Brendon Chase by B B (82 results)

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. Spine, binding and cover all fine though covers and spine are faded. Contents clean with no inscription though lightly tanning. 236 pages.

Condition: Fair. 1969. First Edition Thus. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front paste down has been torn out. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D J (illustrator). 1st thus. Nice clean copy. Tiny chip / tear to top rear corner of dustwrapper.

2001 RPT PB VG PICT/CARD/COVS.

Hardback. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Condition, readable, no dj, spine has become detached, re attached with 2 pieces of paper tape. Boards have various markings.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, viii,236pp, owner's name on endpaper, page edges browned, contents otherwise sound, front inner hinge weak with webbing exposed, green cloth gilt, covers browned, soiled and unevenly faded, Fair condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator). 1st Edition. British edition, fourth printing, 1969 (first printing of this edition was 1968). With original unclipped jacket (25s/£1.25). Originally published in 1944 by Hollis & Carter Ltd. Illustrated by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small (largest approx. 1cm) tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), a few small marks, little patchy fading (including to spine), a few scratches/scrapes, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a little pushing/bumping to corners, few small patches of loss to top surface, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed orange have the odd small mark/minor foxing. Pages slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. D. J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 234 pages. No dj. Spine faded.

Condition: Fair. 1945. No edition remarks. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Notable stains to rear pages. Boards have moderate edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tearing and loss to spine ends. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine. Book has forward lean. Mild scuffing to edges.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). (1944) 1946 reprint. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppviii,236. Full-page scraperboard plates and silhouette vignettes by the author. Green cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Cloth used and faded, rather shaken and used. Front end-paper and half-title excised, reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. "BB's classic story of survival and adventure is enhanced by a wealth of natural history lore and superb illustrations." The story of three brothers who run away from home and live as outlaws in an English forest. .

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and vignette of a boy on front. Upper edge green. Slightly cocked. 236pp with frontis and 12 other full page illustrations, line drawings throughout the text. One of the full page illustrations has been traced over in pencil. A classic adventure story of three boys living wild in the forest in the summer.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Spine and boards sun toned and lightly stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 235 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Novel; English novel; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B/W Drawings (illustrator). 1st Edition. The back jacket blurb for this 304 page work of (mass market -12vo) fiction describes it as a Robin Hood story. The protagonists are three (runaway) brothers - Robin, John and Harold. the oldest is fifteen. READ more about : Hand of Providence, Willow Pool, Banchestians, greenwood, Smokoe Joe, Cherry Walden, Rumbold, grown-ups, and High Wood. B/W drawings by Denys Watkins-Pitchford contribute to the story. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with lettering similar. Cover art shows one of the boys hunting the red stag. Tight in binding. No names nor marks. Light general wear and soiling. Very good reading copy. QUote (p. 125) : ._._. fetes and Coronation Days. When Bunting reached Martyr bridge he felt warmer than he had ever done in his life. He dismounted, took off his helmet, and mopped his forehead with a very ._._._. . ".

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Spine and boards sun toned and lightly stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 235 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Novel; English novel; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pitchford, Watkins (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Printing with Scribner's seal and 'A' on the copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; board corners rubbed; else a clean, solid hardcover bound in full illustrated cloth with unmarked text. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in original jacket. Illustrated by Watkins Pitchford. 236pp.

Hardback. No dust jacket as published, lime green cloth boards. A Limited edition of 2000. Book is in Fine condition. Illustrated by the author. Securely packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Internally is in very good condition. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Green cloth boards are a bit worn and are sunned with spine heavily sunned. Binding slithly skewed but completely intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first edition without the jacket. A sunned binding, and one neat owner name. But this is the true first, with fabulously fresh looking illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 6¼ x 8½" pp. vii + 236 with 13 full-page lino cuts and many smaller ones throughout the text by Watkins Pitchford. Very good in green boards with gilt lettering and gilt motif to front board with some staining to top and bottom of spine. Firm and tight. Text is clean and bright with no stains, marks, labels, stamps or inscriptions. In poor dust jacket which has been repaired and has some loss to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Illustrated by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Green boards with gold lettering to spine and design in gold to front are only good with the odd mark, odd spots of foxing, minor pushing/bumping to corners, severe patchy fading (including to spine), minor patchy browning, the odd small bump/rub to edges, a few small scratches and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed green. Large gift inscription and date in pen fills the front end-paper. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. brief Christmas gift inscription to front blank endpaper, slightly faded at each end of spine, probably from sunfading, clean, tight copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1944. Illustrated with 13 full page lino cuts and many smaller ones throughout the book. Book is very good and with bright boards. Spine and edges slightly lightened. Contents good. Inscription to endpaper. The wrapper is good++ with rubbing, creasing and nicks to edges. White parts of the wrapper lightly soiled. Small loss to spine and edges. A few small closed tears. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16333.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1944. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with 13 full page lino cuts and many smaller ones throughout the book. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Spine a little age toned. Contents good. Name to endpaper. The wrapper is very good++ with light rubbing and nicks to edges. White parts of the wrapper lightly marked. A very good example of a book and wrapper than normally appears in average condition. More images available upon request. RefA1234. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 236 page hardcover in tan cloth with an illustration of a huge tree on the front cover in green. Assumed first American printing with the letter A on the copyright page. Near fine with no owner's marks. Jacket in clear protector has light, superficial edge dings. Spine not faded and not price clipped. Ships promptly in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 1945 matching dates on title and copyright pages, Scribner's "A" and device on the copyright page. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, Hardcover in full cloth with picture in green on the front cover without DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, corners and spine edges worn, no foxing, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 8vo, 236 pages, illustrated by Watkins Pitchford. ASIN : B0017GC56I.