Johnny Clockmaker by Ardizzone Edward (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). Reprint. This title was acquired from the Library of Northern Artist Robert Easton 1936-2023. Bob Eaton was a respected Northern artist whose large catalogue of work reflected a number of painting styles that mainly captured the changing industrial and rural landscapes of North East Lancashire. His early love of art saw him trained at Accrington Art College in the 1950s and following his Army Service he became a secondary school art teacher in Accrington. Bob gained a growing reputation locally for his work, but he also exhibited Nationally at the Royal Academy in London and at an exhibition of British Artists at the Louvre in Paris in the 1970s.After retiring from teaching there followed a forty year period of prolific output that coincided with an increasing reluctance to sell his work or have any interest in the business side of the art world. This period of deliberate retreat from public recognition conversely saw him in regular correspondence with a number of famous artists of the time. This thirst for knowledge was supplemented by the purchase of a diverse library of hundreds of quality art books, used by him for reference, learning and for the pleasure of reading and examining the artists' work.A prolific collector of books; a visitor of galleries and an exchanger of ideas with some of the greats of 20th century British Art. He was a lifelong true lover of his subject. Foremost however, he was also a very capable and talented practitioner in his own right, painting from hundreds of sketches made in all weathers on the dark fields and streets of his native county. Shunning the limelight that his ability probably warranted, he leaves behind him, a considerable and interesting library of books and a large catalogue of excellent paintings, hidden from the public for four decades and which exists largely intact following his death in 2023.This book is a Fine Copy in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket.The book has a firm binding and with no hinge weakness.Lovely copy to own for the collector especially with the added provenance of it coming from the private collection of Robert Eaton,4to Reprint 2009.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0192721208. Hardback. First Printing as signified by the date 1960 on the copyright page with no other later dates or later printings listed. Previous owners bookplate on the first page in, Otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition. Price clipped Dustjacket is in Very Good condition with slight edgewear with slight edgewear. This book is Johnny the Clockmaker. original 1960 First Edition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Tight clean book in illustrated boards, unmarked but for inscription to front endpaper; in clean price-clipped dust jacket with touch of edgewear, in cellophane protective sleeve.

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Quarto hardback. 48 pages Colour illustrated. Near Very Good condition (one corner bumped). No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (10s 6d). Large format. Profusely illustrated in full colour by the author. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, a few very small (approx. 3mms) tears, the odd crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, a little patchy browning, few spots of foxing and minor creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd bump to edges, the odd small mark, patchy rubbing to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/very small loss) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Large gift bookplate inside front board. Occasional small marks/spots of foxing/light creases to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. 1960 Oxford University Press first edition in as new condition in neatly price clipped (top corner front flap, price also at bottom corner) jacket, now in mylar. Oversized. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Third printing (the first & second were in 1960 & 1971, with pictorial papered boards and jackets, but this third printing was published with laminated (glazed) boards and I suspect, as usual for the time, with no dustjacket). Hardcover. Quarto-size. Endpapers noticeably foxed (not extending to inner pages), otherwise very good. Wonderful colour illustrations by Ardizzone for this story (one of his less well-known ones) of a small boy ("clever at making things.") and his parents and disbelieving peer group (except for a little girl his age), and most local shop-keepers and tradesmen, all of whom are downright rude and discouraging about Johnny's plan to make a grandfather clock, from scratch. Last laugh goes to the bright and dogged child! And hoorah to the blacksmith who helped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Condition: good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). The book has been read but is in good condition. It has very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. The binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Blue boards, the front illustrated and the rear plane; the latter faded and discoloured. Plain red spine a little grubby. Unclipped jacket in clear removable sleeve duplicates covers including washed out look to back panel; rubbed on corners, top edge and edges of spine and frayed around its head; approx a dozen small spots on lower front corner. Internally no faults. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). First Edition. Delifghtful story of a little boy, very clever with his hands, who astonishes his Father & friends by actually making a Grandfather Clock. Beautifully illustrated in Full Colour by Edward Ardizzone. Blue boards illustrated with Johnny fitting the door to his clock, on the front. 10" Tall, 300g. Some edge wear. Gift inscription on copyright page andn School library stamp beneath. Also "1st yr library" written at top of ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket protected with clear plastic wrapper. Clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Quarto. 10¼'' x 7¾''. Contains [48pp] with monochrome and colour-wash illustrations throughout. The boards have been re-inforced with cream cloth down the spine and then laminated, foxing to the end papers with sello tape repair across the front end paper, no dust wrapper. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'To Joanna - with love from her Granpa | Edward Ardizzone | July 1960' and again to the copyright leaf 'For my Grand daughter - Susannah.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-1979).

4to. First edition. Original illustrated paper boards. Printed by W. S. Cowell, Ltd. 45 illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, including title page vignette, 20 watercolours and 24 pen drawings. W. S. Cowell, Ltd. file copy with label to that effect on the front pastedown and an ink note that the book was included in a 'Book Design Exhibition 1961'. Bookplate of Andrew Murray on the flyleaf. Fine in fine d/w. This mint copy was included in the National Book League's exhibition of the 100 Best Books of 1961. Eleanor Farjeon wrote, "I had the most wonderful time yesterday reading and seeing your perfect story - one of your masterpieces". A small boy called Johnny decides to make a grandfather clock.