Beginning Dutchman by Isla Mitchell (9 results)
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Published by Faber and Faber 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cambridge Recycled Books, Cambridge, , United KingdomCambridge Recycled Books
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£ 4.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. No dust jacket. Fading to spine.Fading to spine. Bumping to corners of cover and ends of spine. Bookshop stamp inside front cover. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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£ 7.71
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. boards are edge worn and marked. foxing. sound binding. fair copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Published by Faber and Faber 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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£ 16.29
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Condition: Good. 1944. First Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Richard Kennedy. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fr…aying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces mildly tanned. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.
Language: English
Published by Faber London 1946 HB 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Byre Books, Newton Stewart, , United KingdomByre Books
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£ 8.32
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth impression. Children's sailing adventure. Illus Richard Kennedy. Illustrative blue cloth covers lightly worn, age-mottling to prelims, o/w VG, no inscriptions, in marked, worn, chipped DJ, good only. 192pp 0.

Language: English
Published by Faber and Faber
- Hardcover
Seller: Yare Books, Great Yarmouth, United KingdomYare Books
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Hardback. Condition: Good. No Cover. Second Edition.
More imagesPublished by FABER AND FABER, London 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, , United Kingdombooksonlinebrighton
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Hard Back. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. H/b in D/j. 1st ed. Faber 1st ed. 4th impression. Fiction. Children's illustrated Adventure [ The Sykes Family & the mysterious Dutch sailing boat] Isla Mitchell. In line drawings by Richard Kennedy. 192pp. 205x140mm. Good- Poor [ Book- no insc., no annotation…, sound binding, light fox tan 1st/last few pages+ page edges, powder dusting fade to front board] illus. paper Dust Jacket not price clipped 6/- fox tanning light soil and shelf edge wear nicks & tears - Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Kennedy Richard (illustrator).

Published by Faber and Faber Ltd 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United KingdomHall of Books
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Third impression hardback, 1945, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards slightly tanned to spine. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends but text and il…lustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available. Richard Kennedy (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Faber and Faber 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Morning Mist Books and Maps, Cirencester, United KingdomMorning Mist Books and Maps
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Faber and Faber, first printing 1944. NOT ex-library. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy. Jacket generally marked and discoloured, edges scuffed, nicked, significant loss in places and with a couple of small tears on the central spine. Binding tight.…Jacket now in removable protective wrap. Book with sunning to upper edges of boards, corners and spine bumped and periodic light scattered spotting. No inscriptions or notes. Illustrated. Printed on thin, cream, war economy paper. 192pp. A wartime adventure where a canal boat heads up the Grand Union from London but somehow the children end up in the hands of some Nazis and also involving the Catholic church (the Sykes family are half-English and half-Irish American which makes for a complicated plot in a wartime British book). Little is know of the author, this was her only title published in England. More details available on request. (Uc3). Richard Kennedy (illustrator).
Published by Faber and Faber 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: The Swift Bookstore, Peterlee, , United KingdomThe Swift Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1944. No D/J. Boards are grubby/marked with bold titles to spine & bumped corners. Ffep has been removed damaging hinge. The tanned untrimmed pages are free of any inscription/annotations, although have the very occasional light usage mark/crease. Fine as a reading copy. If you have any queries please… contact me by e-mail. Images of items also available on request. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week. (3,9-260/1).