Emerald Crown by Needham (24 results)

Condition: Good. 1952. No edition remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has backward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Bullen, Anne (illustrator). Hard cover green cloth bds, faded to brown at spine ends and corners, Good, unclipped tattered and torn dustjacket, completely split at front spine hinge, Fair, contents clean and tight, pp253, neat name and date to ffep, illust. in b/w by Anne Bullen.

Condition: Good. 1946. 3rd Edition. 253 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Page are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front pastedown. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Heavy loss to all parts of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1954 Collins Crown Library edition. Dust jacket price clipped, marked, worn and torn, bookseller's marks, owner's inscription.

Condition: Good. 1946. 253 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1970. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Jacket covered with a non removable protector.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bullen, Anne (illustrator). Paperback in very good condition, as unread. LW. Used.

Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A very good- Hardcover (cloth-bound) with very good- DJ, minor signs of wear on DJ as in image, text/block tight clean. 253p. 20x14cm. 400gr. Hardcover (cloth-bound) with DJ.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. BULLEN, Anne (illustrator). 226pp, illustrated by Anne Bullen, softcover, AS NEW, Girls Gone By Publishers, Coleford, 2005. * a stirring tale of a girl and a boy in the Kingdom of Flavonia, sprinkled with galloping horses, mountains, castles, escapes, discoveries and final triumph.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition. The text to the spine is clear and bright. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ane Bullen (illustrator). (253pp). Fore-edge foxed, else clean unused Size: Octavo. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Anne Bullen (illustrator). 3rd Impression. 253 pp bw illustrations, green covers with gilt title to spine. Top and bottom edges rubbed and faded, corners a little softened, pages slightly tanned, sound book, dustwrapper rubbed and stained, edge worn with wear and loss at spine ends and corners, tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bullen, Anne (illustrator). Reprint. Black & white illustrations. There is a Boys Brigade prize plate on the free front endpaper but all else is extremely clean and firm inside. The yellow cloth boards are also clean and firm with minimal edgewear. The dustjacket is complete but has general edge wear particularly to top of spine area.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Anne Bullen (illustrator). 1946, 3rd Impression. Tight, firm copy. Unclipped jacket has a few small tears, light taning with a few spots of foxing. Neat name on ffep. The slightly tanned pages are in very good condition being clean & annotation free, although slight signs of use & a few spots of foxing to outside closed edge. Nice, clean solid copy. If you have any queries please contact us We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dampstain to lower margin of front board. Dust-jacket laminated in clear plastic.; Reprint edition. 253 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 127mm. Children's novel. "But Pixie was more immediately concerned with the arrival of the strange boy from England - Alexander. What was the mystery surrounding him? Why did the people around the castle react so strangely when they saw him? [. . .] Violet Needham tells a thrilling tale, set against the romantic background of Trollsgarde and the kingdom of Flavonia." - from dust-jacket blurb. Dust-jacket design by Gavin Rowe.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. ANNE BULLEN (illustrator). Scarce/collectible vintage children's title - excellent clean crisp interior, no marks or inscriptions, contains a f/p plus 19 further b&w illustrations, faint tone to top closed-edge of pages, boards are of excellent clean firm appearance for the age, just very slight/tiny bumps to top corners; d/j has chipping to top spine tip, and a little further wear to lower section of spine as shown but good bright appearance mostly with no large tears or loss, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector, not price-clipped./.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. BULLEN, Anne (illustrator). Reprint. Second impression. Green cloth boards in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 253pp; b/w ills. Cloth sunned to spine and outer edges with bumping to corners and lower edge; occasional spotting and light marking to pages. Unclipped dustwrapper is chipped to corners and spine ends, rubbed to edges with some surface lifting and light sunning to spine. A stirring tale of a boy and girl in the Kingdom of Flavonia.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Anne Bullen (illustrator). 3rd Printing. inscribed, a VG+ copy with a small sunned patch at spine base, in a VG unclipped d/w, lightly crushed/sunned at spine base (please see image), a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Anne Bullen. (illustrator). 1st Edition. third impression, 1946. Publishers cloth very slightly faded on spine, else very good in slightly unevenly darkened dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is not chipped or price clipped. 253 p. Book.

2nd edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3-253 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Originally published 1940. Subjects; Children's literature. Adventure - literature. Stories for children. Young adult literature - 20th century. 1 Kg.

2nd edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3-253 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Originally published 1940. Subjects; Children's literature. Adventure - literature. Stories for children. Young adult literature - 20th century. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Anne Bullen (illustrator). A smart early printing of Violet Needham's children's work, with illustrations throughout by Anne Bullen. An exciting, ruritanian piece of fantasy set in the Kingdom of Flavonia.Written by Violet Needham, an English writer known for her children's works.Complete with a clipped dust wrapper.With in-text illustrations throughout by Anne Bullen.An early edition, with the first edition published in 1940. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with a little discolouration to the cloth at the edges. Dust wrapper is a little worn to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are just a touch age-toned. Very Good. book.