Ed Mrs Herbert Strang (65 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Book is rubbed and worn, spotting to page edges. First 2 pages have light pencil marks on them.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 77 pp. Some rubbing, edgewear on boards. Pages have light yellowing; otherwise clean. Sound binding. . Size: 16mo - over 5 3/4 in - 6 3/4 in tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, edition and printing not known. In good pictorial boards, with two girls with black horse by a gate to front and red titles and with image of girl to spine with pale titles. The boards are flat and also wobbly with collapsed hollow. The spine, spine edges and the board edges are worn and the front and back have pale marks. The end papers feature tan illustrations from the annual and are lightly marked and warped. The text block is illustrated with black and white drawings; the pages are even, firm and hardly marked. Good plus condition. With stories by: W. M. Letts; Dorothea Moore; Thura Lifford; Eileen Wright; Beryl Irving; Margaret Baker; Margaret Baines Reed; Mabel Hinton; L. F. Scott; G. M. Faulding; Thora Stowell; Alice Massie and Ierne L. Plunket. No dedications and the 'This Book Belongs To' has not been filled in. Without jacket.…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial boards with white lettering. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ca. 1927. The Little Giant Books Number 719. In blue paper-covered cardboards with pasteon pictorial of Bob and Mr. Bunny on front cover. Square, intact, and tight binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping of lower spine. missing half inch of upper spine. Page edges are moderately tanned. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pictorial matte cover with yellow back. Unpaginated, lists to self. Some light foxing here and there, and on textblock edges. Slight spine lean, spine ends soft, only one corner bumped (top back), rest are nice. Light wear and handling soil to covers and edges. Colour frontis, b&w illustrations. No names, writing or creases. A lovely, sturdy vintage book, especially for its age. None of my books are ex-library, remainders or bce unless specified.…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Some issues present such as moderate cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Lilac decorated boards with purple spine and applied oval colour illustration under decorative title box. Illustrated eps with the owner's plate filled in. B&w and colour illustrations. Pages tanned and foxed. No date, but book is very early and lists to self. Corners rounded and edges to boards, spine ends soft but quite good. Front board and spine are faded, wear and some discoloration on front board. A very small piece of the cover illustration is chipped off. P.o. name written large ink on FFEP. Creases, chips and light soiling to frontis, title pages. Small tears here and there. All pages fully intact and binding is quite good. Good shape for its age. Stories by Dickens, Buckland and Strang. None of my books are ex-library, remainders or bce unless specified.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Large 8vo. 256 pages. Oatmeal cloth boards; illustration in blue on front; titles in blue on spine. Numerous monochrome and partially coloured illustrations, mostly in the text, some full page. Boards lightly soiled; rubbed, especially along edges; corners heavily bumped; tail of spine torn; front board with a 3cm tear near tail of spine and repaired with tape on inside. Pages almost entirely clean with just the very occasional spot; some light creasing to page margins through use. Front hinger tender at tail; otherwise binding firm. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket (as published). A collection of short stories probably intended for a teenage readership. Illustrated. Not dated but probably from the first quarter of the 20th century. The "belongs to" page has been filled in and there is evidence of previous ownership on the front free end paper. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK 7"x9".…

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, marks, fading to spine. Cracking to rear hinge. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with turning wheel illustration. Black and white line drawings. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper, dated 1934. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear, wear to hinges at spine. Book has clean and bright contents, remainder of pen fep, unpaginated, colour plates and B&W in-text illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: G-. First Thus. 4to. nd. and unpaginated. A good reading copy in illus board covers with girl and younger child standing on a beach, another girl holding feed bowl above head with two dogs at her feet on spine, which has been taped on with brown paper tape. Front inner hinge cracked. First story is Geoffrey the Pretender. 1.5" tear to corner of 1 of contents pages. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards with black and red titles, boards bumped at spine ends and rubbon back board, name and address stamp on frontispiece verso. Unpaginated, colour frontispiece by May Smith other illustrations by Cicely Englefield and Angusine MacGregor.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightly rubbed pictorial boards, tear to head of spine. No date.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Seven stories with four full-page colour plates. Stories are The Edge o' Heaven by Alice Massie; A Girl Who Loved Animals by Amy Barnard Lla; Housekeeper Jack, as told to Esmee Rhoades; How to Form a Country Club by L.C. Hobart; The Minotaur by Nathaniel Hawthorne; A Handful of Silver and Gold by Lilian Quiller-Couch; A Memorable Race by H. Russell Ford; and four short poems. `This book belongs to page`is coloured and contains a name in pencil. Front cover shows two girls letting a boy down into a well. Unpaginated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T.H. Robinson (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Original pictorial boards. Backstrip worn and repaired by gluing; cloth hinges exposed. Covers worn all round, not affecting text block. Text generally clean and unmarked, with one page finger-spotted. Colour frontispiece and lots of b/w drawings throughout. Several short stories and poems. No writing. Unpaginated. (Approx. 150 pp.) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. M.D. Johnston Colour Front. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Illustrated covers with a little rubbing to head/foot of spine. Illustrated endpapers which are age-tanned. Small owner's name on prelim. Coloured frontis with clean contents. Some light foxing to folio fore-edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean, large format, tightly bound hardback book, pictorial boards, spine worn at ends, gift inscription dated 1934 on front endpaper. Unpaginted, black & white illustrations in the text. Book not dated but assume 1934 from inscription. Includes stories by Dorlita Fairlie Bruce and C. Bernard Rutley. …

Condition: Good. 1927. Reprinted. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and rubbing to corners and crushing, rubbing and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Labels on rear.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Illustrated paper covered boards. Spine has light browning and slight wear to ends. Foxing to front board. Slight wear to lower corner of front board. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Colour frontis plus black and white illustrations within the text. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (16 x 21.5 cm).…

Booklet. Condition: Good. The Little Gay Books. 60 p. 14 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled. Light wear to covers.

Booklet. Condition: Fair. The Little Gay Books. 62 p. 14 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled. Light wear to covers. Some light foxing and dampstains inside.

Booklet. Condition: Good. The Little Gay Books. 60 p. 14 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled. Light wear.

Booklet. Condition: Good. The Little Gay Books. 62 p. 14 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled. Light wear to covers. Small stains inside front cover and first leaf.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fair. Reprint. The Little Gay Books. Number 7 in the series. Uncommon children's book. Contains 11 short stories. Edited by Mrs Herbert Strang. Illustrated in b&w. Classic 1920s-vintage illustrations. First printed 1926, this copy is the 1941 reprint. Printed in Great Britain. Small volume. Thin staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A FAIR reading copy only. Ex-library copy with minimal library markings (one ink stamp to title page - "Partially Sighted School"), much handling wear, creasing & edgewear to pages, spine tape-repaired, covers worn & rubbed, middle pages loose, otherwise a clean softcover reading copy. 62pp. Uncommon. SB-98.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated, c.1930. Stories by Dorita Fairlie Bruce (The School for Scandal), Winifred Darch, Josephine Elder and Evelyn Simms. For full list of stories see photographs. Four colour plates by E. E. Brier, M. D. Johnston and Beryl Irving. Numerous line drawings in text. Endpapers and some decorations by Maud Reed Cooper. Back cover slightly marked, slight tanning to endpapers, a little scattered foxing but generally in lovely bright condition. E. E. Brier, M. D. Johnston, Beryl Irving, Maud Reed Cooper (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. 1929. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Yellow pictorial boards. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Heavy splitting to front spine joint. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine. …

[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.folding col.panoramas at front and rear] GOOD (ill.paper boards,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.losses to spine,separation at ep gutters,contents sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky) tired copy but panoramas are complete and tidy.