Bertha Leonard (104 results)

Condition: Good. 1937. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with ru…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 192pp. Fiction, probably originally intended for the female teenage market. A clean and sound book in a worn dust wrapper with some damage to the head of the spine. There is a gifting dedication dated 1941 at the head of the front free end paper. All orders processed promp…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No date - circa 1950's? Front covers depicts enemy plane and beach scene with men looking skyward. One scribble on front board. Covers are a worn and scuffed. Internally in Good overall condition other than endpapers a bit grubby. Excellent colour frontis with 3 further full page colour illustrations.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; pp.386-501 clean, unmarked pages; library stamp; includes items by/about: Children's Literature; Editorial Elizabeth Yates "Lovely.and of Good rfeport"); Cynthia Harnett (From the Ground Upwards); Cecile Pepin Edwards (Horace mann as Seen By a Librarian); Leonard Eve…

Condition: Fair. 1927. First Edition. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers. Noticeable cracking to gutters. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubb…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unusual school story. First edition 1945. An American schoolgirl from Georgia comes to an English boarding school. Of its time! Very slight tanning to front endpapers otherwise fine with no inscriptions. In a bright near complete dust jacket, price-c…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 190pp, colour frontispiece, two-tone illustrations throughout. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. Moderately bumped spine ends, top portion (6cm) of spine cover missing, lamination at bottom front spine joint cracking. Text block edges mod…

Condition: Fair. 1928. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. First few pages partially detached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; pp.386-501 clean, unmarked pages; corner rolled a bit; includes items by/about: Children's Literature; Editorial Elizabeth Yates "Lovely.and of Good rfeport"); Cynthia Harnett (From the Ground Upwards); Cecile Pepin Edwards (Horace mann as Seen By a Librarian); Leona…

Condition: Good. 1928. No edition remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Notable water stain to rear pastedo…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized green pictorial paper covered bds, yellow cloth to spine, a little bumping in places, sl. rubbing otherwise VG, no dust jacket, no names etc., colour frontis., contents fine and tight, b/w illustrations, unpaginated. Short stories by various authors - Wings of Adventure; The Secret of E…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Undated. 140pp, 2pp of period advertisements, a few colour plate illustrations (inc. frontispiece). Quarter-bound with orange cloth-covered spine over pictorial paper-covered front board; some black and white illustrations. 4to. Boards worn and rear board lightly soiled. Sp…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated, c.1940's. Size 9.75" x 7.25", 156 pages. Pictorial hard cover with red titles and a picture of a girl with brown hair and a red cardigan holding her dog. Condition very good, corners, edges and small piece on front rubbed, front endpapers grubby and marked, a few grub…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated, circa 1920s. Unpaginated, with 4 colour plates, illustrations, some in colour. Original colour pictorial boards & red cloth spine, light edge wear, but clean & bright. Internally, the title page is foxed, otherwise pages & plates are generally clean & bright. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" t…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Corners bumped and rubbed, some shelf and edge wear with some ink marks to covers, two names to inside front cover, pencil sketches of Second World War aircraft to inside rear cover, tape repair to front gutter, some pencil crayon colouring inside, light foxing. ; Satin…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa 1950's. " Nelson's Bumper Books " series. Vintage Children's Story Book. Boards are a bit grubby and some wear to corners but nothing really major. Neat previous owner's name inside and one neatly rubbed out. Fantastic colour frontis plus many black and white illustrations to the storie…

Childrens magazine. Condition: Very Good+. A Childrens Magazine in really lovely condition for its age. There is a hint of foxing at the very edge of the cover (see picture on our own site and abe) , but this magazine really deserves a better grade than just vg for surviving in such lovely condition for over 65 years. It contain…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 188 pp 4 colour plates, numerous bw illustrations, quarter blue cloth , colour illustrated cover by Nora Annie Birch. Corners scuffed, endpapers spotted with prize label, pages tanned with a few marks - solid copy . Date from prize label. Fred Spurgin, Cora E. Paterson, Joyce Mercer, Joyc…