Retold by M E R (10 results)

Condition: Fair. 1942. No Edition Stated. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm, text is legible. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1942. No Edition Remarks. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Red illustrated cloth. Praface dated 1925. Includes photographic plates. Front endpaper removed. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Slightly scratched to rear.…

Condition: Good. 1937. No Edition Stated. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condition: Fair. 1883. Second Edition. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is dulled. Water staining to spine and boards has led to wrinkling of cloth. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardback; illustrated, ix + [3] + 156 pages. The book is bound in decorative cloth with gilt page edges, the binding is stained and rubbed but remains sound. The endpaper has an ink inscription. There is some edge foxing in a few places in the text w hich is otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 156pp. Bound in decorated brown cloth with fading gilt title to the upper cove and spine. All edges gilt. The front free end-paper removed and a gift inscription dated 1885 upon the front free end-paper. The boards have edge wear bt for its age it's a good plus copy and is an original NOT A MODERN REPRINT. Back and White sketch to frontis and others throghout (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Clean interior, inscription to half-title page, some faint/light foxing specks to prelims and occasionally throughout, toned to rear e/papers, contains a colour f/p, 7 further stunning colour plates and several black and white, please note the b&w plate facing p.24 is loose, dulled to top page block, boards have picture to front, showing average shelfwear, watermark to front side edge as shown, faint pencil mark, bumps to lower corners but decent appearance overall for the age, all tight and intact. ALICCE B.WOODWARD (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Roughly A4 in size, this wonderful book is a hardback, cloth bound, with gilt titles to spine and front board, along with beautiful designed gilt decoration. This book is a used book therefore normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with age and use. No published date within the book, probably around 1921. Its a reasonably heavy book when packaged properly, so for overseas buyers postage/shipping may increase from listed price depending on final destination. 184 pages, all intact and 12 x Stunning illustrations. Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable Ltd, at the Edinburgh University Press. The top part of the spine looks like it was crushed at some time with small wear, also the spine is sun-bleached, please see photos, there are a few brown foxing marks to edge of papers, and illustrations are all in fine order, and all illustrations have their tissue guard papers intact. Overall its a really nice book that has stood the test of time and still has plenty of valuable use to be had for future generations that are interested in insects. E.J. DETMOLD (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, EMBOSSED DESIGN TO CLOTH ON FRONT BOARD, ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS, SEVERAL FULL PAGE COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS + FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK & WHITE & AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 9 + 83 PAGES. A FEW SMALL CLOSED TEARS TO JACKET WITH SOME LOSS TO EDGES OF JACKET ON TOP REAR EDGE & AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE [SEE IMAGES] FEW MARKS TO REAR OF JACKET, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK OR LIGHT SPOTS OF FOXING. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH BOARDS FRIMLY ATTACHED, NO INSCRIPTIONS & MOSTLY CLEAN INTERNALLY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COST SMAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. …

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NO. 1st Edition. Peter Pan and Wendy. Retold by May Byron for Boys and Girls with approval of the Author. Pictures by Mabel Lucie Attwell. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1938 First Printing of this edition. Hardcover NO Dust jacket. Major defect is frontispiece loose, all full page colour illustrations present. A stain/mark to front cover as shown in picture. foxing to covers and pages. U5B3. …