Borrobil, First Edition (8 results)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.