Derek Alder (34 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------paperback. Spine appears to be sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. Derek Alder (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good++. Very Good Dust Jacket. Reprint. Slight cornerwear, green cover with black lettering on spine. 159 pages. Small sticker shadow on top corner of fep. Pages darkening, no writing. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, now in a protective mylar cover. Dust jacket illustration not the same as those being shown on line. Size: 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Illustrated By Derek Alder (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 114 pp. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings. The Chapters are: The Game; Like Father, Like Son; Unsung Heroea; How to Pick a Team, Part I; How to Pick a Team, Part ll; How to Run the Game; Tales Worth Telling; Cricket Widows; Kamikaze Cricketers; My Back Yard; Cricket in the Bud; Yorkshire v West Indies, June 1976; Forty Not Out; Keystone Cricket; Sex and Sport; Jockstrap Joys; A Visit to Lord's Cricket Characters; The Debut; Fire and Brimstone; Away from Home; Sproting Nig-Nogs; My Old Man; A Man at Odds; The Last Word. Derek Alder; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 152 pp. Grey cloth in very good condition with good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a tear on the upper front cover and is worn around the edges. Ex-libris bookplate on front endsheet. Minor shelf wear. B & W illustrations.

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 119 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Second Printing. Slight sunning to spine and one small closed tear to unclipped DJ. ; Second printing. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ photos by Robert Enever. ; B&W Illustrations; 120 pages; More writings on the great game of cricket, with of course an emphasis on Yorkshire. Illustrated by Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor chipping to the jacket spine ends, the front cover top edge is horizontally creased with creasing to the top left corner; the rear cover bottom edge also horizontally creased with a tear on either side; front flap is price-clipt; previous owner's inscription to the first endpaper. Text is clean. 112 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Some shelf wear and tear to price clipped DJ with light sunning to spine, gift message dated June 1978 to front endpaper. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ photos by Robert Enever. ; B&W Illustrations; 120 pages; More writings on the great game of cricket, with of course an emphasis on Yorkshire. Illustrated by Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Light shelf wear and tear to corner clipped DJ, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Green cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; The Coarse Series; B&W Illustrations; 208 pages; An amusing reference guide for the "coarse" cooker. Whilst there are cooks who cook to live, and those who live to cook, this book is for those who cook to eat. But although coarse cookery is primarily a pastime for the true dilettante there is no cuisine that is so haute that it cannot pick up a few extra tips. Illustrated by Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 128p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Entertaining ; Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Green covers with darker green lettering on spine which is bright. Covers exhibit light soiling on upper and lower edges. Light bumping and soiling to spine ends. Inside front and back hinges are cracked but still firmly attached. Light yellowing and soiling to page ends and inside front and back covers. Text and the many b&w illustrations are clean and unmarked. Illustrated dj is in a protective mylar cover with multiple small tears and chips on corners, edges and spine ends. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers. "The art of Irish blarney and how to Blarney back." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such. Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British edition. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning), price clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Derek Alder (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Jacket is price clipped, there are creases and tears on it, mostly along the top edge with a little rubbing in places. Derek Alder (illustrator).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 128p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Entertaining ; Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is price clipped, there is small handling wear on it. Gift inscription on the front end paper. With drawings by Derek Alder (illustrator).

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good ++. First Edition. 222 pages. B&W illustrations. Very clean dustjacket - inner front flap creased. Unmarked maroon binding. Very clean contents. Line Illustrations By Derek Alder (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Nr Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Nr. Fine. First Edition. Derek Alder (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Near Very Good. (11th) Smaller book, blue cloth, 159 browned pages. DJ colorfully illustrated on front and back with large green shamrock at each center. DJ has slight wear to bottom front tip, light wear to back tips and spine bottom left and right edge. Near Very Good DJ/Near Good book. Alder, Derek (illustrator).…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 112 pages : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; bibl. p. 111. Subjects; Cooking ; Anecdotes. Cooking. Cooking Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Cooking ; Humor. Cooking. Cookery. Genres; Humor. Humour, satire. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. Prevention, Preparation, Treatment and Cure. Many books advise you how to GIVE a party. Only one tells you how to RECOVER from it. THIS ONE. Owner's Name inside. Cover rubbed. 32 pages.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Dustwrapper a little rubbed at the edges. Price Clipped. Previous owner's inscription to the pastedown. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over burgundy boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.6 kg); pp 128; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #112798 ||. Derek Alder (illustrator). …

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with white titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5½" (0.6 kg); pp 128; Contains: Black & white drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190170 ||. Derek Alder (illustrator). …

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Binding is green cloth with yellow lettering to the front cover and spine; 94 pages. Dj has some mild edgewear, mainly to the top of the spine, but has no tears or creases. Most men who address people on the subject of gardening do so with formidable authority and don't hesitate for an instant in distinguishing between superphosphate and supersulphate, or even between scab and thrips. Hugh Popham is different. He will never be heard on Gardener's Question Time except, possibly, as the mumbler in the back row who is having trouble with his tropaeolum. It is therefore for those in trouble with their tropaeolum that he writes: not to tell them how to overcome it (a dozen lesser authorities will give them that information) but to cheer and comfort them. Here, they will feel at once, is a kindred spirit who has learnt and is prepared to share a secret: that of putting all the little problems they know so well into the perspective of that larger, all-embracing problem known as Gardening, simply by being able to laugh. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Derek Alder (illustrator). Book.…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 112 pages : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; bibl. p. 111. Subjects; Cooking ; Anecdotes. Cooking. Cooking Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Cooking ; Humor. Cooking. Cookery. Genres; Humor. Humour, satire. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Hardback. Condition: Fine. VG+ DW. 3rd Impression. Rust cloth, gilt. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Derek Alder (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. D/J is price clipped, but is in great condition. The book is in good used condition. When constant repetition on radio and TV has turned most jokes stale, it is refreshing to come across a collection of humour as original and characterful as this. The Cockney woman reprimanded her little boy for using a swear word. The boy said, 'but William Shakespeare used it Ma !' 'Well dont play with him any more !' said Mum. You will receive the book seen in the image. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Derek Alder (illustrator).…

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Large Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 158 pages. Black/white cartoons. A firm, straight book. Scan available. Derek Alder (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean green bds with yellow titles to spine and front. Some spots of foxing to endpapers. B/W illus. Interior very good and clean. Unclipped dustjacket with light sunning to spine and rub to spine ends. Derek Alder (illustrator).…