Josephine Elder (91 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blackie & Son, Ltd., London, UK. 1933. Hardcover. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear through paper at tips, board fore edges, and board bottoms; light wear at head and tail. No DJ. Tan cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards; blue lettering on the spine and on front papers. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Captain of Hockey color frontispiece present. 208 pp 4to. This book features 24 stories about girls and girls' education (Girls' School Stories) in boarding schools in the 1920s-30s from various British writers featuring the "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral instruction. Most of these stories present a young female point of view which was active, aware of current issues and independent-minded in which adolescence is seen as a time of transition, and girls could have common interests and concerns. A clean very presentable copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 188 pages. Dust jacket over paper covered boards. Clean pages with heavy tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable loss to rear endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild loss and scuffing to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Softcover. Condition: New. Brand new copies still available; unabridged; introduction by Hilary Clare; includes publishing history & notes on the text; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with silver gilt. 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 mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears, price clipped. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Summer term finds Annis and Kitty back at the Farm School, where they have discovered a new vantage point - high up in an old cherry tree from which to survey their world. Life at the Farm School is always exciting, and this term is no exception; the arrival of eccentric Miss de Vipon however, endangers Annis and Kitty's friendship for a time, and Annis also has trouble solving a puzzle which concerns some fired haystacks. Dust jacket is torn at edge, held together with tape. Previous owner's name written in pen on page one. Pages lightly tanned. First Edition.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Missing the ffep. Content has age toning. Good DJ has chips/tears and marks.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with toning. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condition: Fair. 220 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Heavier tanning to text block edges. Dog eared pages from 67-82. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Silver lettering is bright and clear. Small damp stain to front board.Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed. Board corners are bumped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm, text is legible. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication and faint pen drawings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing.

Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over paper covered boards. Clean pages with heavy tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Missing front endpaper. Pen mark to half title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Mild water stain to front board. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Notable stains to rear panel.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. 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 mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. 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. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Turquoise Cloth. Condition: Good Repaired Chipped Spine. No Jacket. Colour Frontispiece (illustrator). Undated Circa 1950. Browned Page Edges.Please Email For Further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed "Susan From Mummy & Dad.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker residue to front flap. Light foxing overall.

Turquoise Cloth. Condition: Good Spine Missing. No Jacket. Colour Frontispiece (illustrator). Undated Circa 1950. Browned Page Edges.Please Email For Further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed "Susan From Mummy & Dad.

Condition: Good. 1943. 1943 Reprint. 224 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Heavy loss to all parts of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good. 188 pages. Dustjacket has wear to spine-ends and edges, rubbing to spine-junctions, price-clipped. Clean green hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges yellowed. Has an ink Sunday School prize message dated 1958 written to inside of front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Lovely new unabridged edition. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dustwrapper has some wear to the edges and corners, with some small rips to the edges. The green boards are rubbed with tape marks, with minimal bumping to the edges, with bright lettering to the spine. Tape marking to inside covers. The binding is firm. The pages are clean with tanning to page edges and throughout. This book has 224 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dustwrapper has some wear to the edges and corners, with some small rips and chips to the edges and mild stains. The green boards are rubbed with tape marks to edges, with some bumping to the edges, with bright lettering to the spine and embossed picture to front. The binding is firm. The pages are clean with some tanning to page edges and throughout. This book has 188 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.