M Methley Violet (139 results)

Condition: Good. 1943. First Edition. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece by L.F. Lupton. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. B…

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. 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 b…

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. B&W frontispiece. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Moderate tanni…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to pastedowns and…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa 1950's. Pictorial boards depicting two children in snow. Yellow spine chipped with small piece missing and some light wear to edges. Previous owner's blind embossed details to front endpaper. Lovely colour frontis plus three further colour plates. Many black and white illustrations. Lot…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE ILLUSTRATED BOARDS HAVE SOME RUBBING, STAINING AND WEAR TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE3. THE LETTERING ON THE SPINE IS FADED. THE PAGES ARE GENERALLY CLEAN AND CREASE FREE, WITH A LITTLE FOXING HERE AND THERE. THERE IS A NAME PENNED ON THE FFEP DA…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Variant red boards with illustrations blind stamped on the front panel and the spine. Boards have fading to the spine and patches of damp staining to the outer edges of the front and rear panels. Page edges are browned. Endpapers are browned and pages are lightly browned with spottin…

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. Illustrated with black and white plates by Radcliffe Wilson. Part of The New Crown Library for Girls. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Light tanning to pastedown…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over patterned cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 31 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to sur…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 160 pages. No dustjacket. Illustrated card covers with blue cloth spine, wear to spine-ends and edges, edges are rubbed, heavy wear to boards corners which are worn round showing card. Light foxing to page-edges, light finger marks to margins of text on some pages. Xmas p…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa early 1950's Large thick children's book. Pictorial boards depicting two children in bed unwrapping presents of a toy soldier and toy rabbit. Worn and bumped around edges. Red linen spine is a little faded and softened. Binding a bit loose revealing backstrip inside. A collection of st…