Smugglers Sloop by White Robb (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Bound in beige cloth with blue title on the cover and spine. The story follows two early adolescent siblings, Tobie and her brother Tommy, who find themselves thrust into a series of dangerous Caribbean adventures. The plot centers on their perilous journey aboard a smuggler's vessel and their survival after being shipwrecked on an island, believed to be Dominica. 249pp.CONDITION: Minor shelf wear. Covers are moderately soiled. Previous owner information penned on front paste down and a note on back pastedown. Text pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are square and sound. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. reprint. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 249 pages; [SIGNED] 1949 Doubleday & Company. HC. Reprint of the original 1937 issue. Notable for the signed inscription by Robb White on the front flyleaf to one of Eric Severied's sons, the book itself is sadly in disrepair. Cheaply bound in black paper covered boards and using low grade paper, the boards are rubbed at edges with nicking and fraying to binding material at spine ends. The cheap paper is uniformly toned and appears brittle. Bookplate to front pastedown notes the 1966 gift from the Eric Severeid family to the Burgundy Farm Country day School, with the school's library stamps and penned catalog numbers to endpages, pocket and slip remnant to rear endpages. Portion of front jacket flap glued down to verso of flyleaf. The book is rough ex-library but very infrequently seen in signed copies; this example with the interesting association, signed to the son of one of the more highly regarded mid-20th century print and broadcast journalists. As is with all faults. Fair to good only. ; Author Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing and light paperloss. Head of the spine has been repaired by tape by previous owner. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light age-toning with smudging. Page edges have moderate age-toning with light scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION! ANDREW WYETH DUST JACKET! This book is by the famous Robb White. In his early books, he sometimes used "III". NOT a library discard; privately owned hardback book with dust jacket. The colorful jacket has light soiling/dinginess and small chips/tears. It is NOT price-clipped ($1.75). There is some tape on the back side of the jacket (see photos). It is protected under a fresh mylar cover. The book is sturdy, clean and complete with light fraying at the top of the spine. The creamy white, thick paper is very clean. There is no writing, but there is a sticker with a rabbit on it on the second blank endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a hardcover book with beige covers and titles in blue. The book is clean and tight. With full page illustrations in black and white by Andrew Wyeth. The jacket spine and top inside edge are lightly sunned and has very small chips missing around the top of spine.The jacket colors are vibrant. The jacket is not price clipped. It shows very light shelf ware.

Andrew Wyeth (illustrator). A 1947 reprint on a 1937 copyright. Very nice, tight book with jacket and 4 text illustrations by Andrew Wyeth. Book has no previous owner markings and is clean and trim throughout. Jacket is not price-clipped, has a few tiny chips and looks great in its new mylar protector. Pages nicely age toned.

Condition: Good. Ex school library. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Tape marks to end papers. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Beige cloth boards with dark blue titling to spine. Small book is tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Unclipped Pictorial Dust Jacket shows original price of $1.00 and has code of 100-140 t.s.s. Dust Jacket has white spotting to front but only minor scuffing and shelfwear to edges with a few small tears. With illustrations by Andrew Wyeth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. 1947 reprint edition from Doubleday & Company. Very small previous owners name and date on the front free endpaper, otherwise Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition with slight browning to the interior pages. Dustjacket is in Very Good condition with slight edgewear. $ 1.00 original price is present and unclipped on front dustjacket flap. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later printing. Book has tan cloth boards with black titles. 249 pages. Brittle paper. The scarce dust jacket has overall wear and soiling. Original price of $1.00 on front flap. Selling quality books for over 35 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Previous owner's name and address written on front endpaper; no other markings. Pages very yellowed; boards bumped at extremities. Dust jacket is yellowed and rubbed, with several small edge tears. A delivery signature will be required on this item.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Andrew Wyeth (illustrator). 249 pages. Jacket chipped, stained, worn, and price clipped. Offsetting to endpapers; leaves tanned. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Four full page b&w illustrations by Andrew Wyeth. Jacket now housed in brodart: a removable archival sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nice copy in like dust jacket which has not been price clipped, $1.75. 3rd printing, August 1937. Book has tan cloth boards with minimal surface wear. The SCARCE dust jacket, has 1st issued art and has moderate soiling to the rear panel and a chip along the bottom of the spine which does not affect the publisher's name. There is also a chip across the top of the spine which affects only the THE. Moderate edge wear mainly to the tips. Beautiful illustrations by Andrew Wyeth. The author's first novel and one of his most scarce titles, rarely found in dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn, Chipped DJ. Wyeth, Andrew (illustrator). First Edition. 249pp Illus Glue marks inside rear cover. Check mark on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The scarce First US printing published by Little,Brown and Co. in 1937.The BOOK is in VERY GOOD++ or better condition.The Boards are relatively clean for their age.Corners lightly bumped and rubbed in places.The spine tips are pushed and lightly frayed at the upper end.Hint of a lean and some foxing of the upper text block which does not extend to the pages. Blue titling and vignette still very bright.Pages very clean and free from inscription.The extremely scarce WRAPPER is in VERY GOOD++ condition being complete and the true first issue.There is NO fading of spine colouring. Some edge wear with rubbing and nicks more-so to the upper spine.Small closed tear to the front spine fold.The wonderful period ANDREW WYETH wrapper artwork looks stunning in the removable Brodart archival protector.Andrew Wyeth has illustrated the book with 4 B/W drawings and the frontispiece.Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter,working predominantly in a regionalist style.He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century.The author's elusive second book and a key children's title.Not published in a UK edition with the Wyeth illustrations.Scarce in wrapper.ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact.