Hopcroft G E (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 94 pages. Illustrated. Baily's Magazine was the premier publication for the British gentry, focusing heavily on traditional country pursuits, equestrianism, and field sports. Superb period advertisements: Historical adverts for sporting equipment, taxidermy, estate sales, equestrian gear, and luxury goods of the Edwardian era. D "Members of the Hunt and their Duties" / Corrigeen "Days among the Salmon in Connemara" / A E Bromehead-Soulby "St. Andrews Links Some Past Legal Actions" / Means of Helping the Master of Foxhounds" / G E Hopcroft "Yachting Prospects for 1910" / Percy Percival "John Harris of Liskeard" / F G Aflalo "Fish and Fishing in Brackish Water Some Personal Experiences And Hints" / Thormanby "Some Studies in Black" / Claude Champion De Crespigny "Is Duelling Unsportsmanlike?" (U.P.).…

Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains The Pace-Makers by Cleaver, How They Played Rugger in America, When the Zoo Laughs written and illustrated by Brightwell, A Dog's Chance by Green, The Skywaymen by Leverage, Lofe in the Canadian Mounted Police by Perry, Chats on Stamp Collecting by Perry, Hooligan Hall by Bird, The Field of Play by Sewell, How to Make a Model Lighthouse by Hopcroft, Buccaneers of the Desert by Reeves, The Laugher Shop and an Editorial by The Old Fag. The spine has some surface wear, a one inch closed tear at the top and a two inch closed tear at the bottom. The covers have some browning, a few light stains and light surface and edge wear Browning to the insides of the covers and the pages with light rusty stains around the staples but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Bernhard Hugh. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Hugh, Bernhard; Brock, H.M.; Brightwell, L.R.; Whitwell, T.M.R.; Wright, Frank; E.H. Thomas; Peddie, Tom (illustrator).…

H/B paper covered bds, oversized, blue cloth to spine, Good+, a little rubbing at edges, corners scuffed, picture of 3 aviators discussing a model plane on front, small white label in corner at front, contents clean and tight, 10 short stories beginning with The Red Junk by G E Hopcroft, nice colour frontis., inscript on pencil on ffep.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st. Dust Jacket: N/A. External/Dust Jacket Condition: Scarce. Surface wear. Creasing. Chipping. Spine worn. Grubby. The binding is sturdy. Internal Condition: Minor creasing to page corners. Excellent. Clean. Author/Editor: Hopcroft, G E. Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. Year: 1927. Edition: 1st. Binding: Softcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 93. Keywords: model making, modelling, scale drawings. The book for sale is the one in the photo. …

pictorial hard cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Compilation of children?s stories, games and puzzles, probably 1920?s or 1930?s. Front cover shows a boy and a girl on donkeys at a beach. Illustrated with several colour plates and numerous black and white drawings. 220 pages G. Shelf wear and edge wear to covers with splits at top of spine where cloth spine meets boards. Some foxing and browning to paper, overall good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hbk in picture boards; Vg; beigs cloth spine with black lettering & illustration; brightly coloured illustrated boards of 2 boys rowing in foreground and ship in background; vg; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Thomas Henry; R H Brock; (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered front board, forest green cloth spine. 4to. 10½'' x 7½''. Printer's code AV/208/663. Contains colour frontispiece, 68 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. First story is 'Playing for St. Martin's' by Joan Lumley. Rubbing to the corners and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR GIRLS.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Colour pictorial boards show children running after dog. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: Pocket Thunder by Harold Avery. Spine bumped, picture on it worn, 1.5" split to bottom of front edge. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers very grubby. Erased writing and faint ticks to both endpapers and verso of frontis. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Wood, Lawson & Groome, W.H.C. & Fraser, Peter & et al., (illustrator). …

OKart., 18 x 12 cm. Condition: Gut. ix, 93 Seiten, Über das kindgerechte Bauen von gegenständen (Werkzeugkasten, Windmühle, Gartenstuhl, Tunnel für Modelleisenbahn.). - Mit etlichen Abbildungen. - Provenienz: Karl Eugen Renner (Namenszug). - Rücken mit winziger Fehlstelle. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Blue cloth spine with Illustrated board covers; covers worn, especially at edges; Illustration of 3 cross looking pugs watching a snail by their bowl; as with many of these My Folks annuals, this copy is Fair condition only. They were obviously very popular and got well read! It contains lots of stories/articles and both colour and b/w pictures; ; Vol. 94; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; A. Morrow; Ernest Aris; Stanley Rogers;Rees, E Dorothy; Reynolds, Warwick; Et Al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Numbered Edition 738 of 1000. Very good condition, folio, red morocco leather, bevelled edges, gilt ruled decoration and titles across front and spine, five raised bands on spine, sunning to spine otherwise light wear, all edges gilt, gilt decoration to internal edges of covers, binding is firm and text block clean, marbled end papers, half tone illustrations throughout, further 56 sepia photogravure with tissue guards, lacks 1 called for and not bound in (Dr. Paul Cohn) this was supplied loose with some copies but not present here, also the portrait of "The Late Mr. M. Vivian Smith" is a halftone portrait in text and should not have been included in the list of Photogravures, it is not included in the list of other illustrations, xiv plus 522 pages. This is a heavy volume (5.4 kg net weight) and will require additional for postage/shipping. [QH] [QP].…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Date is approximate. Includes a typed, hand-annotated and signed manuscript for Hopcroft's 'The Science Master's Great Experiment' (from 'Our Boys Gift Book', 1933), along with original hand-drawn composite artwork, and a draft print of the same. Each item is well-preserved with minimal signs of wear, apart from some brown rust marks from paperclips. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 230 x 270 mm. 20 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: JC Dickinson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Britain/UK; 1930s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05549. JC Dickinson (illustrator).…