Royce Marjory (23 results)

Condition: Fair. 1925. First Edition. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Illustrations and plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Black marks overall. Book is bowed and forward leaning.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards with corners bumped. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content mainly clean with even toning and writing on the ffep. No DJ.

Condition: Fair. 1922. Reprinted. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. 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 noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate sunning and marking. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Ring marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 61 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.

Pictorial Board. Condition: Fair (WELL BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Drawing Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). Circa. 1930. "A GOOD READING COPY". Worn away outer cover spine. Unfortunately, a child has pencil and crayon drawn on every page in the book. Content can be read. Worn outer cover binding. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Reprint from 1937. Pictorial cover and spine. A few scuff marks to cover and spine; wear to edges of boards. Foxing to page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo pbk; attractive colour with pretty pastel illustration to cover (illustrator initialled I M) of Tom carrying a pig, being watched by a dog and chased by the butcher; colour frontis (boy & girl with balloons accompanied by a dog, on the beach; contains several short stories; book looks about 1940's in appearance, but that could be incorrect; Vg; ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Condition: Fair. 1917. Reprinted. 369 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Repr. Hardback: colour frontispiece, dj is a little frayed on spine tips and corners, back is slightly marked and creased, spine darkened, lower corner of front flap clipped, book is bound in blue cloth with black front vignette & lettering, some fading on spine tips, back is damp stained on lower edge and near spine, foredge foxing, else g. thick 8vo, 208pp.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Collins edition on illustrated orange cloth with prize dedication to end paper.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cowell, Cyril & Adams, Frank & Tempest, Margaret & Cobb, Ruth & Cowham, Hilda & et al., (illustrator). circa 1927. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards show children stroking horse to front cover, both riding horse to spine, yellow titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is Joan Visits a Farm. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. Covers darkened and grubby. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front edge of spine cracked. Large ink inscription to verso of frontis. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Some light foxing and an odd mark to contents. One plate is MISSING and one partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. George G. Harrap & Co., [1924]. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 208pp, illust. Patchy foxing throughout, prize bookplate (1930). Original decorated cloth, bumped, spine slanted, d/j worn and torn with loss. A fair copy. /0.5uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Hard Back. Condition: VG. c.1930 VG Small H/b.Two Charming children's stories of yesteryear. illus.Colour Frontis to both tales & in line. Younger child - larger font type.64pp 160x115mm.Undated [Mid brown cloth, black titles & front cover illus., sound clean copy with light shelf wear & minor dot/spot marks to rear base.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

HB BLUE CLOTH PRIZE CERTIFICATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN EXTREMITIES FOXED VERY GOOD PP207 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Sub-titled A Story for Girls.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Iolo A Williams "Some Thoughts On Children's Books" / George Frederic Lees "A Fairyland Of Ancient Books" / Norah Nicholls "Children's Books For The Collector" / Marjory Royce "Louisa Alcott And Her Stories" / Esme Whittaker "What Young Germany Is reading" / Llewelyn Powys "Lucretius The Epicurean" / Charlotte Haldane "The French Novel Of Today II - Jean Giraudoux" / E A Osborne "Russian Literature And Translations - V - Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov" (SL#273).

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cobb, Ruth & Topham, & Englefield, Cicely & et al., (illustrator). circa 1928. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial boards show circus pictures, two children and clown to front, lion in hat to spine, ringmaster and horse to rear. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. First story is The Dancing Bear. Covers slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Clear tape stuck to corners. A few hinges cracked. Name in ink to verso of frontis and pencil inscription to verso of title page. Some foxing and an odd mark to contents. All plates present but one is detached and two are partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Stampa, G. L. & Edwards, Mary Stella (illustrator). 1st Edition. 255 pages in good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Ffep is darkened and worn, Page edges are darkened and lightly smudged. Turquoise cloth with tipped in colour images. Blue titles on the spine with gilt designs on the back. Spine is darkened. Worn around the edges. 1ST EDITION. G+/- -. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Ed. Nice inscription dated 1939. Very slightly bumped corners. Coloured illustration on cover. Very minor foxing. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide to check on availability etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by The author (illustrator). First Edition. Prize label to front free endpaper. 4" tear along centre fold of one plate. Rear gutter split. Foxing to cloth. Spotting to page edges. Staining to spine cloth. ; viii, 369 pages. Illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated title page + 4 double-page colour plates. Page dimensions: 190mm x 130mm. ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 369. Original publishers illustrated light blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Slight tanning on front endpaper, otherwise very good indeed. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 95pp. Colour frontispiece, 3 colour plates, b/w illustrations within text. Includes 16pp 'Muffins and Crumpets' by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham. Not library copy, ink inscription dated 1929 to reverse frontispiece, some rubbing to boards, few marks in margins. (19/5).

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. English children's fiction 19th century. Genre: Children's fiction. Language: English. 3 Kg.

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. English children's fiction 19th century. Genre: Children's fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.