Marjory Royce (23 results)

Condition: Fair. 1925. First Edition. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Illustrations and plates are moderatel…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 61 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine end…

Pictorial Board. Condition: Fair (WELL BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Circa. 1930. "A GOOD READING COPY". Worn away outer cover spine. Unfortunately, a child has pencil and crayon drawn on every page in the book. Content can be read. Worn outer cover binding. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . P…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo pbk; attractive colour with pretty pastel illustration to cover (illustrator initialled I M) of Tom carrying a pig, being watched by a dog and chased by the butcher; colour frontis (boy & girl with balloons accompanied by a dog, on the beach; contains several short stories; book looks a…

Condition: Fair. 1917. Reprinted. 369 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards an…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Repr. Hardback: colour frontispiece, dj is a little frayed on spine tips and corners, back is slightly marked and creased, spine darkened, lower corner of front flap clipped, book is bound in blue cloth with black front vignette & lettering, some fading on spine tips, back…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. circa 1927. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards show children stroking horse to front cover, both riding horse to spine, yellow titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is Joan Visits a Farm. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. Covers d…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. George G. Harrap & Co., [1924]. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 208pp, illust. Patchy foxing throughout, prize bookplate (1930). Original decorated cloth, bumped, spine slanted, d/j worn and torn with loss. A fair copy. /0.5uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter th…

Hard Back. Condition: VG. c.1930 VG Small H/b.Two Charming children's stories of yesteryear. illus.Colour Frontis to both tales & in line. Younger child - larger font type.64pp 160x115mm.Undated [Mid brown cloth, black titles & front cover illus., sound clean copy with light shelf wear & minor dot/spot marks to rear base.Please…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Iolo A Williams "Some Thoughts On Children's Books" / George Frederic Lees "A Fairyland Of Ancient Books" / Norah Nicholls "Children's Books For The Collector" / Marjory Royce "Louisa Alcott And Her Stories" / Esme Whittaker "What Young Germany Is reading" / Llewelyn Powys…

Pictorial Hard Boards. Condition: Poor/ Fair. Undated [prob. 1928]; pencil dedication on endpapers dated 1930. Cover illustration shows boy in busby and uniform, girl with wings. Pictorial hard boards are edgeworn and rubbed with bumped extremities; spine faded and split along 80% of front hinge which is loose; some rubbing to b…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. circa 1928. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial boards show circus pictures, two children and clown to front, lion in hat to spine, ringmaster and horse to rear. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. First story is Th…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 369. Original publishers illustrated light blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Prize label to front free endpaper. 4" tear along centre fold of one plate. Rear gutter split. Foxing to cloth. Spotting to page edges. Staining to spine cloth. ; viii, 369 pages. Illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated title page + 4 double-page colour…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 95pp. Colour frontispiece, 3 colour plates, b/w illustrations within text. Includes 16pp 'Muffins and Crumpets' by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham. Not library copy, ink inscription dated 1929 to reverse frontispiece, some rubbing to boards, few mark…

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm…

Second Edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately decorated in the original period pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 369 p., [4] fold. leaves of col. plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm…