Ashley Sterne (20 results)

Condition: Fair. 1926. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Detached but present plate. Mild water staining to some pages. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has backward lean.…

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with marks. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content mainly clean with some spotting. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. Firmly bound, orange cloth boards. Fading and dust spotting on cover and spine. Browning on the end papers. No jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1927. First Edition. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed grey. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits and loss to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Condition: Fair. 1938. First printing. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Yolande. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscription to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate to heavy marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A light-hearted account of a '20's theatrical troupe, with many b/w photographs. Orange cloth, a little marked, some age-spots, good, no DJ. 128pp 0.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Book plate of previous owner has been affixed to the front cover. Physical description; 128 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Co-Optimists. Co-optimists (Acting troupe). 1900-1999. Entertainers Great Britain ; Biography. Theater England London History 20th century. Theater Great Britain. Theater. Entertainers. England London. Great Britain. Variety performances. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Green boards. Binding good. Minor tanning to page ends. B/W photos and illustrations.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Book plate of previous owner has been affixed to the front cover. Physical description; 128 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Co-Optimists. Co-optimists (Acting troupe). 1900-1999. Entertainers Great Britain ; Biography. Theater England London History 20th century. Theater Great Britain. Theater. Entertainers. England London. Great Britain. Variety performances. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First editon. 160pp, with line drawings in text. Emerald green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine. 12mo. Cloth is worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Upper text block edge dust dulled, other edges a little spotted. Some toning on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, heavily worn, dust wrapper, price-clipped, rubbed on edges, slightly soiled and a little misfolded. Written by two radio comedy writers, this volume claims to be the most entertaining book ever written about broadcasting. Yolande (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1926. Front end paper inscription is dated 1926. Clean & tight book. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref D10. The Comic History of the Co-Optimists. by Ashley Sterne & Archibald De Bear. Drawings by Sidney Strube. Published by Herbert Jenkins, London. Drawings by Sidney Strube (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Soft cover promotional booklet in fair condition. Described as 'Being the First of a Series of Little Books Issued by The Times Furnishing Co Ltd for the Entertainment and Guidance of their Clients'. Some foxing to covers. Staples heavily rusted. Pages tanned throughout. 8vo. c13pp. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. No DW. 1st Edition. Pale blue cloth lettered in black (on front cover). Inscription of owner at start of book. Clean tight text. Slight mark to front cover. Tape mark on erar cover along spinal edge. LACKS SPINE. Just a reading copy.

Hardback. Condition: good. No Dust Jacket. First. small green binding some tanning/foxing. Owner name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, no dust jacket. Inscribed by Archibald De Bear to f.f.e.p. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Light wear to edges. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1938, Herbert Jenkins, London. 1st edition, light green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards a little dulled and some wear to edges, internally the book is very good+, end papers tanned, no inscriptions or markings, unread. Very scarce. Yolande (illustrator).…

First edition. DW. Frontis. + b/w photographs throughout. Board extremities slightly worn. Prelims browned and foxed. Wrapper very worn and torn, lacking portions from head and tail of spine, sl. affecting text, lower panel soiled o/w VG/G-. Scarce in wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Scattered foxing, tiny bump to the edge of the rear board, and a tiny tear at the crown, else about fine in an attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with several tiny chips and tears. Humorous novel about Helen, and her hapless husband and baby. Scarce.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Quirky, funny send-up of many aspects of home renovation by a stellar line-up of literary and visual humorists. Published by a major London contractor or construction firm, surely as a promotional tool. The firm, Bovis Ltd., was acquired and absorbed by P&O in 1974 and is now under yet another corporate umbrella but the underlying business itself, as opposed to its corporate ownership or organization, remains a significant player in its industry. In any case, for a private enterprise to afford the services of the talent involved in this promotion, it really had a robust war chest, for W. Heath Robinson and Lawson Wood, to name just two of the contributors, were immensely popular illustrators. As a promotion, Bovis goes the offbeat or unusual route of poking fun, albeit perhaps gentle fun, at its own industry and itself. Anyone who has engaged contractors, or even just standard tradespeople such as plumbers and electricians, will nod their head in recognition of the inevitable missteps and blunders committed by these professionals. N.d., 1950. 4to. 28 by 21 cm. 17 loose leaves. Unpaginated. Printing on one side of each. Title leaf. Six leaves following primarily textual, with a small vignette drawing or two at their base. Then ten leaves dominated by illustration(s) with captioning at their base, and sometimes by drawings if they are arranged as comic strips with multiple cells. Also some text on inside back of portfolio. Scarce, with only copies reflected on OCLC First Search at V&A, National Library of Scotland and Dartmouth. One OCLC entry indicates there are 18 leaves, while we are representing there are just 17. We believe that they are counting the portfolio as a leaf, which after all, has content, but as of this date, we aren't 100 percent certain. We would note, though, that our number seems also likelier, as the odds are against a company arranging for 11 illustrated plates or 7 text pages, as opposed to 10 and 6, respectively. The portfolio shows considerable wear, with a number of small tears, creases and the like. Its internal folds have also been repaired non-professionally with scotch tape. The portfolio, though, is still completely functional for its purpose. The leaves within are completely clean and we would say close to Like New condition. Overall, we thus would grade this very rare collection of home renovation humor as Near Fine. Portfolio, light card stock. With flaps. Plates loose within. Lawson Wood; H. M. Bateman; Peter Fraser; W. Heath Robinson; George Morrow; Bert Thomas; and Alfred Leete. (illustrator).…