R a M Ibbotson (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. good condition.

First Edition. Fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 316 pages; Description: 316 p : ill ; 21 cm. Subjects: Pennell, Theodore Leighton. Grubb, W. Barbrooke. Bompas, Bishop. John, Griffith. Grenfell, George. - [Series: The library of adventure]. 1 Kg. …

Condition: GOOD. 1920. Original binding. Pictorial cloth hardcover. Illustrated. 217pp. GOOD. Textblock appears clean. Pages toning. Moderate wear to extremities.

First Edition. Fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 316 pages; Description: 316 p : ill ; 21 cm. Subjects: Pennell, Theodore Leighton. Grubb, W. Barbrooke. Bompas, Bishop. John, Griffith. Grenfell, George. - [Series: The library of adventure]. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good (+). No Jacket. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor rubbing to corners. 217pp. 'True stories of the invincible courage and stirring adventures of missionary explorers in all parts of the world'. Includes Africa, Japan, Borneo, Hawaii, Tibet, Abyssinia and the New Hebrides. Illustrated with photographs and paintings. Undated ca 1920s. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8 x 5.5 inches.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Heavy foxing. No publication date, Abe Books suggests circa 1915. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. c1920, possibly first edition. Beige and red illustrated boards. Very clean bright and tight. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details - only too pleased to help.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. G++ DW. 1st Edition. Not dated but c1928. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. DW has some edge wear with minor loss (not affecting blurb or illustration) and some internal repair. Inscription of owner at front of book.

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1915. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. (316, 4, 16pp.). With frontisp., and b/w full-page plates. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An illustrated set of three volumes recounting the adventures of Christian missionaries, by R. A. M. Ibbotson, and E. C. Dawson. Three volumes on Christian missionaries, by R. A. M. Ibbotson, and E. C. Dawson.These three works explore the adventures of British missionaries around the world, in particular in Africa and China, with dramatic accounts of their work and experiences. Including stories about Dr. T. L. Pennell, Fidelia Fiske, W. Barbrooke Grubb, Anna Hinderer, Bishop Bompas, Rebecca Wakefield, Griffith John, Mary Louisa Whatley, and George Grenfell.Including;'Missionary Explorers', written by R. A M. Ibbotson, published in 1920. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and eight monochrome plates. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. Collated, complete.'Missionary Heroines of the Cross', written by E. C. Dawson, published in 1925. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. This is an abridged edition of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'.'Heroines of Missionary Adventure', written by E. C. Dawson, published in 1930. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, and twenty-three monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Four pages of adverts to the front, and six pages of adverts to the rear of 'Missionary Explorers' and 'Missionary Heroines of the Cross'. One page of adverts to the front and twenty to the rear of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spine of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure' is faded. Some light marks to the cloth, a little heavier to 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'. Spine of 'Missionary Heroines of the Cross' is a little age-toned. Front hinge of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure' is starting but firm. Lacking the front endpaper of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'. Prize label to the front paste down of 'Missionary Heroines of the Cross'. Internally, generally firmly bound. firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Plate facing page 120 of 'Missionary Heroines of the Cross' is detached but present, as are the plates facing pages 96 and 114 of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…