Boyle Vernon C (10 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. History and then-present state of the harbours of this western English county, most notably Plymouth, Dartmouth, Bideford, & Appledore; with photos by Payne & drawings by Boyle. Hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear to book, but a profusion of ownership markings to the front endsheets, including a bookplate & three names & several places - ports visited?; jacket shows light rubbing, some chipping, mostly to the head of the spine. Text clean; 224 pages; index, line drawings, finely-printed gravure photo plates. Size: Octavo.…

Condition: Good. 1952. First Published. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is very slightly bowed and forward leaning with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.…

Condition: Good. 1952. First Edition. 224 pages. Dust jacket over beige cloth. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Books has a backward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 224 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Subjects: Harbors England Devon; Ports Angleterre Devon; England Devon. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 224 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Subjects: Harbors England Devon; Ports Angleterre Devon; England Devon. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp 224 news paper clipping laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Devon Harbours by Vernon C. Boyle and Donald Payne. First edition in good condition. Tears in dust jacket. Stamp and library card on front endpaper.

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Complete set, volume 1 and volume 2. Slight ink underlining, highlighting. Heavy item, will require additional shipping fees. 488, 526 pages pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A very scarce illustrated short story from the celebrated Bideford-born author. Very scarce. Presumed first edition. In the publisher's original soft covers. Illustrated in the text with seven designs by the author. A rare short story from Bideford-born author, artist and World War One sergeant, Vernon Carr Boyle. Many examples of his sketches, paintings and poetry are held at the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon to this day. This particular story celebrates his north Devon town. In the publisher's original soft covers. Externally, smart with slight shelf wear, resulting in minor creasing, especially to the front top spine tip, reasonable discolouration and a few marks. Annotated by a previous owner to the inside rear cover. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean copy with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last pages. Light creasing to the top corners of the first four pages. Very Good. Vernon C. Boyle (illustrator). book. …

Condition: Poor. Nicks, wear, marks, scratches and fading/foxing to dust jacket. Paper reinforcing at inside jacket. Bumps/wear at edges/corners of hard board. Marks/fading to hard board. Foxing to text blocks and parts of some pages. Text good and legible.