Prittie Edwin J Illus (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 342 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece. Green cloth hardcover with black and blue impressing. A little soiling to text block edges. One worn bottom corner. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Tink ink stamp rear free endpaper. A little thumbing.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illus. by E. ROSCOE SHRADER, HERBERT MOORE, EDWIN J. PRITTIE (illustrator). First Edition. History for young children of the early explorers of America. First Edn., 1909; full blue cloth; titling/plain border/illus. (sailing ships) blocked in gilt (quite bright)/black full to front board; titling blocked in black to spine; illus. col. plates/monochrome decorations. Cloth to spine lightly creased, and very rubbed at top/tail, but complete/clean/quite bright; moderately soiled/slightly scuffed boards rubbed at corners, but quite bright; rear joint lightly worn; slight foxing to slightly soiled page edges; faint browning to endpapers at edges, but pages clean/crisp/bright; book very slightly shaken, but binding secure, all complete/intact. Printed armorial bookplate of the major book collector/2nd Baron Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton (1900-1973) affixed to front paste-down endpaper. A weighty tome at approx. 1475g (packaged), hence overseas customers are welcome to contact us prior to ordering to ascertain additional shipping charges incurred. Good. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1929). 1st Edition. xv, 365 p. Hardbound with DJ. The DJ is edge worn with some light chipping about the corners and spine ends. Minor wear to the extremities of the cloth boards. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. Signed by Egan on the verso of the frontis beneath which is the previous owner's book-plate. 29 Illustrations with 4 being in color. A bright and attractive copy. Near Fine/VG. Signed by author.