Good Master by Seredy Kate (187 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

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

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

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some creasing/rubbing to covers. Spine fading. Small tear to bottom spine end. Prev owners inscriptions to inside front cover. Pages 143-147 loose. Pages tanned.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.42.

paperback. Condition: Gut. 196 Seiten; YW-5VAD-6GXO Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. Hard cover stone coloured bds with blue titles, Fair+, bumped at leading edge and corners, a little age-marking, contents nice and tight, lovely map endpapers, and colour plates of the children, further b/w illustrations by the author through the text, pp191, one pencil line to pge 49, neat inscription to ffep verso, a sound reading copy with no dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1942. Reprint. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name to front endpaper, with presentation plate on half title page. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges.

Condition: Fair. 1946. Reprinted. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and reverse of frontispiece. Minor brown marking to front endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards.

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by Imre Hofbauer. Pages with some foxing and tanning. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name redacted on first page. Paper cover has mild shelf wear with some creasing to corners and rubbing to spine ends. Some scuffing and marking to surfaces.

Hardback. Condition: Good+, sound copy. Paperback. 159pp. Written and illustrated by American writer Kate Seredy, the story is set in her native Hungary in the early years of the twentieth century. First Puffin edition. Lightly sunned to spine. Lightly rubbed. Pages are tanned. Short tear to top edge of back cover. Clean and sound. Good+, sound copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

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. No dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges. A neat dedication on the flyleaf. Contents otherwise clear and bright within. A good condition book.

Condition: Good. 1942. Reprinted. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1942. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial cloth. 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. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Personal inscription on inside front end page. Photograph available on request.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ediition Thus. The story of Kate who went to live with her uncle on a huge ranch in HUngary. This was before the war. ranchIllustrated Card covers (Paperback)180 x 110 mm approx. 159pp. First Puffin Edition 1969. No 390 in series under the editorship of Eleanor Graham. Illustrated in line by the author. VG ( Book- ink insc. to reverse of cover- no other annotation, sound binding, clean throughout, light tan to paper] Clean 3/- Cover- light shelf wear of col/rub/loss main to spine - Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Condition: Good. 1953. Reprinted. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with blue lettering to spine and front board. Black and white illustrations by the author. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1942. Reprint. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Notable cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to half title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Notable erosion to upper edge of front board. Mild scratching and marking to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Seredy, Kate. The good master / written and illustrated by Kate Seredy. 3rd impression. London: George G. Harrap, February, 1939. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Brown cloth with black decoration and lettering to front and spine. Boards slightly bumped to corners with minor fraying to top and base of spine. Binding strong, with a forward lean. Tanned endpapers illustrated with maps. Colour double-sided frontispiece portraits. 191pp., b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Kate Seredy (November 10, 1899 March 7, 1975) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. The White Stag won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature and received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. The Good Master (1935) is a children's novel which was named a Newbery Honor book in 1936. The Good Master is set in the Hungarian countryside before World War I and tells the story of wild young Kate, who goes to live with her Uncle's family when her father can't control her and at the end she goes back to her father. At Uncle Marton's suggestion, Kate and her father move back to the country to live, to be near Marton and his wife and son. Like his brother Marton, Kate's father Sandor is a countryman and misses rural life. And he sees what a wonderful effect country life has had on Kate. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Reprint, March 1945. Bookplate & owner's name on half-title page. Repaired spine. Light brown cloth with black lettering on front board and spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.

Condition: Good. 1962. Reprinted. 190 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to rear of frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

library. Condition: Good. Seredy, Kate (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. Minor crease marks to spine and cover. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Reprint. Original orange cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in blue. Lacks jacket, otherwise very good. Illustrated in b/w by the author, full-page, half-page, and title vignettes.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.