Madge Elder (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. DJ may have toning, chips and tears. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Published. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with photographic frontispiece. 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 moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Pink boards with blue titles, b&w illstns. Very light foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped, light rubbing with corner tears and chipping, slight loss and water stain top of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. JOHN MACKAY (illustrator). 1st Edition. THE DUST JACKET HAS MINOR RUBBING TO THE CORNERS. THE FRONT SIDE OF THE JACKET HAS A 1CM TEAR TO THE TOP EDGE. THE SPINE HAS A SLIGHT STAIN WITH MINOR RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. THE BACK SIDE OF THE JACKET IS SLIGHTLY GRUBBY WITH MINOR MARKS. THE BINDING IS REASONABLY TIGHT. PAGE EDGES HAVE A SMALL STAIN TO THE BOTTOM EDGE. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Corners gently bumped, slight sun fading on top edge, owner's name inside. Dust jacket is heavily worn with edge chips, sun faded on spine with light soiling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1956; illustrated by John Mackay. Text clean; binding tight; foot of spine faded. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges, with 5cm loss at foot of spine; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Poor dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. 156pp. with b/w illustrations. Gift note on the front free endpaper and light soil to the outer edges. Small bump wear to board corners. Price clipped DJ has edge/rub wear, chipping, tears and creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 15 x 22.6 x 1.9cm, wt550g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Crawford (illustrator). 1st Edition. 455 grams.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. A good quality first edition hardcover copy in a poor, torn dustcover. The spine is straight, the binding is tight and the text is bright and clean. Please see photos.

First edition in very good condition, in torn and worn dustjacket. (Book Ref 3542).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,275, illustrated by John Mackay, gilt titled deep red cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket, bookplate on the leading paste-down endpaper.

First Edition. 32pp in thin card cover. pages clean; cover slightly browned along spine. Includes a small collection of related ephemera - hand-written personal letter by author; press cutting; etc. Used - Very Good. VG stapled paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, pp,xii, 156, photographic illustrations and maps, black titled orange cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has one small tear to the rear cover. Signed presentation copy from the author containing her then address.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp ix, 177. Author's presentation copy: 'All best wishe/s Harold Hobson/ August 1953.' Neat inscription on verso of title page:"To Jean with love from Madge.' Madge= Madge Elder, the poet and author of the dedicatory printed poem at the front of this book: 'To Margaret with love.' VG+ in slightly used complete VG dust jacket. Signedes.