Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1530555205 ISBN 13: 9781530555208
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
ISBN 10: 1543081835 ISBN 13: 9781543081831
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex-library with stamps and stickers. Dust jacket and illustrated cloth boards in good condition with only the lightest signs of shelf wear. Pages well bound and exceptionally clean throughout with nice bright illustrations.
Published by Independently published, 2018
ISBN 10: 1730859453 ISBN 13: 9781730859458
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: new. H. R., H. R. (illustrator).
Published by Wonder Publishing, 1997
ISBN 10: 0929605691 ISBN 13: 9780929605692
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.
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ISBN 10: 153697210X ISBN 13: 9781536972108
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Published by Ernest Benn, 1947
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1947. Seventh Impression. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to friend free endpaper. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by Puffin Books, 1986
ISBN 10: 014035073X ISBN 13: 9780140350739
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.
Published by E. P. Dutton, NY, 1967
Seller: Recycled Books & Music, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. 244pp. All color plates are present. Spine has a slant. A couple of the pages are dog eared. Top tips and spine ends are bumped. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Front board has a small warp. Rear hinge is partially open. Spine is shaken. Spine is cocked. Text is unmarked.
Published by Independently published, 2019
ISBN 10: 170177156X ISBN 13: 9781701771567
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: new.
Published by New York Review of Books, 2022
ISBN 10: 1681376997 ISBN 13: 9781681376998
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 260 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by Dent & Sons Ltd.:, 1967
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clark Hutton (illustrator). 244 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "It is not given to every writer to combine the matter-of-fact world of the present with that of the past, and to take the latter real and convincing. In this book, the author has succeeded in uniting the two concepts more than in any other of her books for children." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Previous owner inscription is present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Freeriver Publishing, 2018
ISBN 10: 8829519154 ISBN 13: 9788829519156
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 196 pages. 9.45x6.69x0.45 inches. In Stock.
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012
ISBN 10: 1477637745 ISBN 13: 9781477637746
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Published by Lulu.com, 2015
ISBN 10: 1329374231 ISBN 13: 9781329374232
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by Ernest Benn Ltd, London, 1949
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Jacket and illustrations by Desmond E. Walduck (illustrator). Reprint. First published in 1908, this is a reprint edition of 1949. Jacket sadly very tatty and now largely held together by new mylar sleeve. Edge wear, chipping, closed tears, creasing, old tape marks and considerable loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, bottom 2/3 of spine missing, corners rubbed with loss, folds rubbed, slight lean, some yellowing and time staining to back jacket. Not price clipped (7s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a reasonable copy in a much worn jacket, for its age. 371pp. The Arden family has fallen on hard times, Edred and his sister Elfrida, live in a small cottage with their Aunt Edith near their ancestral home. 'It had been a great house once, with farms and fields, money and jewels, with tenants and squires and men at arms. The head of the house had ridden out three days' journey to meet King Henry at the boundary of his estate, and the King had ridden back with him to lie in the tall State bed in the castle guest chamber. The heir of the house had led his following against Cromwell, younger sons of the house had fought in foreign lands, to the honour of England and the gilding and regilding with the perishable gold of glory of the old Arden name'. Edred and Elfrida Arden, inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild it. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they travel back in time to earlier periods of English history, searching for clues. Edith Nesbit's (1858-1924), classic tale for children.
Published by Ernest Benn, London, 1949
Seller: David Schutte, Lydbury North, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: VG+/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Desmond E Walduck (illustrator). Reprint. a near-Fine copy in a VG+ price-clipped d/w, very minor rubs, a nice copy.
Cloth. Condition: Good. H. R. Millar (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of Edith Nesbit's beloved children's novel, illustrated throughout by H. R. Millar. Nesbit's charming tale follows a young boy who inherits the dilapidated Arden Castle, and with the help of a magical Mouldiwarp, travels through time with his sister, searching for clues about a lost treasure.A sequel was published the following year.Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-three further illustrations from popular illustrator of children's works, H. R. Millar. Collated, complete.From political activist and children's writer Edith Nesbit, author of such novels as 'The Railway Children' and 'Five Children and It'.With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, and an inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses to the cloth. Fading to perimeters of front board, with further discolouration to board centre. Rear joint starting, with board holding firm. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting and handling marks throughout. With thirteen illustrations partially hand coloured by a prior owner. Good. book.
Published by Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1947
Seller: Soin2Books, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. H.R. Millar (illustrator). Seventh impression. Colour frontispiece (to match jacket). 32 full page b/w line drawings by H.R. Millar. Publishers blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight with light rubbing to corners. Boards clean withl light fading to board edges and top of spine. Previous owners name in red ink to front endpaper. Content clean and bright. Jacket not clipped (no price) in two halves with majority of spine missing, various tears chips and creases to edges. Jacket scarce in this edition in any condition. Not ex-library.349 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Cloth. Condition: Good. H. R. Millar (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit, an illustrated time travelliing adventure. The first edition of this scarce work.A lesser known children's book by Edith Nesbit, 'The House of Arden' follows a young boy who inherits the dilapidated Arden Castle. He and his sister search for the castle's lost treasure, travelling back in time to find clues. The siblings travel to c1535, with a May Day celebration with Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, to the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, to c1705 seeing a visit from the Old Pretender, and to Napoleon's planned invasion in 1807. Finally the siblings are transported to a lost civilisation in South America.Illustrated by H. R. Millar with a frontispiece, and thirty-two plates.Nesbit is beloved for her classic children's novels, of which she wrote around forty during her life. She often wrote in a contemporary fantasy setting, which inspired many authors, such as Diana Wynne Jones, J. K. Rowling, and C. S. Lewis.Collated, complete.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart,with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities resulting in a small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Some light marks to the boards and spine, including a faint damp stain to the front board. A couple of very small chips to the joints. Spine is a little faded. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional light handling mark and scattered spot. Good. book.