Problem Party by Atkinson (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 214 pages. A Novel for Boys and Girls. A well read first edition in a sound binding. No dust wrapper. There is a previous owner's book plate on the front free end paper. Made to war economy standards. All orders process promptly and shipped from the UK. Stuart Tresilian (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1947. Reprinted. 214 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall. …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 214 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Illustrated paste-down (col.), missing front free endpaper. Subjects; Fiction. Children's fiction. 20th century ; fiction. 20th century ; children's fiction. Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 1st ed. Hbk no d/w; Vg-; clean pale orange cloth covers; a few small marks on rear cover; illustrated front endpapers; a this book belongs to bos ; on blank rear of fep; pages are very clean; The Lockett Children series; Lockett Children; Vol. 10; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian (Illustrated from Drawings By) (illustrator).…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 214 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Illustrated paste-down (col.), missing front free endpaper. Subjects; Fiction. Children's fiction. 20th century ; fiction. 20th century ; children's fiction. Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition hardcover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Illustrated from drawings by Stuart Tresilian. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and torn, with chips noted. Board corners and spine ends are marked, bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned and blemished. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A few marks noted on the front pastedown, FEP and some of the pages, which are otherwise clear, and binding is sound. LW. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator). Used.…

Condition: Good. Ex-library. Yellow cloth-covered boards. Black lettering on covers. Covers worn at edges and slightly bowed. Corners bumped. Spine a little darkened. Front endpaper removed. Pages faintly tanned. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. A story of the Lockett family. Peach cloth, green title to spine. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to some cover edges. Name in pen to half-title page otherwise contents clean. Pages a bit wrinkled (binding error), Top 1" and bottom half of dustwrapper spine missing, edge worn with some small pieces of loss. Panels and spine browned. Name in pen to top of front flap. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; 1945; Problem Party: Hbk in scarce d/w; Vg/G+; d/w has loss to spine ends - approx 1" at bottom * 0.5" at top; The Lockett Children Series; Lockett Children; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher - John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1945. 1st ed. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. The Lockett children series. Good condition, orange boards with green lettering to spine, stain to lower edge, corners and spine tips crushed. Illustrated endpapers Front hinge loose and cracked at title page but binding solid.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 214pp, orange cloth covered boards, a very litttle rubbed to the corners. Attractive b + w illustrations. Tiny light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally very clean. Stuart Tresilian (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A story of the Lockett family. Peach cloth, green title to spine. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light foxspots. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to spine ends. Remains of spine is browned and there are tape repairs on verso. Wrapper is foxed and marked on rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator).…

First Edition. 1945 1st edition - 'war economy standard' - with B&W illustrations by Stuart Tresilian; signed by author on verso of front free endpaper; also author's inscription to her niece Carol on half title. Tightly bound in slightly worn and discoloured orange cloth with lightly bumped corners. Page fore-edges slightly yellowed. A little discolouration to front free endpaper and paste-down; otherwise, a good copy overall. Used - Good. Good SIGNED hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good SIGNED hardback (no dust jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st Edition. inscribed, VG+ in a VG unclipped d/w, 0.5" loss at spine top, a few minor fox spots. Stuart Tresilian (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 214pp; price clipped, d/j repaired/reinforced, bit missing from top end at spine, black title to spine, neat small presentation inscription to fep.with date. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator). Book.

dj. First Edition. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.214; [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, decorated front endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Tresilian with printed price of 8s. 6d. net. In-text illustrations by Tresilian. Spotting and toning to edges, cloth bumped and marked, wrapper somewhat edgeworn with some marks to rear panel and loss to top and tail of spine. Very good.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, green lettering to the spine, colour illustrated end papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 215 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight tanning of the white paper to the lower cover, not price clipped 8s 6d. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 11 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1945 Bodley Head Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustration by Stuart Tresilian as shown.