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World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since April 6, 2009
1949. First Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated dust jacket over matching paper covered boards. Traces of previous sticker to front free endpaper. Contains colour illustrations. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Seller Inventory # 1677103964LEE
Title: Magic Lanterns: Lettered and Decorated for ...
Publisher: Bodley Head
Publication Date: 1949
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Quaker House Books, Catawissa, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. M. C. Green (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. In bluish green paper covered pictorial boards with white lettering on front cover and spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Gift note on ffep dated 1949. One inch missing from head and tail of spine. Rubbing of of edges of covers. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 003336
Seller: Snookerybooks, Philippolis, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ rubbed at all extremities and with a few small borer holes. 2cm loss at spine base. Boards rubbed along bottom edges with small loss at spine base. Rubber stamps to endpapers. Illus. in colour. No markings to contents. 190 x 245mm. Seller Inventory # 018830
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION. 4to. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Unpaginated. [60 pp.]. In pictorial paper stiff card boards, in matching unclipped dust wrapper, with edge wear, including missing sections and chips at head and tail of spine. Some wear to extremities, including edges, corners and head and tail of spine. Flyleaves browned, but otherwise a very good copy. 1952 Signature on first free endpaper. Illustrated throughout, including title page, by colour decorations, vignettes, headings, lettering and initials. An anthology of poetry, beautifully lettered and illuminated for young children over eight, uniform with Stars and Primroses for older children, printed in Holland. Selection by Michael Clifford Green, writer for children. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS ANTHOLOGIES POETRY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS. Seller Inventory # 29583
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Broadwater Books, Southampton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. D/W complete but rubbing and slight tears to the edges and spine and edges darkening. Internally d/w is browned. Boards illustration matches d/w, bumped corners and slightly rubbed edges. Browned band on prelim, and slightly on fep, where no d/w, similar to bep (from gap created by d/w width) Contents clean, firm and vg, very slightly aged but fits well with the beautiful hand written coloured text and illustrations. Minor signs of pencil indentations on "Contents" page. Seller Inventory # 002288
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
1st edition. Small 4to. Unpaginated. Every page multi colouredwith coloured longhand text. Publisher's original blue paper coveredpictorial boards, white lettering on font & spine, white scrolling lines +rainbows + peacocks + ships design front & back. Dw repeats cover design, price clipped. White eps. Neat 3 line ink dedication on fep. Covers faint rubs top/bottom spine & corners. Dw 1cm loss top of spine, heavy rubs rear top corner, slight rubs bottom spine & front top corner. Contents slight browning eps, small mark rear ep else clean tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy. VG+/VG. Seller Inventory # 4145
Quantity: 1 available