Severn, David Unwin, David Storr (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket illustrations by Lynton Lamb - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bodley Head 1946 First Edition First Printing Lower board edges a little bumped, top page edges a little dusty and small area of spine panel slightly faded - Very Good to Near Fine book in slightly torn Dust Jacket with half-fingernail sized piece missing from bade of spine Illustrated by J Kiddell-Monroe ''Spring in the air; the forest carpeted with early flowers, and Crusoe camping out under the trees with his horse and caravan. the Easter holiday prospects were almost too good to be true! a chain of adventures (or mis-adventures). ''. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, some spotting to page fore edges, some slight time staining to back jacket, slight lean. not price clipped (12s 6d), no inscriptions, internally tight and clean, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 223pp. David Unwin's (1918-2010), first novel for adults is set in an imaginary British protectorate and an adjoining republic. Though Bandaland and Equatoria will not be found on the map, they are no Erewhons invented by the author. It is the story of conflict between the native peoples and a financial trust that wishes to build an irrigation project.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 165pp, b/w illustrations, spine of the dustjacket a little yellowed & with some rubbing to the edges, rear panel a little grubby. Children's fiction by the author of the son of the publisher Sir Stanley Unwin. 300 grams.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. 160pp, spine lettering faded to the price clipped dustjacket, trace of a sticker to the upper panel, otherwise a fine copy. Children's fiction, written by the son of the publisher Sir Stanley Unwin. Children foil an assassination attempt whilst on a skiing holiday. 350 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Kiff & Wilmore (illustrator). 1st Edition. Charming picture book featuring crop rotation on a farm. Colour and line illustration throughout. Rubbed at corners and split at top of spine. No inscriptions. David Severn (real name David Storr Unwin) was the son of Stanley Unwin.

Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Jacket has gentle tears and chips along edges. Previous owner name inside front. Light tanning and foxing , mainly to page edges and endpapers.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 165pp, b/w illustrations, SIGNED by the author on the endpaper ( to 'Aunt Puss' ), spine of the dustjacket a little yellowed & with some rubbing to the edges, rear panel a little grubby, fore edges thumbed. Children's fiction by the author of the son of the publisher Sir Stanley Unwin. 300 grams.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to spine, small black vignette to the front cover, illustrated end papers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 233 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'David Severn'. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to spine, small black vignette to the front cover, illustrated end papers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 224 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page 'To Dear Mama, Remembering those very happy days at Tyncastel! from David Severn, Christmas 1945'. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to spine, small black vignette to the front cover, illustrated end papers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 230 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'David Severn'. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. J Kiddell-Monroe (illustrator). First Edition. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light wear and rubbing, some age toning to the endpapers, in a Good dustjacket with some chips and nicks, small chip repaired with tape (upper corner of front panel ), , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5w x 7.5h Inches. Not Signed. NOT Price Clipped.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Illustrated boards, dj, VG/VG. unpaginated [ 84pp, ] coloured illustrations throughout, slight foxing to the endpapers, small nick to the dustjacket at the head of the spine, attractive copy with illustrations by Peter White. An account of a journey overland across Africa from North to South which takes the form of letters. The series was also available as a series of letters in a card wallet & there were other sets available - to the USA, British Isles, Scandinavia & Switzerland. The intention was to 'arouse interest of children in other lands & peoples'. The author was the son of the publisher Sir Stanley Unwin. 375 grams.

Michel Gourlier PARIS, Éditions SPES - 24 avril 1958 - Br.19x14x1,5 cm - Couverture ivoire titrée en marron; jaquette blanche au premier plat illustré en couleurs; 171 et (5) pages; hors-texte illustrés en noir. (Collection Jamboree - 36). Jaquette un peu défraîchie. Bon exemplaire par ailleurs. Non coupé. Français Livres.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 95pp, b/w illustrations by Prudence Seward, rear panel of the dustjacket a little stained as is a small strip at the top of the upper panel, Childs name in ink twice on the endpaper, price clipped, a good copy. Children's fiction, written by the son of the publisher Sir Stanley Unwin. Uncommon children's tale, in which a Gryphon comes to the aid of 3 children from his perch attop their father's office block. 250 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Green cloth boards with rubbing wear along spine, edges and corners. No markings to pages. Red stain to top outside page edges, boards and spine intact. Tracking available on most domestic orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ursula Koering (illustrator). First American Edition. First printing. Softened at the spine ends. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is frayed, with some loss, at the spine ends. There are several short tears. The price, $2.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe, J. (illustrator). First US Edition. 212pp. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. Illustrations by J. Kiddell-Monroe. Faint stain to the upper edge of the rear panel else a clean, fine copy in very good dustjacket with four closed tears to the edges and two small stains to the rear panel. ; Octavo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jillian Richards (illustrator). First Edition. Teen fiction, in which a pair of twentieth-century English boys are transported to a distopian England in the year 3000, some 1000 years after a vast explosion ravished the country; the boys make their way to 'Ondin', today's London, while evading Calculators and Guards of the sacred Circle. Severn, son of British publisher Stanley Unwin, wrote many books for children including two series, and a few books, including a memoir of his father, for adults. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket shows some spine fade, small stains, 10s 6d price intact; bookplate of Narcissa Cox Vanderlip inside front cover - though there was a notable suffragist & activist of that name, it seems more likely that this is a younger relation of the same name. Text clean; 175 pages + 2-page list of other Severn titles; vigourous line drawings. Size: Small Octavo.