?s extraordinary childhood? With the arrival of Anne Sullivan, arguably one of the greatest teachers who ever lived? Or with the astonishing fact that Keller would go on to graduate from university and spend decades speaking for disabled people around the world? The Tibbles sensibly attempt all three, producing a concise and highly readable account that serves as both introduction and inspiration. What makes this volume particularly charming today is its unmistakable 1970s confidence. There is something wonderfully earnest about educational paperbacks of this period. They approach their subjects with absolute certainty that young readers are capable of being improved by exposure to admirable lives. No explosions. No secret codes. No talking dragons. Just a woman overcoming seemingly impossible barriers through intelligence, persistence, and sheer force of will. The radical suggestion being that this might actually be interesting. The Piccolo edition itself is a lovely survivor from a vanished age of school libraries, jumble sales, and bookshelves assembled from orange-stained pine. One can easily imagine this copy spending decades quietly waiting between a volume on Florence Nightingale and another on Captain Cook, patiently educating generations of children who were supposed to be doing something else. Condition-wise, this copy is described as Good, meaning it has successfully navigated the last half-century without excessive drama. It may have acquired a little character along the way, but then so has everyone else who was around in 1973. The pages remain perfectly capable of introducing a new reader to one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived. An inspiring biography, a nostalgic slice of educational publishing, and a useful reminder that genuine courage rarely comes with special effects. Exactly the sort of quietly fascinating book that Crappy Old Books delights in rescuing from obscurity.…

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 95 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 95 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Softcover, 8vo, 239 pages, good, boards show some yellowing, slight foxing, some rubbing and slight foxing, inside cover had bookshop sticker, pages edges have slight yellowing and some foxing, otherwise pages clean and white. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Education; ISBN: 0710069057. ISBN/EAN: 9780710069054. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: X19528. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. …

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Biography, Poets, Poetry) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages clean and tight. DJ has minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. New revised edition 8vo. Brown with gilt on black to spine, minor abraded wear, slight forward lean to spine, small marks, sound binding, light foxing to bep and adjacent, occasionally elsewhere, very good internal condition thereafter.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. First Edition. One of the Lives to Remember Series. Illustrated in black and white by Douglas Relf. Priceclipped jacket edgeworn and chipped. 95 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . Prize plate and a small stamp mark on the front free end paper page from the previous owner. Publication of 93 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 22p sewn booklet, Holbrook ex libris, cover a little dusty, a clean and tight copy Language: English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.