Published by Robert Hale, 1946
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Minor brown marking to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is forward leaning. Heavy water staining along spine with some white marking. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy water staining to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Pencil marking to rear panel.
Published by Collins Clear-Types Press, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Yellow pencil marks to both boards. Wear marks overall.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1924
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1924. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Hinge are cracked. Front endpaper has been removed. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Contains some black and white illustrated plates throughout. Missing front free endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is slightly tanned, with mild crushing to ends. Light rubbing and scuffing overall. Small white mark to front board, and label to rear.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1929
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. 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.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Published by Alvin Redman, 1956. First Editio, 1956
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Published by Robert Hale Ltd, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Visible wear marks to jacket.
Published by Collins, 1953
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1953. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 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.
Published by Collins, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Moderate water staining to frontispiece and top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.
Published by Collins' Clear Type Press, 1944
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1944. Fifth Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1929. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. End papers are more notably foxed. Front free end paper excised. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has loss to front board fore edge. Gilt lettering has become dull.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936, 1936
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Honor C. Appleton (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, well preserved, in red pictorial boards with elephant on cover. hinges cracked and gift note on endpaper else VG. Wonderful color frontis of unicorn with his horn stuck in a tree and rider shooting up in the air. Light foxing mark on a few pages at margin. Text is clean and unmarked; No Dust Jacket. 287 pp. Book.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1936. Reprint. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations with colour plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Moderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed with sunning to spine.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1929. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fair. 1933. First Edition Thus. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with red cloth spine with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to reverse frontispiece, last page textblock and pastedowns. Pen and ink stamp inscription to front pastedown and reverse frontispiece. Moderate loss and tear to frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor scuffing and splits to spine ends, edges and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.
Published by Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
Published by George G Harrap and Co Ltd, 1932
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear, edge scuffs to boards. Scuffs to corners. Content is clean with light age tone. No DJ.
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company no date., New York
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
288 pp. With Illustrations by Honor C. Appleton. Large 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth. Slight use to cloth at extremities; tight and sound; contents fine.
Published by Robert Hale
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated Photograph available on request.
Published by Collins, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations with colour plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to hinges, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with moderate tanning overall.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Text is clean. Cover shows almost no wear. Black boards with silver lettering. Dust jacket shows traces of edgewear. ;
Published by Harrap, 1932
Seller: STEVE BROWN, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Appleton, Honor C. (illustrator). Reprinted. Boards well-rubbed. binding firm and text clean. Hardcover.
Published by Collins Clear-Type, UK
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Ernest Aris (illustrator). 8vo hbk; blue cloth boards (worn) which have marking at edges; pink trim and lettering; pale gift inscription inside cover (not author's) dated 1943; generally clean sound copy, but does have occasional mark on pages; a book of animal/nature stories; fair to good; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1952, 1952
Seller: Porcupine Books, Ilford, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1952 Slightly bumped at top and eroded at base of spine, top of D.J. spine adhering to cloth and page edges lightly age-darkened - Fair? book in torn and slightly worn Dust Jacket (in two pieces). Signed and Personalised by the Author on the Title Page ''. This is the story of a man who lived a double life, but not in the way usually implied by the phrase. It is a straightforward story, written to entertain. It has no moral. But, I hope as you have turned the last page and put the book aside that your imagination will be set speculatively at play. ''. Book.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, UK, 1932
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Gollancz, London, 1932 First Edition Ancestral memories induce criminal acts. [Bleiler 1948 Checklist; Locke Spectrum of Fantasy; Stableford Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950]. 280pp A good copy with edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, dust soiling to page edges, margins lightly toned. Lacking the jacket. See photos clphE.
Published by Collins, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Frontispiece is detached but still present. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Large black marks to rear board. Water staining to boards. Textblock is shaky.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1948, First Edition,, 1948
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, 288pp, owner's name on endpaper, edges browned, text clean and sound, black cloth, silver-gilt titles, Good / no dustwrapper.
hardback, 8vo, 269p, light foxing on page edges, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good condition in frayed dustwrapper.
Published by Alvin Redman, 1961. First Edition, ,, 1961
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, 250pp, page edges browned, text clean and sound, black cloth, spine dull, Boots Library sticker on front board, Good / no dustwrapper.