Leading Strings, Used (22 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 12mo, paperback. Vg condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy, square and tight. 68 pp. Illustrations Africa, British, Christian, Colonial, History, Missions,

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. DARTON'S LEADING STRINGS Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Indated, circa 1900. Wear to the covers and hinges neatly strengthened. Small repaired tear to the contents page. A reasonable collector's copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published). 124 pages. A collection of illustrated short stories intended for the younger reader. Decorated bevel-edged cloth covered boards. The pages are clean although some of the blank pages have had drawings added. The text-block binding is weak but holding and the front hinge has split from the text block. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1914 date on reverse of title, Paper to front and rear of boards is lifting, creased and damaged with pieces missing, rear is also brittle. more to the rearRed cloth spine is worn and faded, ends turned. Presentation label on front pastedown, eps, stained. Front hinge separating between frontis and title. No other colour plates but plenty of b/w and part coloured illustrations in a well used, slightly loose, copy. Ageing throughout, by browning towards page edges, not foxing. 128pps then 4 pages of ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 130 pages including 1920s adverts. Black background front board with boy in Tudor costume with two stools either side No obvious date but there is a name and date of October 1929 to inside of front board (which also has one of the coloured-in illustrations). Thick paper is used so book is about 1 3/4 inches thick. Illustrated n B&W and two-tone- several of the B&W illustrations have been - mostly - carefully coloured in. Spine has lightly colour-faded now light red with wear to spine-ends and heavy wear to boards' corners which are now down to card. Rubs/wear to edges of boards. Greaseproof covering of colour frontispiece is detached. Greying/browning and foxing to page-edges and light foxing mainly to page-margins to a number of pages o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gentelman in hunting clothes near Beware Of Mantrap sign on front cover. Inscription tofep then clean and soundly bound .edges worn and chipped .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Pictorial hardcover. Cover worn, corners bumped with some loss. The front inner joint cracked. Some light foxing and some finger marks on the pages. pages heavily toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Various (illustrator). First Edition. Some shelf wear to boards, corners lighly bumped and rubbed, some gutter cracking so slightly shakey in binding, some grime to first text page ; Pictorial boards quarter bound green cloth with black lettering to spine, black endpapers. No names inside. Undated but assumed mid first decade twentieth century. ; B&W Illustrations; 124 pages; Edwardian annual for tiny tots with illustrations by Louis Gunniss, H J A Miles, L Haskell, A J Wall, R Barnes, W. H. C. Groome and others. Cover artwork of a little girl weighing a kitten on a set of scales, a selection of other titles from the publisher to rear board. First story Two Little Maidens.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 124 pages, full coloured frontispiece and many illustrations printed in b/w or b/w and red, one page torn, short tear at top of one side of spine, corners worn. Date 1912 printed on the back of the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. dj: none. book: above avg or better hbak. clean copy. hinges solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 4to. 124pp. Illus./,col.frontis. Covers rubbed and bumped, hinges broken, covers not quite detached from text block, damp stains on pastedowns and feps, feps detached, frontispiece detached, donor's ink inscription dated 1905 on back of frontispiece, foxed. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Slade, Marjorie & Robinson, Gordon & Brett, M.E. & et al., (illustrator). circa 1926. Very good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing boy and girl on playroom floor surrounded by toys. First story is "The Snow Man's Secret". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Feb 1926) to verso of frontis. Some foxing and fingering and some hinges cracked else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Early Edition. 4to., pictorial boards, illustrated by Janet Lamb Gilmour. Wear to sides and edges of binding. Some discolouration to edges and margins of text block. Pen inscription to back of frontispiece. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Inventory No: 20777. For further info on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Poor condition HC, no DJ. Original paper covers and spine over cloth over boards. Covers and spine complete but for chipping along edges; rubbing wear at cover fore corners, boards exposed; loosely bound - almost disbound; numerous leaves lacking (50+ pp); title page lacking - publication info from covers; several leaves torn with portions lacking; 12 plates present (of 16?). Note: cover title is 'Mrs. Trimmer's | Leading | Strings | to | Knowledge | Boston | 1834' - there is no 'Easy Lessons' or publisher name present. Title and publisher name is presumed from OCLC #270107991 listing (1836). 24mo, 222 pp (complete; this copy lacking many pp).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOARDS, COLOUR FRONTIS PLUS NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK & WHITE & COLOUR, SEVERAL ADVERTS TO FRONT & REAR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9.5 x 7.5 INCHES WITH 96 PAGES + ADVERTS. MINOR EDGE WEAR TO BOARDS WITH FAINT SCRATCHES TO FRONT BOARD, BROWNING TO PAGE MARGINS, OCCASIONAL MINOR CREASE TO PAGE CORNERS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY PPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Delightfully illustrated with engraved plates, this is a charming and scarce children's educational work from educational reformer Sarah Trimmer. A scarce work, which was first published in 1825.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen engraved plates. Collated, complete.Sarah Trimmer, an English writer and critic, and an educational reformer, has authored this delightful educational work, arranged in lessons, and aiming to teach children and aiming to teach children to read in a series of advancingly complex short stories.With the inscription 'Harriet Collett, the gift of her Great Aunt, Mrs Curtis' to the front free endpaper.A truly delightful, scarce work. In a cloth binding, with title label to centre of front board. Significant rubbing to joints and back strip head and tail, with small loss of cloth to back strip head. Hinges strained, with rear board just a touch tender. Inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound, but with final gathering working loose. Pages clean and bright, with the odd spot to plates. Good. book.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 10,5X13,5 cm; publisher's green cloth binding, tight, a little wear at edges, spine a little sunned; inside very good, a new edition with sixteen engravings; 228 pages followed by the publisher's catalogue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. the pictorial boards depict a very small girl painting in her book at a little green desk. undated but the gift inscription is dated 1931. the binding is excellent. the boards are rubbed and a little worn. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The boards are a bit marked and worn - not excessively so considering age. No date but a gift inscription is dated 1928. A little tanning and creasing. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. the pictorial boards depict a young boy and girl running along a beach with 2 dogs. undated but the gift inscription is dated 7-jan 1933 so probably 1932. the binding is excellent. the boards are rubbed and a little worn. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.