Robarts Edith (58 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages.Illustrated. Herbert A Giles "China And The Chinese" / A Maude "The Clever Little Songstress" / The Rev. Theodore Wood "How Ants Fight" / Maud E Sargent "The Man At The Wind-House" / Edith L Elias "A Kangaroo Hunt" / Gertrude Ince "Eric And Jerry, Gardeners" / Edith Robarts "A Brace Fam…

Condition: Good. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Contains colour illustrations. 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 bum…

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Undated c.1949. 80pp. Blackie H/b. Board Book, 260x205mm. Artist John Hassall [1868-1948] Retold by Edith Robarts, in a larger font / text, for younger child. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour plates and in line throughout. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further d…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Good Copy of this Book in publisher's original pictorial red cloth with green and black title lettering to the upper cover and spine.This copy has one former school prize plate to the ffep.The work has been nicely illustrated with several coloured plates and further…

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial boards with red lettering. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Moderate tanning to endpapers. Front hinge slightly cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to corners. Notable scu…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards; cloth spine. Edge and corner wear; previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates and black and white drawings by H. L. Bacon. This story collection contains: The Garden of Eden; Ca…

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated: (Approx 116pp.). Illus. Covers rubbed and bumped, hinges tender, owner's ink signature dated 1905 on ffep, p.3/4 torn not affexting text, p.5/6 detached but present, p.7/8 torn, not affecting text, pages browned, binding weak, foxed. A collection of traditional tales…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date - circa 1920. Early format showing two boats (one canoe, one with sail in colour on white background with titles in red and John Hassall's name at the bottom) on the front cover. Quarto hardback. 84 pages 16 colour plates and many black and white illustrations throughout. Corners of…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Thus. ROBINSON CRUSOE Retold For Little Folk Edith Robarts. Illustrated by John Hassall. Blackie & Son, London. 1930 First Thus 80pp Illustrated hardback. This copy is bound in colour illustrated paper covered boards with green linen spine The text block is fine, bright and tight. A dustwrapper i…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Good book in pictorial board covers; picture to front shows a young childr playing at having a picnic with his teddy; loss of top quarter of backstrip; light edge rubs. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; well illustrated with text drawings; strip drawings; b/w and…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. H/B red/black dec. cloth bds, tipped in colour picture to upper bd, VG, spine faded, pge edge blocks dusty, very attractive colour pictures of famous stories to endpapers, contents clean and tight with colour frontis. by H. E., and further colour plates through text, pp94, neat name to half title…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Date (inscr 1935). 6 full page + 1 double spread colour plates plus many b/w ills, colour pictorial boards rubbed on edges, cloth spine worn on tips, name in ink on front endpaper partially removed, front hinge looks to have been re-glued, name cut from top corner of title page, endpapers lightly f…

Hardback. 1st Edition (Presumed). Quarto Size. Good condition. Covers are rubbed at corners with age-toning to margins. Some light foxing to endpapers. A gift label pasted to front pastedown. No publication details given but British Library gives 1909. Illustrated in very nice colour and black & white (most full page). Unpaginat…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the life and work of Richard Wagner as both a genius musician and a formidable intellect. It places him in the context of 19th century musical history, where he stands as a towering and influential figure. Wagner's writings challenged existing musical conventions and…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Minus. Pictorial boards with orange cloth spine, no dustwrapper; 80pp; b/w and colour ills. Boards rubbed to edges and worn to corners with scratch to front cover and light marking to rear; prize plate dated 1953 and small tear to lower edge of front endpaper; occasional light marking or small nick to…

Decorative Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small format retelling of this Gulliver tale with eight colour plates by H.C. Sandy. Undated but probably early 20th century. Archive copy with a stamp to that effect on the half-title page. There is also a little label residue to the bottom left corner of the front panel.…