Wayfaring Tree: First Edition (22 results)
Language: English
Published by Hollis and Carter Limited 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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US$ 13.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the previous owner on the front free end paper page. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, some faded marks and a touch edge worn. Internally the pages are slightly wavy, remains n…eat and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, , United KingdomSarah Zaluckyj
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair ++. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 198 pages incl. delightful B&W illustrations by "BB" (Denys Watkins-Pitchford). No dustjacket. Wear/rubs at spine-ends and boards' corners. Dark blue hardback binding with wear and rubs to boards' edges and corners and to spine-ends, some spotting to boards. Pencil nam…e to inside of front board, preliminary pages and later page-edges lightly browned and foxed o/w pages quite clean. throughout. "BB" Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United KingdomIdlegeniusbooks
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US$ 20.54
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United KingdomIdlegeniusbooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
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Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER, LONDON 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, , United Kingdombooksonlinebrighton
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with silver blocked titles to spine and flight of birds to front, 220 x 160 mm approx. top edge stained blue. x + 198 pp. Frontis + 11 other full page scrapper board illustrations by Pitchford as called for + chapter head vignettes. First Edi…tion 2nd impression Oct 1946. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- significant uneven fading to cloth, no notable shelf wear. Previous owner name and date 1947 in blue ink to free front end paper. Mild even tanning to war economy paper of book block. Dust Jacket - numerous nicks and small tears with a little loss - max 8 mm approx in depth around head, mild shelf soiling, non price clipped - cover 12s6d. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). D.J.WATKINS-PITCHFORD (illustrator).
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Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER LTD, LONDON 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, , United KingdomRon Weld Books
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US$ 34.25
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good/Good. 1st Edition. Very good-plus clean firm interior mostly, no usage marks or inscriptions, just a few light age specks to top edge of rear e/papers and last three pages, no text obscured - contains 12 stunning black and white illustrations including the fr…ontispiece, faint tan to pages, excellent clean firm cloth boards; d/jacket dulled/toned to spine, light shelf wear to rear, nicks to top edge, small tear to lower rear but with bright frontage and no large tears or loss, not price-clipped, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector. D.J. WATKINS PITCHFORD (illustrator).
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Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United KingdomRichard Thornton Books PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has a few small nicks and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO former names prese…nt.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy with just a touch of spotting to the page edges.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945]. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator).
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd., London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United KingdomBesleys Books PBFA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. viii, [2], 198pp. With chapter headings and 12 full-page illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. 1st edition 1945. Spine darkened, some fraying with small losses. Foxing to edges and end-papers, with a little occasional… foxing to contents. Private ownership. (p12). Pitchford, D. J. Watkins (illustrator).
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Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United KingdomRichard Thornton Books PBFA
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US$ 61.65
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one tiny nick to head of spine with light rubbing along extremities.Not Price clipped and this copy has one previous and…neat small inscription to the front endpaper.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy and the outer boards are particularly nice.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.The dust-wrapper comes well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945]. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, United Kingdom 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United KingdomPW Books
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US$ 58.84
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (12s 6d). With twelve illustrations by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, numer…ous marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd spot of foxing/little browning/few marks to reverse (white side), pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners. the odd small bump top edges, the odd small mark, patchy rubbing to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed blue have the odd small mark/small scratch. Pages bit tanned. odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator).
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, , United Kingdombeckfarmbooks
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Cloth. Condition: Good. None. First Edition. 198 pages. Blue boards, silver titles and silver birds in flight decoration to front cover. Some wear, fading and marks on boards. Front hinge a trifle weak. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator).
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Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, , United KingdomBeach Hut Books
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US$ 82.19
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Hardcover. Condition: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with lettering and flying birds decoration in silver. Name on ffep and number on front paste down. Stain to lower fore edge. A rare signed copy of this book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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US$ 41.10
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good lightly used condition, light age discolouration marks, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light age discolouration marks, light edge wear & marks. D.J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator).
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd., London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United KingdomJacques Gander
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First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and birds in flight on the front board, in pictorial dustwrapper. 12 full-page illustrations plus chapter head pieces all by BB.198 pages, 6.25 X 8.75 inches. Very good book with an ink stain on the lower rear corner effecting the last few pages and also th…e dustwrapper. The price clipped dustwrapper is quite good with slight chipping to the corners and spine ends, a few edge tears, some repaired from the inside, and ink stain to rear corner. No inscriptions.
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Published by Hollis and Carter, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1945. Un-common signed by the author. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is very good+ with nicks/a few small closed tears and light rubbing to edges. Small loss to some edges. More image…s available upon request.Ref14374 ###016829. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Hollis and Carter, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1945. Un-common signed by the author. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is very good+ with nicks/a few small closed tears and light rubbing to edges. Small loss to some edges. More image…s available upon request.Ref14374. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis & Carter. London. 1945 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). 1945 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppx,198. B/w engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford, top edge stained blue. Blue cloth, silver-gilt birds motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some slight staining /… tanning, but a good copy in unclipped dust-wrapper. From the foreword by the author: "This book is primarily for the man or woman who has a deep love for the country and country things and who has, by force of circumstance, to live in a city or town .I believe that the only truly happy people are those who realize the preciousness of woods, meadows, and the open air." Chapters include; the New Forest; adders and snakes, the Knightwood Enclosure; W.H. Hudson's farmhouse, Boldre church and churchyard; a New Forest brook, New Forest names; a New Forest riding, bird life in the Forest, Buckler's Hard; Wicken Fen, butterflies; Tom Pillimore, tench fisher; my old home, early fishing memories; English smells, evacuees; taxidermy, jackdaws and magpies; sparrows, rooks and rookeries; rabbit potting in June, the keeper's knowledge; the old canal arm; an education test, two anglers; charm of ponds, making a garden pond, swifts; Mac the cowman, butterfly hunting; goldfinches, corncrakes, house sparrows, wild geese, return of the migrant; hawks, buzzards, owls, story of a tame snipe; big fish, giant carp, big tench; wildfowling, character of a wildfowler, lure of the sport; young enthusiasts, a dangerous bull; the Bryeburn, the shepherd's story, on the high hills, evening in the hills. .
Published by London: Hollis & Carter. 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with silver titles the spine and a design in silver to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge blue. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Watkins-Pitchford. A very good copy, the binding with a very small crack to the paper at the front inner hinge nevertheless remains… firm, the upper board ever so slightly bowed, the board edges a touch rubbed. The contents, with faint spotting to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original nicked and rubbed pictorial dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears to the edges, and has three pieces of tape to the underside. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical work from Denys Watkins Pitchford, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven full-page images and many in-text sketches. Collated complete. A collection of sem…i-autobiographical stories of boyhood adventures and outdoor life, from fishing and shooting to birdwatching and collecting butterflies. Written and illustrated by Denys James Watkins Pitchford, a British naturalist and illustrator, who wrote children's novels under the pseudonym of "B.B." In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine with light sunning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Hollis & Carter Ltd 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United KingdomThe Bookshop on the Heath Ltd
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this wartime book not only signed by the author but from his personal library (one of a number in the Bookshop). Publisher's blue cloth covers with silver motif to front and silver lettering to spine; gutter cracks front & back but webbing…holding; slight wear to corners but generally very clean inside & out. 'Christmas 1951' has been written in blue ink to front fly leaf; author's library stamp to half-title; author's signature in blue in to title page. Dust wrapper is unclipped but has losses to top of spine and top right of rear panel, rear panel slightly grubby but printed text complete; front panel has small loss to top left but not bad otherwise & retains good colour; now housed in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United KingdomKerr & Sons Booksellers ABA
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US$ 246.58
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 198pp. Signed to ffep. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles and illustration. In colour illustrated dust wrapper with green and blue titles. Edge wear to wrapper. Price clipped. Illustrated in b&w. A Very Good copy. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J.… (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis and Carter 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United KingdomParrot Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition, 1945.
