Miscellany Two by Blishen Edward (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 196 pages. Pictorial laminated dust jacket over quarter-bound white cloth with pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages are lightly tanned, with text and illustrations remaining clear. Firm binding. Small pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine is slightly crushed to ends. Light tanning to edges and spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Faint black marks overall. Minimal edgewear, with minor chipping to spine ends.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. * PUBLISHER : OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS * YEAR : 1965 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 196 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE DUSTWRAPPER HAS BEEN COVERED IN A TRANSPARENT PLASTIC SLEEVE. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS HEAVILY RUBBED WITH CREASING ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS WITH SMALL TEARS IN PLACES. THE ILLUSTRATED COVER BOARDS ARE RUBBED WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND SPINE. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THERE IS FOXING ALONG THE FOR-EDGE. THE PAGES ARE LIGHTLY TANNED, HOWEVER PAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS REMAIN CLEAR AND CRISP. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No dj, colour pictorial boards (with 'Rutherford' school emblem in silver on front), a little dusty, edges slightly rubbed, cream cloth spine, illustrated with line drawings and 4 colour plates by various artists, presentation plate on flyleaf, light foredge foxing, vg. large 8vo, 196pp. Authors include Philip Turner, Leon Garfield, Mary Treadgold, Andrew Salkey etc. Colour plates by Gaynor Chapman, Francis Hoyland, Felix Hoffmann & Gareth Floyd.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first Impression. [6], 196pp, four colour plates. Quarter-bound in white cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards; gilt titles on spine, green endpapers. 8vo. Very, very lightly bumped spine head. Dust jacket has very, very light shelf wear; mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Dust jacket protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. "History masters, painting, horses, tulips, tropical fish, music, the solar system -- here are only some of the subjects touched on in this pot-pourri of stories, articles and poems." Colour plates and numerous black and white line drawings by contemporary artists in text throughout, including a four-page cartoon inset by William Pappas.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original paper covered boards with white cloth spine titles in gilt, in the Gaynor Chapman illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated in black and white and with colour plates throughout. A superb fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. In the fine original dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.