Violet M Methley (141 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear and fading to boards. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, tears and loss.

Condition: Good. 1943. First Edition. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece by L.F. Lupton. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. B&W frontispiece. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a forward lean.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remark. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. One of the plates is detached but still present. Front endpaper is missing. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. 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 tanning.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good+. C. E. Brock (illustrator). text block clean and tight; moderately edge-worn, rubbed binding with some corner fraying; red cloth spine, lightly faded boards; No publication date given, circa early 1900s. 184 pp. Hard Cover.

Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 124pp. Cover: Mountie and Indian in canoe. Hardback: Illustrated board cover with red cloth spine.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to pastedowns and front free endpaper. Tape marks to pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Tape marks to flaps. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Printed by Blackie & Son Limited London and Glasgow, but no Edition, 208 pages. Some writing on the first blank page. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering, book with a lean forward. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Scuffing and soiling to boards. 24 hour despatch.

Condition: Good. Light wear and fading to boards. Bumping. Content has toning. Gift message to ffep. No DJ.

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 224pp, ex-lib, 5 x 8 inches. Jacket cut and pasted onto front cover. Overall good reading copy. A school girl expedition into the wilds of Borneo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. Circa 1950's. Pictorial boards depicting two children in snow. Yellow spine chipped with small piece missing and some light wear to edges. Previous owner's blind embossed details to front endpaper. Lovely colour frontis plus three further colour plates. Many black and white illustrations. Lots of short stories including elves, fairies,gollies, toys etc. One of the black and white illustrations is coloured in neatly. "The Pinnacle Series" 96 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No date but prize plate is dated 1931. Octavo, 111 pages, coloured frontispiece. Covers a little grubby, top and bottom of spine worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. iv, 5-96pp, black and white in-text illustrations. Pictorial paper-covered boards. 12mo. Sun-faded and soiled, spine cover detached at rear joint with minor loss, indentation on boards, very cocked and bowed. Text block edges starting to tan. Endpapers just starting to tan, volume shaken. Otherwise internally neat, clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE ILLUSTRATED BOARDS HAVE SOME RUBBING, STAINING AND WEAR TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE3. THE LETTERING ON THE SPINE IS FADED. THE PAGES ARE GENERALLY CLEAN AND CREASE FREE, WITH A LITTLE FOXING HERE AND THERE. THERE IS A NAME PENNED ON THE FFEP DATED 1936. THE BINDING IS REASONABLY FIRM. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS HARD TO FIND EDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Good(brown spots). No Jacket. Anonymous (illustrator). First.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Schmolle, Stella (illustrator). 1st Edition. Variant red boards with illustrations blind stamped on the front panel and the spine. Boards have fading to the spine and patches of damp staining to the outer edges of the front and rear panels. Page edges are browned. Endpapers are browned and pages are lightly browned with spotting at the front and back of the book and a few places through the book. Illustrated by Stella Schmolle - the colour frontispiece is loosening along the bottom half of its length. No jacket. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good(age spots). No Jacket. Has larger size print. Has a beautiful picture on the cover.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 160pp. + ads.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. Illustrated with black and white plates by Radcliffe Wilson. Part of The New Crown Library for Girls. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Light tanning to pastedowns and endpapers, with school presentation plate to front pastedown. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Moderate to heavy fading to spine and board edges. Light foxing to cloth. Bumping to corners. Moderate tanning and foxing to textblock. Clipped dust jacket has moderate wear to edges, with small chips to spine ends and corners. Moderate tanning to front, rear and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 160 pages. No dustjacket. Illustrated card covers with blue cloth spine, wear to spine-ends and edges, edges are rubbed, heavy wear to boards corners which are worn round showing card. Light foxing to page-edges, light finger marks to margins of text on some pages. Xmas paper glued over flyleaf with inscription underneath which is dated 1934 - the only date on the book. Illustrated in B&W with colour frontispiece.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over patterned cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Staining to rear panel. Water stain to top edge. Marking to inside panels.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 31 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed. Redundant price sticker to rear board.