Joseph Avrach (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. First Edition. Red hardback with faded spine and faded along top front and rear. Two untidy inscriptions to front endpaper. (Possibly an Ex-school book?). 2-tone illustrations. pages are in good condition. "An Adventure Story for Children" 140 pages. Scarfe, Laurence (illustrator). Book. …

Condition: Good. 1945. 2nd Edition. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Orange illustrations throughout. 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 sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1945. No edition remarks. 140 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.…

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condition: About VG. No Dustjacket. First Edition. Adventure novel. 95pp, illustrations by R. A. Bartlett. Bright, clean interior. Sound binding. Unmarked. Minor wear only to crimson cloth. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 180g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. R. A. Bartlett (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 143 pages, with biographical chronology, index of names, notes on the pictures. Black and white photos and facsimiles (mss., newspaper headlines), both full-page and cuts, throughout. Translated from German; the author was Moscow correspondent of West German Radio and Television. The turmoil around the publication of Dr. Zhivago and the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Pasternak is featured. 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", olive cloth with gilt lettering on spine, scant shelf wear (corners sharp), dust soil to top edge, touches of faint foxing to end papers, in unclipped DJ with wear to edges, foxing and soil. From the library of Prof. Warner Berthoff, his underscoring and/or marginalia observed on seven pages. Two newspaper clippings are laid in: a photo of Pasternak, and a review by Marc Slonim from the NYT Book Review (1959) of two books of translations of P's poems.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition, classic war economy format hardcover with gilt decorated front board, in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked throughout. Edges are creased and torn, with chips at the spine ends and inner flap folds, and front inner flap is dog-eared at the lower edge. Board edges, corners and spine ends are marked, bumped and rubbed. Spine is cocked and page block is blemished. Previous owner's dedication on FEP, with spots of foxing noted on the pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Bartlett, R.A. (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without dust jacket, in good condition. Illustrated by Laurence Scarfe. Boards are slightly scuffed. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and page edges are somewhat tanned. Colour pencil scribbles on the FEP. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Scarfe, Laurence (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Peter Lunn, 1945. Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1945. Peter Lunn. First. Book - Good, spine sunned.Gilt titles on spine. Frontis colour illus. 14 colour illus by Laurence Scarfe throughout. 8.5 x 5.5. 140pp. Laurence Scarfe (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 177 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and drawing to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Marking to rear flap.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. A good hardcover reading copy without dustjacket. Faded spine, heavily worn at the ends with some small tears and fraying cloth. Cracked gutter at title page. Gift inscription to front pastedown. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text is in German.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. US SW: This 140 page hardcover is about fine in dj, dj has 2/3 spine title missing, and dog tooth cuts and rear top dj and a 1x2inch hole Olson edge of rear dj. SIGNED and inscribed by the author at the top of the first front free end paper. Titless white spine. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 84 pp bw illustrations, blue cloth with darked blue title to spine masks motif to front. Top and bottom edges of covers sunned , corners a little softened, dust wrapper worn torn and tape repaired, grubby. Joseph Avrach (illustrator).…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little fraying to the spine ends. Pages lightly age-tanned; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8½" x 5½" (0.4 kg); pp 140; Contains: Black & white drawings; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #182652 ||. Laurence Scarfe (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. 26pp colour illustrated throughout, colour illustrated covers. Spine worn with a little loss, corners rubbed, marks to covers, inscription to pastedown, one leaf torn and crumpled. Arnrid Johnston (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Bon état. Sans date. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 26 pp colour illustrated throughout, quarter red cloth, illustrated paper to sides. Cover rubbed around the edges, corners scuffe, paper to sides wrinkled with some spots and marks, foot of spine bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. 178 pp bw illustrations, yellow cloth with red title to spine illustration to front. Spine ends sunned, corners slightly softened, pages tanned, good solid book, dust wrapper tanned and marked much rubbed with loss to spine ends and corners. Leonard Rosoman (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This book is in good condition. No dust cover. Peter Lunn (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on red cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Contemporary name and address hidden beneath front flap. dust jacket has small chips at top and bottom of spine, slightly grubby, 1 shilling sticker on front. Laurence Scarfe (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 71 pages illustrated. A very good copy with no previous ownership markings. Front panel of the dust jacket only.

8vo. 96pp. Illustrated with 15 attractive lithographs by R.A. Bartlett. Orig. red cloth gilt. Printed on war time paper. A clever spy story for children.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition stated. unpaginated [26pp] [light rubbing to covers; corner wear] Size: Oblong 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. Arnrid Johnston (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 126pp. Bound in red illustrated cloth. With illustrations by Joseph Avrach, one in color. Stated first edition. Boards are cocked. Corners are bumped. Stated first edition. Uncommon. Compilation of stories which include: "The Dwarf with the Long Nose", "The Magic Knapsacks", "The Boy with the Three Dogs", "The Ill-Tempered Princess", "The Blue Bird", "The Three Princesses of Whiteland", "Alibea", "The Adventures of the Caliph Haroun Alraschid", "The Master and his Pupil".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1945. Original pictorial dustjacket foxed and chipped. Red cloth gilt very clean. Pages slightly age-browned, but very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated against coloured backgrounds, by Laurence Scarfe. 140 pages. A modern design twist to book publshing. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in red cloth, with gilt title lettering to spine, this hardcover 1945 First Edition is VG. 140pp with 21 Chapters and coloured wash line drawings by Scarfe. Clean endpapers, sound binding, all VG. Scarfe, Laurence (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth, with two masks design to front board and clear lettering to spine, this hardcover First Edition is VG. 84pp with 14 chapters and 17 B/W line drawings by Joseph Avrach. Clean endpapers, sound binding; all VG. Avrach, Joseph (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. approx 30 pp colour illustrations, blue cloth with deeper blue title and illustration to front. Sunned patches to cloth otherwise clean sound book, dust wrapper worn and torn with some loss. Joseph Avrach (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1945 Peter Lunn Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustration by Laurence Scarfe.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R160203345: 1946. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur frais. 126 pages augmentées de quelques illustrations en noir et blanc in et hors texte - plats et dos tâchés voire fânés -. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…