Peto Gladys (74 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (collection of stories, picture book) A reading only copy. Boards/spine/hinges may be broken, detached, or missing. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes/highlighting, be heavily stained, or detached. May be missing non-text pages (e.g. end pages, half title, title, frontispiece.).…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Tears to some pages, text remains readable. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to paper to spine edges. Staining overall. …

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Glady's Peto's Angela: Blithe Spirit of the 1920s, Volume I. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair copy without dust jacket. Circa 1930 (certainly pre 1936) with colour and monochrome period illustrations. Foxing to page edges and cover is stained and discoloured, as well as lightly damaged in places. Inscribed to inside front flyleaf. See photos.

First Edition. Poor copy with colour-printed front board, blue cloth rear board, and backed in illustrated green cloth. Mild warp from storage. Covers dust-dulled, scuffed, with edge wear. Endpapers ragged at edges and coming loose; title page apparently lacking between colour frontispiece and first text leaf. Text block cracked in places, but all leaves secure. Internally clean for the most part, with faint foxing only, save for one illustrated leaf coloured in red crayon by a juvenile hand. A serviceable copy. Physical description; 1 volume, unpaginated : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Short stories for girls. Illustrated with B&W ink illustrations on almost every page; 4 full-page colour plates. First story is "The Harpsichord". Subjects; Short stories. Girls. Illustrated. Colour plates. 20th century. Children's literature. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Gladys Peto's Holiday Stories. Published by John F. Shaw (1928) & Co Ltd. Undated. Slight shelf wear and a very small pull to the top of the spine. The bindingis slightly shaken with weak hinges and one section is working loose. A reasonable collector's copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Sheets printed in England. No date on the title page, but presumed to be the First US Edition. No jacket. Some cover wear, some foxing to the text. MILD H2O 'ripple' to some of the illustrations. Quite mild! Overall, a solid example of a scarce Book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No dust jacket. Presentation book plate on front end paper. Tanning to some pages.

First Edition. Poor copy with colour-printed front board, blue cloth rear board, and backed in illustrated green cloth. Mild warp from storage. Covers dust-dulled, scuffed, with edge wear. Endpapers ragged at edges and coming loose; title page apparently lacking between colour frontispiece and first text leaf. Text block cracked in places, but all leaves secure. Internally clean for the most part, with faint foxing only, save for one illustrated leaf coloured in red crayon by a juvenile hand. A serviceable copy. Physical description; 1 volume, unpaginated : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Short stories for girls. Illustrated with B&W ink illustrations on almost every page; 4 full-page colour plates. First story is "The Harpsichord". Subjects; Short stories. Girls. Illustrated. Colour plates. 20th century. Children's literature. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's black cloth, with lovely gilt pictorial decoration. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. vii. 120 pages ; 4to. One of the color plates deattached.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unpaginated HC 20 x 28 x 6 cm (image 1). Heavy with many delightful full page color illustrations (images 2 - 5). Some coloring in, on B & W vignettes. Heavy at 1,5 kg with packing. Gladys Emma Peto (1890-1977) was an English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books. See also our ABE Listing: # 007518 "The Sunshine Story Book".…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Imp. 8vo, unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; plates, illus.; G (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation slip pasted to ffep; moderate cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate foxing & soiling throughout). …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 136 pages. 8.50x0.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Colour Illustrated Boards. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Circa 1930'S. SCARCE.Most of the pictures have had an attempted colouring-in by a child using crayon and watercolours.There is also a name and address for Sussex.POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY) .please e-mail for further details. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Illustrated with Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Childs Colouring.…

Illustrated Paper Boards. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. Not dated, two colour illustrations as plates and black & white illustrations in text throughout, pages uniformly browned with age, occasional marks to pages, lacks both free endpapers, name and address in child's writing to front fixed endpaper, paper-covered boards with colour illustration, red cloth spine, some fraying of the front joint, front hinge split. Gladys Peto (1890-1977) was an English artist, fashion designer and writer of children's books. The illustrations in this book very much demonstrate the styles of ladies clothes. Size: 10 x 8 Inches. Gladys Peto (illustrator). Children's Illustrated.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Girls' Own Stories. London: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd., 3 Pilgrim Street, undated. Large-format pictorial hardback, with black-and-white illustrations and full-page colour plates by Gladys Peto. Decorated green-grey boards with central colour pictorial panel and salmon/pink cloth spine. Boards rubbed and worn at extremities, the rear board with substantial brown staining/discolouration. Spine faded and rubbed with wear at head and tail. Several gift/ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, including one dated 1944. Scattered foxing and spotting internally, locally heavier. Gladys Peto (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth quarter binding with black blocked titles and illustration to spine, illustrated paper covered front board - rear plain grey matching the end papers. 275 x 210 mm approx. un- paginated. Colour frontis + 7 other full colour illustrations on china clay paper plates and prolifically illustrated in line - both full page and in text by Peto in her marvelous art deco style. Undated First Edition [1933] - attributed by reference to "Collecting Children's Books" Published by the Book and Magazine collector. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - mild to moderate general shelf wear being colour loss to cloth at spine edges and tail of spine, some rubbing -loss of paper to corner tips, no notable soiling. Ink Xmas gift insc. to front paste down- mild foxing to title page remainder of book block free of same. Light dust soiling to top edge of book block. One full page line illustration partially, neatly water colour painted. Original bookseller's discreet label to rear paste down. Binding sound with no other notable defects). GLADYS PETO (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. Pictorial paper-covered boards. 21cm x 28cm. Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Front endpaper removed. Dated from gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece. Light foxing to prelims. Intermittent finger-marking and foxing to page edges. Page number neatly written in in pencil at upper corners. Peto, Gladys (illustrator).…

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. Not dated, edition not stated but probably the first edition of 1932 as there is a gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated Xmas 1933. With 8 full page colour illustrations as per the British Library copy. Pages are unnumbered; a few - I counted 3 - of the illustrations have been quite nicely coloured in. Light foxing. Pictorial front board; both boards edge worn with light scratching/scuffing. Red cloth spine with rubbed black lettering and decoration; wear to head. Used - Good. Good hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Orange cloth quarter binding with black blocked decoration and titles, illustrated paper covered boards, 280 x 205 mm approx. [ii] + 192 pp Colour frontis + 8 other colour plates on china clay paper, many other b/w line illustrations both full page and in text by the author illustrator. Undated circa late 1920's early 1930's.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good - Heavy shelf wear to edges with boards exposed at corners and mild bumps, mild to moderate general shelf wear and soiling to cloth and face of front panel, ink gift insc. dated Nov 1932 to free front end paper. some colouring to about 5 of the b/w illustrations. Face of colour plates clean. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers. AUTHOR (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. J.F. Shaw undated edition. Text clean and bright, inscription on first page, some images coloured in, title page missing, binding coming away from front board, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

4to Hardcover. Condition: Good. 120p. Undated, but circa 1920. Interior is unmarked with a warm patina, b/w illustrations and toned endpapers. Binding is intact with a split and slightly weakened front hinge that remains fully attached. Yellow illustrated cloth boards have bowed corners, soiled surfaces, & frayed spine ends. No jacket. Peto, Gladys (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Front corners rubbed through to card base. Undated gift inscription on title page. Title page has rough edges and appears to have been glued back in after being loose. ; Colour plates B &W drawings; 10.9 x 8.1 x 1.25"; Unpaginated pages. Illustrated by Author (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Printed Thick card covers showing a picnic scene. Vg. Clean copy 4 colour plates many more b/w in text illustrations.