Published by Country Life, 1948
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Book.
Language: English
Published by Country Life Limited, 1937
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition. Heavy, extra postage may be required if posted outside South Africa. Boards edge worn, sunned, cocked and marked. Tanning, foxing and some age related marks throughout the pages. However, it is in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Language: English
Published by Country Life, London, 1937
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. DOWD, J.H. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto, faded green cloth, moderate wear and small splash marks on front, lacks front free end paper, illustrated throughout with drawings of children. Internally clean and bright. Reference/ reading copy. [QP].
Published by London : Country Life, 1937
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Dowd & Spender (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Hbk, 4to, Faded Green Cloth boards; Vg-; previous owners details inside cover; contents - the usual gorgeous illustrations, which are lovely and clean, and accompanying text. Foxing just to blocked page foredges; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Language: English
Published by Country Life Limited, London, 1937
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Printed pages: 150. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. *** PLEASE NOTE *** The bookshop is currently closed for holidays. Items can still be ordered, but will not be dispatched until we reopen on Saturday 6th June. Many thanks for your patience. *** Dust jacket: Heavily foxed. Loss to ends of spine, wear to edges. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Green buckram binding. Slight indentation to lower edge of rear board. Foxing to page edges, tanning to endpapers, a few occasional spots of foxing to text. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Lovely illustrations by James Henry Dowd. . Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 8.75 x 11.15 inches (22 x 28.5 cm).
Published by Country Life, London, UK, 1937
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dowd, J H (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. 150pp, liberally illustrated throughout, many in colour. In emerald cloth-covered boards with red lettering front and spine. 4to. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at extreme corners and spine ends. Previous owner's gift inscription inked on slightly tanned endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated, paper dust wrapper, toned, worn and chapped along upper edge with minor loss at spine head. A series of lovely sketches and images of children going about their 'serious business'.
Published by Country Life, 1937
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The boards are sunned and a bit worn. Some foxing and an inscription. A few loose pages. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Country Life, 1937
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. boards are rubbed, edge worn and knocked. tanning, soiling and marks. copyright page is a bit loose. gift inscription. visible netting. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Lond. Country Life., 1937
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
First Edition
4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 150pp. Col.& b/w ills. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Delightful colour & black & white illustrations of small children.
Published by Country Life Limited London, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937
Seller: Lavender Path Antiques & Books, Harwinton, CT, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by J. H. Dowd (illustrator). First Edition. Large hardcover, 149 pages in good condition, covers have fading around edges, rubbing wear on top of spine, inside pages fine, hinge starting to show at pre-tittle page. Outstanding illustrations of children. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages.
Published by Country Life, 1934
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Complete. Boards worn, stained, scarring. Tanning, foxing. Still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. 2nd impression. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by country life london 1937, 1937
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition 150pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (pale blue cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,tight) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor losses and internal tape repairs,price-clipped) tidy copy in worn d/w.
Language: English
Published by Country LIfe Limited London, 1937
Seller: Antiquariat Liber Antiqua, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Abbildungen, Illustrationen, 148 Seiten Hardcover, Ecken und Kanten bestossen, Einband verschmutzt, Seiten vergilbt, mittlerer Zustand Sprache: Englisch.
Published by Country Life, 1937
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. The jacket is worn, torn, creased, rubbed and marked. The boards are in a very good condition. Internally there is an inscription from a previous owner on the front end page, the remaining pages are neat with clear text. Tightly bound. Heavy, extra postage unless within South Africa. r* 27/01/2021. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Country Life, 1937
Seller: Affordable Firsts, Henley -on-Thames, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is fine and free of Owner inscriptions. First printing. Large book - no dust jacket. Little foxing to initial pages but all plates are fine.
, 150 pages, with illustrations throughout (some in colour) First Edition , sunned at spine, some light spots to pages but mostly nice and clean inside, book in good condition , dust wrapper with removable plastic sleeve, price clipped, lightly foxed, pieces chipped and torn at spine, rear detached, in fair condition , green cloth with red titles 29 x 23 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by Country Life, 1937
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated throughout with many in colour (illustrator). 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 sent tracked and inside UK sent signed for. All dust wrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted. First edition. 4TO. Original green cloth, slightly faded around edges and foredge a little spotted ad a blemish on rear endpaper. In pictorial dust wrapper which is spotted internally and externally, darkened at spine and around edges and chipped and worn. Complete with original price.
Published by Country Life Ltd., London, 1948
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. J.H. Dowd (illustrator). Firmly bound, green cloth boards, some fading on the spine and top and lower edges, neat inscription on the front free end paper. Jacket not price clipped with handling wear including chipping and loss from the top and base of the spine.
Published by Country Life Limited & Charles Scribner's Sons, London & New York, 1930
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st. 4to. 42pp text; 76pp pencil drawings. Blue cloth spine over green paper boards; gilt & blue lettering. A very good copy plus (minor wear to extremities; light age toning). Delightful and lifelike drawings and sketches of children at play. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
Published by Country Life, London, 1937
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dowd, J. H (illustrator). Delightful Book of Monochrome and Colour illustrations of little children busy about their own "Important Business". Text by E.B.E. Spender. Similar to the earlier "Important People" and "People of Importance" Books. Green cloth cover with Red Lettering to front & spine. 150 Pages, 11 1/4" Tall, 990g. Jacket has 2 small very pieces missing from edges (see photo and a small piece missing from above spine (not neat title), spine cloth slightly faded where the paper is missing. Spine tanned. Some faint small spots of browning to front of jacket (see photo). Clipped. Previous owner's name on ffep, dated 1941. Pages & Illustrations in Very Good Clean Condition. Book weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Country Life Ltd., London; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1) People of Importance, 1st edition published in 1934, hard cover with green linen spine and grey paper boards and only very minor wear, very good unclipped dust jacket has only a small tear at each spine end, 72 pages and 83 drawings, Christmas 1934 inscription. 2) Serious Business, 1st edition published in 1937 and includes 1942 inscription, 150 pages of drawings and text, colour plate on title page mirrors the drawing on the dust jacket, which has several edge tears and part of spine missing and is only fair. Both 1st edition volumes are in very good to near fine condition with fair to very good dust jackets.
Published by Country Life Limited/Charles Scribner's Sons, London / New York, 1937
Seller: Samuel H. Rokusek, Bookseller, Pleasant Prairie, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Original price of $5.00 printed on dust jacket front flap. Stated First Published 1937. Jacket has minor spine end chips and corner wear, several archival repaired tears now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has minor rubs at corners with no writing or marking.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. J. H. Dowd (illustrator). First edition. A fine first edition of this charming work by James Dowd and Brenda Spender, reminiscing on childhood through a series of colourful watercolours. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, uncommon to see in such a nice condition.Illustrated with a colour title page, and many beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations throughout.Collated, complete.A charming and sentimental look at the serious business of childhood, with beautiful watercolour plates throughout depicting serious scenes at the seaside, parks, skating rinks, dancing academies, and more.Brenda Spender contributes a total of nine essays to this volume to accompany Dowd's illustrations.Illustrated by James H. Dowd.Advert for other Dowd and Spender books loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Small mark to the spine. Dust wrapper is smart with a few spots to the reverse and rear wrap. A few very light marks to the wraps, and a small repaired closed tear to the head of the front joint. Spine is a little discoloured. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few very faint handling marks. Fine. book.