chatto boyd and oliver london (33 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. Robin Jacques (illustrator). First Thus. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some impression marks on dust jacket and coveboards. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Contains 2 other stories - "A Tide for the Captain" and "The Sea Piper". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Robin Jacques (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback. 174 pp, illustrated Very Good condition in Very Good, unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Warner, Peter (illustrator). First Edition. From the library of the late E. W. Martin (West country countryman, writer, pacifist and socialist), and inscribed by the author "To mt Dear Friends Ernest & Liz whose hearts are as warm as the Lapland Mother is Cold Alan C. Jenkins 1970", to the front free end paper. Original dust jacket good only, with a little general wear and a stain to the front panel, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, paper lightly spotted/foxed. A very good signed copy with a good dust jacket. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Floyd, Gareth (illustrator). First Edition. Ex-library copy. A little fading to the top edges of the boards and there is a bump to the bottom rear corner. Slight browning to page edges. 'Withdrawn' stamp to front free endpaper. Library stamp to title page. Label residue and a little surface tearing to rear pastedown. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Tape around bottom of spine over library reference number. Browning to the spine of the jacket and along the top edges of the front and rear panels. Small closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. Rear panel has a few brown spots. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. First printing.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Graham Humphreys (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; vg/vg; name inside cover; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gray, Reginald (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG++, Shelfwear, bumping/VG, Edgewear, tears, browning. Children's adventure, set in Finland. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hales (illustrator). First Edition. some library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, library sticker spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Graham Humphreys (illustrator). First Edition. The story of two tribes - the Hill and the Lake folk. Very good dj (price clipped). Inscription on front endpaper, else near fine. 8vo, 120pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st.uk hardback edition,book and dust jacket both fine with no inscription or price cut,a lovely,clean,tidy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Mortelmans (illustrator). First Edition. dj (price clipped), a few owner stamps, some sticky tape marks on dj reverse & boards & endpapers, NOT ex library, map, illustrated by EDWARD MORTELMANS, vg. slim 8vo, 72pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Van Wely, Babs (illustrator). First English Translation. VG/Fair. Green hardback is in very good condition with attractive black and white illustrations throughout. Dustjacket is worn especially around the edges with many small tears and some loss. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Margery Gill (illustrator). 3rd Impression. Three boys, living in high rise council flats, find a refuge in the gardens of seven abandoned cottages. vg dj (price clipped), a few foxing spots on reverse, bright blue boards with black front vignette & spine lettering, illustrated by MARGERY GILL, inscription on flyleaf, some light foxing, vg. 8vo, 103pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Chatto, Boyd and Oliver. First Edition, so stated. Hard cover. 56pp. Book condition: Very Good. Two gift insciptions to ffep. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Tiny closed tear in front gutter of jacket. One other short closed tear and minor edge wear.

First edition. Hardback. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in Very Good condition. 46pp. No inscriptions. Illustrated by Janet Duchesne. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. James Hunt (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Some very minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, but jacket exceptionally clean, bright and unsunned. not price clipped (85p), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, quite a reasonable copy for ex library. 64pp, illustrated.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hemmant (illustrator). First Great Britain. slight wear to covers and cover edges, some library marks mainly endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Children's story of a young teenage boy struggling to support his family by means of a herd of reindeer. Book.

104pp, with b/w illus by Barry Wilkinson. Boards. Edge worn dust jacket. Front free end paper little damaged. A nice, clean copy. 20x14cms.

First publication of this omnibus edition. Hardback. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in Very Good clean condition. No inscriptions. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. Jacket supplied in new removable clear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. D/w shows shelf wear Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Gareth Floyd (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some very slight yellowing and faint dust smears to back jacket, not price clipped (12s, 60p), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 64pp, illustrated. Hugh thinks it is merely coincidence that Kate shares her name with the girl playing catch in the picture hanging in the castle museum, but Kate is not so sure. As she skates on the lake nearby, strange figures emerge through the falling snow and invite her to join their game. Helen Cresswell (1934-2005), was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction.

Illus By Graham Humphreys. (illustrator). 1st.ed. Illus by Graham Humphreys. Presentation inscription by author (as Charles V.Jackson); binding tight. Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jaques (illustrator). First Edition. slight wear to cover edges, minimal library marks, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex Library.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FLOYD, Gareth (illustrator). First Edition. Orange cloth boards with black vignette of girl to front in pictorial dustwrapper; 104pp; b/w ills. Slight splay to boards. Unclipped dustwrapper has very light rubbing to edges. Life on a narrow boat was the only life Gina had ever known until the morning of her accident.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reginald Gray (illustrator). First Edition. dj, price unclipped, illustrated boards, vg+. 8vo, 128pp. (Andreas of Delphi lights a candle to St Georgias to 'make everything come right' for his club foot, but soon learns that there are more important things in life.).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. London. Chatto and Windus 1969, 1st Drawings by Gareth Floyd, 1969, shown on copyright although this probably a slightly later reprint as 12s and 60p are both shown on the front flap of the dustjacket . Red cloth boards, with black vignette on front b/w drawings in text, black titles to spine. Book is near fine with clean contents and tight binding. Dustjacket is also near fine and has practically no wear except for a small hole in the spine 44 pp. "It was the ball in flight that bridged the centuries." Kate and her brother, spending their last few days in England, explored the echoes of an old castle and brought back a brother and sister from 200 years before.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. K.W. Hancock (illustrator). First Edition. ex library: dj (price unclipped), a little dusty on back, edges slightly stained, flaps trimmed, illustrated by K.W. HANCOCK, a few stamps + sticky tape marks on boards, else vg. 8vo, 232pp. Set in Scotland in 1745.

8vo (24.5x16.5cm), hardback, 56pp. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, general light wear, spine faded, missing lower right front corner, bumped, light creasing). Page edges lightly age-toned. Mild wear only. Contents very good, clear and crisp. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rita Fava Fegiz (illustrator). 1st Edition. A Young Persons novel with illustrations by Lynette Hemmant. Uncommon now.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First British Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in yellow cloth boards with green lettering to spine, green Crocodile to front board. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 48pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Library copy, ink stamp to front pastedown, few marks to endpapers, some rubbing to board and dustjacket edges. (2/3).