Eliott E C (121 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. "First published 1955" on its copyright page, with no reprint dates, so a first edition. On the pastedown inside its front cover is a hand written gift inscription in blue ink, "To John From Aunt Lou + Family Xmas 1956". This book is in good condition, marred by light bumps and wear on its covers' corners and spine ends, some evidence of briefly having water on its front cover (slight discoloration and 'waviness' but no dampstain or odor) plus slight spine lean, and some soiling and light stains around the edges of its page block (not extending into page margins.) Its binding is sound. Covers and pages are otherwise unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is mostly whole, in fair but still shelf worthy condition, marred by a corner-clipped front flap, a slightly faded spine, and light stains on its white back (likely mildew residue, but with no accompanying odor.) I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. R.J. Jobson (illustrator). Tanned pages, some wear to cover edges, spine creasing, some cover creasing, spine lean, some rubbing, rubbed hinges, marks to page edges and cover. Some water staining to pages, also possible water damage to back cover. Price in pen on inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. R. J. Jobson (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is the Thomas Nelson and Sons (UK) hardcover first edition, with "First published 1954" on its copyright page, and a full color plate facing its title page. This 71 year old book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light wear on its spine ends, slight sunfade along its covers' top edges, and some faint soiling on edges of its page block (not extending onto page faces.) Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with no apparent age toning. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in good condition, still colorful but slightly toned and faded, marred by several condition issues: a 1/2" chip off the top of its spine, 1/4" chips in the top of its flap folds, wear along its front flap fold and on the bottom of its spine, a 1/2" stain on its back flap (not obscuring any text), and a corner-clipped front flap.I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). First Edition. Dustwrapper worn on edges; mark on front flap. Top edge foxed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. Cornwell, Bruce (illustrator). First Nelson Paperback Edition. G+, Edgewear, creases, tear to half-title page, abrasion, browning. Children's science-fiction adventure. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with gift message to first blank page. DJ has edge wear and loss to front edge. Price clipped Ex School library book.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 119 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 119 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Bruce Cornwell. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. 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.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 119 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Minor loss to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Published. 119 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). "First published February 1955" and "Reprinted 1955" on its copyright page, so a 2nd printing. Its full color frontispiece is bright and unworn, but has come loose from its spine binding so is tipped in. This book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light bumps on its covers' corners and spine ends, a trace of sunfade along its covers' top edges, some faint soiling on the top edge of its page block (not extending onto page faces), and slight spine lean. Its binding is sound, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are otherwise unworn and unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole and in good condition, marred only by slight fading to its colorful front and spine, small chips in the base of its spine, light soiling on its white back and along its back flap fold, and some toning along its top edge and folds. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Cornwell, A. Bruce (illustrator). Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. Small mark on ffep. Price-clkipped dj has shelfwear, wrinkles, light rubbing. 119 pages. Tas and his friend Bluey take a chance and slip inside the new red postal rocket all set for its first flight round the world to delivery mail. The rocket takes off, they don't know how to control it, and the don't know how they'll get back. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: G+. No Jacket. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). 193 pp, color frontis and B/W ill, a nice clean copy with light foxing on some page extremeties, covers have light soil.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A. BRUCE CORNWELL (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in Good condition.Pened name and faint Foxing to end papers. No Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). First Edition. A few small clusters of spotting to text block edge, thin fade line to head of spine, dw has sl loss to head of spine and outer corners of upper cover, sl fade to spine, and wear to most extremeties, with creasing to some, price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Cornwell, A. Bruce (illustrator). First Edition. Boards are clean and bright. Page edges a little browned with scattered brown spotting. Slight browning to endpapers but pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Musty smell. Jacket has chipping to the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine with a half-inch triangular piece missing from the top right hand corner of the rear panel. A. Bruce Cornwell. First printing.

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Published. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Stamp to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has more noticeable staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). 1st Edition. "First published 1955" on its copyrigh page, with no reprint dates, so a first edition. On its front endpaper is a hand-written price in red ink ("8 P"), and a gift inscription written in blue ink with a lovely script, "To Stewart / Christmas 1958, With Love from David and Valerie.". This 70 year old book is in very good condition for its age, mared only by spine lean, light wear on its covers' spine ends, light bumps on its covers' corners, some soiling and foxing on edges of its page block (which does not extend onto page faces), plus a few faint stains on edges of the page block (which do extend slightly into page margins.) Its binding is sound. Covers and pages are otherwise unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole and in good condition, marred by foxing, a faded spine, wear and tiny chipping on the ends of its spine and flap folds, and toning along its folds and top edge.I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). Reprint. Tanned text block edge, rub to tail of spine, dw has wear, tears, chips to extremeties, with sl loss to bottom edge of rear cover and one corner, a little fade to spine. Now in protective removable premium grade clear film wrap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). Reprint. Tanning with the odd spot to text block edge, personal label partly torn out from paste-down, dw has very sl fade to spine, with wear, tears and chips to various edges/corners, price-clipped. Now in protective removable premium grade clear film wrap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages.

first edition, hardback (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), viii, 119pp. Text illustrations by A Bruce Cornwell. Original red cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

Red Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). Line Drawings (illustrator). Reprint 1958. Please Email for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is the Thomas Nelson and Sons (UK) hardcover first edition, with "First published 1954" on its copyright page, and a full color plate facing its title page. This 71 year old book is in very good condition for its age, marred only by light bumps on its covers' spine ends and bottom corners. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with no apparent age toning. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good condition, marred only by a corner-clipped front flap, light wear with tiny chips in the ends of its spine and front flap fold, plus some light soiling on its white back and along its back flap fold, but is otherwise bright, whole and unmarked. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very good-. R j Jobson (illustrator). Spine is creased. Scarce.Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). 1st Edition. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd London 1955 First Edition G (blue boards w title in navy blue on spine, worn, spine discoloured, headand foot of spine sl bumped, some markings on baords, edges sl foxed, fep missing).

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition. 193 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over blue illustrated cloth with dark blue lettering to spine and front board. Colour frontispiece with black and white illustrations to text by A. Bruce Cornwell. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with rubbing to surfaces and moderate to heavy foxing to cloth. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning and foxing to textblock. Clipped dust jacket has moderate wear to edges, with small chips and tears to spine and corners. Heavy foxing to reverse side of DJ and flaps.

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition. 200 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Paperback. Printed pages: 202. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Thus. Light rubbing to spine, internally in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £12.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £16.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm).