Ramsbottom Ellenby (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No 13 of the King Penguin Books. Clean decorated paper covered boards. Black titles and on darkened spine. No shelf wear. Mottled cut edges. Clean endpapers and text block. 16 fine colour plates. Binding solid. No jacket. Ellenby, Rose (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Ramsbottom, John. Edible fungi / with colour plates by Rose Ellenby. Revised edition. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1948. A King Penguin Book. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Decorated paper over boards with light shelfwear. Binding strong and tight. Light foxing and a couple of small marks to endpapers. 45pp. + 24 colour plates. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Rose Ellenby (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Spine missing; yellow boards with black and red decorationscuffed and edgeworn; previous owners name in pencil to rear board; mild tanning; 31pp + 16 colour illustrations Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ellenby, Rose (illustrator). Book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 12mo. original decorated boards (a trifle rubbed & nicked, very occ. spot, else clean & bright throughout); pp. 32, with 16 colour plates + 3 monochrome text figures. A fine copy. Rose Ellenby (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. An attractive and highly illustrated collection of King Penguin Books, sixteen of which are first editions and five of which retain their original dust wrappers. A delightful collection of twenty-one "King Penguin" books, spanning a wide range of topics from natural history to art to sports. Collection comprised of: (1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream by Phyllis Barclay-Smith;(1943) Fishes of Britain's Rivers and Lakes by J. R. Norman - first edition;(1943) The Poet's Corner by Sir Max Beerbohm;(1944) English Ballet by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1944) Children as Artists by R. R. Tomlinson - first edition;(1945) The Leaves of Southwell by Nikolaus Pevsner - first edition;(1945) The Bayeux Tapestry by Eric Maclagan;(1945) Poisonous Fungi by John Ramsbottom - first edition;(1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream by Iolo A. Williams;(1947) Russian Icons by David Talbot Rice - first edition;(1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900 by Philip James - first edition;(1947) A Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick by John Rayner - first edition;(1948) British Military Uniforms by James Laver - first edition;(1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer by T. D. Barlow - first edition;(1948) Ballooning by C. H. Gibbs-Smith - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1950) Greek Terracottas by T. B. L. Webster - first edition;(1952) A Book of Scripts by Alfred Fairbank;(1953) Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral by C. J. P. Cave - first edition;(1955) The Picture of Cricket by John Arlott - first edition;(1957) Monumental Brasses by James Mann - first edition. Sixteen of twenty-one volumes are first editions. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings, The Picture of Cricket and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. The Poet's Corner is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four further plates; The Leaves of Southwell contains a frontispiece and thirty-two plates; The Bayeux Tapestry contains a frontispiece, eight colour plates, and over eighty further monochrome illustrations; English Book Illustration contains a frontispiece, followed by eight colour and eight monochrome plates; A Selection of Engravings features illustrated endpapers and thirty uninterrupted illustrations to the rear; British Military Uniforms contains twenty-four colour plates; Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer features 111 illustrations; Ballooning contains thirty-two plates in both colour and monochrome; both copies of Edward Gordon Craig contain a frontispiece and forty additional plates in colour and black and white; Greek Terracottas contains fifty-four plates; A Book of Scripts contains sixty-four plates; and Monumental Brasses contains thirty-two colour plates. All remaining works are illustrated with sixteen plates, a number of which are in colour. Further in-text examples can also be found throughout the collection. Collated, complete. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. Flowers of Marsh and Stream contains the discreet stationer's bookplate of W. L. Cameron to the front paste down. British Military Uniforms is signed by the previous owner to the front paste down. Monumental Brasses is signed by the previous owner to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with light shelf wear across all volumes, including tearing and peeling, especially to the spine heads and tails. As can be expected, the boards are also a little marked and faded. Dust wrappers are very smart for their age with only minor edge wear, more so to A Book of Scripts and the spine head of Medieval Carvings, and subtle marking. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean collection with only subtle age toning and occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages of each edition. Very Good. John Gould; Sir Max Beerbohm; F. L. Attenborough; Noel Rooke; Albrecht Durer; Rose Ellenby (illustrator). book. …