Hardcover. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Language: English
Published by Hollis and Carter, 1945
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in 1945'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Hollis & Carter, 1945
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with notable foxing. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, UK, 1945
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. "BB" Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition. 198 pages incl. delightful B&W illustrations by "BB" (Denys Watkins-Pitchford). No dustjacket. Wear/rubs at spine-ends and boards' corners. Dark blue hardback binding with wear and rubs to boards' edges and corners and to spine-ends, some spotting to boards. Pencil name to inside of front board, preliminary pages and later page-edges lightly browned and foxed o/w pages quite clean. throughout.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
Language: English
Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER, LONDON, 1946
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D.J.WATKINS-PITCHFORD (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with silver blocked titles to spine and flight of birds to front, 220 x 160 mm approx. top edge stained blue. x + 198 pp. Frontis + 11 other full page scrapper board illustrations by Pitchford as called for + chapter head vignettes. First Edition 2nd impression Oct 1946. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- significant uneven fading to cloth, no notable shelf wear. Previous owner name and date 1947 in blue ink to free front end paper. Mild even tanning to war economy paper of book block. Dust Jacket - numerous nicks and small tears with a little loss - max 8 mm approx in depth around head, mild shelf soiling, non price clipped - cover 12s6d. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. D J Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good tight condition, illustrated, foxing on fore edge, blue boards, corners bumped.
Published by Hollis and Carter Ltd, London, 1945
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair condition, foxing to fore edge and sporadic to some pages, illustrated, tanning to pages, hinges straining but contents tight, blue boards with silver birds, soiling, shelf wear.
Language: English
Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER LTD, LONDON, 1945
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. D.J. WATKINS PITCHFORD (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good-plus clean firm interior mostly, no usage marks or inscriptions, just a few light age specks to top edge of rear e/papers and last three pages, no text obscured - contains 12 stunning black and white illustrations including the frontispiece, faint tan to pages, excellent clean firm cloth boards; d/jacket dulled/toned to spine, light shelf wear to rear, nicks to top edge, small tear to lower rear but with bright frontage and no large tears or loss, not price-clipped, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, UK, 1930
Seller: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930s. A very presentable vintage art print taken from Barker's 'Flower Fairies of the Autumn' (1930s). Clean across the entire image surface with some faint marginal spots but no significant encroachment onto the print itself. Professionally double-mounted, suitable for framing. Includes original accompanying poem. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 210 x 250 mm. 1 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 23102.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator). First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has a few small nicks and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO former names present.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy with just a touch of spotting to the page edges.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945].
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pitchford, D. J. Watkins (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. viii, [2], 198pp. With chapter headings and 12 full-page illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. 1st edition 1945. Spine darkened, some fraying with small losses. Foxing to edges and end-papers, with a little occasional foxing to contents. Private ownership. (p12).
Seller: Antique Paper Company, ASHFORD, KENT, United Kingdom
Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1902 Virburnum Latana Wayfaring-Tree Botanical Print Hand Colour (SL640)Click image to enlargeDescription1902Antique engraving with original hand colouring titled'VIRBURNUM LATANA - WAYFARING-TREE'Overall size of this Full Pageprint is approx 25cm x 16cm with large margins, perfect for mounting framing.ProvenanceTaken from 'English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants' by James Sowerby others.All our prints are original antiques as dated. We never sell modern copies or reproductions.Shipping View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have and#163;250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, 1946
Seller: Jon A Sewell, Rugby, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. UK hardback reprint, 1946 Hollis & Carter Ltd. The book is in very good condition with slight fading to the rear of the boards. No dustjacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins Pitchford.
Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1993
Seller: El Pinarillo Books, Morden, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No dustwrapper, red cloth with title etc in gold. Light wear, binding sound; very good overall. Book.
Language: English
Seller: Callahan and Company Booksellers, Peterborough, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hollis & Carter, London, 1945, first printing. Illustrated with fine b&w plates. 6" x 8.75". 198 pp. Decorated blue cloth. A book of essays on country topics, goose shooting, carp fishing, fish ponds, birds, adders, the New Forest, "Tom Pillimore, tench fisher", etc. Very good in very good wrapper.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator). First Edition. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one tiny nick to head of spine with light rubbing along extremities.Not Price clipped and this copy has one previous and neat small inscription to the front endpaper.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy and the outer boards are particularly nice.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.The dust-wrapper comes well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945].
