Gladys Spratt Ed (4 results)
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Published by The Girl's Own Paper, UK, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: LA BookWorks, West Vancouver, BC, CanadaLA BookWorks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 49.36
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. The Girl's Own Paper was an illustrated weekly paper which, from 1880 to 1956, could be found in most British homes. More for young women than 'girls', it combined a mixture of stories and educational articles, musical scores and poetry, and items about cooking, sewing and housekeeping. It evolve…d to include career advice and articles about science, as well as pieces about a woman's responsibilities. It became a significant cultural touchstone, helping to document and shape British society. At the end of every year, the issues of the paper were gathered together in the Girl's Own Annual. This is a copy of Volume 60, the Annual for 1939. It is plain bright red boards with the title impressed in the cover. 9" x 11" x 1 1/2" and just under 5 lbs. 624 pages packed with photos and illustrations. There is a mark on the bottom right of the front cover. On the front endpaper, there is an inscription. It was given to the recipient from the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) at Christmas 1939. Whoever received it clearly didn't read it. The inside is in mint condition.
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office, London, 1935
- Hardcover
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United KingdomVictoria Bookshop
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 34.17
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Thus. 4to. Undated but approx 1935. A very good copy, in tatty dw. Includes stories by L M Montgomery - the garden of spices; Minor discolouration to edges of blue cloth cover. Minor foxing to eps. dw torn at top, tail and fore edge, but title and illustration on front… and advert on back still intact. Heavy book, will incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
More imagesPublished by The Girl's Own Paper Office, London
- Hardcover
Seller: Jenny Wren Books, Maidstone, United KingdomJenny Wren Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
£ 25.00
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Fair. Blue cloth boards, no dustwrapper; 624pp; four colour plates plus b/w ills to text. Boards are rubbed and worn to extremities, cloth is puckered, sunned and marked with cloth tape reinforcing front joint but obscuring part of spine title; internally much better condition with focing and light marking… to endpapers, scattered to pages. Includes installations of Elsie Oxenham's 'Peggy and the Brotherhood'. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote.[123: Q1].
More imagesPublished by RTS Lutterworth Press, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Breaking Ground, Levin, HOROW, New ZealandBreaking Ground
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 40.45
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1939] Blue Cloth Covers No Dust Jacket 624p. Cover worn, chipped and scuffed. Binding a bit loose and front hinge split with webbing showing but still holding. Named inside front end paper in heavy ink. Otherwise text very clean with no writing or colouring. Some foxing.
