Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips, areas of loss and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.
Published by Blackie
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 207 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. 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.Boards are bowed.Book has a forward lean. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Language: English
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good Faded Spine. No Jacket. 3 Illustrations (illustrator). Undated Circa 1940's. Please Email for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.
Published by London; Nelson; nd
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. H/b; d/w; vg-/g-; 8vo; 205pp; foxing on edges and some pages; d/w has loss to rear.
Published by Blackie, London
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Inez Topham (illustrator). H/b; vg-; 8vo; 208pp; mark on front cover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, Edinburgh, Paris, Melbourne. Toronto, New York, 1944
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). Firmly bound, red cloth boards. Fading on the spine. Name and address of former owner is written inside. No jacket.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950, 1950
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. Brookshaw, Drake (illustrator). Reprint. Blue covers, black lettering. Covers worn and dirty. Hinge cracked.
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. complete. the jacket is scuffed, worn and torn. foxing and markings. gift inscription. text is clear and legible. fairly good copy. no date. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Blackie & Son
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United Kingdom
US$ 13.78
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.
Published by Thomas Nelson, London, 1950
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Reissue in the Apex series. Page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; dust jacket slightly worn at edges Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.
Published by Thomas Nelson
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. blue boards are a little shelf rubbed. one previous owner's neat signature. internally clean, and binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1957, 1957
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Ionicus (illustrator). Octavo. Green cloth-covered boards. Dark blue lettering on covers. 96 pages.
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1957, 1957
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: dw. Ionicus (illustrator). Dustwrapper edge-chipped. Read Every- Day Book. Front endpaper removed.
Published by Nelson (Apex series), London
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). No Date. Ten year old Molly feels indespensible looking after the younger ones, so she is sent away to have a 'quiet time' in a large house where there are 2 boys older than she is. dj (price clipped) worn, chipped at spine tips, a few tears, some aged sticky tape stains, top corners of covers slightly bumped, illustrated by DRAKE BROOKSHAW, presentation plate (dated 1952) on front flyleaf, foredge and some internal foxing, else vg. 8vo, 206pp.
Published by Blackie (Read-Every-Day series), London
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ionicus (illustrator). No Date. dj (unclipped) rubbed on top edges, piece torn off at lower front, light stain on back flap fold and also slightly on covers, illustrated by IONICUS, some foredge foxing, else vg. 8vo, 96pp. Philip Brown buys a marble which can grant wishes .
Published by London, Nelson, .
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. H/B pale blue bds, Near Fine, sm. bump at top corner, bds v. sl. bent, clipped d/w, Good, some edgewear and creasing, closed tear taped neatly at rear, ownership label partly removed on prelim., otherwise contents nice and tight, illust. by Drake Brookshaw. Molly, aged ten, was too much of a dictator among the younger members of her family, and it was decided that she should go alone to stay with friends of her parents. Here her adventures begin, when she searches for secret hiding-places in her hosts' old house.
Published by Nelson, 1944
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
US$ 13.80
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Creased, marked and worn dust jacket has chipped and torn edges with some loss and is now in a protective sleeve, owner's inscription, some foxing to the page edges, 1944 reprint.
Published by London. Blackie. No date (Ca. 1947), 1947
Seller: Gemini-Books, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
US$ 16.56
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Book is in Very Good condition, clean, bright, with a slight lean. Prize presentation plate on the front end paper dated 1947. Unclipped dust jacket is Fair, ragged losses to extremities, some surface damage to the front panel laminate and whte back panel is shelf stained to edges. Still presents reasonably well under its new clear removable cover. (see pictures). Securely packaged.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons
Seller: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
First Edition
Cloth. No Jacket. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). Presumed First Edition. Very Good with some sunning to the covers. PP205 frontis Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Thomas Nelson, London
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). Reprint of 1st Edition. No date but c 1956. (First printed 1940). 205 pages. A firm book, cover soiled in places, internally clean.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1940
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
US$ 10.36
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Brookshaw, Drake (illustrator). Price-clipped dustwrapper has creasing and quite a few small tears to the edges, particularly the top edge; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover childrens story. The story involves a girl who is sent to live with friends of her parents and their sons. Part of the publisher's ''Coronet Library'' series. 205pp, 4 full-page b&w drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London circa . London circa 1950., 1950
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 11.04
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers,brown title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xi] 206 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. Spine ends creased, minimal wear to the edges and corners, ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition period art work dust wrapper with small chips along the bottom front cover, rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 3/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR GIRLS.
Published by Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London circa . London circa 1950., 1950
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 11.04
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard back binding in publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xi] 206 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine ends creased, minimal wear to the edges and corners, ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition period art work dust wrapper with tape to the upper and fore edge of the front panel, nicks and chips to the spine ends and corners, shallow rubs to the gutters, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR GIRLS.
Language: English
Published by Blackie, London, 1945
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
US$ 33.26
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inez Topham (illustrator). Hardback. 18.5x12.5cm. Undated, circa 1945. Book Production War Economy Standard. 208 pages. All 3 listed black & white illustrations are in place, including the frontispiece. Front end paper Prize-label is dated "Jan 1947". No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. Jacket has some closed tears. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref PNCH/26. The House in the Floods by Norah Pulling. Illustrated by Inez Topham. Published by Blackie, London.
Published by Blackie and Son Ltd, 1938
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 24.84
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Topham, Inez (illustrator). 3 black & white plates including frontispiece, Light ghosting to endpapers and a neat inscription on the free front endpaper. Also light foxing to some pages. The blue cloth boards are very bright and firm with very minor edge wear. The dustjacket is price clipped but otherwise largely complete but has a small 1.5cm x 1.5cm loss to base of spine area, other general edge wear and light creases.
Published by Thomas Nelson No date
Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). Hardcover. .325. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Thomas Nelson, No date. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear and slight soiling. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has mild fading. Pages are reasonably tanned. Gift inscription in ink. *** Illustrator: Drake Brookshaw. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 17030327.
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 75.89
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hazel Sibbitt. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated [20pp] Printed by the Curwen Press on cheap war time paper, this book being printed just after the war circa 1945. Illustrated in colour & tonal period pictures by Hazel Sibbitt. Bound in Blue pictorial paper covered boards, these have chipped off at the spine showing the canvas underneath, worn at extremities. Inside the text and illustrations clear and bright throughout however there is an old horizontal crease mark on the title page& first page of text. Story about a princess and her pet dragon called Gerald. An acceptable copy of a scarce book. Size 9.5 x 7.5 inches.
US$ 172.47
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Hazel Sibbitt (illustrator). Dust jacket is age-toned and edgeworn with tearing to lower edges and spine; illustrated boards are also edgeworn and bumped; binding is tight; pages are crisp and unmarked with bright illustrations. Overall, this is a very good copy with no internal markings from previous owners. ; 7.4 x 0.2 x 9.5 inches; Unpaginated pages.
Published by London: Transatlantic Arts Ltd. [c.], 1945
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 172.47
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with autolithographs in colour and black and white by Suzanne Einzig. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cloth a little rubbing at the extremities, the gilt with very slight fading. The contents, with a couple of spots early pages, are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper which is lightly toned to the spine and slightly spotted on the rear panel, with a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front flap fold and another to te head of the spine, the latter of which has been repaired to the underside with a small piece of tape. The first book to be illustrated by Suzanne Einzig, who went on to illustrate Phillippa Pearce's acclaimed 'Tom's Midnight Garden' which won the Carnegie medal in 1959, as well many other books and magazines. An amusing, rhyming tale about a little girl who wants to play in the sand despite wearing smart shoes and being watched by her ten strict aunts. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.