Breary Nancy (123 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling, slight bowing. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Good for year. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine/ front cover. Generally clean, bright and well-bound. Dustjacket badly torn. Prize certificate on flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Jean Martin May (illustrator). Reprint. Undated, c.1950s, probably reprint. Front fee endpaper missing but no inscriptions. Spine faded and mark to front.

Condition: Good. 1943. First Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Condition: Good. 1949. Third Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Prize label (1961) on front free endpaper and page edges foxed but no other inscriptions.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Impossible Prefect. Book.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Published. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 248 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1947. Second Edition. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pen to rear endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are heavily warped.

Condition: Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 224 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild mottling to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Joan Martin May (Black & White) (illustrator). 209pp. Bound in the Publisher's Cambridge blue cloth with black lettering. Within a now protected colour illustrated dust-wrapper with some wear and minor loss to the rear. Previous owner's inscriptions but overall a good plus copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mays (illustrator). New Edition. Slight tanning to page edges and endpapers otherwise in near fine condition with no inscriptions in a fine complete dust jacket (priced 6/- net).

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper and front board. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are warped. Board corners are bumped.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Joan Martin Day (illustrator). Printing unknown but prize inscription on front end paper is dated 1951 Octavo hardback Red cloth gilt 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white Near Fine condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (top edge of spine of jacket nibbled) Nice copy on the whole.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good fresh copy, light wear, minor marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+:VG-. Published circa 1960. Front endpaper removed , name to half title. Jacket has small nicks & tears. Blue boards with signature embossed in gold (As published) to front board. Somewhat scarce title. Jacket lamination (Published laminated) lifting near spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Hbk with d/w; version with blue glossy d/w; ; Vg-/G+; sound copy but some foxing to very edges of pages; d/w has some of surface layer missing; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

edition not shown hardback no dustwrapper good copy illustrated by Joan Martin May; blue boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 'The Impossible Prefect' by Nancy Breary. Blackie hardback circa 1950s. VG in VG dustwrapper. 0.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Second Edition. Hbk; no d/w; covers orange cloth cover has a quite large mark, maybe watermark, on front cover; small name inside cover; contents nice and clean; rear endpaper removed; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Drake Brookeshaw (D/w) (illustrator). H/b; d/w; vg/g+ 8vo; 304pp; presentation sticker on fep; nice clean copy of book; blue style Brookeshaw d/w; price clipped d/w; rear of d/w has a couple of brown marks at top edge and 2 small closed tears and a small nick to top edge; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Corners bumped. A tidy copy of a scarce title. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by J Dewar Mills (illustrator). 8vo Hbk in photocopied d/w; scruffy pink boards; blue lettering to cover & spine; spine faded; small piece cut from top of fep; 3 of the 4 b/w plates present, 1 missing; G; book comes in a photocpied d/w; 1st in the Druscilla Cathcart series; ; Druscilla Cathcart; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A few small marks to endpapers but all else clean and firm inside and out. The boards have slightly faded edges and spine.