Reginald Alec Martin (27 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. H/b; d/w; vg/vg- 8vo; 1st story is Skin-dive by Robert Bateman; A Book of Boys Stories; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Pat Nevin (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo hbk in d/w; Vg/Vg; nice condition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Good+:VG-. Publisher details removed, blank sticker on front pastedown. .Jacket has fragmentary loss. A good reading copy. By the author of the Pocomoto series.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine uncreased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine mildly creased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Prize plate to front free endpaper. Spine faded, extensive foxing. Jack Harman (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex school library copy. Library markings, tape to hinges, heavy wear to spine ends, part bend to front board. Not a pretty copy but all there for reading. Jack Harman (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1955. First edition but probably later issue as the list of other books in the series on the rear flap ends with Pocomot and the Texas Pioneers (published in 1958). vii, 207pp., a colour frontispiece and 6 black and white illustrations by Jack Harman. Rex Dixon was a pseudonym of the British writer of children's stories, Reginald Alec Martin. This book is the ninth in a series of twenty-three stories featuring the young cowboy Pocomoto. The book is bound in the original red boards with black titling and a small illustration on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with some foxing on the fore edge of the text block. On a few pages the foxing has seeped a little way into the fore margin. There is an inscription dated 1958 on the front fixed endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper (illustrated by 'Harman' has some shelf wear with light soiling and the corners and spine ends are bumped and nicked. There is a tear of about 1" on the top rear spine corner and another of about 1/2" near the top rear corner and a crease between the two tears. These tears and a few other tears on the edges of up to about 3/8" together with a tear of about 1 1/2" on the bottom front corner have been repaired on the reverse with document repair tape. Jack Harman (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Name in ink to back of front board, corners bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. 1st ed. H/b in d/w; vg/g; 8vo; 174pp; decent copy of book, which has a school rubber stamp on fep, but ohterwise is nice and clean; d/w however is very edgeworn; ; The Mystery Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages. Illustrated by George Lane (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; Hbk in d/w; Vg-/G+; loss to d/w spine; gift inscription on fep; A Carson Holt cowboy story which is described as 'More than Just a Western - it is the authentic story of how a cowboy learns his trade, how he lives, and sometimes . How he dies'; Carson Holt; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is tatty with a large sticker pull to the front panel. Jacket is price clipped but has 7/6 printed above the clip.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vii, 200 pages; slight soiling to unclipped dust jacket. Part of the Spaceworld children's series. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4". A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original burgundy decorated cloth (a few slight marks and spots to endpapers and leaf edges) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & frayed); pp. vi, 202 (last colophon), with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 14 in the series. Eric Tansley (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original burgundy decorated cloth (some scattered spotting) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & frayed, slight chipping to headcap, a little watermarking to lower hinge); pp. viii (last blank), 208 (last blank), with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 12 in the series. Jack Harman (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition; Hbk no d/w; a hint of fading/discolouration to very edges of blue boards and to spine; very nice and clean internally; no handwriting such as names; vg; ; Kemlo; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by A Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy decorated cloth (inscrip. to FFE, exposed cloth a little sunned, a few leaf edge spots) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & a little frayed, some wear to extremities with a little loss); pp. 200 (last blank), with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 10 in the series]. Jack Harman (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 1st edition hbk in d/w; blue cloth boards with darker blue lettering & illustration to cover & spine. Minor fading to top of spine. No handwriting inside, such as names; colour frontis; other illustrations are b/w; d/w not clipped (7/6) ; small loss to top of spine, otherwise very attractive. Vg/vg-; ; Kemlo; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by George Craig (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 1st edition; Hbk no d/w; a little fading/discolouration to very edges of blue boards and to spine; board corners and spine ends slightly worn; very nice and clean internally; no handwriting such as names; vg-; a scarcer Kemlo title; ; Kemlo.

dj. First Edition. [Sci-fi] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 202. With six full-page illustrations by Cornwell and a colour halftone frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, titles and pictorial motifs blocked in navy to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Light spotting throughout interior and to edges. Prize bookplate to flyleaf. Jacket price-clipped. Toning to jacket backstrip, toning and spotting to rear panel. Very good. A thrilling instalment of the Kemlo series, following a boy who was raised on a satellite and regularly galavants around deep space.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st ed Hbk in d/w; 8vo; vg/vg-; a nice clean copy; a few brown spots to prelims; no handwriting inside such names; d/w not price clipped; just a little foxing, mainly on underside of d/w, showing through on white rear of d/w; scarce book. ; Kemlo; Spaceworld; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition Hbk in d/w; previous owner's name (not author) on fep; a little foxing on blocked page foredges; colour frontis; d/w clipped, but price of 6/- is still evident. Some foxing on the underside of d/w which shows through on the white on the rear; vg/vg-; ; Kemlo; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this thrilling space adventure novel featuring the popular character Kemlo, illustrated with a colour frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Kemlo and the End of Time' is the ninth novel in the Kemlo series, a popular children's science fiction series.Kemlo was born and raised on a satellite in space, and like his fellow space-children, he breathes 'plasmorgia' instead of air. He's the Captain of the Space Scouts and travels around space on adventures with his fellow Scouts.There were a total of fifteen novels published in the Kemlo series from 1954 to 1963.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Written by Reginald Alec Martin under the pseudonym E. C. Eliott.Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Only a few light marks to the boards. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Protective plastic adhered to the dust wrapper. Light edge wear to the wraps, with a couple of small chips, and tape repairs to the reverse. Wraps are a little age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks. Very Good Indeed. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A bright first edition copy of this popular Kemlo novel, part of the children's science fiction series. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.The seventh novel in the Kemlo series, a popular children's science fiction series.Kemlo was born and raised on a satellite in space, and like his fellow space-children, he breathes 'plasmorgia' instead of air. He's the Captain of the Space Scouts and travels around space on adventures with his fellow Scouts.There were a total of fifteen novels published in the Kemlo series from 1954 to 1963.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Written by Reginald Alec Martin under the pseudonym E. C. Eliott.Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Protective plastic is adhered to the dust wrapper, with some tape repairs to the reverse. Wraps are a little age-toned with some handling marks, and light rubbing to the rear joint. Spine is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this 'Kemlo' science fiction novel from E. C. Eliott, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and six monochrome illustrations by A. Bruce Cornwell. Collated, complete.Set in 'Spaceworld', this novel details how central character Kemlo 'won his spurs in the first and last great Battle of Space'.'Kemlo' was a popular children's science fiction series.Kemlo was born and raised on a satellite in space, and like his fellow space-children, he breathes 'plasmorgia' instead of air. He's the Captain of the Space Scouts and travels around space on adventures with his fellow Scouts. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Clear adhesive laminate applied to dust wrapper. Small chip to dust wrapper back strip head, with rubbing to back strip tail. Significant handling marks to rear wrap, which is somewhat age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with instances of light handling marks towards the rear of the work. Very Good Indeed. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The scarce first edition of this thrilling children's science fiction novel, following Kemlo as he discovers an abandoned city on the moon. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and six monochrome illustrations by A. Bruce Cornwell. Collated, complete.'Kemlo' was a popular children's science fiction series.Kemlo was born and raised on a satellite in space, and like his fellow space-children, he breathes 'plasmorgia' instead of air. He's the Captain of the Space Scouts and travels around space on adventures with his fellow Scouts.In this tale, Kemlo and his friends discover a deserted city below the crust of the moon. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Clear adhesive laminate applied to dust wrapper. Back strip and rear wrap of dust wrapper age toned. Edgewear to back strip head and tail, with light spotting to tail of rear wrap. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. A. Bruce Cornwell (illustrator). book.…