Pocock Doris (146 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: very good light blue cloth, slightly skewed from gentle reading, small tears of cloth on front cover and wrinkling along spine, binding strong, paper slightly browning but strong. POCOCK, DORIS A. The secret of Hallowdene farm. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925, (2) printing number on last page of text, 243pp., . D. Appleton notes the printing on the last page of text, here that number is a (2). Copyright is 1924. Date on title page is MCMXXV. - There are 243 numbered pages, one unnumbered page of text at end, and 1-page of advertisements.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 159 pages Prize bookplate, frontispiece is just starting to come loose o/w good hardcover / dustwrapper.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Beige 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. Rear endpaper has been removed. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Owner message to end paper. DJ with some edge wear and light age tone.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. The jacket is well worn and torn. Sunday School Prize Book-plate. 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: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Binding is firm; front hinge a little shaky. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some edge wear, with mild bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Several minor dents to board edges. Spine is heavily sunned and somewhat foxed. Book has a heavy forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 184 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue patterned cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white 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. 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. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Condition: Fair. 1959. 183 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. 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 sunning.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Extensive inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good book. There's a small gouge on back board, lightly soiled cover, someone bent the corners of about 20 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Front panel of jacket pasted to front board. Owner details and ex library stamps to the front free endpaper. A solid reading copy.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, pictorial brown cloth, undated but the BL suggests 1925. Tightly bound, paper browned, Sunday School prize label to the front free endpaper, the text otherwise unmarked. Illustrated, 192pp.

Condition: Good. No DJ. Book will have been read but remains clean. Boards are clean and a solid binding. Pages are lightly toned with spotting to page ends - presentation sticker to ffep. Undated. 223pp. C.1950's.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Solid copy with foxing mostly to compressed page edges.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Heavy tearing to p.239. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Light droplets to rear board.

Condition: Fair. 1941. Reprinted. 253 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red and grey cloth boards with lettering. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages 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. Book has a forward lean. Minor wear marks to spine and boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 157 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Minor crushing to spine ends. Minimal marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Minimal tanning to spine. Light rubbing to surfaces.

Condition: Good. Boards have some minor wear, spine toned. Content has light toning, gift inscription 1929, 240pp. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Pages toned. Good DJ with little edge wear.

Condition: Good. 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.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with even toning. Good DJ with some edge wear and is price clipped.

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Red 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.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Brock, H M (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1930 as per inscription. 253pp. Good/Poor. Red cloth boards with colour illustration pasted to front, minor rubbing/bumping to board edges, minor mottling. Contents generally clean but for a little soiling, some spotting/browning, minor splitting to hinges. Owner's name and year to reverse of frontis. Nice DW, quite worn with some loss/tears. Charming illustrations by H M Brock throughout. Novel for girls.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 12mo. A good reading copy. Pale blue cloth covers, front cover faded with some staining to tail/fore edge. Bottom 1.5" of spine missing. eps slightly foxed, with minor foxing on a few pages. Rear inner hinge cracked, front inner hinge loose. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 244 pages plus one page of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering. Frontis on glossy paper. In the original dust wrapper with the publisher price of $1.75 on the front flap (Bookstore sticker at rear). Wrapper is enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. First Appleton edition with the usual notation indicating so. Book with previous owner name, address and date at front; small tear at spine top; light wear. Wrapper missing most of the spine; other chipping. VERY GOOD/FAIR.

Condition: Fair. 1946. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Front board is shaky from a crack at the hinge. Rear paste down and board have pen scribbles. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine.