Princess Nusrat (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Edition Not Stated. red boards w/ paste-on illustration on front cover. Illustration is barely legible due to rubbing. Tight binding. Some spotting. Very Good+ condition! No date. Interesting copy, with no copyright page and plain brown endpages; may have been rebound with original covers used. Size: 5 x 7".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No Statement of Printing. A Fair copy in pictorial tan cloth, with a small chip to the cloth at the spine tip. Tanning to the endpapers, and scattered tanning/light soiling within. Three color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations, but no plate listing so unknown if three is complete. A sound reading copy. No date, but c.1920. No dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in red boards with mounted picture and green titles and decoration, worn at spine ends and board edges, front board pulled and has old tape repairs, front endpaper missing, page edges foxed, remains of scribble on the half title page and 2 stickers on front pastedown. 160 pages, frontispiece and 2 colour illustrations on plates, illustrations in the text, some coloured in, by Christian M. Ade and L. R. Brightwell. No date but assume mid 1920s.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. NO DUST JACKET. THE COVER WEAR TO THE EDGES, SPINE & CORNERS. THERE IS MOVEMENT IN THE BINDING OF WHICH IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT FRONT & BACK. PREVIOUS OWNERS DETAILS PENCILED ON INSIDE FRONT COVER. THE PAGES DO HAVE SOME FOXING AND A COUPLE OF THE ILLUSTRATED PAGES ARE LOOSE HOWEVER ARE GENERALLY CLEAN & CREASE FREE. THIS IS A NICE COPY OF AN INTERESTING BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No date but possibly first edition?Pictorial coverboards with blue background have edgewear and rubbing. End pages heavily tanned. Owners inscription on front pastedown. Page 15 has come loose from binding. Pages lightly tanned with foxing on edges. Binding exposed first few pages.

[first edition] 259pp ills.[col.plates by charles robinson] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,school prize bookplate to prelim.,some minor foxing to contents but plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and sl.cocked).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Charles Robinson (illustrator). No Date (1922). Hardback: 4 colour plates + b/w illustrations by CHARLES ROBINSON, no dj, book is bound in decorated cloth, gilt on the front is tarnished and black on the spine is a bit faded, spine tips are slightly worn, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some foredge and internal foxing, some re-gluing at endpapers, a few pages have a crease (publication fault), else vg. 8vo, 259pp.

Undated but c. 1922. 8vo., red clothbound hardback gilt, with gilt decorations to spine and upper cover; 259pp, with 4 colour plates plus 21 b/w text illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Charles Robinson. No previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Light tanning and foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional light foxing throughout, both front and rear endpapers have some splits at the hinges, fading to boards, (spine very faded) light wear to outer corners and spine ends. Good copy overall. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. ROBINSON, Charles (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published: n.d. (c1922) Inscription to fly page dated Christmas 1922. First Edition. First edition of Doris and David All Alone by Princess Nusrat Ali Mirza and the unmistakable artistry of illustrator Charles Robinson. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth with gilt illustration of Doris and David to front and detailed decorative illustration and titles to spine. Colour frontis with 3 other colour plates and 21 other line drawings by Charles Robinson. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair.Wear to corners and edges. 1cm tear to upper spine end cloth. Lightly sunned spine and board upper edges. Mark to rear board. Cracked front endpaper with weakening to front hinge. Spotting to prelims and rear pages. Tanned pages with heavy spotting to some pages. Tanned and spotted text block edges with spots seeping on to some page margins. Coloured plates are all present and clean. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 259. Size: 12mo (large) 20.5cm by 14.5cm. BOOK RESUME: Doris and David All Alone is a classic juvenile adventure that follows two children who find themselves navigating a world without adult supervision. The narrative is a charming exploration of self-reliance and childhood wonder. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Marc was the pseudonym of Princess Nusrat Ali Mirza (Elizabeth Algar). Married to Nusrat Ali Mirza, a prince of the ruling house of Murshidabad, she lived a bohemian life in Paris before settling in England. As a writer, she specialized in children's adventure stories, often reflecting her own international experiences and family history, including titles such as Two in the Bush and A Man Hunt in the Arctic.