Marjory Royce (22 results)

Condition: Fair. 1925. First Edition. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Illustrations and plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Black marks overall. Book is bowed and forward leaning. …

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 61 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.…

Pictorial Board. Condition: Fair (WELL BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Circa. 1930. "A GOOD READING COPY". Worn away outer cover spine. Unfortunately, a child has pencil and crayon drawn on every page in the book. Content can be read. Worn outer cover binding. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Drawing Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Reprint from 1937. Pictorial cover and spine. A few scuff marks to cover and spine; wear to edges of boards. Foxing to page edges.

hardcover. 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. A good condition book. Slight rubbing to the spine and board edges.…

Condition: Fair. 1917. Reprinted. 369 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Repr. Hardback: colour frontispiece, dj is a little frayed on spine tips and corners, back is slightly marked and creased, spine darkened, lower corner of front flap clipped, book is bound in blue cloth with black front vignette & lettering, some fading on spine tips, back is damp stained on lower edge and near spine, foredge foxing, else g. thick 8vo, 208pp. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo pbk; attractive colour with pretty pastel illustration to cover (illustrator initialled I M) of Tom carrying a pig, being watched by a dog and chased by the butcher; colour frontis (boy & girl with balloons accompanied by a dog, on the beach; contains several short stories; book looks about 1940's in appearance, but that could be incorrect; Vg; ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. circa 1927. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards show children stroking horse to front cover, both riding horse to spine, yellow titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is Joan Visits a Farm. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. Covers darkened and grubby. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front edge of spine cracked. Large ink inscription to verso of frontis. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Some light foxing and an odd mark to contents. One plate is MISSING and one partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Cowell, Cyril & Adams, Frank & Tempest, Margaret & Cobb, Ruth & Cowham, Hilda & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. George G. Harrap & Co., [1924]. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 208pp, illust. Patchy foxing throughout, prize bookplate (1930). Original decorated cloth, bumped, spine slanted, d/j worn and torn with loss. A fair copy. /0.5uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

Hard Back. Condition: VG. c.1930 VG Small H/b.Two Charming children's stories of yesteryear. illus.Colour Frontis to both tales & in line. Younger child - larger font type.64pp 160x115mm.Undated [Mid brown cloth, black titles & front cover illus., sound clean copy with light shelf wear & minor dot/spot marks to rear base.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Iolo A Williams "Some Thoughts On Children's Books" / George Frederic Lees "A Fairyland Of Ancient Books" / Norah Nicholls "Children's Books For The Collector" / Marjory Royce "Louisa Alcott And Her Stories" / Esme Whittaker "What Young Germany Is reading" / Llewelyn Powys "Lucretius The Epicurean" / Charlotte Haldane "The French Novel Of Today II - Jean Giraudoux" / E A Osborne "Russian Literature And Translations - V - Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov" (SL#273).…

Pictorial Hard Boards. Condition: Poor/ Fair. Undated [prob. 1928]; pencil dedication on endpapers dated 1930. Cover illustration shows boy in busby and uniform, girl with wings. Pictorial hard boards are edgeworn and rubbed with bumped extremities; spine faded and split along 80% of front hinge which is loose; some rubbing to back board. Pp 180; colour frontis. plate and 8 others; 6 plates are still bound in and in fine condition; two are loose [one with considerable edgewear but all outside the frame]; also many b/w illustrations in black and tint and drawings in the text; previous owner's name etc in pencil on blank endpaper; title page loose but in good order. Although the book appears at first sight to be shabby, all contents are clean with good illustration and a little restoration work would do wonders to this scarce publication. Images/further details available upon request. Harry Rountree et al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket; the binding is a little discoloured/stained. Overall the book is in good condition. With a gift inscription inside.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. circa 1928. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial boards show circus pictures, two children and clown to front, lion in hat to spine, ringmaster and horse to rear. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. First story is The Dancing Bear. Covers slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Clear tape stuck to corners. A few hinges cracked. Name in ink to verso of frontis and pencil inscription to verso of title page. Some foxing and an odd mark to contents. All plates present but one is detached and two are partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Cobb, Ruth & Topham, & Englefield, Cicely & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Orange cloth with black titles and illustration to front and spine. No dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Ed. Nice inscription dated 1939. Very slightly bumped corners. Coloured illustration on cover. Very minor foxing. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide to check on availability etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 369. Original publishers illustrated light blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Slight tanning on front endpaper, otherwise very good indeed. Excellent condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Prize label to front free endpaper. 4" tear along centre fold of one plate. Rear gutter split. Foxing to cloth. Spotting to page edges. Staining to spine cloth.; viii, 369 pages. Illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated title page + 4 double-page colour plates. Page dimensions: 190mm x 130mm.; 8vo. Illustrated by The author (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 95pp. Colour frontispiece, 3 colour plates, b/w illustrations within text. Includes 16pp 'Muffins and Crumpets' by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham. Not library copy, ink inscription dated 1929 to reverse frontispiece, some rubbing to boards, few marks in margins. (19/5). …

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. English children's fiction 19th century. Genre: Children's fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. English children's fiction 19th century. Genre: Children's fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.…