The Wherefore and the Why by A P Herbert (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. George Morrow (illustrator). 3rd edition. Blue cloth with black lettering and design to front and spine. 132 x 195 x 12mm. (ix) + 44pp. B/w vignettes throughout. Extremities bumped and a little rubbed; internal pages slightly discoloured but otherwise clean; stitched binding cracked in two or three places, but still holding securely. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Morrow, George (illustrator). Third Edition. Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine is sunned with somecarry over to upperand lower jacket edges. Jacket slightly chipped and creased along edges. Very light foxing to front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Geo Morrow (illustrator). First Edition. Marked and worn boards have scuffed edges, gift inscription, front hinge cracked. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Morrow, George (illustrator). 3rd Edition. Third British edition, first printing, 1933. No jacket. Illustrated by George Morrow. Blue boards are very good with just the odd small mark, minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little patchy fading (especially to spine), minor rubbing, in places, to edges and a little pushing to corners. The binding is tight and book is square and true. Pages are clean. Top of pages slightly dusty. Page edges little tanned. No other faults. Illustrated. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. GEO. MORROW (illustrator). Clean firm interior - no inscriptions or actual usage marks/stains but there is a small age mark to border of lower p.16 and 17, nicely-illustrated throughout, browned to e/papers, dulled to page block; pictorial boards rubbed to front edge as shown, shelfwear soiled to rear and a little dulled to front but decent apprearance mostly for the age, all firm;/.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears, price clipped. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Fair. 1933. Third edition. 44 pages. Illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth. Black & white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Unequal tanning to endpaper corresponding with jacket flaps. Pen inscription to. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. White staining present. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Spine is heavily tanned. Brown marking present.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1925 second edition on half bound pink / red cloth.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. George Morrow (illustrator). Third Edition. These rhymes throw a new and humorous light on many common creatures - the Snail and the Sturgeon, the Barnacle and the Bee. Full of splendid illustrations. 44pp. Dust jacket has tear at top front, browned spine and wear to edges. Size: 195mm Tall, 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Fair hardcover. ORIGINAL 1921 EDITION. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned. Covers show significant edge wear with rubbing and scuffing to corners. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Sm. 4to. 48pp. With illustrations/drawings by George Morrow. In brown pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Some rubbing and soiling to boards and slight edgewear but overall a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition - some spotting otherwise a good copy and collector's dream.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Morrow, George (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1921. Good condition with no wrapper. Some New Rhymes For Old Children. Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to contents, crayon marks to rear endpapers partially erased. Hinges pulled. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1921,Heavy spotting to flyleaf and endpapers otherwise pages are generally clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Illustrated by George Morrow. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Morrow, Geo (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black & white illustratiions within text. A small name inscripotion on the free3 front endpaper and ghosting to endpapers but all else clean inside. Firm boards with a cloth spine that have some edge wear and light fingermarking.

1st ed. Free end papers browned; binding tight; board corners & edges a little worn. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in paperboards.

1st ed. Illustrated by George Morrow. A few spots of light foxing; binding tight; board edges a little worn; paper on boards slightly soiled. Used - Good. Good hardback in paperboards with cloth spine.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. Light wear. Comical illustrations throughout. A nice copy.

Small 4to. 48pp. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed. a very good copy. First edition.

8vo (21.8x17cm), hardback with black cloth binding, 48pp. Goodish condition. No dustwrapper. Illustrated front cover. General wear, chipped, bumped, grubby, scuff marks, offsets to endpapers, age-toned, occasional faint finger marks, hinge at pp16/17 cracked. . Contents clear and charming. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Gift quality hardcover in medium blue cloth covered boards showing fairly sharp tips and color loss at lightly brushed spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the well illustrated 44pp. Bit of age-toning on endpps from acidic pastedowns. 21 interesting little ditties with a chameleon line drawing on the cover.

48 pp. Illustrated by Geo. Morrow. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on front panel. Second edition. 1929 ink gift inscription; boards sunned and dust-soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fourth edition. Illustrated by George Morrow. Small, slim octavo. Modest soiling on the boards, near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. George Morrow (illustrator). A charming collection of verses for old and young by humourist A. P. Herbert. Alan Patrick Herbert was an English humourist, novelist, playwright and law reformist and worked for the magazine Punch.The Wherefore and the Why is a collection of rhymes that throw new humorous light on many common creatures and are based on little known scientific facts that make them equally good reading for old and young.Illustrated by George Morrow and in the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some light marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is a little faded and worn to the extremities but remains smart. Very Good Indeed. book.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition hardback without dust jacket. Boards and spine are lightly stained with tan/foxing to textblock. Good clean copy.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 56. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 56.