Mare Jones (26 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. The text and covers are wavy. The copy shows minor external wear and creasing, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION of this iconic work - some cover abrasion / damage as illustrated, but contents pages all intact and undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of de la Mare's popular book of Children's poetry, generously illustrated in colour by Harold Jones. Full page chromolithographic images and text. DJ has tears with slight loss. Similarly pictorial covers are slightly rubbed to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is one of the most treasured children's books and much sought after from the early 20th century. Poetry by Walter De La mar and wonderful illustrations on almost every page are by Harold Jones. To quote the poet, " Dear Reader, prythee, stay and look at this delightful picture book! Others like it you may have seen, for eye and mind to linger in, But surely none, for tints and tones, Lovelier than this, by Harold Jones? is there a colour---earth sky sea, which from his box can missing be?Even a rainbow might whisper, Hush! In envy of his paints and brush. Book is very good with a frayed but solid spine. Internally this treasure is in unmarked, pristine condition. Very collectible. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 1st Printing.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. pck pap/ps edition. 356 pages. 10.63x8.43x0.87 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. In stock ready to dispatch from the UK.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In stock ready to dispatch from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harold Jones (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) in a very good price clipped jacket with edgeware and loss to corners, top and bottom of the spine, Loss to bottom front edge. A near fine unread copy, internally gift inscription to front end page, pages clean and unmarked. A bright and unfaded copy. Uncommon and especially so when the jacket is present. The jacket is uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Harold Jones (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated anthology of charming seasonal poems by Walter de la Mare. The first edition.In the original pictorial hard back binding.A work by Walter de la Mare,an English poet, short story writer and novelist.Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout by Harold Jones, a British artist,illustratorand writer ofchildren's books.A charming anthology of poems for children, moving through a year, with beautiful seasonal poems. In publisher's original hardback binding. Externally, smart. Spine lifting to joints. Shelf wear to extremities. Scratch to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small 4to. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in color. Very good. Dust jacket edge-worn & with 1 short tear. Price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pictorial boards. First edition. Corner wear, points exposed. PO inscription, couple of tiny stray marks to text margins. Tight and square. The DJ has losses to spine ends, chips and tears, rubbing, slight soil, toned spine. Flap price 7s6d. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Harold Jones (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial boards. Foxing to the covers, endpapers and first and last couple of leaves. Foxing also to the page edges. The dust jacket is also foxed to the verso and obverse. There are a few small tears of 1" or less. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. Not price clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Harold Jones (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated paper covered boartd, light edgewear, a couple tiny stains rear cover, a small amount of scattered light soiling. Dust jacket has small chipping at spine ends and corners, 1/4" chip front upper edge, 1.5" closed tear lower front edge, browning to spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.

Illustrated throughout in color. Large 8vo, publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket. Tiny bookseller's ticket on front pastedown; very slightest of rubbing at corner tips; fresh and bright. The dust jacket is lightly tanned; more so at the spine; with a few small scrapes and tears.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jones, Harold (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text surrounded by colour boarder. Small splits to top and tail of spine on both sides, with chipping and some loss. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; some foxing and marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Harold Jones (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated cloth. #33/100, signed by the author and illustrator. Wear to the corners and spine ends. Some chips to the lower spine. There is some staining to the rear endpapers and single small stains to the fore edge of the last couple of leaves. Very tight. Without dust jacket, as issued. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (1937) Unpaginated - (60-70pages). Beautifully illustrated in colour on every other page. Colour illustration on endpapers. Full colour illustrations on boards. DJ has same colour illustration all around. DJ has a small small chip at the bottom of the spine. Original plastic cover over the DJ. FINE/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. DE LA MARE, Walter & JONES, Harold Henry Holt & Company Inc. 1937 10" x 7 1/2 This charming book of children's verse made a name for the young illustrator Harold Jones (1904-1992), who went on to illustrate books by C. S. Lewis, Kathleen Lines and Lewis Carroll.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harold Jones (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of charming seasonal poems by Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming anthology of poems for children, moving through a year, with beautiful seasonal poems.With colourful illustrations and borders to each page, by Harold Jones.By Walter de la Mare.Bookplate of Henry Frederick, 6th Marquess of Bath, to the verso of the front endpaper, with a hand-written note listing children's games to a Longleat headed piece of paper. Henry Frederick Thynne was a landowner and Conservative politician, and, in his youth, a Bright Young Thing. It was he who developed the safari park at his ancestral estate, Longleat. In the original publisher's paper covered boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Spots to the boards, heavier to the rear board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the verso of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with some spots, including spots to the reverse, and a small closed tear to the tail of the front wrap. Spine is age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1937. First edition, undated [1937]. Near fine copy in fair to good dustjacket with handwritten signed by Walter de la Mare laid in loosely at the front. Pictorial hardcover with illustrated endpapers, about ten inches tall, with matching illustrated dustjacket. The book has light rubbing to the spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is subtly and evenly age-toned and has a three inch closed tear to the outer edge of the rear panel, a few short old tape repairs, minor closed tear to the eop edge of the front panel, small chip to spine above the publisher name, additional small chip at rear edge of spine head, very little paper loss overall. The handwritten, undated note thanks a Mr. Taft [?] returning a book signed by the author, apparently not this book, and is signed Yours Sincerely, Walter de la Mare. It measures about 4.5 inches by 7 inches and is in very good condition with a vertical crease from folding. With Letter By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

, 34 unnumbered pages, collection of childrens poems, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page Limited edition, 85th of 100 copies. , corners lightly rubbed, spine sunned, light foxing on endpapers and occasional pages, inscription in ink on front free endpaper, book in very good condition. , foxing on dustwrapper inside and out, light rubbing to cornres, very good condition. , bound in printed cloth with titles on spine, illustrated endpapers, yellow edges , 26x16cm Hardback SIGNED by the author and illustrator ISBN:

First edition. Small quarto. Unpaginated. Covers, endpapers and numerous colour illustrations, many full-page, by Harold Jones, drawn on the stone by him at The Baynard Press. Pictorial cloth - the trade edition was issued in paper boards. Thirty-two poems. Considered something of a landmark in book illustration, according to Horne's The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, "the flat colours strike the eye as something quite new." One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist. Very good indeed in good dustwrapper nicked and rubbed at the edges with a violent tear to the lower outside corner of upper panel, which is somewhat off-set by the fact the dustwrapper repeats the cover design.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956) JONES, Harold [illustrated by] Faber & Faber 1937 10" x 7 3/4" In the rare dust wrapper This Signed Edition is Limited to One-Hundred Copies, of Which This is Number 27 Signed by Both Authors This charming book of children's verse made a name for the young illustrator Harold Jones (1904-1992), who went on to illustrate books by C. S. Lewis, Kathleen Lines and Lewis Carroll. Signed by Author(s).

FIRST EDITION, richly illustrated throughout, the occasional very faint spot, pp. [64], 4to, original illustrated boards with an overall design by Harold Jones,a couple of very faint spots at head of lower board, light scratch at foot of same with a tiny amount of surface abrasion at bottom corner, backstrip slightly sunned, top edge a trifle dusty, the endpapers illustrated by Jones, the free endpapers with a few faint spots at head, dustjacket repeating board design, backstrip panel toned, a little chipping at extremities with a couple of small nicks, a few faint spots, the rear panel carrying a couple of light marks, very good. The copy of the author's friend, Siegfried Sassoon, with his posthumous library label in the corner of the front pastedown. A work whose considerable charm derives both from de la Mare's verses for children and, in greater part, from the lively and colourful illustrations by Harold Jones - this being among his earliest book-illustration.