Prodigies Prodigals (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 20pp pamphlet with illustrated covers. Wear and chipping to cover edges. Pen mark to front cover. Internally clean. Good condition. Groves Raines (illustrator).

Softback. Brought to book by Guinness Very slim volume with stapled pictorial card covers Slight rusting around the staples and minor creasing to the covers Binding tight Illustrated with beautifully colourful pictures throughout Overall good Unpaginated. Antony Groves-Raines (illustrator). book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated on the theme of Struwwelpeter cautionary tales types of rhymes and includes a compliments slip dated 1946. COPAC cites an uncertain publication date of 1939. Staples rusty as usual. Groves-Raines (illustrator).…

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Covers slightly grubby, small splits and rubbing to edges. ; Full colour sketches; 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.1!; Unpaginated pages; One of a series of booklets disribubed to Doctors after the 2nd World War to promote the health giving properties of their product. Illustrated by Groves-Raines (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Lightly rubbed at extremities; staples rusted; some minor marking. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Groves-Raines (illustrator).

, 20 pages, with full colour illustrations throughout the text, containing a series of songs and rhymes designed to advertise Guinness First Edition , covers slightly soiled, staples rusted, generally pages clean, illustrations nice and bright, good condition , pictorial card covers , 24 x 15.5 cms Paperback ISBN.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. AN 18pp PAMPHLET PUBLISHED BY THE GUINNESS COMPANY, AVG FIRST EDITION FROM 1946. 18pp WITH HUMOROUS COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS ON EVERY PAGE BY ANTONY GROVES-RAINES. A NAVAL THEME AND A CIRCUS ONE ARE INCLUDED, WITH CAPTAIN ROOK (COMMANDER OF THE INGLENOOK),AND STRONGMAN PIETRO TWO CHARACTERS FEATURED. GUINNESS HOPE THE PRODUCTION WILL AMUSE AND ALSO BE GOOD FOR YOU, IN SUPERB CONDITION APART FROM THE DATE OF "1946" AT TOP OF FRONT COVER IN BIRO. GROVES-RAINES, ANTONY (illustrator).…

Soft. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. Has some moderate to heavy wear to covers, chipping and loss to edges, ink inscrip to front cover and to flyleaf. PP and illus remain clean and clear Size: 8vo.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Rear cover slightly marked, yapped edges slightly creased, otherwise very good. Colour illustrated book of songs, sent to doctors to promote Guinness. No date, c.1900s.

paperback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Paperback. This book does not have a publication date; it was not published in 1900. Year written in pen on front cover says 1939. Slightly worn edges, with nicks and dents on lower set, and a further nick on rear leading edge. Leading corners are slightly bent and creased. Spine ends are worn. Very few marks on covers, very good for age. Contents are clean and sound throughout. MB. Used.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Not paginated. [20pp] Staple bound in paper wrappers as issued. Illustrated throughout by Groves- Raines in colour. Inspired by Heinrich Hoffman Struwwelpeter stories. The edges of the wrappers are a little worn and slightly spotted. Staples are now rusted but holding.Inside on the verso of blank endpaper of the cover is the Ex libris plate of C.H.L.Bledisloe; the text has some spotting in the middle of the book by the staples otherwise it is nice and clean. A very nice example of one of the scarcer Guinness Booklets, which were given as Christmas presents to stockists and to doctors, who at that time could prescribe Guinness to patients as a dietary supplement. Illustrated and written by the Irish artist Antony Groves-Raines. Size 23.5 x 15.5 cm ( 9.25 x 6.25 inches). Groves- Raines (illustrator).…

Condition: COME NUOVO. London, Arthur Guinness Son & Co. Ltd. cm.15,5x23,5, 20 pages of wonderful full colour illustrations. brossura con copertina figurata a colori. Paperback. First edition, prima edizione. These booklets were sent annually to doctors from 1933-1939, then 1950-1966, after which the Christmas Guinness Book of Records continued the tradition. Every publication from 1933 to 1966 was a high-quality booklet with rhymes, text and cartoons created by some of the top illustrators and writers of the time. Designed by S. H. Benson with illustrations by Antony Groves-Raines.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated [20 pp]. Illustrated paper covers in scarce, original card sleeve. Minor spotting to the covers with slight bumping to the corners. Internally clean and bright with usual corrosion to the staples. A Guinness promotional booklet with colour illustrations by Antony Groves-Rain. 8vo. Pamphlet. Groves-Raines, Antony (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1939 Guinness Doctor books 1st edition illustrated card covers near fine clean tight copy. Illustrated by Groves-Raines. Printed in Great Britain by John Waddington London Note: This edition was also sent out to doctors post-war in 1946.…

8vo. 20 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Covers partially tanned with some foxing. Staples rusted as usual. Light scattered foxing but more so to the centre pages. Good +. The seventh of the miscellanies issued by Guinness to doctors at Christmas, between 1933 and 1966. This was the last issue until the series restarted in 1950. Very uncommon. …

8vo. 20 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Staples rusted as usual. Edges a little rumpled and dust-marked. The fore edge of the back cover has a nick. Near fine. The seventh of the miscellanies issued by Guinness to doctors at Christmas, between 1933 and 1966. This was the last issue until the series restarted in 1950. Very uncommon.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. [18] pp. John Waddington Ltd 1939 Illustrated by Groves-Raines 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" Stapled wraps Original softback colour promotional booklet. Moral illustrated tales in doggerel rhyme.

8vo. 20 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Staples rusted as usual. Edges a little rumpled and dust-marked. Tiny nick to the top edge of the back cover and even tinier loss to the top corner. Near fine. The seventh of the miscellanies issued by Guinness to doctors at Christmas, between 1933 and 1966. This was the last issue until the series restarted in 1950. Very uncommon.…

Mit farbigen Ill. von (Antony) Groves-Raines. London. Waddington (1939). 23,8 x 15,5 cm. 9 nn. Bl. Farbig ill. OBrosch. Enthält die Struwwelpetriaden 'Fidgety Philip' und 'Harum Scarum Henry'. Im Nachwort wird u. a. ohne Namensnennung der imitierte Autor und Illustrator des Struwwelpeter erwähnt. Rühle II, 3346. Ecken und Kanten gering bestoßen. …