John Margerison (81 results)

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

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 346 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Presentation plate to front free end-paper. Remains of another plate to the front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Sunning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

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

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

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

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. Rare. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with sunned spine. A tan to the page edges. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Front hinge cracked, but textblock otherwise firm and unaffected. Contents clear throughout. A good condition book.

Condition: Fair. 1916. First Edition. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Light blue paper-covered boards with navy lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Heavy cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose, with a pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down. Slight tear to title page. A few small nicks and water drops along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean and bow. Small split to spine end. Water drops down spine.

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

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. Minor edge wear to blue cloth boards. A tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm within. A lovely example.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 190 [2]pp. In decorative cloth-covered boards. 12mo. Cloth worn, rubbed at edges and joints, rounded on corners and spine tips, where cloth is fraying. Pages moderately tanned. A little loose.

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

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Charles de Lacy. (illustrator). Undated - c 1919/20. 4to. with tipped in colour drawing on the front board. 160pp. Illus 7 colour & 11 b & w plates. A book aimed at older children & as such the boards are a little bumped & stained & lacking the spine. Internally sound and the good quality illustrations undamaged. The ep's are yellowed & there is also occasional staining but generally VG. A Sunday School attendance sticker dated 1922 is on the front paste.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1917 first edition hardback in good condition. Owner's inscription and one other mark on inside cover. No other marks, clean with some tanning from age. The blue cloth boards have a few small marks, no major flaw. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Fingermarks ro a few pages. No written marks or inscriptions. Some creasing to covers. Tanned pages with slight marking to dull covers and scratch to rear. 118pp. Eight tales of the navy trade. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.25 x 4.5 inches.

G (no dj, rather grubby white pictorial cloth with black titles and black/blue illustrations, ship on spine and naval officer on front board, front free endpaper is missing,browning to pre-title page and back free endpaper, back hinge a bit weak but paper not broken and contents remaining firm, few marks to outside page edges but the pages are clean and bright with just the occasional small mark in margins) 12mo 346pp. Colour frontispiece and 3 colour plates by Arch Webb. Naval adventure story of the first world war.

Hard Back. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair H/b.1st. By the author of Turret & Torpedo/ Periscope & Propeller etc. War adventure in the North Sea.[ sound binding, no inscsp, on tanned war-time paper ] illus blue & black boards, small stains/col loss, edge-wear col/rub-loss top/tail spine. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

Condition: Acceptable.

N.D. [c1920] 8vo, pp,346, coloured frontispiece and three further coloured plates, pictorial cream cloth, spine toned, early signature to the leading free endpaper, text age-toned with mild foxing, a decent copy not often found in good condition. Margerison [1887-1925] was a writer of naval fiction who ran away at age 14 to join the Royal Navy. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1925.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in black. War-time paper lightly tanned on edges, signature (1917) on front free endpaper, good. Stories of submarine warfare. Book.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Exciting story of Lieutenant James Henry Murray of the Royal Navy Reserve. Blue cloth cover with Black illustration of a Sailor helping aboard the Pilot of a Crashed Biplane, Black Lettering above on front & spine. Part of the same picture, in colour, pasted to the endpapers (probably saved from the jacket). 189 Pages, 310g, 7 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear. Previous owner's name at top of free endpaper. Pages slightly age darkened around margins. Rear hinge cracked & reinforced with white hinge tape. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Good blue cloth hardcover. No dj. 114p. Pages aged. Dedicated to the "Black Navy" and those who serve therein.

346pp. 8vo. Original cloth, illustrated colour plates, cloth slightly faded and scratched, some scattered foxing to edges and endpapers, presentation plate on front paste-down, otherwise a very good copy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. de Lacy, Charles (illustrator). Quarto. Grey paper-covered boards. Black lettering on covers. Picture onlay to front cover. "The Story of the Sure Shield in Peace and War". Covers heavily worn. Spine strip missing. Lengthy school prize dedication on front endpaper, plus several names. Contents generally good.

2nd Imp., Hard cover blue cloth bds, Good, a little age-soiling, corners bumped, cup ring stain to rear bd, contents sound and tight, pges tanned, occas. age-mark, pp120 + adverts. A nice sound reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1917 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to page edges. No other marks, clean and bright, worn rear hinge, no loose pages. The green cloth boards have rubbing to edges and shelf wear to spin, no major flaw. No dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, dated July 1918 with no further printings mentioned. ***Good in blue cloth-covered boards with black titles and borders to front board. Black titles to spine faded. Edges of boards rubbed. Head and tail of spine frayed. Fragile wartime binding, with cloth of outer spine loose. Spine beginning to detach at bottom of gatherings, but pages holding and still attached. Contemporaneous owner's name in black fountain pen ink: 'To Jack Thompson, The Cottage, Warren Lane, Nth. Somercote.' to front free endpaper, and partially erased in pencil to rear pastedown. Pages clean. ***182 mm x 116mm. 108 pages plus six pages publisher's adverts to rear. ***First impression of the true first edition. A reading copy suitable for re-bindng if so wished. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.