Muriel Fyfe (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated but c 1950. Blue boards with pale blue titles. Page edges tanned but no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. Covers a little scuffed. Untidy inscription to front endpaper o/w internally in Good+ Condition. School story. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arthur Mansbridge (illustrator). Pictorial hardback. Some light scuffing and wear but in overall Fair+condition. "Blackie's Easy To Read Books" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Many black and white illustrations. Spine has tears (repaired with care). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Buff paper covers with red illustrations. School stamp inside. 32 page children's school reader with bold lettering and b/w illustrations. No date but Circa 1940's/50's. One of a series of school readers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date, 192 pages, illustrated by L. Gee, foxing to page edges, slightly scuffed covers, previous owner details on the front endpaper. Contains Four Bad Hens by Muriel Fyfe, Nip The Mouse by Dorothy King, and Tippy's Story by Margaret L Mitchell.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. one corner rubbed, otherwise touched corners and edges. lightly shaken, lightly toned with light foxing. inside hinge lightly cracked. does not lay completely flat. reading wear. unmarked, solid.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. Reprint, 1955, in pictorial paper-covered boards. Spine a little damaged at head; binding tight. Used - Good. Good hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. Pictorial boards are scuffed and edgeworn but binding is sturdy. Internally in Good condition. "Blackie's Easy to Read Books " series. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. L. Gee (illustrator). A blue pictorial board hardcover in a jacket that has a 2 X1 inch tears on the top edge and some creasing. 194 pages with large print, illustrated. Contains three stories: Four Bad Hens by Muriel Fyfe, Nip The Mouse by Dorothy King, and Tippy's Story by Margaret L Mitchell. Dated around 1950. Jacket is rubbed on the back cover and has foxing visible on the inside of the jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arthur Mansbridge (illustrator). No print date, suggest First Edition, 1940s.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. L. Gee (illustrator). 1st Edition. Undated but c. 1936. Blackie's Beacon Library. Lovely colour boards and b&w frontis by L. Gee. An unusual mystery story about two girls doing up an old cottage which is shunned by villagers who claim that the late owner was a witch. Fascinating details of the renovation expenses as they have a total budget of 5/- !! Tanning to endpapers and title page and remains of tape marks on endpapers but otherwise in bright condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 64 pages. No dj. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Circa 1957, Undated, hardcover in green paper covered boards. Spine ends barely bumped but not rubbed, tips are still sharp. One small soil dot on frt board. 108pp text is crisp, bright, and fresh-smelling. No markings, tears, or soil inside. Frontispiece present. Illustrated end papers. Original, price-clipped dj has some soil, color loss and closed tears present. Includes 3 wonderful stories. The first one being "Bobbin". It is about a naughty little white puppy(Highland White Terrier?), funny and fat- and full of mischief. The other two stories are about the adventures of Jemima Caroline- a toy doll with lots of courage. The stories are called, "Jemima Caroline's Adventures In The Woods", and "Jemima Caroline's Adventures In The River".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Full colour pictorial board; black and white illustrations; pages clean; scuffing to spine; staining to rear board; school prize label pasted to inside board dated 1951/52; light foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good -. Hard cover green cloth bds, Good-, btm upper corner bumped, minor marks, unclipped dust jacket, Poor, a bit tattered and torn, contents nice and tight with pink/black/white illustration through text, pp140, stories include: Bobbin; Jemima Caroline's Adventures in the Woods and Jemima Caroline's Adventures in the River.

Hard Boards. Condition: Good. Gordon Burrell (illustrator). Copyright 1968. Pictorial hard boards. 40 pages. Clean & tight book. Front end paper is clipped at the bottom corner. No inscriptions. TANNED PAGES. Flat pages. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-Eid1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marilinda Mouse by Marion Coombes, The Eskimo Doll by Barbara B. Capper, Bertie Butterbeak by Muriel Fyfe, Jemima Caroline's Adventures in The River by Susan Jolly and Danny Dormouse by E. E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by J.S. Goodall, D. Elizabeth White, Geoffrey Higham, R. W. McIntyre and Frank Varty. The Kingfisher Books. First Series. Published by Blackie and Son Limited. Soft cover. Four are undated - one is dated 1952. Size: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Page number: 34 and 36. Beige paper covers by Raymond Sheppard with a black and purple image and lettering showing kingfishers across the front and back. Within duo-tone illustrations in black and orange. Condition: Very Good. The covers, but for small marks, are clean; but each book has a mark to the top right where a sticker has been removed. They are not creased, though the corner of one has been turned. The spine of another, Bertie Butterbeak, is slightly damaged and this book has seen more use. The pages within, but for small marks and faults, are reasonably clean and un-thumbed. There is a library stamp on the first end paper, or title page, of each.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Not dated but about 1950. 190 x 130 mm. Full colour pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations. 64 pages.

Green Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Around 140pp. Circa 1960 - no date given. A very scarce charming children's book - scarcer still in dust wrapper. 3 different stories. Also Susan Folly's 'Jemima Caroline's adventures in the woods' illustrated by McIntyre and 'Jemima Caroline's adventures in the river' by the same pair. The text is supported by lovely two tone illustrations. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped. There is a 12mm open tear to the bottom of the front of the wrapper with a little associated creasing. There is very light creasing to top of front of wrapper and there are nicks to two corners of the wrapper. Nevertheless, a very good, very well preserved copy.