Strang Herbert George Herbert Ely Charles James L'estrange (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial hard boards. SOME ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN NEATLY COLOURED IN. Frontispiece margin has a stain. Foxed page edges. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref ZDT-DON.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Archibald Webb (illustrator). First UK Edition. 1st edition. 1908 Hardback: 19.5x14 cm. 367 pages with all 8 listed colour plates. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref rONHND.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Howard K Elcock (illustrator). Tome is undated, 1st was in 1928. Book plate to front free endpaper dated 1941. Jacket has a large chunk taken from the front panel and a tear to the back panel. Book has a small fingertip size nick to the base of the spine but is otherwise very good. Boards repeat dustjacket illustration. Over 500grams Jacket now in a loose protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cyrus Cuneo, Rene Bull (illustrator). 1st Edition. A "Lost Race" ripping yarn with science fiction elements set in the Himalayas. First edition 1916. Colour frontis by Cyrus Cuneo and line drawings, some full page, by Rene Bull. Publisher's original pictorial cloth. Two small marks to back cover otherwise in really lovely condition with no inscriptions and only the tiniest evidence of foxing. Small label for Selfridge's Book Dept. on back endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. M. S. Reeve & Others (illustrator). Undated: circa 1935. Pictorial spine has wear at the ends. Pictorial hard boards:. 23.5x17cm. Rear board has suffered some surface loss where labels have been removed. Front paste-down has a faint inscription dated 1935. 4 full page colour plates including the frontispiece. Many black & white illustrations. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref R-RB.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial front board & spine. 192 pages. 4 Colour plates including the frontispiece. COVERS ARE A LITTLE SOILED. Tight binding. Internally clean. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref RQX.

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, (1932). 23 S. Mit 6 tls. zweifarb. Illustr. von R. H. Brock. (= Strang's Penny Books, D 3). Kl.-8vo (18 x 12,5 cm). Geheftet. Für Kinder von 11-13 Jahren. Mit Anhang von Fragen u. Übungen zu Text u. Illustrationen. - Richard Henry Brock (1871-1943), britischer Maler u. Illustrator. - Herbert Strang (i.e. George Herbert Ely, 1866-1958, u. Charles James L'Estrange, 1867-1947). Die beiden Autoren schrieben vor allem Abenteuerbücher für Jungen, stark beeinflußt von Jules Verne, gaben aber auch zahlreiche Serien u. Anthologien unter ihrem Pseudonym heraus. - Leicht gebräunt, stellenw. stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar.

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, (1934). 23 S. Mit 7 tls. zweifarb. Illustr. (= Strang's Penny Books, D 4). Kl.-8vo (18 x 12,5 cm). Geheftet. Für Kinder von 11-13 Jahren. Mit Anhang von Fragen u. Übungen zu Text u. Illustrationen. - Herbert Strang (i.e. George Herbert Ely, 1866-1958, u. Charles James L'Estrange, 1867-1947). Die beiden Autoren schrieben vor allem Abenteuerbücher für Jungen, stark beeinflußt von Jules Verne, gaben aber auch zahlreiche Serien u. Anthologien unter ihrem Pseudonym heraus. - Leicht gebräunt, stellenw. stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar.

