Smugglers Gap by Atkinson M E (12 results)

Condition: Good. 1947. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 302 pages. A Novel for Boys and Girls. Clean pages in a sound binding. No dust wrapper. There is a previous owner's book plate on the front free end paper and at some stage the book appears to have been dropped damaging the bottom right corner, this does not impact on usability. All orders process promptly and shipped from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slight lean to spine Corners knocked Shelf wear to edges and ends of spine Previous owners name and address on front free end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. JONES, HAROLD (illustrator). 1st Edition. BOUND IN CLEAN LIGHT BROWN CLOTH HARDCOVERS, THIS 1939 FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY THE BODLEY HEAD IS VG. 307pp WITH 22 CHAPTERS AND PENCIL DRAWINGS BY HAROLD JONES. COLOURED ENDPAPERS WITH SEASIDE THEME OF SHELSS AND SAILING BOATS. ENGRAVED BOOKPLATE OF ANNETTE SWAN SIGNED BY HER WITH DATE 30.8.39. SOUND TIGHT BINDING AND ALL VG.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jones, Harold (illustrator). 1947. Very good condition with no wrapper. Orange cloth, dark brown title to spine. Blue and white decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Black mark to spine and white mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some writing (crossed out) and ink stamp (from City of London Police Library) to half title-page. Some light foxing else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jones, Harold (illustrator). 1st Edition. Second impression (first published 1939). Publishers orange cloth boards with dark brown titles to spine. Binding tight with light pushing to spine ends. Boards clean. Tiny hole to front spine edge and to front pastedown. Decorative endpapers. Content clean with no markings or foxing. Jacket not clipped 7s 6d net with light edgewear with 2.5cm split to head of spine and small splits to folds, a little discoloured. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 307 pp. Overall a nice copy. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

1st edition. 1939 1st edition with B&W illustrations by Harold Jones; signed by author on second endpaper with a gift inscription to her niece Caroline above. Tightly bound in rather discoloured orange cloth; small tear to cloth near top of back hinge; corners lightly bumped. Page fore-edges a bit discoloured with pale foxing. Internally, just a few discolouration spots to main pages; otherwise, a good copy overall. Used - Good. Good SIGNED hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good SIGNED hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression in an unclipped wrapper. The wrapper is chipped resulting in losses to the head and tail of the spine, affecting titles and publisher's details. The extremities are similarly bumped. The lower edge of the front panel is creasing upwards. Minor discolouration and occasional marks to the panels, else appearing bright. The book is a touch shaken, with some staining to the boards, bumping to the spine ends and the extremities a little bumped. The fore edge is a touch spotted, and there is a scuff to the top edge, which is sprayed peach. The front hinge at the pastedown has a tear 2.5" down, and the hinges are a little strained. Clean of ownership inscriptions, with bright and unspotted pages. A good first edition of the fourth work in Atkinson's Lockett series, complete with a bright wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jones Harold (illustrator). Reprint. 307pp; d/j saved by sticky-tape covering, damp damage at rear, covering cracking but reinforced well. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jones, Harold (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Peach cloth, gilt title to spine. Blue and white decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn, grubby to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Harold Jones (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, spine slightly browned, some slight yellowing and spotting to page fore edges, some slight overall yellowing and time staining, not price clipped ((7s 6d), small previous owner's inscription (dated 1940), to 2nd ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 307pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. An exciting story of mystery, ambush and the search for a lost child, set in the Scilly Isles. Mary Evelyn Atkinson (1899-1974), was a prolific English children's writer born in London. She was best known for her series on the Lockett family. Very scarce in this first impression.

1st ed. 1st edition, illustrated by Harold Jones. Owner's bookplate on blank page; binding tight; dust jacket spine slightly browned. An exceptionally nice copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.