Editor Walter Brett (10 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Helquist, Brett (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Dark blue boards quarterbound in a black backstrip with shiny gilt lettering on the spine and a shiny gilt reader illustration on the front board. Very faint bump at the head of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 272 pages. Dust Jacket - has no discernable flaws. Book specially designed to interest boys, aged 8-12, in reading by providing a buffet of terrific stories.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 152 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Poor. 2nd edition, revised. Cloth, P+. 272pp+10pp adverts, colour frontis, 7 colour plates, 38pp b/w plates, b/w text illustrations index, cloth rather worn & marked, fore edges foxed, a working copy. A revised edition of Henlow's original 1922 standard work on the cultivation of roses for the keen amateur. 600 grams.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. 54 pages + adverts. Covers very good with a little general wear and some rubbing, spine showing more wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A good copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Uncredited (illustrator). HB 5th Ed. Plum cloth boards. Gilt titles spine. 21.6 x 14cm. 448 pages. b/w illusts. Great period gardening book. Good manuring chart, what to put where, when and how much. Interesting section on pest control + the use of soot. + Exhibition flowers and veg. Condition: Wear on cover spine + corners. General age/handling discolouration + marks front and back. Internally clean, litttle wear, tight binding, good colour. Overall GC.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. R Ellis Roberts "The Reader: Joseph Conrad" / Compton Mackenzie "Francis Brett Young" / Davidson Cook "Gallovidianus Identified" / Walter Jerrold "Thomas G Masaryk" / Walter Sichel "Disraeli: The Final Act".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Possibly first published in 1940, this is a first revised edition, 1st impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, small loss to top and bottom of spine, corners and folds rubbed, some overall time staining, but brightly coloured retro jacket featuring basket of fruit and veg still quite bright and unsunned. Not price clipped (15/-), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 240pp. A genial, still relevant compendium of garden advice (I recently grafted my own apple tree, following instructions from this book). Wartime gardener Walter Brett specialised in these easy to follow guides to self sufficiency. Quite a scarce book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 152 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smart copy of this very scarce guide to keeping table rabbits, or rearing rabbits for eating. Third printing, originally published 1940. Very scarce work. Written for a wartime audience, this work provides a guide to keeping and rearing rabbits for the purpose of eating. The war had resulted in butcher's meat being closely rationed, and there is no doubt that there would have been homes in which additional supplies would be warmly welcomed. Being a complete guide for rabbit-keeping, from the necessary space and hutch design, to feeding for plump carcasses, and even obtaining the wool from certain rabbit breeds. Edited by Walter Brett, an English pioneer in natural history and agriculturalist. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original paper binding. Externally, smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the board edges. Light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches. This item is printed on demand.