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, (1932). 23 S. Mit 7 tls. zweifarb. Illustr. (= Strang's Penny Books, C 3). Kl.-8vo ( 18 x 12,5 cm). Geheftet. Für Kinder von 8-11 Jahren. Mit Anhang von Fragen u. Übungen zu Text u. Illustrationen. - Herbert Strang (i.e. George Herbert Ely, 1866-1958, u. Charles James L'Estrange, 1867-1947). Die beiden Autoren schrieben vor allem Abenteuerbücher für Jungen, stark beeinflußt von Jules Verne, gaben aber auch zahlreiche Serien u. Anthologien unter ihrem Pseudonym heraus. - Leicht gebräunt, stellenw. stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Geoffrey Eyles & Mays (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial hard boards. Published in 1937. 16 full page colour plates are all in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: Some of the black & white illustrations have been coloured in. Front end paper inscription is dated 1945. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref C5. Let's Go Flying by John Anderson. Illustrated by Geoffrey Eyles & Mays. Edited by Herbert Strang (George Herbert Ely and Charles James L'Estrange). Published in 1937 in the "The Happy Day Series)" by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated children's book on the adventures of Cerdic the Saxon. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A charming historical children's story of the days of our Saxon forefathers, following the adventures and experiences of Cerdic the Saxon. With reference to the Danes and their arrival on British shores. Written by Herbert Strang, the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely and Charles James L'Estrange, who specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern-day, and Lucy L. Weedon, a British author of children's stories. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor creases to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. School bookplate to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: G. No Jacket. Lillian A. Govey; Millicent Sowerby (illustrator). First Edition. Undated [c.1910]. 8vo. original pictorial boards (rubbed and marked with a little wear around edges, scattered spotting, lacks prelims including frontispiece and title page (assuming these were present), prev. owner's name and pencil scrawls to rear endpaper); pp. unpaginated, with 5 colour plates (remaining) and monochrome illustrations. A reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Plates (illustrator). First Americn Edition. (Vi), 449 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Green, Red And Tan. First American Printing. Herbert Strang Was The Pseudonym Of Two English Authors, George Herbert Ely (1866-1958) And Charles James L'estrange (1867-1947). They Specialized In Writing Adventure Stories For Boys, Both Historical And Modern-Day, In The Juvenile Imperialist Genre. Both Men Were Staff Members Of Oxford University Press, Which Published Their Books, Giving Them A Patina Of Social Status And Approval For The Parents Of Their Intended Readership. Their Work Showed A Broad General Debt To That Of Jules Verne;Round The World In Seven Days Was One Of Their Most Popular Books. Ely And L'estrange Have Been Classified As "Popular Writers Of Imperial Fiction" And "Successors Of G. A. Henty". The Pseudonym Was Also Employed For Several Series Of Anthologies, Works "Edited By Herbert Strang" That Included The Big Book Of School Stories For Boys And The Oxford Annual For Scouts. There Was In Addition An Anthology Series For Girls By "Mrs Herbert Strang", Who Was Also Given As The Author Of Some Adventure Books For Girls, Notably The Girl Crusoes, A Robinsonade. Slight Usage; No Marks; Six Small Lighter Spots On Spine; Faint Damp Staining In Upper Corner Of Tissue Guard, Title And Contents Pages.

First Edition. Publisher's red cloth, very good. Spine bands worn with some minor dust dulling to the panel edges. Remains brightly gilt titled and decorated. Professionally strengthened with new endpapers. Scarce. ; 342 pages; Description: 342 p. , 8 leaves of plate ; 25 cm. Subjects: English literature --Fiction --Juvenile. 2 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. W. H. Margetson (illustrator). First edition. The first UK edition copy of this fictional work by Herbert Strang. With gorgeous and colourful illustrations by W. H. Margetson. The first edition of this work. An exciting novel by Herbert Strang following the adventures of Humphrey Bold. Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely, and Charles James l'Estrange, who specialised in writing historical and modern stories for boys. A beautifully illustrated volumes, comprising eight colourful illustrations by W. H. Margetson. An uncommon and exquisite edition of this title. In the original publisher's quarter paper vellum binding with illustrated cloth over board. Externally very smart with only minor shelfwear. Minor faint handling mark to erar board. Spine has slightly darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Faint minor spotting throughout. Profusely illustrated in coloured plates throughout by W. H. Margetson. Very Good. book.

First Edition. Publisher's red cloth, very good. Spine bands worn with some minor dust dulling to the panel edges. Remains brightly gilt titled and decorated. Professionally strengthened with new endpapers. Scarce. ; 342 pages; Description: 342 p. , 8 leaves of plate ; 25 cm. Subjects: English literature --Fiction --Juvenile. 2 Kg.

Thick 8vo. vi, [1], 303, [1] pp. Colour frntsp., 5 colour plates, 1 map. Colour-illust. green cloth, w/ cover art of Triumph motor bicycle (motorcycle) on front cover, illust. spine (minor scuffing, w/o ffep), still a VG- copy. First edition of this very early adventure story set in Peru, and the adventures of a young military adventurer on a Triumph motorcycle as he aids the country's President.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. C. E. Brock (illustrator). A very scarce reprint of this exciting adventure novel from Herbert Strang, illustrated throughout. Reprinted 1917 in Great Britain. Very scarce work. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and twenty-two in-text images. Collated complete. An exciting work following the young pilot of a hydro-plane. Written by Herbert Strang, the pseudonym of two English authors, Charles James L'Estrange and George Herbert Ely, who specialised in adventure novels for young boys, many of which were historical. Illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock, an English painter, line artist, and book illustrator who was widely published. In the original pictorial blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with chipping to the extremities and loss to the head and tail of the spine. The odd mark and tide mark to the wrap. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good. book.