Olivia Fitzroy (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped jacket has small edge tears.Pages rough cut to the base as published. Prize plate to half title.

Condition: Fair. 1945. 2nd Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fictional, adventure story about a trip the Island of Birds, a remote Island forty miles beyond Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Here two children become involved with defending the Island's birds. 252pp, b&w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. Book is clean and unmarked. Tight binding, sound hinges. No wear to the green cloth. The unclipped dustjacket shows foxing to the inside surfaces but the illustrated exterior is shows foxing only to the back surface leaving the front cover and the spine clean. This book is too thick to qualify for the rate shown which applies only to 500g or less, and/or under 20mm thick [CPO Lettermail]. ABE is unable to calculate correct rates because its system is unaware of the actual weight or dimensions of the shipment or the exact details of the distance/location to be shipped, or the speed etc required. The 'estimate' thus shown is not a guaranteed rate. Please enquire for shipping rates to your location - at cost - nothing adde. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. 2nd impression; hbk; no d/w; red hbk, faded spine; small mark on rear cover; black lettering to spine; cover corners starting to turn under; map to eps; neat name (not author) on half title page; a little light foxing to blocked page foredges; a couple of nicks to page edges; contents generally clean; G+; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages. Illustrated by Anne Bullen (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. The House in the Hills 1946 [Collins], VG+ in a VG+ price-clipped d/w, 1" tear on front panel top left corner, minor rubs at spine base, no loss, a decent copy. Phyllida Lumsden (illustrator).

Paperback. Paperback. 326pp. A reissue of this children's classic, a sequel to Orders to Poach, set in Scotland, with an introduction reminiscing about her childhood by Fitzroy's sister Barbara Ormerod. Illustrated in black and white by Anne Bullen. New, unread copy. New. Anne Bullen (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd imp. the jacket is much worn and scuffed. foxing and markings. much age related wear. fairly good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. No dj. First Edition. Collins 1944 1st edition hardback, no wrapper, insc. on title page in pencil. small brown stain also. Inner hinges cracked, short tear in spine cloth at top. Titling clear and not too rubbed or faded. The odd mark here and there, map endpapers in good order. Line illus in text.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G/VG. 2nd Printing. Steer By the Stars 1945 2nd [Collins], VG+ in a G/VG unclipped d/w, long tear near spine on front panel repaired externally with invisitape, other short tears secured similarly, but looks ok. Anne Bullen (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. THE ISLAND OF BIRDS by OLIVIA FITZROY ** HARDBACK with DUSTWRAPPER ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PUBLISHER : JONATHAN CAPE * YEAR : 1954 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 256 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: COVER RUBBED AND CREASED WITH SOME EDGEWEAR TO DUSTWRAPPER. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE ALTHOUGH YELLOWED. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight Firm Read Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Titles On Spine And Bird Illustrations On Front - Slight Edge Wear. Clipped Jacket With Edge Wear And Rubbing. Some Age Spots. Sheppard Raymond (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo green cloth, brown titling to spine, eagle on front board, fading to spine tips + top and bottom edges in clipped dustwrapper - edgeworn top edge + spine edge, inside- tanned + stained which has not affected the book boards. 253 pp [5 blank] beautiful b/w Sheppard illusns throughout - text, chapter headings + full page clean, tight, no inscriptions. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated by Raymond Sheppard, 252pp. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A good condition vintage paperback published by Fontana in 1956. The illustrated cover is all intact with only very minor creasing and shelf wear. The binding is good. The pages are complete and clean - slightly tanned but the text and illustrations are clear and clean. A rare and collectable vintage children's book. William Showell (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 1960. Second impression (the first was in 1954). 253pp., a black and white frontispiece, 10 full-page black and white illustration and other illustrations within the text by Ramond Sheppard. Olivia Fitzroy (or Fitz Roy) (1921-1969) was a British author of children's books. Her family spent their summers in Scotland, the setting of her books, and they were there in 1939 when her father, a naval officer, decided that they should remain in Inverewe for the duration of the Second World War. "Jamie and Jean Stewart are convalescing after measles at Carrick on the west coast of Scotland. Their housekeeper, Maggie, is looking after them, but they are depressed because their family and friends are away and they can find nothing interesting to do. But one day a friend, Fergus, does arrive, and persuades Maggie to let him take them to his island in his fishing boat, the Wandering Star. They are delighted to learn that they are to act as crew for the voyage, and that Fergus's Island of Birds is forty miles beyond the Outer Hebrides. They enjoy exploring the island with its deserted village, keeping house in the cottage Fergus has rebuilt for himself, fishing and watching birds, including a pair of rare sea-eagles which have nested on the cliffs. An unexpected interruption of their happiness is the arrival of two shady characters who pretend to Jean, whom they find alone in the cottage, that they are friends of Fergus's. Inadvertently she gives away the secret of the sea-eagles' nest. From then on Fergus and the children are defenders in a battle to protect the valuable eggs from the two would-be thieves. The Island of Birds proves to be an even more exciting place than Jean and James had bargained for." The book is bound in the original green boards with red-brown titling on the spine and an illustration of an eagle on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends and a faint water stain near the spine edge of part of the top edge of the front board . The contents are tight and clean with a light water stain extending out to about 1 1/2" from the spine corner on the top edge of the front fixed and free endpapers and slight offsetting to the endpapers. An inscription dated 1964 has been written on the dedication page. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear sith light soiling and the spine is slightly faded. The spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and nicked and there is some rubbing down the front fore edge and front spine edge. There is a water stain at the top of the spine that extends to a diminishing extend along the top of the wrapper, but the stain is only really visible on the back and the reverse. The front flap has not been clipped although there is a later publisher's price sticker over the original printed price. Overall, this is a very good tight and clean copy of a scarce title. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in Clean red cloth with clear black titles to spine, this 1944 hardcover First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper (unclipped). 288pp with 18 Chapters, B/W line drawings by anne Bullen, and Maps of Carrick and Taransay to both sets of endpapers. Wrapper slightly chipped at top/tail of spine and return flap corners: one half inch closed tear to front panel of wrapper.Otherwise all VG. Bullen, Anne (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 320 grams. The spine is damaged at the front. Anne Bullen (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1954 1st edition of this scarce children's adventure novel, bound in green cloth with striking black bird design on the front board, black lettering and motif on the spine, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In excellent condition, dust wrapper lightly rubbed on spine, top edges and corners, small tears at top of spine have old internal reinforcement, age spotting to back cover, top edge dusted, some minor age spots on front edges, otherwise very bright, tight and clean, no inscriptions. 253pp with detailed black-and-white chapter headers and footers and 10 full-page illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, as siblings Jamie and Jean Stewart spend their days exploring an abandoned village off the west coast of Scotland, keeping house and passionately protecting the local wildlife, including a rare pair of breeding birds.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; 8vo; h/b in d/w; red cover; small mark on cover on spine corner; maps to endpapers; no handwriting inside such as names, generally a nice clean copy; a couple of foxing spots on blocked page foredges; d/w has been assembled by a previous owner - quite effectively, using the front and spine of the original d/w, and mounting it onto a photocopy, thus preserving what remained of the original quite nicely. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1st edition hbk in d/w; vg-/g+. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; Second Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce Vg+/Vg-; book has green cloth cover with eagle on front; no names or other handwriting inside; d/w not price clipped but has some small chips to edges; ; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 1st edition, a very good plus copy. Black & white illustrations. Clean and firm inside and out, no inscriptions. Complete dustjacket with very minor edge wear. Bullen, Anne (illustrator).

