Borrobil (23 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Morton-Sale, John (illustrator). First Puffin Edition. VG, Edgewear, crease, ink name, browning. Children's fantasy. Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes. Puffin PS211. Photo on request.

Condition: Good. 1973. Reprint. 174 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. John Morton-Sale (illustrator). First Thus. Paperback: cover by PAULINE BAYNES, text illustrations by JOHN MORTON-SALE, covers are slightly rubbed on the edges and lightly foxed, foredge and some internal foxing, shop stamp on the half title, else vg. 174pp.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Morton-Sale, John (illustrator). Good mass market paperback, some wear and creasing.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Looking for beautiful vintage books to stand out on your bookshelf? This decoratively covered edition of Borrobil by William Croft Dickinson would be a charming addition to any home library. On Beltane Eve Donald and Jean decide to visit the dark mysterious wood on top of the hill. And in the wood they meet Borrobil, As Borrobil explained to them, Belatne is one of the most magic nights of the year, when the White King of Summer must defeat the Black King of Winter. But Borrobil also describes himself as the best good magician who ever lived in these parts since the rule of King Diarmid. What better guide could Donald and Jean have to take them to see Morac defeat the poison-breathing Dragon and thence to the north to fetch Princess Finella to be Morarc?s bride? The perfect gift for all lovers of classic literature and rare, vintage books. Title: Borrobil Author: William Croft Dickinson Publisher: puffin Publication Date: 1964 Format: soft cover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated. Quite a worn cover and the book has been damp at some stage with a wave across the lower part of the pages. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. The book you see is the book you will get!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ery good A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. The book you see is the book you will get! 1976 edition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Puffin edition. Pages clean with light age toning, rubbing to extremeties. Binding firm. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First thus. Pages clean, no markings, age toned, light wear to edges, rubbings to spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1976 printing paperback neatly covered in sticky-backed plastic, but not ex-library - from a personal collection, with owner's name inscribed; no other inscriptions or annotations. A tidy copy that appears unread, spine square not creased or cracked. [abo/cus].

Condition: Good. Morton-Sale, John (illustrator). Light wear to covers. Spine faded. Pages tanned.

Condition: Good. 1947. Third impression. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. John Morton-Sale (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, 1944. Colour frontis and line drawings by John Morton-Sale. Sadly lacking dust jacket. More commonly found as 1964 Puffin. Professor Croft Dickinson was an English historian and an expert in Scottish history and Scottish folklore which was the inspiration for 'Borrobil'. Gift inscription on front free endpaper and page edges very slightly tanned otherwise cloth and contents very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Morton-Sale, John & Baynes, Pauline (cover) (illustrator). 1st paperback edition. Black & white illustrations. A little light foxing to closed page edges, all else clean and firm. Very minor edge wear to card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Morton Sale. (illustrator). 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1944 Jonathan Cape Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Illustrated by John Morton Sale. Dust jacket has had some minor repairs over time. Not ex-library, no inscriptions; a clean bright copy.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with titles in black to the spine and a motif in black to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and black and white in-text drawings throughout by John Morton-Sale. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities of the cloth a touch rubbed, the top corners with very minor bumping. The contents, with a contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the good only original illustrated dustwrapper which has loss to the spine tips, tears and chips with associated creasing to the edges, the front flap presumable has been repaired with multiple pieces of tape at the fold. Not price clipped (7s. 6d. to the front flap). Uncommon in the dustwrapper. William Croft Dickinson was a leading scholar of Scottish history who also wrote children's fantasy novels and ghost stories. This tale of hobgoblins and dragons is his first work of fiction. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale (illustrator). First English Edition. Collectible First English Edition 1944 Near Fine Hardcover Near Very Good Dust Jacket Clean 189 pp Color Illustrated Frontis and B/W drawings John Morton-Sale. NOT an Ex-library copy. One crossed out signature of first free endpaper, otherwise free of signatures and writing. Hardcover clean and Near Fine. The price cut dust jacket has a rub or flaking of surface only. Not a chip and is not a hole. One little chip at bottom where spine meets cover and a rub on the upper part of letter B. Else Near Very good, Spine nice and intact. Frontis Fine. Tight binding. This Scottish author writes this Celtic Beltane adventure much like Alan Garner or Susan Cooper and the Master of Middle Earth himself when asked if he knew this great Fantasy said that he had known it. It is truly a wonderful Swords drawn Magic surronded Young Adult journey through Faerie. See our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans of Cover, Spine, Frontis, First Edition and Sample Fairy Woman illustration.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Morton Sale (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this charming fantasy tale set in a magical Scotland, the author's presentation copy. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To E. S. de Beer, with all friendly greetings, W. Croft Dickinson, Dec 1944.Esmond de Beer was a scholar, editor, and bibliophile from New Zealand. He worked as an editor for the Clarendon Press.An entertaining fantasy tale for children, in which two young children find themselves transported to an early Scotland where magic is rife.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout, by John Morton Sale.Written by the leading scholar on early modern Scotland, William Croft Dickinson. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper. Minor handling marks and discolouration to the wraps, with some spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.