Gee Herbert Leslie (22 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. Unpaginated. 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. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octodecimo. Blue boards, pictorial dustjacket with photo of York Minster and Bootham Bar on cover. Jacket has pest damage, creases, chipping, foxing and stains, now in protective mylar. Binding is tight; text clean and unmarked.

1st edition. Very good cloth-backed paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Mary Mouse Series for the Very Young. Physical description: 62 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrated; 6x14 cm. Subjects: Children's Stories; Children's Picture Books; Comics, 1950; Adventure Stories; London, Fiction; Children's Literature; Specimens; 20th Century Pictorial Works, England. 3 Kg.

First edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 158 pages: illustrations, map; 17 cm. Subjects: Folklore England Yorkshire. Folklore Great Britain Yorkshire. Tales England Yorkshire.Yorkshire Folklore. Yorkshire (England) Social life and customs. England Yorkshire. Genre: Fiction.Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Contains, Illustrations (illustrator). 190x125x15mm+184g . . The Epworth Press. London. 1953. . . . Pp88. Red cloth hard boards with black lettering to spine; in original dust jacket; clipped. Browning to pages: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_A U$11.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 170x110x12mm+185g . . Epworth Press. London. 1954. First Edition. . . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . International_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_in_an_ENVELOPE:_AU$38.00 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$7.60.

First edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 21 cm. Unoaginated. Contains black-and-white illustrations. In very good plus condition. Gift inscription present on the front loose end page. Hinges tight, pages bright. Moderate edge wear/bumping, soiling to the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight clean unmarked book in blue cloth with a pinprick to front board; dj with just light shelfwear and the same prick to front panel; 160 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket shows light chipping to spine, covers are soiled, spine of DJ is heavily tanned. States First Published in 1940. ; 128 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. An account of a family holiday in Sandbourne. DJ; Owner's Name inside. Owner's name inside, dated 1949. 271 pages.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 88 p. ; 19 cm, some illustrated. Subjects; children's literature. Young adult literature 20th century. Adventures - children's literature. 3 Kg.

First edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 158 pages: illustrations, map; 17 cm. Subjects: Folklore England Yorkshire. Folklore Great Britain Yorkshire. Tales England Yorkshire.Yorkshire Folklore. Yorkshire (England) Social life and customs. England Yorkshire. Genre: Fiction.Illustrated. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth-backed paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Mary Mouse Series for the Very Young. Physical description: 62 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrated; 6x14 cm. Subjects: Children's Stories; Children's Picture Books; Comics, 1950; Adventure Stories; London, Fiction; Children's Literature; Specimens; 20th Century Pictorial Works, England. 1 Kg.

Vg (no dj, clean bright blue cloth with dulled gilt titling to spine. corners sharp. no inscriptions . contents very clean and bright without fault. octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. first pocket size edition.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 88 p. ; 19 cm, some illustrated. Subjects; children's literature. Young adult literature 20th century. Adventures - children's literature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "The Friendship Book" by Francis Gay (Herbert Leslie Gee) 1943 Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8" x 6" Unpaginated The jacket is in good minus condition with small edge tears and chips. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, writing, & bends. There is a gift inscription written in blue ink on the front end page. There is light staining on the end pages and some wrinkling by the hinge on the back end page. The boards are in good minus condition with corner bumps and light edge wear. The binding is tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "The Friendship Book" by Francis Gay (Herbert Leslie Gee) 1944 Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8" x 6" Unpaginated The jacket is in good minus condition with small edge tears. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, writing, stains, & bends. There is a gift inscription written in blue ink on the front end page. The boards are in good minus condition with corner bumps and light edge wear. The binding is tight and fairly square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "The Friendship Book" by Francis Gay (Herbert Leslie Gee) 1945 Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8" x 6" Unpaginated The jacket is in good minus condition with small edge tears, and a stain on the top front. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, writing, stains, & bends. There is a gift inscription written in blue ink on the front end page. The boards are in good minus condition with corner bumps. The binding is tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. E A Tansley (illustrator). Nice clean copy of the 1953 reprint edition of a story of a conjuror who lived in a caravan, a Princess, and a Poor Young Man among other colourful characters. No dustjacket but clean pale green boards, small section of spine slightly discoloured at top above title. Colour frontispiece with slight discolouration on surround, facing fly leaf is also slightly tanned. Some spotting on final few pages but otherwise mostly clean. There are three further colour plates also by E A Tansley. 160pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rogers, Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 156pp, colour plate frontispiece, further colour plates interleaved in text and many line drawings, all by Frank Rogers. Blue cloth-covered boards with black lettering and illustration. 8vo. Cloth a little soiled, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, rubbed on spine joints. Sunned over spine. Slight lean. Text block edges lightly toned. Compliments slip from M & D Reeve, antiquarian booksellers, pasted onto front paste down. Gift inscription card pasted onto front free endpaper, reading "For a Dear Dad, We needed a special occasion to give you this special gift, with lots of love, Vanessa, Chris & Simon, Silver Wedding, 20/05/92. Slight strain to gutter between frontispiece and title page else internally neat, fresh and tight. Herbert Leslie Gee (1901-1977) was a prolific English writer, also writing under the pen name, Francis Gay. He is perhaps best remembered for the annual Friendship Books, first published in 1939, but his gentle adventure stories for children were popular at the time and now hard to find.