Pryde Helen (23 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. General wear to jacket. Neat dedication on opening page. Clear text throughout.…

Condition: Good. 1948. Reprinted. 169 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed green. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Gift message to ffep. DJ with some edge wear, tears and loss.

Condition: Good. 1947. Reprinted. 143 pages. No dust jacket. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1947. First Published. 143 pages. No dust jacket. 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.…

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. NEAR-FINE BOOK IN VERY GOOD-, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET WITH LIGHT WEAR, SLIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE, AND CHIP AT SPINE TOP. OWNER NAME.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition. 149 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. 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. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

Condition: Fair. 1948. First Published. 169 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Previous owner name to ffep. DJ with some edge wear and loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First UK Edition; First Printing. Dark blue cloth with gilt at spine. Corners and edges bumped and worn. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. Fiction.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 154 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Short gift inscription on the first endpaper otherwise Near Fine in a Very Good jacket. 3rd Printing. 143pp 8vo. Literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition hardcover with clipped dust jacket in good condition for its age. Jacket is sunned and marked, particularly the spine, and edges are creased and torn. Larger, taped tear edivent at the front upper edge. Board corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and spine is slightly cocked. Page block is lightly tanned, and previous owner's name penned to FEP. Pages are otherwise clear throughout. LW. Used.…

2nd. Impression. pp. vi, 154. A very good plus hardback copy in the original gilt lettered blue cloth. No wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Very Good Copy in Good - unclipped D/J. Jacket has some tears to head/foot of spine and a tear and small piece missing to lower edge. Free of inscriptions and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A good condition green clothbound book published in 1948 The binding is very good. The pages are complete and clean. The dust jacket is fair to good with chipping to the edges and shelf wear.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), vi, 169pp. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. Foxing to the edges of the text block - overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (edges chipped and torn with loss to the head and foot of the spine panel), but it has been now put in a mylar cover to protect it.…

20x14. 143 pags. Tela ed. con sobrecubierta ilustrada, color.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good++. 3'rd Printing. SUBTITLED : ` The First Book of ._._. .' The McFlannels had a big run on Scottish radio in the period 1939 to 1949. This is their first appearance in print. Read more about : a Place on the Stair. Also : coal-man, one-sided smiles, Dick McCotton, Maisie, Mrs. McLeather, a bought house, and best wee dog. Therse 143 pages are UNillustrated. Cond : Boards are red with silver gilt lettering - spine only. End-papers are white, d.j. brown and red. Volume tight and bright with minimal wear. D.J. worn at all edges, but now protected in mylar. Name of p/o on ffep. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 67) : " What was he up to now, wondered Sarah. Old Auntie was the skeleton which is to be found in most family cupboards, and Sarah tried to ignore the situation by pointing out that the dirty old woman wasn't her relation and that she wouldn't have ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Helen W. Pryde to the title page. A very good copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a good, clipped dustjacket. (several small tears, slight loss to head & base of spine). All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Editions. Published in 1948 and 1949 respectively. Clipped jackets. The second and third books of the McFlannel saga, based on a popular post-war BBC Radio Scotland series. Both books are clean, unmarked tight copies, devoid of foxing. The jackets are complete in protective covers, but show some minor loss and edge wear, particularly to the top and bottom of the spine. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS. A hospice charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 320 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Three octavo volumes. Second and third printings. The stories are taken from a beloved comic radio program about a working class family, first aired in 1939, "Scotland's first soap." Other characters were the McSilks (upper class) and the McCorduroys (middle class). The first three books of a series published between the time of the radio show and a later TV show of the same name. All are near-fine to fine in cloth boards and near fine dust jackets, now in mylar.…

2nd book in the series, second printing. Lacks front endpaper otherwise VG copy in a frayed and chipped dustjacket.