John Elsworth (83 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Fair to Good condition. Spine has slant, pages moderately toned. Binding secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: GOOD. Reprint. "It started out as a holiday on Dartmoor but it soon developed into something very different." Color frontispiece, black and white drawings en texte. 272 pp. Good in good dust jacket (some toning to the pages, edgewear to the dj).

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. 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 shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: New. pp. 560.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild staining and pencil inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Notable water stain to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.…

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, mild bumping, spine lean, ink name, foxing/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, tears, perforations, foxing, browning. Children's adventure, featuring Richard Henderson and Michael Burnaby. Photo on request. Kay, Bruno (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 120 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Boards are bowed. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Slipcase has moderate edge-wear with marking to panels and scuffing to edges. …

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Bruno Kay. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. …

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1958. First Edition. 122 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. pp. 560.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hbk, 183pp, a new and unread copy, excellent clean tight unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 122pp, (price clipped), /. Christopher Brooker (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Published. 119 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine. Light rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Worn. No Jacket. The pages and page edges are lightly browned and there are inscriptions inside the front cover. The cover is faded in places with a few small tears along the spine. Book is a bit bent. Geoffrey S. Fletcher (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback: colour frontispiece + b/w illustrations by BRUNO KAY, dj is rubbed on the edges, some wear on the spine tips and corners, rear panel is marked, price clipped, covers are slightly bumped on the spine tips and corners, shop stamp on the lower edge of the front flyleaf, slight foredge foxing, lower edge of the half title and frontispiece slightly worn, else vg. 8vo, 192pp. Bruno Kay (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Reprint.. A young adult novel. Red cloth abrasions on front cover, spine faded some, edge wear, foxing to text block edges, well bound, clean and unmarked pages. No dust jacket. Five full page illustrations by Florence Fremantle.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THIS IS AN EX LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL COPY WITH THE USUAL MARKINGS TO THE INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVER PAGES, THERE IS ALSO A GREEN PAPER LABEL PART RUBBED AWAY TO THE FRONT OF THE BOOK. THE BOARD AND SPINE IS EMBOSSED WITH A PATTERN AND THERE IS SLIGHT SUNBLEACHING TO THE SPINE. THE CORNERS OF THE BOARD ARE SLIGHTLY BENT INWARDS WITH SOME SCUFFING TO THE EDGES. THERE ARE TWO SMALL TEARS, ONE TO THE HEAD AND ONE TO THE TAIL OF THE SPINE. THERE IS A NEAT NAME TO THE INSIDE FRONT BOARD AND SMALL INK MARKING TO THE FFEP. THERE IS SOME DISCOLOURATION TO THE PAGES BUT THEY GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN WITH UNFINISHED EDGES. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. BRUNO KAY (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Jacket. First Published. Bruno Kay (illustrator).

Octavo softcover (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 122pp, numerous illustrations, some in blocked colour - nicely done and unusual in style. Yellow cloth-covered boards with blue titles on spine and blue emblem on front. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Mylar wrapped dust jacket with minor chips and closed tear to head of spine, unclipped. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Slightly tanned pages. 12mo. A Hamish Hamilton reindeer book for young children to read to themselves, a charming story about two adventurous boys and their holiday to remember. Hard to find title. Brooker, Christopher (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The first 'Richard & Michael' title. Illustrated by KAY. Hardback: dj (price clipped), a little worn on edges, a few short tears, covers lightly marked, foredge foxing, 2 pages partially loose, else vg. 8vo, 221pp. Kay (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. 183pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket. Both the book itself and dust jacket are flawless. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 170 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Undated: circa 1962. Hardback in Jacket. 272 pages. Colour frontispiece. 13 black & white illustrations. Clean and tight book. Front paste-down has a Prize label for "Session 1959-60". No other inscriptions. Jacket is now under clear removable protective covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref oabT. The Mysterious Orchard by John Elsworth (Spring Books Fanfare Series).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in bright-blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In a very good dust jacket showing some light handling. 8vo. 183pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Polygon, Edinburgh, 1985. First U.K. edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price (£10.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Some faint soiling on edges of an otherwise beautiful copy. Lit-B.…