Barradale Smith William (10 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very good copy. H. M. Brock (illustrator). Hardback. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Black and white frontis and five further plates. Harry Brock remains one of the most popular illustrators. Pictorial cloth binding showing a rugby match. Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith, 1881-1965, (Oxford Companion to children's Literature). Bird was a best known for his sporting stories. Prize book plates dated 1927. Olive cloth is very slightly dust and finger marked. Text is clean. Binding is sound. Very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Frank Insall. Pp. viii+280, coloured frontispiece. One of the 4 black & white plates missing; some scattered foxing to endpapers. PO inscription to front endpaper dated 1930.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered dark green back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 256 pp with 4 monochrome illustrations throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small tears to the top of the spine, not price clipped, 4/-. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original decoratively illustrated olive cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 255 pp with 6 monochrome plates throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Ink writing to the front paste down 'Clement Christmas 1932' In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

First edition hard back turquoise cloth covers with black and orange titles to spine and front panel. 259 pp. Colour frontispiece and 4 other illustrations by Frank Insall. Foxing to page edges, slight discoloration to fore edge of front panel, square, bright, and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decoratively illustrated olive cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains colour frontispiece, 280 pp with 4 monochrome plates throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Pp. 288+282+260(last blank); post 8vo; blue pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in black, slightly soiled and rubbed, fore-corners of boards a trifle worn; bottom fore-corner clipped from upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1937. *Reprinted from plates of the originals. Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith (1881-1965).

Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Pp. 288, coloured frontispiece and 3 plates; cr. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board, the boards slightly canted, edges a trifle rubbed, the spine faded; school prize bookplate (dated 1924) on upper pastedown, ownership stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; dHumphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1918. Second printing. School Stories for Boys series. *First published in 1917. Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith.

Illustrated by H. M. Brock. Pp. 256(last blank), frontispiece, plus 5 plates; wide cr. 8vo; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown and green, upper board a trifle flecked, lower board slightly soiled and damp stained, fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges green; the free endpapers offset, with inked ownership inscription on lower free endpaper, bottom fore-corner of a few leaves slightly creased, outer leaves and edges foxed; Blackie and Son Limited, London, n.d.[1926?]. *Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale-Smith (1881-1965).

First Edition. Illustrated by Frank Insall. Pp. viii+280, coloured frontispiece, plus 4 black & white plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in black, boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; free endpapers slightly offset, some scattered foxing throughout; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1928. First edition. *Richard Bird was the pseudonym of William Barradale (1881-1965).