Editor Krystyna Turska (9 results)

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine blue cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks, very good unclipped dust jacket. "an anthology of family situations, with the emphasis on humour, yet with the emphasis, too, on the ever-present strengths of family life." Includes works by Walter de la Mare, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Laurie Lee, Alison Uttley, Captain Marryat, J. M. Barrie, 'Saki', A. P. Herbert, E. Nesbit, Gerald Durrell, Ethel Turner, Edith Nesbit, and others. ; Black & white drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1974. First American edition, 1974. Bright yellow-gold linen cloth, with cornflower blue lettering and cover decoration (consisting of a line drawn family within an oval frame), 253 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels about new, with a remainder mark on the top edge, sound text block, good hinges, very clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in very good condition with mild surface rubbing to its rear panel and no paper loss. Witty sarcasm from famous authors and poets 'where temper tantrums give way to heroism and bitter friends to staunch loyalty and love.' Last entry bewails the Only Child. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Ediition. Dust jacket slight wear to edges, price clipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. 256 pages clean and tight. Anthology of family situations. Includes Alison Uttley, Ethel Turner, Edith Nesbit, and others. Size: Slim 4to. Krystyna Turska (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight, clean copy. Krystyna Turska (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 256 pages, cloth. Cover slightly bowed else FINE in FINE dustjacket. Entertaining, enormously varied collection of prose & verse all dealing with families, mostly happy ones. Some of the contributors include Nesbit, Sleigh, Godden, Gerald Durrell, Uttley, dela Mare, etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. X-lib. in library binding. Stated first edition, 1968. 230pp. Twenty-two poems and stories retelling heroic deeds. Hardcover 8vo - 8" x 9" Tall. Not price-clipped. Dustjacket with mylar protector. Illustrated in b&w. Table of contents: Pwyll, Pryderi, and Gawl, retold by W. Mayne.--How Finn Maccumhall was in the House of the Rowan Tree without power to stand orleave to sit down, by A. Garner.--Hynd Horn, Anonymous.--K_agssagssuk, the homeless boy who became a strong man, edited and translated by W. Worster.--Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley, edited by W. Mayne.--Of the great and famous, by R. Hayman.--Drake's cannon ball, by R. L. Tongue.--The revenge, by A. Tennyson.--Paul Jones. Anonymous.--The Shannon and the Chesapeake. Anonymous.--The old navy, by C. Marryat.--Sir Perceval, retold by W. Mayne.--The minotaur, by N. Hawthorne.--The Battle of Roncesvalles, retold by T. Bulfinch.--V_olund the smith, retold by B. L. Picard.--The courtship of Lemmink_ainen, retold by W. Mayne.--Prince Marko and a Moorish chieftain, adapted by W.Mayne.--Horatius, by Lord Macauley.--The troubles at Hawaiki, adapted by W. Mayne.--The death of Kwasind from The song of Hiawatha, by H. W. Longfellow.--Tavadan, by C. Molin.--Thomas Berennikov, by R. Nisbet Bain. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing Large octavo. Hardback. xiv + 226 pages illustrated Very Good condition in Near very Good unclipped dust jacket (tiny closed corner nibbles) No inscriptions. Scarce. Krystyna Turska (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback reprint, 1976, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Krystyna Turska (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. rebound in red bds with gilt titles to spine. missing fep, library marks to half-title, and copyright pages. 15mm tear to bottom edge of half-title and title page. biro circle to title on p35, and small small scribble to bottom of p29 in margin. Krystyna Turska (illustrator). Ex-Library. …