Leslie Daiken (112 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Red, pictorial cloth. 2nd impression. 207pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Very good in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition: no later printings listed. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water stains. No soiling. The dust jacket priced $4.95 (not clipped) shows light wear, no sun fading, some light surface soiling.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 44 Pages Illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair, dust jacket only. Good; Red cloth over boards, white illustrated paper jacket, jacket is soiled and worn, binding is good, clean copy, jacket in protective plastic cover, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages.

Cloth Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. 207pp including bibliography and index Lots of plates Previous owner's name on front facing page Tear at bottom edge of front cover.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 271 pp., index. Many fine photographic illustrations. Very small chips and cracks to DJ edges, else fine.

Hardcover. "This lively and authoritative study of children's toys includes all kinds of playthings from the earliest times to the present day but largely concerns itself with those traditional toys which have been delighting generations of children for hundreds of years: tin soldiers, musical toys, rocking-horses, building bricks, models, clockwork and mechanical toys, dolls' houses and dolls of all types and sizes." 207 pages; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 " Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Foxing on endpages and a few pages throughout. Dust jacket is foxed and rubbed, with some edge wear.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Lambarde Press, 1963. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Owner's name, date and light notation on endpapers. Short gifter's inscription on half title page. Color illustration pages detached.

Condition: Good. 1963. 271 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. 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 wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ has s damp stain along the top edge, of the front cover. Top edge of pages are have a light damp stain that never touches the text blocks.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 208 pages, colour frontispiece, 2 other colour plates, some 40 pages of b/w photos, and many figures in the text, ownership signature of Ruari McLean (1955) on end-paper, hardback (purple/ plum- cloth), a very good copy.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, red cloth. The binding is lightly bumped with slight fraying to the corners & the spine is faded. viii & 216 pages. Illustrated with 2 color plates, including a frontispiece, and with numerous black-and-white illustrations & music staves. Good. First edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. First Printing. 207 numbered pages. The only library marking is a call number on the lower edge of the backstrip. Lower edge of front cover has been bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Condition: VG/Good+. 1st. 8vo. 208pp. Bookplate, slight cock to spine. Several tears to 1/2", edgewear to. clipped DJ. In mylar.

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 208 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over purple cloth covered boards with gilt. Illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting causing the binding to be shaky. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. green cover. Book.

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition. 64 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by author to front free endpaper. Black and white 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. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. With 207 pages and illustrations , a good history of children's toys , with 118 illustrations, covering toys that teach, toys that move, dolls, toy soldiers, toy in music, , etc HARD COVER, NO DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS , VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Large octavo hardback, pink cloth. 208 pp. Many colour and black and white illustrations. Very Good condition in Good, price-clipped dust jacket (top half inch of spine area of jacket missing otherwise quite a nice dust jacket)). Previous owner's inscription on front free end paper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good in Mylar. Ex-Library with usual markings, wear along bottom edge, otherwise clean and well bound. 5 X 8" 271 pages. Published in 1963, this book is a guide to the principal public and private collections in Great Britain of period toys; dolls and dolls' houses; games; puppets and marionettes; toy soldiers; musical boxes and automata. Also modern toys; toymakers and toyshops; puppet and marionette troupes; the British Toy Industry and Toy Trade Press. Dublin-born Leslie Daiken was the founder and honorary President of the Toy Museum at Rottingdean, Sussex. Illustrated with many glossy black/white photographs. **Bundle UP & Save On Postage**. Black & White Photographs (illustrator).…

Red Cloth. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. First Edition. viii, 216pp. with colour frontis and 114 illustrations. Front hinge cracked but firm. Foxing to preliminaries, and spine a little sunned.

Condition: Used - Good. London: Edward Ward, 1959. 63 pages. Dust jacket has very minimal wear to edges, not price clipped, bright and clean in new Brodart cover. No former owner's name. Previous owner has put a lovely rose sticker on table of contents page. Text is clean. Used - Good.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (music, history, lullabies) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

B033803; 271 pp, w/much edge wear; many illustrations hardcover; very good contents & covers; good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Spring Books, 1963. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with toning and spotting on pages. Dust jacket is very good with toning and shelf/edge wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing (1965). Published by Spring Books, 1963. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with previous owner address label on front flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edge wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…