Future Took by David Severn (18 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. William Stobbs (illustrator). First Penguin Edition. Slight wear to spine and edges, crease to front cover. Two schoolboys find themselves transported to 3000 AD, when Britain has reverted to a primitive civilization, ruled by a dictator.

paperback / softback. Condition: vg+. vg+ 1962 Puffin; 1st edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Condition: Good. 1962. No edition remarks. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. 1962. First Puffin Edition. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover Puffin 177. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm, text is legible. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with noticeable creasing and chipping. Moderate tanning and markings.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Black and white illustrations throughout. We are on holiday from 18th July-31st July items ordered during this period will be posted on our return. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richards Jillian (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Tight Firm Read Copy - Book Club Edition - Signed By Previous Owner Onffp. Illustrated. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Black Titles On Spine - Daint Cockingt - Faint Edge Wear And Rubbing. Unclipped Jacket With Slight Edge Wear And Rubbing.

Book club edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 173 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: Science fiction, English. 20th century. Fiction 20th century. 1 Kg.

Book club edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 173 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: Science fiction, English. 20th century. Fiction 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Fairly clean tight text VG-but some minor internal library marks removed and rear endpaper tape marked. Bright tight covers. Bit cocked. Entire clean DW has no library marks is priced 10s 6d and is a bit faded over spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Children's Book Club 1958. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Unclipped Dust Jacket. We are on holiday from 18th July-31st July items ordered during this period will be posted on our return. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Richards (illustrator). First Edition. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: edge wear Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richards, Jillian (illustrator). Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is marked, foxed and worn, and edges are creased and nicked. Spine ends are bumped, and spine is slightly cocked. Page block is tanned and lightly foxed, as are the endpapers. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Some foxing and dust stains to top page edges. Foxing and fading to dustjacket. 1/2" chip at head of dustjacket spine. 1" tear to dustjacket spine. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 173 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 198 x 130mm. Children's novel. Illustrated by Jillian Richards.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. William Stobbs (illustrator). 1st thus. Two schoolboys are transported into the year 3000 when civilization has ended, and Britain "has been ravaged by a vast explosion, and its people appear to have reverted to a primitive life." 159 pages. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, short separations to spine edges, book store stamp to first end paper, tanning. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

1st edition thus sl. chipped dust jacket Very Good small octavo 173pp., b/w ills., Illustrated by Jillian Richards. Nice copy.

Firs Puffin Printing. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Young Adult sf novel. A very uncommon UK hardcover. Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jillian Richards (illustrator). First Edition. Teen fiction, in which a pair of twentieth-century English boys are transported to a distopian England in the year 3000, some 1000 years after a vast explosion ravished the country; the boys make their way to 'Ondin', today's London, while evading Calculators and Guards of the sacred Circle. Severn, son of British publisher Stanley Unwin, wrote many books for children including two series, and a few books, including a memoir of his father, for adults. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket shows some spine fade, small stains, 10s 6d price intact; bookplate of Narcissa Cox Vanderlip inside front cover - though there was a notable suffragist & activist of that name, it seems more likely that this is a younger relation of the same name. Text clean; 175 pages + 2-page list of other Severn titles; vigourous line drawings. Size: Small Octavo.