Compass Points North by Atkinson (13 results)
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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Add to basketFirst Edition. 1st edition, 1938. Light scattered foxing. Binding tight. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine; some wear to spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
More imagesPublished by The Bodley Head, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United KingdomJim's Old Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, original owner's name on half-title, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover book. The third in the author's series of fourteen stories about the chil…dren of the Lockett family and their adventures. In this one they are on holiday in the Scottish Borders. 328pp, b&w drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jones, Harold (illustrator).
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1938. Very good condition with no wrapper. The story begins with the Locketts encountering another family, the Cousins, on the Scottish border. Initially, a rivalry or "battle" ensues between the two groups of children. However, they soon put aside their differences a…nd join forces to help a local English woman, Mrs. Hardy, and her daughter Elspeth. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to covers. Foxing to textblock. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Jones, Harold (illustrator).
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The story begins with the Locketts encountering another family, the Cousins, on the Scottish border. Initially, a rivalry or "battle" ensues between the two groups of children. However, they soon put aside their differ…ences and join forces to help a local English woman, Mrs. Hardy, and her daughter Elspeth. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. Scuffing and marks to covers. Bumping and wear to corners. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Foxing. A couple of hinges are a bit pulled. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Jones, Harold (illustrator).
Published by Bodley Head, London, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. HBk no d/w; 8vo; red cloth covers; decorated endpapers; blank endpaper has previous owners 'This book belongs to' rubber stamp and her name; rest of the book very clean; ; 9.29 X 6.22 X 1.57 inches. Illustrated by Harold Jones (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head., London., 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United KingdomJames Hine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1938. Coloured endpapers and black and white illustrations throughout by Harold Jones. Some very light foxing in places. Publishers red cloth lightly rubbed and with some very light marking, else very good solid copy. Illustrated endpapers and black and white… drawings throughout by Harold Jones. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Bodley Head,, London,, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 327. Illustrated by Harold Jones. Juvenile adventure story. Bookplate and gift inscription on first blank, spine slightly faded, edges slightly rubbed; VG.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Schutte, Lydbury North, Shropshire, United KingdomDavid Schutte
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The 3rd Locketts adventure, small black mark at base of spine, minor colour rubs, otherwise VG+ book in a Good unclipped d/w, loss of 2" at spine base repaired colour copy, so looks nice on the shelf, some rubs/nicks. Harold Jones (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Bodley Head, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vortex Books, Teddington, MIDDX, United KingdomVortex Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Uninscribed. Binding solid, book block skewed. Dust jacket price clipped, spine browned. Jacket is frayed at top of spine but complete. Jacket, end papers and illustrations by Harold Jones. Harold Jones (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by London; John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938., 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA., Whitley Bay, United KingdomKeel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.
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Add to basketHard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 328. Illustrated by Harold Jones including title page and 13 full page line drawings. Publishers' maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and pictorial endpapers, top edge red, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth rubbed at spine tips; textblock edge a little foxed. No annotation…or inscriptions. Jacket toned to spine and lightly surface soiled, with minute loss to bottom edge, and rear flap corner creased. A very good copy in like jacket. Third title in the series featuring the Lockett children, attractively illustrated by Harold Jones.
More imagesPublished by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A first edition copy of M.E. Atkinson's wonderfully illustrated children's book, which follows the adventures of the Lockett children, in the unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, Uncommon.Presented in the very scarce dust wrapper.Illustrations include a r…ange of full-page and in-text illustrations by Harold Jones.This is a children's novel by M. E. Atkinson, in which the Lockett children go north to the Scottish border for the holidays and end up having a grand adventure. This book follows previous novels following the Lockett family, such as 'Mystery Manor' and 'August Adventure'.M. E. Atkinson (1899-1974) was an English children's' writer. Her most popular series was the Lockett series, for which she wrote a total of fourteen books. She also wrote a few one-act plays and the Fricka series.Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Some marks to boards with some fading and discolouration particularly to the top edge of the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is generally smart, with age-toning to the fly-leaves and the reverse. Minimal edgewear, but a bit of chipping to the spine region of text. Loss to the bottom edge of the spine region, with some age-discolouration to spine region, including on the reverse. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening towards the middle of text. Pages are bright and clean throughout, with age-toning to margins and the odd spot throughout. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the first few front endpapers. Very Good. Harold Jones (illustrator). book.
Published by London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1938., 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 8vo., pp.328, red cloth, gilt, pictorial title, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to edges, light rubbing to extremities, with spine lightly rolled, an otherwise very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped to head of spine, with light surface soil to pale…paper.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1938
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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Add to basket1st ed. 1st edition, illustrated by Harold Jones. Owner's bookplate on blank page; page fore-edge lightly foxed; binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped, but very slightly worn at edges; dj spine a little browned. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
