Sold for a Farthing by Clare Kipps (17 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.

Condition: Good. 1963. Reprint. 72 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Sticker, pencil inscription and water staining to front panel. Wear marks overall.

Condition: Fair. 1954. Seventh Impression. 72 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces.

Condition: Fair. 1955. Tenth Impression. 72 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Brown marks overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces.

Condition: Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 72 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1963. Reprinted. 72 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free pastedowns. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Front free endpaper is missing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Condition: Good. 1954. Eighth Impression. 72 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Some tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. Texte en anglais, avec jaquette abîmé, (125x190 cm), 72p.

Condition: Good. 1955. 32 pages. Colour pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with a colour pictorial frontis and plates throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible sunning and light bumping to corners with fair crushing to spine ends. Heavy sunning to spine as well. Unclipped jacket with visible tears to edges and spine ends. Noticeable rubbing as well. Small area of loss to front, bottom edge.

Condition: Good. 1955. 9th impression. 72 pages. Illustrated jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Text block edges intensely foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Jacket moderately foxed overall.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 32 pages. Subjects; Juvenile audiences. Children's fiction. Adventure stories. Children's fiction; 20th century. 1 Kg.

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

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

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 32 pages. Subjects; Juvenile audiences. Children's fiction. Adventure stories. Children's fiction; 20th century. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fair. 1953. Fourth Impression. 72 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and major rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Moderate sunning to interior.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tenth impression from October 1955. A small tear to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, at the top end of the spine. Some slight fating to spine ends of green boards, a previous owner's gift message dated 1956 on f/ep, otherwise a not too bad copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in September 1953, the book deals with the author's pet sparrow which she kept for twelve years after finding him as a newly-hatched chick in 1940. 72pp, 13 b&w photographic illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Publisher Frederick Muller, London 1954. Good condition. In green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pages tanned, some foxing. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings. Two signatures on flyleaf. Original green,black and white price-clipped d/j in good condition, some creasing and small tears.