Metcalfe William Chas (8 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 413 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free end paper excised. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Internally clean throughout apart from the odd grubby finger mark and mild foxing. Boards are light blue with illustration of fight scene, Bumped and a bit worn at extremities. Loose at hinge inside end papers but still of solid construction. Tiny bookseller sticker intop corner of front paste down. Inscription in hand writing of "Five Oak Green Institute Library" (Near Tonbridge in Kent, England, and two decorative stamped letterings on ffep. Frontispiece of sea scene with tissue guard. Nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fifth Edition. Undated but presentation inscription dated 1909. Pictorial green cloth featuring a boy reading. 329 pages + publisher's catalogue.

8vo. Prelims. + 413pp. + adverts. B/w. frontispiece. Pages browned. Original decorative green cloth with gilt title to spine. US$12.

Decorative Boards. Beautiful blue decorative boards with a lovely gilt spine In an overall good condition with some fading and wear due to age Text block is brightly gilt on all edges The pages are clean and undamaged throughout Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece pp 413. book.

Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. All edges gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 26769. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. …

First edition. Rare. Green cloth-covered boards, stamped and gilt spine lettering/decoration, stamped front board lettering/decoration, all edges gilt, 8 1/4 x 6 inches, 413 pp. plus 31 pp. publisher's ads in rear, frontispiece plus 5 other b/w plates. Presentation bookplate, front pastedown ("1st Class Prize / Newcastle-Upon-Tyne / Heaton Park Road / Council School / (Senior Department). / Presented to / Gordon Hunter / For Regular Attendance and Good Conduct / C. H. Brockbanks, / Head Master. / School year ending June 30th, 1904." Else very good. (3214026).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. First edition. Good condition.Frederick Warne and co,1902.First edition.Pictorial hardback(illustration on the front cover and spine,some marks,dents,nicks and shelf wear on the cover and spine) in GC, no Dj.Illustrated with b/w plates.Clean pages with foxing marks,aged and tainted on the outer edges,stain mark on the edges of the first blank page of the book,some creases,nicks and foxing marks on the edges of the pages,owner's sticker inside the front cover.The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear.399 including List of illustrations.With original illustrations by Chas. J De Lacy.A collectable first edition.Heavy book. Chas. J De Lacy (illustrator).…