Language: English
Published by Hollis and Carter, 1945
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
US$ 13.47
Quantity: 1 available
Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in 1945'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Hollis & Carter, 1946
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1946. Reprint. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, 1946
Seller: Jon A Sewell, Rugby, United Kingdom
US$ 27.48
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 2nd Edition. UK hardback reprint, 1946 Hollis & Carter Ltd. The book is in very good condition with slight fading to the rear of the boards. No dustjacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins Pitchford.
Language: English
Published by Hollis and Carter Limited, 1945
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
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 neat and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Hardcover. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, UK, 1945
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 19.24
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. "BB" Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) (illustrator). 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 name to inside of front board, preliminary pages and later page-edges lightly browned and foxed o/w pages quite clean. throughout.
Language: English
Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER, LONDON, 1946
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 24.73
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D.J.WATKINS-PITCHFORD (illustrator). 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 Edition 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).
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 41.22
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator). 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 present.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].
Language: English
Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER LTD, LONDON, 1945
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. D.J. WATKINS PITCHFORD (illustrator). 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 frontispiece, 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.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, UK, 1930
Seller: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, United Kingdom
US$ 12.30
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930s. A very presentable vintage art print taken from Barker's 'Flower Fairies of the Autumn' (1930s). Clean across the entire image surface with some faint marginal spots but no significant encroachment onto the print itself. Professionally double-mounted, suitable for framing. Includes original accompanying poem. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 210 x 250 mm. 1 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 23102.
US$ 20.61
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pitchford, D. J. Watkins (illustrator). 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).
Seller: Antique Paper Company, ASHFORD, KENT, United Kingdom
Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1902 Virburnum Latana Wayfaring-Tree Botanical Print Hand Colour (SL640)Click image to enlargeDescription1902Antique engraving with original hand colouring titled'VIRBURNUM LATANA - WAYFARING-TREE'Overall size of this Full Pageprint is approx 25cm x 16cm with large margins, perfect for mounting framing.ProvenanceTaken from 'English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants' by James Sowerby others.All our prints are original antiques as dated. We never sell modern copies or reproductions.Shipping View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have and#163;250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence.
Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1993
Seller: El Pinarillo Books, Morden, United Kingdom
US$ 10.10
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No dustwrapper, red cloth with title etc in gold. Light wear, binding sound; very good overall. Book.
Language: English
Seller: Callahan and Company Booksellers, Peterborough, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hollis & Carter, London, 1945, first printing. Illustrated with fine b&w plates. 6" x 8.75". 198 pp. Decorated blue cloth. A book of essays on country topics, goose shooting, carp fishing, fish ponds, birds, adders, the New Forest, "Tom Pillimore, tench fisher", etc. Very good in very good wrapper.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 61.83
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator). 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].
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
US$ 23.49
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no DJ. First edition, reprint. Reading copy. Boards and cloth very worn. Some foxing to end papers.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1945
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 59.02
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator). 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, numerous 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.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, 1945
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 27.48
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 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.
Published by London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., 1946
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
US$ 17.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. "B. B." The wayfaring tree / illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. First reprint. London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., October, 1946. Hardback, Fair. Blue boards, bowed outwards, heavily sunned to spine and edges. Bumping to corners and head/base of spine. Silver illustration to front and lettering to spine. Binding strong. Gift inscription to ffep. Frontispiece b/w illustration. x, 198pp., b/w illustrations. A few foxing spots, otherwise contents clean and bright. Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905 8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Published by Hollis & Crater Ltd.,, 1946
Seller: Forster Books, Chelwood Gate, SUSSE, United Kingdom
US$ 34.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slightly faded cover and spine but otherwise very clean throughout. A lovely book.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 82.44
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. 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
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 41.22
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D.J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 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.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd., London, 1945
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 43.97
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst 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 the 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.
US$ 171.76
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketDecorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 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 images available upon request.Ref14374 ###016829. Signed by Author(s).
US$ 171.76
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketDecorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 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 images available upon request.Ref14374. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis & Carter, 1946
Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 49.47
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard covers, no dust jacket. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1946 first edition. Prize bookplate. Spine and part of cover sunned, internally v.g.x, 198 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English.
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
Published by London: Hollis & Carter., 1945
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 89.31
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst 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.
US$ 103.05
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 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 semi-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. book.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, 1945
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 206.11
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. 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).