Second Trail by Baden Powell (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. tipped in photo of H.R.H. Duchess of York, Elizabeth, bound in blue illustrated cloth, illustrated, various stories, pages clean and tight, a very good copy.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. No date; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have moderate shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed with considerable tanning. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.…

Hard Back. Condition: Good. Good H/b.c.1930's. illustrated b/w in line. Frontis;- Colour-plate. The Girl Guides Association.282pp.240x165mm.16 chpts include;- Sally in Our Alley , The Clothes Line , The Grampus's Dinner Party , Vendetta , A Gentleman of Burgundy , The Cat etc. [ book 2-tone blue cloth, navy titles, no inscsp, clean throughout however 4 pages neatly painted pictures [ see our image]and P276-7 remnants of a square glitter card face that has been used as a book-mark ] outer boards edge-wear col/rub/loss mainly top & tail spine. Pease see our images of the actual book offered for sale.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Frontis of HRH Duchess Elizabeth of York Printed in Great Britain. Hard cover, no dust jacket, very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 281 pages, illustrated.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: very good. JACKET: GOOD DJ. general wear, rubbed extremities, tanned, clean, tight binding, pencil markings, bookplate front inner cover, Some tears on paper dust jacket, dust jacket covered by plastic jacket,colorful dust jacket DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: 281.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Large 8vo Hardback in its scarce dustwrapper; vg book - no handwriting inside , just a hint of page tanning; d/w has brown tape on underside - I think this has been done for reinforcement - a few very small holes from age, and minor edgewear; still very attractive; d/w illustrated front and back; published for the Girl Guides Association.282pp.16 chpts include; - Patricia comes home; Sally in Our Alley , The Clothes Line , The Grampus's Dinner Party , Vendetta , A Gentleman of Burgundy , The Cat; My Hat; tipped in colour frontis; Vg/G++; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Daphne Jerrold; Audrey Teago; Et Al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First editions, first printings "published for the Girl Guides Association by Basil Blackwell, Oxford". Rare set of two volumes with wrappers. Both volumes have very neat gift inscriptions to first end papers: "Mary Shepperson from David and Llewellyn, Christmas 1928" and "Mary Shepperson from Auntie Vera, Christmas 1928" in an identical hand of light ink, suggesting that the recipient is the writer. Vol 1 has a Foreword by HRH Princess Mary before she became Queen Mary, with a mounted colour plate; vol 2 has a foreword by HRH the Duchess of York before she became Queen Elizabeth I, also with a mounted colour plate. Both books have original very clean and bright similar decorated bindings, orange and brown for the first and light and dark blue for the second. The heavy end papers and text blocks are very clean and tight with black and white full-page and half-page drawings plus decorated chapter headings. There is almost no spotting to the pages. There is a flap shadow to The Second Trail end papers and one or two more spots than in The First Trail. Dust jackets condition: Both wrappers have similar attractive full-page colour artwork showing a uniformed Guide walking in the country with her staff to the front cover and idyllic country scenes to the verso. There are three short closed tears to the bottom edge of the front cover, and one closed tear to the verso; there is a small loss to the bottom of the spine tip of vol 1 by the publisher's name and scuffs to the top spine tip. The Second Trail has a tiny loss to the very top edge of the front cover that does not affect the illustration; there is a small loss to the top spine tip, not affecting the title letters, and scuffs to the verso. Neither book is priced clipped, but no price is printed on the flaps. Additional postage and insurance cover will be required for these rare and heavy volumes and will be requested following an order.…

dj. First Edition. First edition of this collection of stories themed around the values of the Girl Guides/Girl Scouts, in the rare original dust jacket. From stories of shipwreck survival to silly rhymes about an underwater dinner party, THE SECOND TRAIL annual was full of entertainment for 1920s Girl Guides (known stateside as Girl Scouts). Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, penned and illustrated one of the 16 stories in this collection, inspired by his time in Africa as an officer in the British Army (with its attendant colonial stereotyping). This copy of THE SECOND TRAIL, already difficult to find in the original dust jacket, is especially well preserved and lovely. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original blue pictorial cloth binding. Original unpriced color pictorial dust jacket. Color portrait of the Duchess of York tipped onto grey paper facing Foreword; illustrated in black and white throughout. 282 pages. Jacket with some foxing to spine and extremities, light edgewear; offsetting from binding to verso. Binding with a bit of bumping to corners and spine ends, fore-edge with light foxing. Clean and bright. Very good plus in very good dust jacket.…