Matt Uncle (31 results)

Condition: Fair. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour plate to centre of book. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FREE U.S. MEDIA SHIPPING. Clean unmarked hardcover, sound binding, scattered foxing. Unfaded clean pictorial cover, rubbing and edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Later printing. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 98 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Stamps, pencil inscription and sticker to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Small stain to rear board.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, pp. 98 + publisher's list, [5], [2] leaves of col. plates : illus., col. fromtis. 18.3 cm. Neat prize-giving book label on front paste down. Corners slightly bumped o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. [Natural history - Wild flowers - Juvenile literature] v106 / m16127. …

Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1895, First edition. pp. viii + 106 +6 Adverts Works on Nature and Natural History. T Nelson and Sons, London. Two coloured plates and numerous b&w illustrations throughout. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. A poor copy. Soiled. Previous contact with liquid. The spine has considerable chipping. The binding remains firm. Internally, the pages are toned but free from marginalia. A copy in reasonable reading condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial boards. Edges of spine and corners rubbed. Small stains to back board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial boards. Edges of spine and corners rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are grubby and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Spine ends are chipped. Leading corners are split. Faint pen on front pastedown. Endpapers are tanned. Several marks in the volume. A few pages are slightly creased. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM. Used.…

Hard Back. Condition: Good-. Original cream pictorial covers with green spine cloth; lightly worn corners; front board lightly soiled; rear board lightly tanned; binding sound. FFEP has been neatly removed. The occasional spot of light foxing inside; otherwise fairly crisp, clean and bright. Delightful colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. A delightful children's book in dialogue format as was popular at the time. Scarce. …

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are grubby and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Spine ends are chipped. Crack on spine foot. Leading corners are split. Several marks in the volume. Hinge is visible on early pages. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM. Used. …

Decorative Hard Boards. Condition: Good. Presumed 1st Edition. Decorative laminated hardcover (cream ground, green spine and back board lettering, coloured flowers]. Pp 94 + 16 pages publisher's lists [with vignettes]; many b/w drawings and colour frontis. plate. Slight laminate loss to front board leading edge, rubbed hinges and some general grubbiness but overall a square, tight copy. All contents bright and clean [including delightful colour frontis.]. Image/further information available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1895 First Edition. T Nelson & Sons, London 1895. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good, covers show signs of shelf wear, rear cover faded spine rubbed, front pages browned. However the drawings inside are in superb condition. Bookseller Inventory #002159. N/A (illustrator). N/A.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

hardback, 8vo, 98,(16)pp, colour forntipiece and b/w illustrations, slight browning, otherwise clean and binding sound, glazed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition copy with wear commensurate with age.Rubbing to spine edges. No dust jacket. See photos.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lightly edge-rubbed leather boards with banded spine and gilt decoration. Spine title block part lost and detached. Crisp and tight pages with marbled edges. Presentation bookplate to ffep from Andover High School for Girls.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Maroon cover with gilt title on front and spine. Minor wear on edges and spine of cover. Marble effect edges to pages and inside front and rear cover pages. Inscribed as gift 1902 on front cover page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition copy, no dust jacket. Spine a bit bashed, generally stained and grubby but normal for age. To include - Across the Common by the same author. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher - T. Nelson and sons, London, 1907. Pictorial boards with red spine strip. Boards are heavily rubbed and edge worn. Corners bumped and frayed. Tanned endpapers, prize inscription to ffep dated 1914. Cracks to internal binding in several places. One colour plate detached, many other b/w illustrations. Some pencil marks.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. This hardcover book shows significant signs of wear. The spine is intact but the binding is split, exposing the inner threads. The cover displays some stains and scuffs, and there is no dust jacket present. Despite these flaws, the pages remain intact and the illustrations are well-preserved, maintaining the book's visual appeal.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 34 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.08 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Foolscap8vo, chromolithograph frontis, 114, [11] p. Plates and illustrations in text. Original limp blue printed cloth. VG copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Rubbed and bumped, spine discoloured, binding rather loose with cracks to gutters. The odd mark or stain to pp, else text clean, illus. bright. Size: 12mo.

Condition: Good. Chromolith frontis. of bunch of flowers + 26 line illustrations Small octavo glazed pictorial boards (corners worn /hinges chipped) 98pgs+16p of pictorial book adverts. Tear to two leaves else very clean and neat. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Fine. RHB00102492.

2 vols. Dec. cloth covers. Lovely coloured plates. Pub. ads. bound in. Ex. lib. usual stamps, shelf no. labels stuck down to spine ends. o/w two very lovely copies.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition copy of this charmingly illustrated gardening book for children by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding. A work by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, an Englishbotanistandmycologist who was, at various points, a London schoolteacher, a Kew mycologist, curator at the India Museum, journalist and author. An educational gardenng book for children, with sections on buttercups, violets, dandeions, lords and ladies, red campion, St. John's Wort, Mallow, and Great Bindweed. With five plates, two of which are coloured, and in text illustrations thoughout. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Light marks to boards, with rubbing to edges. Offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition.