Derek Mcculloch Uncle Mac Bbc (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hutchinson & Co. (illustrator). Condition is Good. There is some writing in the front, but the text pages are clean. Hinges are split but holding. Green boards have general wear and soiling. Sunned spine. 156 pages.

Condition: Good. 1950. Seventh edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Colour illustrations throughout by Sep. E. Scott. 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 moderate shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Illustrations by various artists. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback book in good condition,both hinges have begun to separate,gift iscription,dated 1937.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published). Presumed First. 32 pages, illustrated. Small format, 4.5" tall. No date stated but either just pre- or just post- WWII. A lovely unmarked book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Freeman, Barbara (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1950s. Presumed 1st. Very Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers with a little minor soiling, minor creasing. Contents clean and tight but for minor creasing. Charming colour illustrations throughout by Barbara Freeman. The traditional fairy story retold by Uncle Mac.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - as issued. 8 x 10"; 124pp; boards illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee, red cloth spine; all edges scuffed; good tight copy. Not dated, but appears c1951. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 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 noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Undated edition, gift inscription from 1955. Firmly bound, illustrated card boards, pink cloth spine. Fading and scuffing on cover and spine. Scuffing, tears, creases and marks on jacket. The first story is The Creaky Caravan by Ken Francis.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Charming copy in bright clean condition although fairly edge worn and bumped at the corners. Fresh looking blue cloth spine. No obvious inscriptions, marks or colouring in and the pages are clean throughout, if a little toned looking as a result, most probably, of the paper stock used in the production of the book. Front cover shows father, wearing a smart suit, sitting in a chair surrounded by his children and, apparently, telling them interesting stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 7.5 x 10"; 156pp; illustrated laminated boards, blue cloth spine; dustwrapper, minor chipping and tears without loss; good clean copy; former owners inscription to title page; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good Reading Copy. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 8.25 x 10"; 124pp; illustrated boards with blue cloth spine; dustwrapper chipped and torn with 80% of spine missing, sellotaped to end paper; pages 123/5 neatly repaired with sellotape; page edges foxed not affecting contents; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Pictorial Board. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The book is very good with edge wear and small stain to spine ends in a fair dust jacket with edge wear, two inch piece missing at upper spine end, a one inch piece missing at lower spine end, chipped at edges and some closed tears at edges. The cover is dark blue with a circus seal. a man with balloons and a sea captain. The first story is Bill Aylesbury At the Circus.

Undated but c. 1950 with numerous colour/black illustrations; tightly bound in pictorial boards with discoloured red cloth spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped; shows pirate and parrot and an Oriental artist; wear, tear, small losses and scuffs to edges and corners. Internally, pages are clean and bright. Overall, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.

Pictorial Board. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition, First Printing. The book is good with some edge wear, a one inch split to paper cover at top of spine, a small one inch crayon mark on cover, gift inscription dated 1954 on front paste-down, a list of months in crayon down copyright page, a face and a name in black marker on beach ball on page 30, a name written on back cover and a light bit of soiling. Scarce early Ladybird. Shipping will be greatly reduced due to small size.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback. Pictorial boards. Undated circa 1957. 157 pages. Front cover: Colour illustration of a Uncle Mac telling a story to a group of children sitting around him. Uncle Macs selection of stories broadcast on Children's Hour including some true stories by famous people who have given talks on air. First story "King Arthur's Tree" by Alison Uttley. Green spine is intact. BROWNED PAGES. Clean and tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 27:18. Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Book. Derek McCulloch (BBC Children's Hour presenter 'Uncle Mac').

Paper Back. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine fresh copy no faults. Large Folio. Softcover. "An Uncle Mac Book". Colour pictorial covers. 16 pages. Colour illustrations by Barbara Freeman throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. BARBARA FREEMAN (illustrator). First edition. This is an Uncle Mac Book. Thirteen inches by ten inches. Super condition, an unsold copy. Such pretty illustrations throughout. Unread and scarce thus. 1949/50.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Phoebe Lefroy (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1937 1st edition. Pictorial front hard board. FRONT END PAPER IS CLIPPED AT THE TOP CORNER. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref C502. Cornish Adventure by Derek McCulloch BBC Children's Hour presenter 'Uncle Mac'. Illustrated by Phoebe Lefroy.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive paper covered boards, green title, author lettering and illustrations to the front cover. 4to 11'' x 8¼''. Contains 100 page [unpaginated] printed pages of text with 25 full-page cartoons. Spine ends and corners worn, edges scuffed, tan age spots to the free end papers and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original vivid blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. Quarto 9½'' x 7¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text with colour plates and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 6 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANNUALS & YEARBOOKS.

Pictorial boards. Small rubs to edges o/w in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANNUALS & YEARBOOKS.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G+ DW. 1st Edition. Very good clean text pages but clean, bright covers have slight edge wear. DW is worn and chipped along top edge, with small loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. If you love Ladybird Series 455, look no further! This little book really does bring the 'green pastures' into the nursery on those dull days when, because it is raining or cold, it is 'horrid' out of doors. The beauty of the colour illustrations and the short stories by one whose voice was so familiar to the young listeners of the radio in the 1940s, make this lovely old Ladybird book a constant source of joy! If you grew up with a title like this, consider reading it aloud to one from this generation, or add it to your own wonderul collection. Title: In Green Pastures with Uncle Mac Author: Introduction by Derek McCulloch (Uncle Mac of the BBC), illustrations by Sep. E. Scott Publisher: Ladybird Publication Date: 1947, fourth edition Format: Hardcover with dust jacket Condition: This book is in good condition for its age. The dust jacket is worn and has markings. There is an inscription on the free endpaper.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 7 x 9.75"; 156pp; green cloth with black; dustwrapper, chipped and torn to bottom of spine with loss; illustrated end papers; a very good clean copy; third issue of this popular children's annual; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. Barbara Freeman (illustrator). 1st Edition. About 1950. Very large paperback. 16 pages. clean tight book with minor spine wear.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A charming 1935 annual for the immensely popular BBC radio broadcast, containing a wealth of short stories to delight and entertain the children of Great Britain. The 1935 annual for the BBC's radio broadcast 'The Children's Hour', the BBC's principal recreational service for children, broadcast from 1922 to 1964 every day of the week, from 5pm to 6pm, with the aim of entertaining and educating the children of the nation.Featuring a number of vignette illustrations - some in colour - and photographic plates, and in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Edited by 'Uncle Mac', the head of children's broadcasting for the BBC from 1933 until 1951, this annual is composed of a number of short stories that had previously been played over the airwaves, with contributors including Stephen King Hall, Sir George Dunbar, and Barbara de R. Sleigh. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head, with boards exceptionally bright. Chipping to head of dust wrapper back strip, with two small tears to back strip tail. Spotting to dust wrapper back strip, and reverse of dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with scattered instances of light spotting throughout, most concentrated to the start of the work. Very Good Indeed. book.

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., s.d. (inizio anni '50 del secolo XX), in-8, mezza tela editoriale con piatti in cartone lucido figurato a colori(Mary Kendall Lee) e sguardie in bicromia (Barbara C. Freeman), pp. 124, (1). Con tavole ed illustrazioni nel testo in bicromia di G. Lodge, H. Boswell, L. Ward, B. Freeman, C. Cowell, H. Jacobs, J.L. Davies, J.H. Bruce. Minime tracce d'uso ai margini dei piatti, altrimenti ottimo.