thomas nelson edinburgh (Over 1,700 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 151 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sorrell, Alan (illustrator). First Edition. Nice vintage copy of this young person's guide to archaeology. Book very nice, DJ is price clipped and has some nicks and one tear. We ship fast.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus Condition. This is a classic fiction novel called Sailor Rudd, copyright 1955, possible first edition with no other date found, hard cover, dust jacket, written by Richard Watkins. THIS IS NOT A LIBRARY BOOK. The books dust jacket has small tears and chips, otherwise in good plus condition. The book itself has pages beginning to brown due to aging, otherwise in good plus condition with tight binding, clean and 191 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leather. Condition: Good. Good leatherbound softcover copy, 784 pp, one B/W illus., New Century Library The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Vol I. - Vanity Fair.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Second hand book. Book cover and spine fine. Name of previous owner written on the inside of the front cover. Pages of book slightly foxed. High lighting can be found throughout this book. Title - In Green Pastures: Daily Readings For Every Day In The Year.) Author - J.R. Miller, D.D. These Readings have been Selected and Arranged by Mary A. Butler. Compact size book. Color- Black. Extra charges may be charged to cover postage cost because of the size and weight of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slight edgewear to price clipped dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial dust jacket, solid. Sex.

Leather. Condition: Fair. Early Leather binding, gilt lettering, edge wear to covers, corners chipped. Inside very good. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth boards with black and yellow decoration on cover and spine, gold lettering on spine. Surface wear to spine ends, no fraying. Ring stain to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Tasteful bookplate on front free endpaper; lovely old "Prize" award for regular school attendance on front fixed endpaper. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. Illustrated title page. No date of publication - circa 1900. 320 pages.

Hardcover. Red cloth, gold lettering, no dj, rubbed, ex-lib. Music; 29035.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. Gray/green hardcover pictorial binding shaky but firmly intact. Hinge crack at title page showing threds. Light soiling to covers. Yellowing pages, another hinge crack at pages 16/17. 1921 gift inscription ffep. A few marks and general wear. Reading copy only. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Language: ENG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Teaching of English Series, with Dr. Richard Wilson, general editor. original inscription: Australian School Library 1938-9. Some of the plays: Thirty Minutes in a Streeet by Beatrice Mayor; The house with the Twisty Windows by Mary Pakington; Colombine by Reginald Arkell; Moonshine by Arthur Hopkins; Elizabeth Refuzes by Margaret Macnamara; Brother Wolf, Laurene Houseman. Mrs. Adis by Shelia Kay-Smith and John Hampden is printed here for the first time. edges bumped and show wear; binding tight. blue cloth with gilt gold lettering on spine; initial on cover.illustrated endpapers.

Embossed Cloth. Condition: G+. No Jacket. Abridged Edition. 472 pp + 8 ads, contents are clean, e.p. yellowed, several small cloth wrinkles on cover edge, else a nice solid copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Name of that same previous owner on second front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by 26 illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Minor Cover Wear;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gift inscription on front paste-down, dated 1928. PAGES: 445 + publisher's ads. ILLUSTRATIONS: All 3 colour plates are present and bound in. CONDITION: Tight binding. No brown spotting but for the preliminary pages and mostly showing on the title page, as showing in a picture. No inscriptions or marks elsewhere. Browning on the first and last endpapers. Fading on the cloth cover. The interior is bright and clean. Weight: 566 grams unpackaged. Prompt, well packaged despatch. Sent with 'Royal Mail Tracked 48' within UK. Reasonable international rates. Combined postage applies for multiple orders based on total weight & size.

Marcel Jeanjean (illustrator). Title: Elementary French Composition (Nelson's Modern Studies Series, No. 5) Author: R. L. Græme Ritchie, M.A., D.Litt. and James M. Moore, M.A. Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, Edinburgh, Paris, Melbourne, Toronto, and New York Publication Year: Reprint edition, circa 1946 (based on printing history: first published 1930; reprinted 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 (twice), 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 (twice)) Binding: Hardcover, green cloth boards with embossed lantern motif on front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Pages: Approximately 172 pp., including preface, contents, vocabulary, index of passages for translation, and illustrations. This is a charming vintage educational textbook designed for elementary French composition, part of Nelson's "Modern Studies" series under the general editorship of Professor Græme Ritchie. Aimed at school students, it provides graded exercises in French writing, focusing on verb tenses (present, perfect, future, imperfect, etc.), vocabulary building, and translation passages. The preface explains its purpose: to aid beginners in composing simple French sentences, drawing from Cambridge University Press materials for "First" and "Second" French Courses. Content includes sections on verb conjugations, sample dialogues (e.g., "A Conversation" on p. 32, "The Perfect Good" on p. 33, "We Cross the Channel" on p. 56), and illustrated stories like "Our Dog" (p. 17), "The Dipper's Nest" (p. 48), and "Moonlight" (p. 49). Features delightful period illustrations. As an ex-school library copy from Luton High School, this book offers a snapshot of mid-20th-century British education, with the checkout ledger providing social history interest?tracking postwar students' use over nearly a decade. Ideal for collectors of vintage language textbooks, educational memorabilia, or local Luton/Bedfordshire history. Despite wear, it remains a functional and evocative piece from the era of rationing and reconstruction. Condition: Good overall for a vintage school textbook, with signs of heavy use commensurate with age and educational context. Exterior: Green cloth covers show moderate fading and rubbing particularly to spine and edges. Corners bumped and frayed; spine worn with minor fraying. Front cover has faint handwritten inscriptions (possibly "English" or similar, faded). Back cover has some staining and scuffs. Binding is sound but with some looseness from use. Interior: Pages are age-toned but clean and unmarked except for occasional pencil notes or underlining in exercises (e.g., future tense conjugations on p. 37). Ex-library from Luton High School (Bedfordshire, UK), with library label on front pastedown (No. 27, "Luton High School Library (Text Books)"), and a checkout record sheet listing student borrowers from 1949-1958, including names like Barbara Baron (Pre. 5C, 1949), Rosemary Dixon (IV M, 1950), V. Wrycroft (IV M, 1951), Sidney Morley (IV A, 1952), Janet Morley (IV S, 1953), Patricia Volger (IV C, 1953), Mollie Bingham (II A, 1954-55), Kathleen Huckstep (II C, 1955-56), Marjorie Rainford (II C, 1956-57), and Billie Major (IV B, 1957-58). Endpapers have tape remnants and minor foxing. No major tears or missing pages, but light creasing in places. Illustrations intact, including black-and-white drawings. The illustrations in "Elementary French Composition" were created by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973), a French artist, illustrator, and poster designer. He was a World War I aviator who became known for his aeronautical-themed works, including books, drawings, and posters. Jeanjean was appointed as an official painter to the French Ministry of Air in 1931. His style often featured whimsical, detailed line drawings.

