Irene Slade Ed (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 129 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Tape marking to both panels. Light foxing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Subtitled "Poems of John Betjeman Selected for Younger Readers", this fine copy has no visible wear but does have a long spidery dedication to someone on the front end paper. Very light foxing of end papers. Dust jacket near fine with light shelf wear. Unclipped. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated paper boards, in unclipped dust jacket. Some light foxing and shelf-wear; jacket a little foxed and edge-worn. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Condition: As New. Near Fine. Hbk, 129pp, stated 1st American edition, illustr b+w drawings throughout, dj lightly rubbed at extremities and price-clipped, otherwise fine, bright and clean and now in protective sleeve, internally a fine, clean, tight and unmarked text, almost as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG original illustrated cloth, remains of bookplate & former owner's name blacked out on front pastedown, else internally near fine.

hardbound. 1st Edition of this selection of Betjeman's poems intended for younger readers, and with the illustrations of Edward Ardizzone; poems selected and with an introduction by Irene Slade, grouped under headings Childhood, Early School, Architecture, Places, Growing Up, etc; includes notes to the poems; illustrations by noted book illustrator Edward Ardizzone - b&w illustrations to title page and chapter headings, and colour illustration to boards and dustwrapper; mild toning/foxing to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, one or two minor worn spots, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. 129pp. 8vo. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. b&w illustrations (illustrator).…