Val Doone (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Doone, Val (illustrator). Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has edge tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green hardcover with excellent pages (slightly age-yellowed), secure binding, and VG-minus exterior (slight wear, corners a little bumped). Photographs from the British Isles, including Wales, and including soldiers. [1.3 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. This copy has no jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 94pp. Illustrations after black and white photos by the author. A clean, tight, VG+ copy in a good dust jacket. Size: Large 8vo (10" tall). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Val Doone (illustrator). First Edition. TEXT UNMARKED, DJ edge worn at top and bottom of spine and corners.

Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Condition: Acceptable. Unmarked inside. Some soiling on cover. 24p. B/W photographs illustrating the variety of the English scene in the 1950s.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 127 pages. Illustrated jacket over 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. End-papers are more notably foxed. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, toning and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 161p green cloth, large format, title in gilt, many plates throughout, very good. Collection of photographs of Britain during WW2, the photographic aesthetics of Heimat Language: English.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition. 94 pages. No dust jacket. Green 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Photographs & text by Val Doone. 160pp. Small inscription on flyleaf. Pages are slightly brown. The green cloth has bumped corners. Very good in scuffed and nicked also slightly darkened and not price clipped d/w.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Doone, Val (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo, Paperback with photographs and text on England. The first in a series of books published under the general title of "Our Britain". Numerous black and white photographs. To commemorate the Canadian visit of their Royal Hightnesses Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh. 245 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later. Very good Hardcover, rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover lightly soiled with browning of edges, pages lightly browned.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1943 vFIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st reprint. 127pp., 59 full page photographic plates, quarto, decorative cloth, fine, Evocative photographic studies of rural England, each plate with a full description,

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Names to ffep, rub to spine ends and corners of bds, with very small white mark to head of spine, dw has tanning and very sl scarring marks to spine, with sl loss to spine ends and one corner, wear and sl chips to most corners, small diagonal crease to upper cover at bottom edge margin, and sl creasing with the odd small tear to some edges. In protective book film. ; 250x190mm; 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Hbk square small 4to illustr throughout b+w plates prev ownerĠs name on front pastedown (hidden by dj flap) dj lightly shelfworn with one or two small closed tears and faint foxing here and there an now in protective sleeve internally a very good clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presumed First. Green boards with photocovered unclipped jacket; Overall book is clean sound & unmarked, slightly agetoned, printed on wartime standard paper; Jacket is intact missing a few small pieces along spine ends and corners, with small tears; 160 pages with 80 b/w photos of various parts of the UK & regular village people, with quotations and commentary. A wartime morale builder of the 'British Spirit''.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: G/FR. Photographs (Black & White) (illustrator). London, UK: Goerge G. Harrap. G/FR. (1948). . Cloth(Hrdcvr). 4to., 126 pp., dj clipped at edges, pages yellowed, hinges weakened some, .

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 126 pages. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dustjacket well worn and in poor condition, edges chipped, ripped, creased and worn, some small pieces missing from edges, entire spine missing, some wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

8vo., First Edition, with numerous fine full-page photographs throughout, contemporary signature on front paste-down; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, covers mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Splendid collection of wartime images of the Home Front.

Hardcover. Condition: Worn (age marks). No Jacket. Val Doone (photographs) (illustrator).

Hardback. Val Doone, George G. Harrap and Company Limited. Author: Val DooneBinding: HardbackPublisher: George G. Harrap and Company Limited, 1950Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis evocative travelogue, We See Devon, chronicles the breathtaking landscapes and rich heritage of England's southwestern county. Val Doone masterfully paints a vivid picture of its rugged coastlines, rolling moors, and charming villages, inviting readers on an immersive journey. The narrative presents detailed observations of local customs and historical anecdotes, illustrating the unique spirit of the region. Doone's prose captures the serene beauty and enduring character of Devon, making it an essential read for anyone captivated by British topography and culture. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dustjacket present also plastic cover protector, corner unclipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges chipped, ripped, creased and worn, piece missing at top of spine and edges of covers, some wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped and worn, boards showing on bottom edge, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, inscription to a previous owner on front paste down.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 126 pages. 1 Kg.

First edition, first printing. Very good with an ownership inscription and foxing to the preliminaries in good dustjacket with creasing and some loss to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 163pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With seventy-five black and white photographs, mostly full-page, printed to the rectos, with captions and a linking commentary printed to the adjacent versos. Contemporary (1944) former owner gift inscription inked to the front pastedown (and partially obscured by the wrapper flap). A hint of toning to the paperstock, and a trace of blemishing to very occasional margins. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped double-spread photographic dust wrapper, with an inch of loss from the base of the rear panel, and half a dozen small slivers of loss from the spine panel ends and the upper edge. Splendid photographs of the Home Front during the Second World War, including many shots of airmen, soldiers, sailors and mechanics, plus also civilians and images of town and countryside. A superb production, which exhibits no indication of the quality paper rationing which so often blemishes English books of this period.