Language: English
Published by Arthur Barker, London [1948]
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, fading, dealer label, EPS & edge foxing, light browning/G+, PC, Wear, small chips, tears, spine fade, foxing. Comic drama. Photo on request.
Published by Arthur Barker, 1951
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition Thus. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.
Published by Arthur Baker, 1951
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 10593. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Published by Arthur Barker, England, 1951
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very good in a chipped dustjacket with tape shadows at the head of the spine. Jacket now in a new loose protective sleeve. Name in ink to front free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., London
Seller: Brazenhead Ltd, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 160pp. No date. Turquoise cloth w burgundy title to spine. Dust-jacket badly worn and torn with some loss to head and foot of spine. Boards sunned correspondingly underneath. Contents clean, tight and bright, a good solid copy.
Published by Arthur Baker Ltd, London, 1950
Seller: WEST WESSEX BOOKS, Taunton, SOMER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 160pp.A funny book. Blue cloth cover, a little stained on the bottom edge, corners and edges slightly bumped, otherwise clean and firm throughout. No date of publication, but feels early 1950`. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Arthur Baker LDT, 1951
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are closed tears along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The corners are a little knocked. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd, 1951
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Language: English
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., London, 1951
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Few creases and Tears. First Edition. 221 pages. Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide - 7½" Tall.
Language: English
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., London, 1949
Seller: The Paper Hound Bookshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small 8vo. No date. Vivid blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering on spine; slight toning to cloth along top edge and upper right front corner is gently bumped. In unclipped jacket, rubbed along spine and on rear panel; some wear at edges; in acetate sleeve. Binding is tight and square; text is clean and unmarked. Three B&W illustrations at section heads by Edward Ardizzone (uncredited), who also illustrated the dust-jacket. Scarce.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Noel Langley; Ronald Searle (illustrator). Nine smart volumes by novelist and playwright Noel Langley, five of which being signed by the author. Nine volumes of work from South African born novelist, playwright, screen writer and director Noel Langley.Including The Music of the Heart (1946), The Cabbage Patch (1947), Hocus Pocus (1948), There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us (1948), Edward, My Son (1948), Nymph in Clover (1948), The Constant Moon (1949), Cuckoo in the Dell (1951) and The Rift in the Lute (1946).The Constant Moon, Nymph in Clover, The Cabbage Patch, Cuckoo in the Dell are signed by the author to the front free endpaper to Hilda and Guy. Edward, My Son is also signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dedicated to Tim.Hocus Pocus, There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us and The Rift in the Lute have a previous owner inscription to the front free endpapers for T. J. Alison. The Music of the Heart has a pencil inscription to the front free endpaper for Hilda Alison.There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us is a reprint by Arthur Barker, Hocus Pocus is a fifth edition copy, all the other volumes are first editions.Edward, My Son is a play written by Robert Morley and Noel Langley and is in the original unclipped dust wrapper.Nymph in the Clover is also illustrated by the author throughout the text. The Inconstant Moon is illustrated by Ronald Searle throughout the text. All volumes are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some bumping to the head and tail of the spines of The Music of the Heart, Porpoise, The Inconstant Moon and The Cabbage Patch. All the spines are faded with some marks to the boards. Inscriptions to all front free endpapers Alison.Internally, all volumes are firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Edward, My Son is in the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with some fading to the spine and rear board. Very Good. book.
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., UK, 1949
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First Edition. 1st edition hbk in d/w; Vg-/G; kingfisher blue cloth boards faded at very edges; top edges of cloth very rubbed; white lettering to spine; previous owner's name (not author) on fep; pages very clean; d/w not price clipped; discrete mends on underside of d/w; small hole on fold of d/w - see picture; story - A group of women and children being evacuated from England on a tramp steamer at the height of the war. (humour). Scarce. Ardizzone colour d/w and b/w internal illus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Arthur Barker 1949-1951, London, 1949
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A pair of first editions in charming colour-illustrated Edward Ardizzone dust wrappers. A pair of first editionsby South African-born novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director Noel Langley, who wrote the screenplay on which the 1949 film The Wizard of Oz was based.Both works are in their original cloth, with unclipped Edward Ardizzone dust wrappers.Featuring the uncommon volume one, in its scarce original dust wrapper.Volume one features a single unlisted monochrome plate and a further vignette monochrome illustration. No other collation record available.Only two records of volume one on Jisc. Bound in original cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Moderate damp staining to boards. Mild bumping to head and tail. Small area of rubbing to vol1 front board bottom edge. Light spotting to endpapers. Dust wrappers smart. Mild sunning to dust wrapper spines. Mild scattered spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Mild rubbing and chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Mending to vol1 dust wrapper reverse extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot towards extremities of text blocks. Scattered spotting to text block edges. Very Good. book.
Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A scarce copy of the humorous fiction Somebody's Rocking my Dreamboat, with illustrations throughout. A scarce copy of the humorous fiction Somebody's Rocking my Dreamboat by Noel Langley and Hazel Pynegar.Noel Langley was a South-African born novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote the screenplay which formed the basis of The Wizard of Oz.With two illustrations.Collated, complete.Signed by Noel Langley to the front free endpaper:To George and CisWith best wishesNoel49 In full calf binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the spine. Signed by one of the authors to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.