Kitty Ritson (48 results)

Condition: Good. Boards have some light wear, some staining to front. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear, spine mildly sunned. Book has clean and bright contents, pen front endpaper, 148pp with B&W illustrations.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Illustrated by Marjorie Owens. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1956. Reprint. 95 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with yellow lettering over orange cloth. Illustrated by W. Neave Parker. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Notable tanning to endpapers, with light foxing to page edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with marking to boards. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Minor soiling and marking to covers.

Condition: Fair. 1946. First Edition. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Brown and white marks overall. Book has a slight forward lean.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. No date, 40 pages, reading copy only poor physical condition.

Condition: Good. 1938. First Edition. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Cecil Trew. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright, pen ffep, front gutter split to webbing, 119pp with B&W ilustrations. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1947. Second Impression. 211 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes B&W illustrations throughout. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Binding is firm. Foxing and tanning more intense towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Mild tanning. Several minor dents to board edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt is dulled and worn. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears, mild chips, and creasing. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall. Notable insect damage to edges and folds, especially at rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Parker, W. Neave (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Orange hardcover cloth binding square and tight, minimal soiling, Sunday School award plate fep. 96 pages with foxing. DJ has many chips, tears, pieces missing from back of dj. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Front flap price-clipped. Story of a boy and the pony he rescues from hardship and misery. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Marjorie Owens (illustrator). 1st Edition. dust jacket is in a clear protective wrapper, minor losses and rubbing to edges, slightly dulled, price unclipped, 211pp, pages clean and VG condition.

Condition: Good. 1928. First Edition. 177 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with moderate foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has backward lean. Mild water droplets to rear board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Atkinson, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue hardcover cloth binding has cocked spine, name ffep, and lots of foxing. Interior clean and tight. 191 pages. Tessa has to leave her pony Avsa in England and go to South Africa with her father. Ponies are hard to come by there, but she finds it very beautiful and a sad little dog named Happy needs her care.

Condition: Good. 1928. First Edition. 177 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Ex Libris plate to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards show heavily bumped and scuffed corners, edges and spine head and tail with loss of cloth; sunned and scuffed spine; a 2cm split to the spine head edge; strong orange stain marks to the front and fairly heavy general soiling. Inscription to front paste-down. The binding is firm, the leaves tight and in good condition, with a few small corner folds. The pages are mostly clean, with the occasional light mark. The book has a slight forward lean. 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.8cm. 211 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased, worn at edges and has small loss at bottom of spine. 180 pages, 4 colour plates and illustrations in the text.

Brick Red Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Harold Moore of Copthorne (illustrator). 153pp, illustrated with black & white photographic plates, some foxing to edges and front and rear matter, brick red cloth with black-lettered spine, spine a little sunned, no dust jacket. Size: 8.5 x 6.5 Inches. Dogs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Atkinson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Second printing, 1953. Top of page edges slightly foxed otherwise in near fine condition with no inscriptions. In a bright dust jacket, price-clipped but otherwise complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gee Denes (illustrator). 1st Edition. Picture story illustrated with colour and b&w photographs by Gee Denes. One of a series of John & Jennifer books. Slight damage to spine ends but no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 191 pages. No dj. Cover worn. Text tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. The jacket is a bit marked and torn but has suffered little paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Some light foxing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Harold Moore of Copthorne (illustrator). 152 pp. Brown cloth boards w. blk title to spine. Dust-wrapper w. small b&w photos, chipped & torn but basically complete. Slight age-toning to endpapers. B&W frontispiece of Lady Kitty Ritson w. Rin-Tin-Tin. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Lorna, Countess Howe. Contents. List of illustrations. Based on an idea conceived by Harold Moore of Copthorne who produced the portrait studies, with the exception of the Frontsipiece, the Shetland Sheep-dog, the Scottish Deer-hound and the Welsh Corgi puppies. Delightful b&w photographic plates. List of Championship dog-shows at rear. Expert information about housing, feeding and training, covering eighteen of the most popular breeds.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wrapper is price clipped, chipped and rubbed, with a thin small open tear to the top of the front of the wrapper and a slightly larger one up to the publisher at the heel of the spine. Boards lightly marked. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. Clean throughout. Good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Atkinson, Leslie (illustrator). Light blue hardcover binding clean,square and tight. Lots of foxing to interior pages, but secure and tight - clean. FFEP is corner clipped. DJ has shelfwear, corner clipped, but not price-clipped. Light soiling. Front cover shows a girl in pigtails reading a book about the Arab with illustrations of four other ponies surrounding her. Tessa has a pony named Dusty - her father shows her how to groom, train and ride the pony so he can be entered in shows - during Dusty's training, Tessa learns much about riding because she has the opportunity to ride many fine ponies. 248 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing.

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. First edition of this title. Blue cloth boards in very good condition with very little signs of wear. Spine in good solid order with gilt lettering. Textblock well bound and secure. Endpapers displaying a little foxing. Frontispiece in good colour. Pages clean throughout with no marks, stains or annotations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Crown8vo, 40 p. Original cream light card covers, printed red and black, stapled. Slight rusting of the staples, three columns of addition on the lower cover otherwise a VG copy. Scarce, WorldCat locates only one copy. First edition. Light book. Postage will be reduced on processing the order.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd. reprint. the boards are scuffed about and edge worn. foxing and markings throughout. a few inscriptions. text remains clear and presentable. fair condition. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sheila Rose (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, 1957. Bookplate with handwritten name on front free endpaper and same name on half-title. Otherwise in very good-fine condition in bright dust jacket with some loss to corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good PLUS. Marjorie Owens (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1946. 1st printing. Hardback. 20.5x13.5cm. Clean & tight book. Front end paper has a neat & small inscription. JACKET HAS A SECTION OF LOSS: 4x2cm. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref A14. Montana Adventure by Kitty Ritson. Illustrations by Marjorie Owens. Published by Faber, London.