Betty E Spence (11 results)

Condition: Good. 1953. No edition remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa 1947/1948. Depicts Bobby Bear and friends at the seaside in the water playing. Blue linen spine faded otherwise boards are in good condition. Lovely colour frontis. The first story is "The Flower Show". A children's annual with lots of stories, poems games and puzzles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. H/b; illus boards on front; cardboard back; red cloth spine; vg; 124pp; 1 nicked cover corner, otherwise a nice copy; no handwriting inside; 1st story is Justice and the third Eye. This was the last Chatterbox annual. ; Chatterbox Annual.

Condition: Good. 1953. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over brown cloth. Book has a slight smoky odour. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Moderate water staining to panels. Pencil to front flap. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. H/b; cloth spine; illus front cover, card back; g+; 4to; 109pp; blue spine - a bit of splitting to edges; ; group buying ice cream on cover; name in fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. GD+ original illustrated boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paintings by Kelly Fearing, Drawings by John Guerin (illustrator). Pictorial hard boards: 25x19cm. Spine is intact but has minor wear at the top end. Inscription on the half-title page: "To Helen from Uncle Ray + Aunty Vera XMAS 1951 ". Clean & tight. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref A13. Monster Book for Girls. Contributions by Betty Spence, Daphne Dublane, Doris M.Lee, Aubrey Reynolds, Charlotte M. Kelly, Mabel E. Allan, Barbara Hector, Edgar Garrett, Winifred Norling.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 256pp., one colour frontis., A beautiful dust jacket. Printed number to ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; Hbk in d/w; vg/vg-; dark yellow cloth boards with bottle green lettering; Prize plate on fep; d/w has price removed and some foxing on underside; 3 schoolgirls from Essex and their young form mistress spend their summer holiday on a cycling tour , that takes them various villages, market towns & towns all the way to Bath. It is a memorable holiday. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book in overall very good condition. Orange boards with green printing on spine and front, in very good condition. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Binding neat and tidy. Endpapers clean with very slight dappling on front pair; else in very good condition. Front paste down carries sticker of former bookseller; front free endpaper carries prize-giving sticker. Page edges slightly foxed. Dustwrapper has small tears around spine and edges, some wear all edges, otherwise in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Staple bound paperback picture book with no inscriptions. Rust to staples and crease to back cover. Scarce. [A45abeb].