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The boards have a little fading at the top and bottom of the spine and a heavy bump to the top right corner of the front panel where there is also some faint staining. The page edges are a little browned. Light browning to the endpapers with a little spotting down the rear free endpaper. No other marks on the pages. The jacket has chipping to the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine which also has some quite heavy edge rubbing. The front panel has a stain over the first part of the author's name. The rear panel has a two small closed tears in the top edge and quite a bit of surface browning. The jacket reverse is also quite heavily browned. Jacket and interior illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. First printing. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce title; Vg/Vg-; book has green cloth cover; Award sticker inside cover; d/w not price clipped but has a little chdipping to edges; /w has small loss to top edge; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The boards have a little darkening to the spine, light bumping to the corners and the colouring on the front and rear panels is slightly uneven. The page edges are a little browned with dark spotting on the top edges and scattered dark spots to the fore edges. A few light spots to the endpapers with a number in pen to the top right corner of the front free endpaperand a small pen mark to the bottom right corner of the rear pastedown. There are a few brown spots here and there through the book but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a darkened spine and brown spotting to the front and rear panels and the front flap. The front flap has a one inch closed tear to the top edge and a half inch closed tear to the bottom edge. Previous owner's name in pen to the top of the front flap. The jacket has rubbing to the corners and has been reinforced with brown tape to the reverse at all the folds. Jacket and interior illustrations by Shirley Hughes. First printing. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 288. Endpaper maps. Original cloth. The unclipped d/w is a little egde-rubbed and lightly soiled and has a half inch clean tear lower front spine. In collectible condition. Bullen, Anne (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. Pp253. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. Slight tape-marks to end-papers but very good in dust-wrapper. A story of two children recovering from an illness on the western coast of Scotland. They end up looking after a cottage on one of the Western Isles. The two children enjoy exploring the remote island, fishing and watching the sea birds that nest there. That year a rare pair of sea eagles has nested and the two unwittingly become involved in a struggle to stop the nest being plundered by two shady egg thieves. .…

1st ed. Pages clean; binding tight; spine a little bumped at head & foot; page fore-edge lightly foxed; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with small stain at top edge of front panel; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. …

1st ed. Pages clean; binding tight; slight fading at head of spine; dust jacket spine a little browned & scuffed, affecting 1st 'E' of 'Steer' in the title, & chipped at head & foot. Dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.…