Michael a C Illus (8 results)

212 pp. Illustrated in Colour by A. C. Michael. 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. Tiny tears at the top of the spine; slight rubbing; tight and sound.

Octavo hardcover - tatty (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Four items of publishing ephemera, comprising: [1] - printed Post Card (for customers to order book catalogues) issued by Blackwell's of Broad St., Oxford; not dated (circa mid-1900s); unused; [2] - 'Books for Sportsmen: Fishing, Golfing, Shooting, Bowling, Cricket, Winter Sport' (concise catalogue of books pub. by A. & C. Black, Soho Square, London); not dated (circa mid-1900s); folded leaflet, [4]pp; printed in two cols.; illus. monochrome drawing; [3] - 'Penmaen Press, Great Barrington, Massachusettes' (catalogue of titles available); printed March, 1983; folded leaflet; illus. repro. of bw. engraving by Michael McCurdy; [4] - 'Journeyman by Walter Partridge; a printer's impressions through eighty years in a rapidly changing world' (prospectus for Partridge's autobiography pub. by Perdix Press, The Close, Salisbury); pub. 1991; folded leaflet[ [4]pp.; illus. bw. photo., and bw. repro. of wood engraving by Howard Phipps. No inscriptions. All items very clean/crisp/bright. Lightweight items, hence overseas customers will have SHIPPING CHARGES REDUCED subsequent to ordering. All items in Near Fine condition. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by MICHAEL McCURDY; HOWARD PHIPPS (illustrator). Ephemera. …

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated cloth, now in a protective wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. With contemporary marketing ephemera for Strang's annual loosely inserted. Physical description; vii, 295, 16 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's fiction. Juvenile fiction. Fiction. Adventure. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Light soiling and some spotting to covers. Paper is yellowed. One of the color tipped-in illustrations has been taped down on four corners -- tape has turned yellow. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 116 pages.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated cloth, now in a protective wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. With contemporary marketing ephemera for Strang's annual loosely inserted. Physical description; vii, 295, 16 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's fiction. Juvenile fiction. Fiction. Adventure. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1916. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 344pp. Boards in brown cloth with blind and gilt stamping. Board corners, spine ends, and hinges rubbed and bumped with slight wear to extremities. Endsheets toned with offsetting and minor erasure abrasion to first free endsheet. Previous owner bookplate to first paste down. Pages otherwise clean. A Very Good copy of Haggard's eighth Allan Quartermain novel, and potentially the first example of an elephant graveyard in fiction. Scott 66.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st edn. Illus. with 16 b.w. plates, incl. frontis. 8vo. orig. cl. in cold. pict. laid down on front bd. Spine very creased and faded, bds. very marked and stained, occasional foxing throughout, else generally fair.