Macclure Victor (165 results)

Condition: New.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, minor foxing to fore-edge and top edge o/w very good in a well-preserved and now protected dust wrapper, 262pp.

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 262 pages. Illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is shaky, however pages remain fully attached. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Panel repairs present.

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.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Victor MacClure (illustrator). First Edition. HB 1st Ed 2nd impression. Blue cloth boards. Thin black line border on front edge. Black titles spine. 24 x 15.8 cm. 288 pages. b/w frontis sketch of the author, only illust. 9 alleged murders. Starts with Mary Bateman - the Yorkshire Witch. Includes:- Elizabeth Brownrigg - the Midwife Murderess. Marie Lafarge - the Passionate Poisoner. Ends: Anna Zwanziger - the Nuremberg Poisoner. Condition: boards age and handling discoloured. Aging discolouration on spine, front and back edges. See pic. Wear on top and bottom of spine + corners. o/p + e/p minor small age spots. Outer edge of pages collectively age discoloured, internally, clean, little wear, binding firm, good colour. Cover lets it down otherwise GC.

Condition: Fair. 1928. First Published. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Condition: Good. 1928. First Edition. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

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.

Condition: Good. Good condition book with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is clean but has some wear to edges and scuffing and tears generally. Book has clean and bright contents, front hinge is cracked, some foxing to endpapers, 240pp. Inscription on title page from the author to Gus Slater 'an old and valued friend' Attached to the front pastedown is a typed 2-page letter to same speaking about his upcoming appearance on the BBC amongst other things.

Condition: Good. 1951. 1951 Reprint. 317 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over brown 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 tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1931. First Edition. 330 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 'It is as much the guest's obligation as the host's to make the party a warm and successful thing.' 262pp, good throughout. Chipped dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition with dust jacket will send out 1st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Victor MacClure (illustrator). With a frontispiece in colour and 43 attractive line drawings by Victor MacClure and 12 photographs.264 pages no dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd; First Edition hardback white titles to orange cloth 317 pages foxing to extremeties and some wear to dj but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Condition: Good. Boards have rubbing to edges with surface tone marks, small brown soiling mark to front - slight lean at spine. Content has a light tone but is clean - endpapers and pastedowns have been relaid. Slight crack to hinge at half title but binding not affected. Pulling at binding to rear endpaper. No DJ.

Condition: Fair. 1935. 254 pages. No dust jacket. First Published. Red cloth. Slight cracking to front hinge, exposure to netting. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible sunning & crushing to spine. Open tear to top of spine. Noticeable white staining.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Gift message to ffep. DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition.

Condition: Good. 1933. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Crease down spine cloth. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 240pp. A journal of self confessed gourmand at large, a lifetime`s harvest of gastronimical lore garnered from all over the world. Red cloth, illustrated d.j., clean , not inscribed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. 'Being a Series of Accounts of the Lives and Deeds of Notorious Women, Murderesses, Cheats, Cozeners, on whom Justice was Executed, and of others, who, Accused of Crimes, were Acquitted at least in Law; Drawn from Authenticated Sources. With Illus. by the author + Index. 240pp. 8vo. h/back. Sl. faded sp., lightly marked fr. cover o/w Vg.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9'' x 6''. Contains 262 printed pages of text. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Pen name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow chips across the spine tips and corners, not price clipped 21s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [British Cookery].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Housewives Choice. Recipes with Danish Bacon. 1961.Helen Burke, Elizabeth Craig, Betty Coy, Rosemary Hume, Marguerite Patten and Victor MacClure. Recipes using Danish Bacon month by month. Calendar to hang on wall, flip up card to reveal recipes, colour illustrations of the dishes, calendar printed on back. Condition very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

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

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. 'Being a Series of Accounts of the Lives and Deeds of Notorious Women, Murderesses, Cheats, Cozeners, on whom Justice was Executed, and of others, who, Accused of Crimes, were Acquitted at least in Law; Drawn from Authenticated Sources. With Illus. by the author + Index. 240pp. 8vo. h/back. Fr. hinge just beginning to show, lightly browned edges, lightly marked sp. Vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Firm blue covers with dark blue lettering are lightly rubbed at edges, sound binding, pages and end-papers are a little darkened but otherwise clean Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10111080085. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Condition: Fair. 1926. Reprint. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt decoration to spine and front board. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Moderate cracking to gutters. Notable thumb-marking present. Mild water droplets to some pages throughout. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Notable crushing and tearing to spine ends.