Soper Vernon (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 232pp. Green cloth-covered boards with a green sprayed top edge of the text block, colour frontispiece, some full page black and white illustrations. Sun-faded spine, light rubbing at the joint and spine ends. Corners rounded. Volume quite loose. Colour of top edge of…

Hardcover. Condition: G-. 1st thus. A good reading copy. Light blue illustrated board covers with soldier in busby on spine, which has 2.5" tear to back cover spine and some wear and tear to top & tail. Cover corners and edges bumped and worn with board showing through in places. pos on front pastedown and ffep. pages browned. M…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Two-in-one volume contains "The Magic Walking Stick" from 1932, this Scottish author's only children's story, illustrated with a colorful frontispiece & 2 internal plates by Vernon L. Soper; & 2) "Stories from the Arabian Nights" selected, edited, & arranged fo…

Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition (?). Original red cloth with coloured illustrations to front cover and spine. With coloured frontispieces and coloured plates. Slight wear and slight soiling, slight bumping to corners. Slight foxing to edges and spine.; 14x20x4 cm; 314 pages Hardcover (original illustrated cloth).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Pictorial boards depicting three children climbing a tree. Spine missing. Binding a bit loose. Boards edge worn and scuffed . Marbled endpapers. Inscription dated 1935 verso colour frontis. 20 colour illustrations present ( one missing ). Long and Short stories and verse. Fair condition externally but…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. nd. Red boards with green and brown showing picture of man handing walking stick to young boy. Titles and picture to spine which is sunned and shows slight shelf wear. Three full page colour page by Soper and three by Orr. Title page slightly spotted but otherwise internally a good clean bo…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 180x110x18mm+259g . . Collins. London and Glasgow. 1954. . . . Pp318. With an Introduction by Margaret W. J. Jeffrey. Blue soft leather effect boards; no dust jacket issued; gold lettering and decoration to spine. Illustrated by VERNON SOPER. Name-crossed out- on half title page. This:…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No date [1950s?]. Dark-red textured flexible hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 108 x 157 x 17mm. 447pp. Top edges gilt; numerous full-page b/w illustrations. A little light rubbing to spine-ends; small previous owner sticker to front pastedown; neat tape repair to…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 2 Books in One Volume. The Magic Walking Stick by John Buchan, with full page Colour Illustrations by Vernon L. Soper. 156 Pages. Frontis illus. is a picture of a boy swimming towards a beach. Stories from the Arabian Nights, selected edited and arranged for young people by…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, smal…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. An attractively illustrated children's book with vibrant cover design. The Magic Walking-Stick, by John Buchan. With Illustrations by Vernon L. Soper; and Stories From The Arabian Nights, selected edited and arranged for young people by Frances Jenkins Olcott. With Illustrations by Monro…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original leaf green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, green dyed upper edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 232 printed pages of text with colour illustrated frontispiece. Spine ends soft, sun fading to spine ends and edges where pieces…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. reprint. Circa 1930's Minor rubs to spine top and bottom and corners pictorial boards very clean and bright as protected by tissue wrapper Minor foxing to text blocks internally neat inscription to inside front board binding tight pages clean and very good. Original tissue paper 7cm open split to…

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains colour frontispiece, 232 pp with monochrome text illustrations throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Cheap paper browning. Good…