Les Laval dans les Alpes Larive, André Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, Edinburgh, New York, Toronto, Paris, 1950. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. Reprint. This is a charming vintage educational paperback from the "Supplementary French Readers: Set C, Grade I" series, designed for beginner French language learners in schools. Originally published in June 1938 by Société Française d'Éditions Nelson in Paris, this is the 1950 reprint by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., with offices listed in Edinburgh (Parkside Works), London (3 Henrietta Street WC2 and 312 Flinders Street Melbourne C1), Cape Town (5 Parker's Buildings, Burg Street), Toronto (91-93 Wellington Street West), New York (385 Madison Avenue), and Paris (25 rue Henri Barbusse Ve). No ISBN, as it predates the system (ASIN reference: B001OESPGM). The book measures approximately 16.5cm x 11.5cm, with around 81 pages of simple French narrative text, accompanied by delightful black-and-white illustrations by J. Pinchon depicting alpine scenes, family hikes, mule caravans, glaciers, and chalets. The story follows the Laval family?Mme Laval, her two children (Jean and Marthe), and their guide M. Durand?on an adventurous vacation from Paris to Grenoble and into the French Alps. They encounter wild framboises, mountain streams, and rustic chalets, with themes of family bonding, nature exploration, and mild perils like crossing torrents. Ideal for practicing basic vocabulary on travel, mountains, and daily life. This copy is an ex-library edition from Luton High School for Girls (Bedfordshire, UK), adding unique historical provenance. It features a pasted library card on the inside front cover, marked "Library (Text Books) No. I.36," with handwritten checkout entries: Anne Dodsworth (Form IV R, taken out 14.9.56, returned 16.7.57); Gillian Whitaker (Form IV R, 13.9.57 to 15.1.58); Sally Poulton (Form IV.3, 16/11/58 to 16/12/58). The school, originally Luton Modern School for Girls, was a selective institution in the 1950s before evolving into Denbigh High School. Condition: Good for its age (over 70 years old). The red and cream patterned soft covers show minor edge wear, corner creasing, and light scuffing. Pages are yellowed with age but clean, with no tears, underlining, or marginalia beyond library stamps and the checkout card. Binding is tight and intact. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrations are crisp and evocative. A delightful collectible for enthusiasts of mid-20th-century language textbooks, French juvenile literature, alpine adventure stories, or British school history. Perfect for educators, homeschoolers, or vintage book collectors.

Hardcover. g/g, mylar covered dj, ex-lib, rubbed. Sports / Tennis; 11339.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good/Good. 12mo. 347 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with green illustrated dust jacket, lettering in white. Dust jacket is worn and rubbed with brief tears and small chips to the edges; spine is sunned. Hardcover shows moderate wear with bumps to the corners; front panel is bowed. There is splitting to the gutter preceding the title page. Contents are clean and bright for the most part with toning to the endpapers and to pages 74-75.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Grattan Condon (illustrator). Very Good. 8vo. 215 pages. Hardcover bound in tan cloth with spine lettering in blue. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The inner hinges are sound, and the text is clean. Illustrated with just a few illustrations in black and white.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 184 page hardcover - published to commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Red cloth exterior with title on spine in gold - very light sunfading along top edge. Interior has prior owner name on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. 136 page hardcover with word geography map illustrations and a bibliography. Blue cloth exterior with title on spine in gold. Interior has some minimal light pencil markings (i.e checkmarks and lines in margin) - a minimal flaw. Overall tight and clean and good to very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Light stain on front cover. Jacket has light edgewear and light general soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ in Poor dust jacket. DJ worn, chipped, creased and torn;( in protective mylar jacket). 296 pages; 6 x 8 1/2 ".