Travers 1899 (13 results)

American first edition (per publisher's requisite "First edition" statement and "BCD . . ." code upon copyright page). 284 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket with color pictorial front panel and spine; light rubbing to panels; tear and two patches of surface peeling to rear panel causing small loss of top paragraph blurb; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Pale yellow cloth. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a good+ dust jacket. LoC summary: "The adventures of Monkey from his departure from the jungle to his arrival in England where he makes many friends." A later book in the writing career of British author P.L. Travers most renowned for her authorship of the Mary Poppins series. ISBN 0152295550.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

A bright clean copy of the First Edition in a repaired 8/6d pictorial dustwrapper by Broom Lynne and inscribed to the free endpaper to "Vera With love from the author 17/5/47" [ described else where as Mrs F.V.Flynn ].

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

A very good copy of the First Edition in striking Bip Pares dustwrapper. Bright green cloth lettered gilt .8vo. 252pps plus advertisement leaf. Issued without endpapers, neat dated inscription to halftitle, light foxing to end page & foredges.The author of "The Great Orme Terror" " The Thirteenth Mummy" and contributor to Weird Tales.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Lovat Dickson and Thompson Ltd., 1935). First UK Edition, first impression in dustwrapper priced 5s net to the inside flap. pp.303. Publisher's cream cloth with green lettering to spine and pictorial vignette in green to the front board. Illustrated endpapers, top-edge green. Lovely black and white illustrations inside. About very good. Spine tips bruised; lettering and vignette clean and unfaded; boards quite clean; some discolouration at the head of the spine matching wear in the dustwrapper; offsetting and foxing to both sets of end-papers and to the fore-edge; clean interior. The pictorial dustwrapper (also about very good) has a slither of loss at the tail of the spine and a larger chip at the head (not affecting any lettering) that extends to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Unaccountably scarce in wrapper. A fragile production this copy has lasted the test of time reasonably well and is a lor brighter than most of the very few copies that appear on the market . "Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary's care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons" (GoodReads). Further photographs available upon request.…

1964 Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 233 pages. Notes; The 1964 edition, SIGNED and inscribed by P. L. Travers. Subjects; World War II, (1939-1945) Children ; Fiction. 1 Kg. …

1964 Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 233 pages. Notes; The 1964 edition, SIGNED and inscribed by P. L. Travers. Subjects; World War II, (1939-1945) Children ; Fiction. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Good. Illustrations by Mary Shepard printed in red. LIMITED TO 1000 copies privately printed for the friends of the Author and her publishers as a New Year's Greeting. Octavo black cloth-spined red boards with silver stars and red printed title label to cover and silver titled to spine (edges rubbed/corners worn/1.7cm of sunning to front board) 29pp. Printed in black with red initial letter to each chapter and title on titlepage. All illustrations except for one on the title are printed in red. No inscriptions, pencil marks, creases or loose pages. Crisp and bright inside with endpapers matching the boards with silver stars. Page fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed as issued. *A Mary Poppins story where the Banks children have adventures with fairy tale characters. No copies for sale since the Bauman Rare Books copy was sold. This book is illustrated by Mary Shepard, the daughter of the Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator, E. H. Shepard. She also illustrated all the other Mary Poppins titles. 1 volume. Hardcover.…

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.