Mark Spade (20 results)

Condition: Good. 1953. Reprinted. 262 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine. Rubbing, damp and dust staining to all panels.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (finance, management, finances ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated by W M Hendy. First Edition. Dust jacket NOT included. Illustrated in colour and monochrome. 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. 1951. 262 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations within. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. Original hardcover, price clipped dust jacket.; Name and date on endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This is a clean and tight copy, presented in a price-clipped wrapper whihc has some fade wear and a tiny tear at the base of the spine. This is a 1956 re-print, no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. HENDY , W. M. (illustrator). Second impression. Greater part of this book has already appeared in PUNCH.1934 second impression.8vo. Pp, 118, [2] .Original blue cloth covered boards with title in white lettering on front ,also on spine which is faded. Front and rear paste down and free papers are foxed and offset , front paste down has previous owners signature in ink. Generally inside of book is clean and tight, a very amusing book with lots of cartoons .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1950 1st edition hardcover. Business explained with an appreciation of the late Mr Spade by NIGEL BACHIN. book is in good condition. Blue cloth boards have some marks to front and rear. Shipped quickly, images available on request.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Includes and appreciation of 'The Late Mr. Spade' by Nigel Balchin. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Witty b&w line drawings throughout. Covers show light age discolouration with minimal shelf ear to extremities. DW a little grubby with black rub marks to rear and slight bumping/chipping to extremities. Interior pages show light tanning but otherwise unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. A hardback book with both book and jacket in very good condition, dated 1951 and is a second impression.

Hard Back. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Some crayon drawings on the front endpages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SPADE, Mark (BALCHIN, Nigel) - How to Run a Bassoon Factory or Business Explained London: Hamish Hamilton (1934) 8vo; In blue boards with white letting to the front and on the spine, with the original pale blue dust wrapper with lettering and illustration in black, correctly priced on the spine 3/6 net; pp. [ii], [8], 118, [ii]; The boards are in excellent condition, there is browning to the first and last couple of pages, the lower pastedown has a small times book club sticker, and there is a date stamp on the rear preliminary page, there is a small chip to one of the illustrations opposite p18, the dust wrapper has a toned spine and some loss of about 2cm to the top of the spine, the bottom of the spine has some chipping as well, there is a small tear to the upper edge of the front panel; overall this is a very good copy. Mark Spade is a pen name for writer Nigel Balchin, and he used it in his early writing endeavours for Punch Magazine. Under his pseudonym he provided Punch with several satirical articles about how to run a business, that are collected here under the title 'Hoe to Run a Bassoon Factory". It is Balchin's first published book, along with the novel he wrote in his own name: 'No Sky'. It is not clear which of the two was published first in 1934. The book is profusely accompanied by some great illustrations. Balchin covers such topics as time and motion studies, welfare, market research and the psychology of the worker. The book and the other two titles published under Balchin's alter ego are both difficult to find now, and particularly so, as is the case with this copy, retaining the original dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very nice copy of this wonderfully humourous book, being the author's first published book. Mark Spade being the pseudonym of Nigel Balchin who became more famous for his wartime and post WWII novels. Much sought after, this is the first impression, published in 1934. Unfortunately there is no dust jacket. The blue cloth boards are sound, with clear title lettering to the spine and the front board, albeit there is a little spotting and very light soiling to the boards. Also minor knocking to the fore edge corner tips and rubbing to the spine ends. There are no inscriptions and the pages are clean throughout. On much closer inspection there is a little toning to the end papers and page block edge and, hardly even noticeable, there are a few early pages with tiny dogeared corners. Make no mistake though that this is a very sound and collectable condition copy indeed. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Originally published in PUNCH, little book serves as an admirable introduction to one of the most amusing young writers of the day. 12mo.Pp,118,[2] original blue cloth covered boards, title in white lettering on front and spine. base of spine has very slight bend .Front and rear paste down and free have offsetting .Inside of book is clean and tight with just a little browning on edges but generally good.Dust Jacket has very slight nicks to top and bottom of spine. Illustrations are all good . A very amusing and full of nonsense book which all business men and women should own.

Hardcover. Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cover with gilt lettering to spine. No internal markings. Unclipped dj in very good condition.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Single Volume Edition. Physical description; 262 pages. Subjects; Fiction. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Single Volume Edition. Physical description; 262 pages. Subjects; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 5 x 7.5in. 143pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Good only dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows chipping from the spine, slight rubbing and creasing, otherwise remains colorful and distinct. As pictured.

Sports book. Mark Spade is a pseudonym of the novelist Nigel Balchin. Humorous chapters on 24 sports, including golf, baseball, cricket, football, hockey, swimming, rowing and tennis. 8vo. 156pp. Original blue boards, very good. A rare book.