Willians Geoffrey (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Regular. Willians, Geoffrey. My Uncle Harry. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957. Características: Regular estado general. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Tapas ligeramente sucias debido al paso del tiempo. Guardas limpias. Canto limpios. 108 p. (20 x 13 cm) Peso: 450 g.…

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. First Ed USA; unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. Book shows light wear to the extremtiies; the binding leans a little, but remains perfecltly secure; text clean. DJ shows only a touch of wear to the head and heel of the backstrip: mild rubbing and the faintest soiling; price has been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy with a clean text and with a DJ in similar condition. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 104pp. Black cloth w/ith red & silver titles at the backstrip; silver Searle drawing at the front panel, black & white illustrations throughout, 104 pp. Illustrated by Ronald Searle. First Ed USA; unstated. Previously released in Great Britain as "Whizz for Atomms". Hardback with DJ. Ronald Searle was one of Britain's best-loved cartoonists, and Geoffrey Willans (if I remember correctly) a former teacher. If there is such a thing as a composite genius, then Willans and Searle surely were one. The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years). The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno". …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Copy in navy cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket a little dusty. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Clean text with b/w illustrations. Free of inscriptions.

hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Max Parrish & Co, London, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Small inscription and book sellers stamp to pictorial endpaper. Very light foxing to prelims. Light fading to top and bottom of boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. price clipped with loss to top and bottom of back strip and leading corner. two short closed tears. Very rare first edition copy of this title.…

first published. 106 Seiten Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen, mit einer Namenseintragung. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200 Hardcover Leinen, mit Schutzumschlag.

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ has some chips and fading to edges and spine. Internally clean, no damage. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Faded blue coloured, hardback book, with black title impressions running across the top half of the spine. No jacket. The book is in reasonably good condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. Faded spine, some shelf-life wear to edge of papers. First published in 1954, first edition. Printed in Great Britain by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 441 pages all intact, all pages, and text are in good, clean, readable order. 20 fabulous stories all from different various authors. A nice book that's worth preserving for future generations.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some tanning to pages.

Tapa Blanda. Condition: Muy bien. 2ª Edición. Traducción Jon Bilbao. Tapa blanda con sobrecubierta. Muy ilustrado. Impecable9788415578352. Impedimenta. España. 2013. 20x13 centímetros. 110 páginas. Tapa blanda. Estado=Muy bien. Ronald Searle (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First US Edition. Lean, rubbing, toning, foxing, brief numerical notations on the front endpaper. Jacket art by Ronald Searle. Jacket price-clipped, laminated, with rubbing, toning, fading, foxing, a few small tears and chips. Uncommon. Photo on request. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. …

Aus der Bibliothek von Karlheinz Deschner. 119 Seiten, 8°. SELTEN! Geringf angebräunt, gutes Exemplar. [BHN-C-8] Illustrierter Original-Karton Taschenbuch.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. In removable protective plastic jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. - 2Nd Impression - From the Library of Posy Simmonds - Covers rubbed and bumped w/ gilt lettering to spine and decoration to front faded - Edges of text block toned - Endpapers toned and lightly marked - Page margins and content lightly toned - Price clipped Dustwrapper grubby and toned w/ pencil marks to rear, heavy chipping to corners and spine ends, w/ several small tears and spine moderately toned - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 106 pages.…