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1945
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (12s 6d). With twelve illustrations by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, numerous marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd spot of foxing/little browning/few marks to reverse (white side), pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners. the odd small bump top edges, the odd small mark, patchy rubbing to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed blue have the odd small mark/small scratch. Pages bit tanned. odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Published by Hollis & Carter. London. 1945, 1945
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). 1945 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppx,198. B/w engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford, top edge stained blue. Blue cloth, silver-gilt birds motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some browning. Good-plus in used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. From the foreword by the author: "This book is primarily for the man or woman who has a deep love for the country and country things and who has, by force of circumstance, to live in a city or town .I believe that the only truly happy people are those who realize the preciousness of woods, meadows, and the open air." Chapters include: the New Forest; adders and snakes, the Knightwood Enclosure; W.H. Hudson's farmhouse, Boldre church and churchyard; a New Forest brook, New Forest names; a New Forest riding, bird life in the Forest, Buckler's Hard; Wicken Fen, butterflies; Tom Pillimore, tench fisher; my old home, early fishing memories; English smells, evacuees; taxidermy, jackdaws and magpies; sparrows, rooks and rookeries; rabbit potting in June, the keeper's knowledge; the old canal arm; an education test, two anglers; charm of ponds, making a garden pond, swifts; Mac the cowman, butterfly hunting; goldfinches, corncrakes, house sparrows, wild geese, return of the migrant; hawks, buzzards, owls, story of a tame snipe; big fish, giant carp, big tench; wildfowling, character of a wildfowler, lure of the sport; young enthusiasts, a dangerous bull; the Bryeburn, the shepherd's story, on the high hills, evening in the hills. .
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no DJ. First edition, reprint. Reading copy. Boards and cloth very worn. Some foxing to end papers.
Published by London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., 1946
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. "B. B." The wayfaring tree / illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. First reprint. London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., October, 1946. Hardback, Fair. Blue boards, bowed outwards, heavily sunned to spine and edges. Bumping to corners and head/base of spine. Silver illustration to front and lettering to spine. Binding strong. Gift inscription to ffep. Frontispiece b/w illustration. x, 198pp., b/w illustrations. A few foxing spots, otherwise contents clean and bright. Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905 8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, 1945
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition. 198 pages. Blue boards, silver titles and silver birds in flight decoration to front cover. Some wear, fading and marks on boards. Front hinge a trifle weak.
Language: English
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1945
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with lettering and flying birds decoration in silver. Name on ffep and number on front paste down. Stain to lower fore edge. A rare signed copy of this book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Hollis & Crater Ltd.,, 1946
Seller: Forster Books, Chelwood Gate, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slightly faded cover and spine but otherwise very clean throughout. A lovely book.
Published by Hollis and Cater, 1945
Seller: Wyseby House Books, Newbury, WEST, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1945 1st edition, 8vo., x,198pp., many full page & other illustrations by D J Watkins-Pitchford, small address label on front endpaper, very good clean copy, cloth, dust jacket creased with chipping and a little wear on edges.
Published by HOLLIS/CARTER
Seller: Book Cupboard, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, United Kingdom
1945 1ST WEAR EDGES O/W VG BLUE DEC BDS SILVER GILT TITLES DECORATION NO JACKET.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, 1945
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D.J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good lightly used condition, light age discolouration marks, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light age discolouration marks, light edge wear & marks.
Published by Hollis & Carter Ltd., London, 1945
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and birds in flight on the front board, in pictorial dustwrapper. 12 full-page illustrations plus chapter head pieces all by BB.198 pages, 6.25 X 8.75 inches. Very good book with an ink stain on the lower rear corner effecting the last few pages and also the dustwrapper. The price clipped dustwrapper is quite good with slight chipping to the corners and spine ends, a few edge tears, some repaired from the inside, and ink stain to rear corner. No inscriptions.