Ismay Thorn (107 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. no date, circa 1920, black and red decorated off-white boards, moderately soiled, spine ends worn, ink gift inscription otherwise clean and sound.

Condition: New. Pym, T (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Reprint. Bound in blue, illustrated buckram, sans DW; black & white illustrations; 230pp.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 161 [vi pub. cat.] pp.

Condition: New. Pym, T (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. 1890. New Edition. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, fading. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 5th edition. 12mo. 188 pages. Pictorial blue cloth boards. Yellow endpapers. Monochrome plates, including frontispiece. Boards rubbed; heavily edgeworn; cloth starting to fray at corners and ends of spine; scattered small spots and marks; spine discoloured. Endpapers soiled; small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown; pencil price mark on front free endpaper; inscription (dated 1901) on verso of front free endpaper. Pages lightly toned around margins; marks on a few pages but mostly clean. Front hinge cracked in upper part; rear hinge tender. . Front hinge cracked.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Embossed shop stamp to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Condition: Fair. 1906. No Edition Stated. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. B&W illustrations throughout. Moderate brown staining to pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Some pages loose but not detached. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing and soiling to boards.…

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 182 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with mild tanning and noticeable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to rear board. Mild warping to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Poor, just about fair for this age. No date. Circa 1900. Boards have general wear and staining. Begins with title page. Good inside with handling, smudges, creases. See pictures for further details, description.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with green lettering. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and soiling to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear and fading to boards. Content is aged toned. Weak hinges. Prize sticker to front pastedown. No DJ.

Condition: New. Browne, Gordon (illustrator).

Condition: New. Browne, Gordon (illustrator).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. inscription dated Decorative Cloth; Illustrated by T Pym Book Condition: Fair; No Jacket; text block separated from covers; crude tape reinforcement to spine; no jacket; Child Fiction.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Two black and white illustrated plates through book. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards. …

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults (W.A.F.). No Dustcover. First Edition. Very shabby. 189 pages. Only listed as this is the only copy of this title when uploaded. No date but look early 20th century although writing dated 1942 to a preliminary page. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A nice condition copy given the books age and the fact that it is a childs book, which overall do not fare well with age. However this copy, published by the famous and Londons Oldest bookshop; Hatchards, has some age marks to boards with some knocks and frating to corners. Text block is a little slack but still holding. Contents have a note of previous ownership otherwise a good clear book. …

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Hardback. 47pp. Children's story. Small format. Sunny series. Colour frontis plus black and white line drawings throughout. Col. illustrated matt papers to boards. Somewhat rubbed to points with half an inch of loss to head of spine. Binding is clean and sound. Good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good (-). No Jacket. (UK) Edition Not Stated Owner's inscription dated 1897, page edges yellowed, ridging to the cover cloth of back cover, spine slant, wear to cover edges and corner tips, Good (-) only used copy; no Dj. Green cloth with illus of Crow ad insect with gold title block, 96pp, 8pp publisher's ads. Frontis illus. No date but 1890s according to the owner's inscription; date uncertain. (1.1 WL HOQ 101/3 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Plus advertisements to rear.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Pale blue buckram binding. Illustrated in colour to front board and spine. Slight rubbing and a little bumping to ends of spine. Browning and light foxing to page edges. Light foxing to endpapers, a few occasional spots and light marks to text. Prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Bridgwater Wesleyan Sunday School). An attractive Edwardian Children's title. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches (14 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 221.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth on boards with decoration to spine and front board. Gilt lettering to spine and black title to front board. Mild bumping to extremities. The front end paper has been removed, opening on the half-title page. Otherwise, apart from a little light foxing, clean and tidy and firm. Undated and unstated edition. Illustrated with a colour plate by H M Brock as frontis.12 pages of advertisements at rear, for Blackie's children's books.The advertisements include a full--page line drawing for one of the books listed. H M Brock (illustrator).…

Previous owner's inscription dated 1893 on ffep. vi, 188 pp + 4 pp ads. Frontispiece & 5 other b/w plates. An adventure story for children. Text clean throughout. Binding sound. Green decorated cloth boards with colour vignettes of boys on front board and spine. Bottom of spine and corners very lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG to VG+.…