F Rutley (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lacks D/J ,Gift inscription on first blank page 1947. F. Stokes May (illustrator).

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Paper binding in plastic protector. A few leaves are lightly dog-eared.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. 8vo. Brown cloth board. Gilt lettering on spine. Title page has small tear.

5pp, plus 1 full-page b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

7pp, 2 figs, 1 b-w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hard cover, no jacket, in good condition. Undated. Ex-library copy, their stamp on FEP, and one within. General shelf and handling wear, including a tiny scorch mark to front foot, and fading, tanning and wear to board and edges, creasing to spine head and foot and age-related discoluration to pageblock, including a child's penning to pageblock foot. Within, pages are tightly bound and content is clear and bright. CN. Stocks May, F. (illustrator). Used.…

7pp, 2 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

7pp, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

5pp, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

18pp, 1 b-w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

7pp, 1 b-w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

7pp, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

10pp, plus 2 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

12pp, 2 figs, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

15pp, 2 b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

12pp, 2 figs, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa 1950's. " Nelson's Bumper Books " series. Vintage Children's Story Book. Boards are a bit grubby and some wear to corners but nothing really major. Neat previous owner's name inside and one neatly rubbed out. Fantastic colour frontis plus many black and white illustrations to the stories. 10 stories by various authors (see above). Vintage's book. children.…

10pp, 10 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

14pp, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

10pp, 3 figs, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

12pp, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

16pp, 2 figs, plus 1 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Here are fourteen stories of animals, told by writers who know just how to spin a good yarn for youthful readers. With numerous black and white illustrations. Includes 'Grouse' - Davis Watson, 'Master Robert' - Davis Watson, 'Son of the Snow' - Ben Draper, 'Trapping a Bear' - Percy Dent, 'My First Spear' - Alice F. Jackson, 'Tracked by a Leopard' - George Surrey, 'The Alligator Hunt' - Harrie T. Clarke, 'The Spotted Monkey' - Percy Dent, 'A Lucky Shot' - G. M. Rogers, 'The Runaway Team' - G. R. Northey, 'Up for Auction' - T. C. Bridges, 'Won by a Head' - C. Bernard Rutley, 'A Schoolgirl Saved Me' - A. E. Seymour, 'A Musical Dog' - Herbert W. Green. DJ; Owner's Name inside. Dust jacket is worn with several tears; inscription on first page dated 1947. Pages foxing, readable condition. 192 pages.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn (1945) by C. Bernard Rutley and L.J.F. Brimble Publisher: Macmillan and Co. ISBN: None Condition: Good Published in 1945, just as the world was attempting to return to something resembling normality, Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn invites readers to step outside, look closely at a hedge, pond, field or unfortunate insect, and discover that nature has been carrying on quite happily without consulting humanity at all. Written by C. Bernard Rutley and L.J.F. Brimble, this delightful educational volume belongs to an era when biology involved actual plants, actual animals and actual muddy shoes. The authors guide readers through the living world as it appears during the warmer months of the year, revealing an astonishing number of things growing, crawling, flying, blooming and generally getting on with life while most people fail to notice. What makes this book particularly charming is its assumption that young readers might willingly spend their spare time observing mosses, collecting leaves or examining the habits of insects. Modern educational publishers might feel compelled to include QR codes, animations and interactive apps. Rutley and Brimble simply point at a beetle and say, in effect, "Look at that. Isn?t it interesting?" And they have a point. The book captures a Britain that was still deeply connected to the natural world. Many of the fields, hedgerows and meadows described within these pages would have been familiar to millions of readers in 1945. Some have since vanished beneath housing estates, bypasses and retail parks, making this volume not only a biology textbook but also a small time capsule of a disappearing countryside. Our copy remains in Good condition , which means it has survived eight decades of educational reform, scientific advancement and countless schoolbooks being discarded when somebody decided children would never again need to know the difference between a stamen and a pistil. The binding remains sound, the pages remain readable and the natural world remains reassuringly indifferent to both. Collectors of vintage science books will appreciate its period illustrations and straightforward approach. Nature enthusiasts will enjoy seeing how biology was taught to earlier generations. Historians may find it fascinating that a book written in the closing months of the Second World War could still devote itself so calmly to flowers, birds and seasonal change. There is something wonderfully optimistic about that. While politicians argued, economies shifted and nations rebuilt, the authors quietly reminded readers that blackberries would still ripen, leaves would still change colour and spiders would continue constructing elaborate traps for flies that had somehow failed to read the warning signs. A charming survivor from a gentler educational age, when science lessons could begin with the simple instruction to go outdoors, pay attention and see what was growing in the nearest hedge.…

20pp, plus 3 full-pagepls & 1 folding map, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Owner's inscription on ffep. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

36pp, 4 figs, plus 1 folding fig & 3 full-page pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial boards showing boy swimming and sausages being cooked on camp fire. First story is "The Guardian" by Pennant. Westerman story is "Trapped". Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Spine bumped. Rear cover is lightly foxed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing, heavy to textblock. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Brock, R.H. & Trotter, A. Mason & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cream cloth spine with black title and rugby player vignette. Front board shows cowboy on horseback. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. First story "Prairie Boy" by Baker. Covers are slightly edge worn. Spine a bit grubby. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and some foxing & grubby fingermarks to contents. Hinge pulled between half-title page and frontis. One plate half detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Millar, H.R. & Sindall, Alfred & Browne, Gordon & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Circa 1931. Good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine. Front board shows a girl in skirt and blazer with a black dog on a lead. First story is "The First Flight" by Peck. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations throughout. Corners are worn, edges rubbed. Spine and rear cover slightly grubby, front cover lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Brock, C.E. & Harrison, Florence & Cobb, Ruth & et al., (illustrator).…