Phyllis Kelway (71 results)

Condition: Good. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 22 pages, a very good plus hardback. NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents, pen name and bookplate fep, 214pp with B&W illustrations by author.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. 1948. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Copyright date used. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some loss to paper covering.

Condition: Good. 1947. No edition remarks. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Len Fullerton. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Good solid 1st edition hardcover with tips rubbed with color loss and spine ends rubbed round. Grey background illustrated paper covered boards show handling soil, gift ded on fep from prev owner, 24pp sewn-in text wobbly at top stitch but holding fine. Darling tale of Pete the otter shares escapades with his adoptive owner until one day his cage is left open accidentally and he runs away, for a bit.…

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 78 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and line illustrations by Newton Whittaker. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. …

Condition: Fair. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Rough-cut pages. Light staining, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate to heavy cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Some light cover soiling and light spine wear. Internally fine. Very attractive. ; Printed circa 1940.; 12mo.

Condition: Good. 1931. First Edition. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Fair. 1931. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition, 94pp, coloured frontis, illustrated by the author, hardcover, blue cloth with squirrel image on front board, black lettered, gift inscription and previous owner's name within: 'Anne M. Parkinson, Kendal', fair condition, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1931. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards, 170 x 150 mm approx. Un- paginated [24]pp Colour frontis + 4 other colour plates and numerous b/w line illustrations by Len Fullerton. Un dated [1951] by reference to pencil note by original bookseller to front free end paper indicating published 12/51. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- shelf rubbing to extremities - colour loss only. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). LEN FULLERTON (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 144pp. HARDCOVER Gift inscription to ffep. O/w clean internally. Discoloration to spine. (Title still clearly visible.) Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arnrid Johnston (illustrator). Book.…

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 178pp, octavo. cover wear, binding starting, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Light green boards with bumped and somewhat worn corners and spine ends and a light brown stain near bottom of rear cover. 223 pages in very good condition. Name on page opposite front cover. Nice book. See pictures.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Nice second printing hardcover in green cloth covered boards with white titles and otter illustration on sprung frt cover. Spine ends bumped, tips still fairly sharp. No names or tears in the tight, crisp 144pp text. Does have some yellowed tape marks on endpprs, top edge of page block dusted. Illustrated with b/w photos and line drawings. Original dust wrapper has a few tiny repaired chips at tips, light color loss at flap folds, illustrated with a b/w photo of Juggles with titles in black. Endearing true story of Juggles the female otter who is rescued from a trap and raised as a pet.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No date, Taped spine but near very good internally. Len Fullerton (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 2nd print. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears and a few soiling marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Collins, London & Glasgow, 1944 reprint. Hardcover no jacket 78 pages with b/w illustrations by Whittaker, Newton and monochrome plates, sun fading to spine and boards edges with name/date to fep and light tanning to extremeties but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Inscription to fep. Boards as new and internally clean and tight. Rare dust jacket with some loss. Dust jacket is repairable.

Condition: Good. 1937. First Edition. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Staining to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 24?p small format hardback, paper spine and edges a little worn, illustrated throughout, name to endpaper Language: English.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No date circa 1947 - Internally very good & clean - no name but someone has blanked out a small name with "snowpak" very clean endpapers - covers with just a small amount of wear & edges & corners rubbed - good collectable copy - 5 coloured & 8 black/white drawings - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall St139. Fullerton, L (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition, hardcover quarter-bound spine and corners in dark green cloth with light green illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated (20pp) text is profusely illustrated and has some light handling soil throughout, the half title page has a tiny bit of coloring on it. Color frontispiece. No other markings inside. He arrived by train in a tea-chest with the lid nailed down hard. A note was fastened with drawing-pins just inside. It said that I must handle the otter VERY CAREFULLY because he had been badly treated by boys and was FIERCE. I opened the lid gingerly, expecting the otter to fly at my throat. I said: "I won't hurt you" He said: "Go away, I don't trust you.".…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Inscription to prelims. Reprint.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Inscription to prelims.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Reprint. 79pp.How friendly can squirrels become? this book will not fail to fascinate those who are fond of any wild animal, d.j. a little used, name of previous owner on the front page, otherwise clean and sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Newton Whittaker (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair+. Covers scuffed and worn but contents clear and bright. Children's school reader of the 1940's/50's. "The New Times Supplementary Readers" series C4. Scarce copy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Author (illustrator). Book.