Owsley Sibyl (80 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. no date given (circa 1950) worn, torn dj in myhlar, unclipped price; 208 clean, unmarked pages.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine. Wear marks overall.

Condition: Good. 1940. First Edition. 78 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with blue lettering over blue cloth. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners, with tanning to spine, Minor staining and soiling to DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket. Storybook for girls of Brownie age. No date given. 208 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £6.60.

Condition: Fair. 1940. First Edition. 78 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Paper residue to front board. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to both panels. Heavy wear marks overall.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Constance Marshall (illustrator). 1st Edition. Believed First edition first printing No date apparently 1957 octavo hardback 96 pp Frontispiece Pages tanned otherwise Good condition No inscriptions Excellent coloured cover showing French Riviera scene.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and staining to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Sticker to rear board. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint No date - circa 1950s? Hardback. 208 pp. Good+ condition (pages embrowned slightly) in Fair to Good dust jacket (quite heavily creased and little tears at top and bottom of spine).

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow paperback book with pictorial cover. 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 bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Wilson, Andrew (illustrator). 1950's Wolf Cub /Brownie story. B&W photographic illustated frontispiece of two brownies & monkey in ticket office.Boards yellow cloth decorated with thistle & Star tessellation. No dustwrapper.Slight edge foxing. Otherwise very good copy.

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.

Condition: Fair. No edition stated. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with white lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Pages are visibly tanned with notable foxing throughout. Heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil mark to front free endpaper. Small stamp to front pastedown. It is cheap edition and does not have endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Minor discolouration to rear board. Book is not closing properly.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. 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. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. A Girl Guide (Brownies) story. Undated but c.1966. In near fine condition with no marks or inscriptions in a bright complete dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Possibly missing title page (no sign of removal); Covers moderately soiled /rubbed, contents clean, no marking or writing, binding square and tight. numerous illustrations, come color. literature children's juvenile illustrated Children's, Illustrated, Juvenile, Literature,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Solid binding, grub marks to boards, front end page mostly missing, foxing to first and last few pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Children's.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Blue patterned cloth boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

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. Lots of short stories including elves, fairies,gollies, toys etc. One of the black and white illustrations is coloured in neatly. "The Pinnacle Series" 96 pages.

hard cover with dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Frontispiece illustration by Andrew Wilson. 208 pages G/G. Good book in good price-clipped dust jacket with shelf wear, foxing and edge tears, foxing to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 8vo. n.d. worn extrems.wear to edge of boards. Small tear to top rear joint. Cracked hinges. Small hole to top of ffep. Title page loose. The odd mark. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. P E Paul (illustrator). Wear to covers and spine, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, edges worn, boards showing, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, a few odd spots of foxing on edges, binding a little loose.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Thiede, Adolf (illustrator). 256 pages. Illustrated front board. Coloured frontispiece. Not dated but inscription to free front endpaper states April 24th, 1918. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. illustrated in colour and black and white by P.E. Paul (illustrator). Undated edition, probably 1920s to 1930s. Firmly bound, illustrated boards, blue cloth spine. Crease, wear and marks on cover and spine. Child's scribbles in pencil on front end paper, title page and the first page. Marks mainly on the first few pages. Tears with sello tape support on a couple of pages. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1st.edition.1st.impression.VG+ (previous name in fep) in a VG dustwrapper with a little edge rubbing.Very nice copy of an omnibus that collects three Brownie full length novels together.5/G 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown patterned cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Very Good hardcover without dustjacket. Book is in clean yellow boards with stamped thistle motif, bumped and rubbed to the spine ends and corners. Internally, gift presentation neatly written on the front endpaper, toned pages, a little tanned to the text-block edges - a nice, tight copy. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Adolf Thiede; (illustrator). 8vo hbk; 256pp + 16pp; illustrated cover; spine faded and fraying a little at ends; rear cover marked; SundaySchool prize sticker inside cover dated 1928; colour frontis; G+; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 96pp. HARDCOVER Printed boards. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions, although a fair bit of browning due to porous paper quality. I am somewhat confused by the pagination of this title, as the first page of chapter one is numbered as page 9. I can only imagine that there may be some endpapers that are missing and that they formed part of the publisher's counting system. The text of the story is complete, along with the frontispiece. The publisher details page is definitely not present. Externally, the cover has attractive pictorial artwork with bmp.& abrasion to cnrs. & top/bottom of spine. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Sold as a tidy, functional reading copy only. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. W. Bryce Hamilton (illustrator). Undated. Circa 1954. Prize mention to the preivous owner is inked on the flyleaf. Library stamp too.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1937, some wear to cover & rubbing to edges, front endpaper missing, hinge tender, light rubbing to title page, contents clean & bright 3 of the illus have colouring in, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.