Eleanor E Helme (91 results)

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards.

Condition: Fair. 1956. 10th Impression. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Condition: Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy in original publisher's covers, showing some age and shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1949. Reprint. 157 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable foxing. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin (illustrator). Pages crisp and clean except for a little dust spotting along the right edge of the page block; binding square and secure, full cloth cover somewhat faded along the spine and showing some softening at spine ends and corners and two very small, dark spots on the front cover, along with much lighter, gray handling smudges scattered front and back. 171pp., 12 illustrations.

Condition: Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy in original publisher's covers, showing some age and shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

Pub Illustrated Board. Condition: Good. Briggs Barbara (illustrator). 110pp. 16 tipped in colour plates plus line drawings.

Condition: Good. 1938. First Edition. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains coloured plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning and moderate foxing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

Softcover. 32 x 24,5 cm. Original brochure, slightly stained and bumped. Brackets are rusty. Complete with the pages 209 - 260. Numerous monochrome photographs in the text and on 1 plate (Adrienne Allen). Some pages are stained. Inside overall clean and still well maintained. --- Originalbroschur. Der Einband ist etwas fleckig und bestoßen, die Klammerung angerostet. Komplett mit den Seiten 209 - 260 der fortlaufenden Jahrgangspaginierung, mit zahlreichen einfarbigen Abbildungen im Text und auf einer Tafel. Einige Seiten sind fleckig. Innen insgesamt sauber und noch ganz gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Sommerzeit daheim oder auf Reisen: bei uns finden Sie sicher ein passendes Buch zur Begleitung. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K02303D-402910.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edwards, Lionel (illustrator). First American edition. green cloth, 1st US ed. (1935), 163 pages (NO DJ). Exterior lightly soiled, extremities worn, a short tear to edge of one plate. Binding tight. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Edwards. Eleanor Edith Helme was a multi-talented lady who as well as being an author was also a reporter, columnist, naturalist and keen golfer. She wrote many books including general stories, dog stories, golfing books, and of course her famous books about Exmoor and its ponies. They have beautiful illustrations and are a must for anyone who loves this area of the world. Many of her books were illustrated by the great Lionel Edwards and as such are collectable for their illustrations alone.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 132 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Eight colour plates and line drawings by Barbara Briggs. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Board corners are bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Barbara Briggs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Not dated - book plate dated 1932 - date of first edition. Presumed to be first edition and printing. In very good beige boards, with green linen-effect cloth boards, and tipped in colour illustration of sea bird to front. The covers are straight, quite clean and firm; spine cloth ends a little worn. Very lightly tanned free end papers; book plate to front free end paper. Tiny yellow bookseller's sticker to rear paste down for J. & W. Gilbert, Egham. Tanned cut edges; the fore and tail edges are deckled. The text block is in very good condition; with 16 lovely tipped-in colour and other illustrations by Barbara Briggs. The pages are tightly bound and unmarked.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. No front free end paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Aldin, Cecil (illustrator). 172p, 12 plates by Cecil Aldin (1 in 2 colors). Lacks the jacket. Camping, gypsies, and other adventures with ponies in Exmoor--Jerry and his mate Joker. Sequel to Jerry, the Story of an Exmoor Pony by the same authors. Very good (scattered light foxing) No stated edition, probably an early reprint.

Condition: Good. 1942. Reprinted. 171 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Cecil Aldin. Two-colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 132 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Barbara Briggs (illustrator). 9999. The Religious Tract Society, London, no date. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good,clean text, 16 colour plates in VG order. Some pages spotted. Jacket has shelf wear, teard, etc. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #012755. N/A.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Illustrated By Cecil Aldin (illustrator). Reprint. 171 pages. No dustjacket. Two-tone colour frontispiece and full-page B&W illustrations by Cecil Aldin. Light brown/fawn rather age-dulled and lightly grimy boards with wear at spine-ends and boards' corners. Front spine junction is split and the spine is browned. Ink name to half-title page and to blank preliminary page, flyleaf removed. Some brown spotting/foxing and occasional marks to pages o/w pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Barbara Briggs F.Z.S. (illustrator). Small H/b c.1930's.Green boards with gilt titles to spine & blind-embossed bird to front.160x120mm approx.122pp.Illustrated with 16 Full- page Colour plates as expected & in line by Barbara Briggs FSZ. Undated. Eleanor Helme was a Naturalist and Writer who collaborated with numerous artists in her many nature and children's books. VG (Book- sound binding, book-plate dated 1936 to initial blank page ffep along with ink inscsps, fox spotting to foredge sometimes encroaching into book margins , clean throughout ] External -some stains/marks & slight wrinkles to front & spine sides. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Harold Copping (illustrator). Illust. card covers with burgundy cloth spine; Covers are quite worn and rubbed with crease down front & back centres; Full page illust. throughout, no list of contents but appears to be intact so all should be present; No date but gift inscription dated 1944; Ffep has prev. owners name and small tear; Age toned pages but clean & unmarked text; A fairly scarce title but well known illustrator Harold Copping.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Copping, Harold (illustrator). 1st Edition. Undated, (circa 1930). 40pp, 4 Illustrated colour plates. Quarter bound in brown cloth over colour pictorial paper-covered front board, rear plain. 4to. Moderate wear to extremities and front board. Tear to cloth at spine heel, bumped at spine head. Text block tanned and foxed. Foxing to endpapers and internally. Previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper verso. Previous owner's name entered into 'Presented To' box on verso of first page. Some cracked gutters where plates occur. Pencil marks on two pages.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. Cecil Aldin (illustrator). 1st ed., 1st imp. 171pp, 12 full-page illustrations by Cecil Aldin including tinted frontis. Spine heavily sunned and binding generally grubby. Internally sound and clean. A pony adventure story set around Exmoor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Charles Ambrose (illustrator). Reprint. 157pp. HARDCOVER Sml. sgn. to ffep in ink, o/w very clean throughout. There is no graffiti or colouring-in of illustrations. Little used. D/w is present, but has much wear, marks & loss. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

HC. plates by Barbara Briggs (illustrator). 95pp Animals include: The Dormouse; The Hare; "Brer Rabbit"; The Harvest Mouse; The Wood Mouse; The Stoat; The Weasel; The Water Vole; The Field Vole; The Wild Cat; The Pine Marten; The Squirrel; The Badger; The Otter; The Fox; The Hedgehog. good+, gray cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover).

Condition: Good. 1938. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations by Barbara Turner. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper, dated 1949. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Title and part of illustration on rear coloured with red pen.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Barbara Turner (illustrator). First Edition. 1st edition hbk; red cloth; lettering to spine has worn off, but white flad still showing brightly; small names hand written, 1 inside cover, 1 on fep (not author; illustrated in b/w; ; Tales of Sport and Games; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Charles Ambrose (illustrator). Rpt. Red bds with white title to spine. some patchy soiling to bds. Spine sunned. Bump to spine ends and corners. Prize sticker to fep. Foxing to outer edge of text block and top edge of some pages. b/w illus. Bindings tight. Pages evenly tanning. Interior clean.