Ethel s turner (15 risultati)

Octavo hardcover (VG, frontispiece loose); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

HARDCOVER. nd (c1950's). A good copy in a fair d/w.

Gebonden. Condizione: Lichte gebruikssporen. Condizione sovraccoperta: Stofomslag. Vijfde druk. 220 pp. Z/w illustraties. Op de eerste pagina's (t/m de titelpagina) enige roestvlekken. Ill.: Pol Dom (illustratore).

192 pp, b&w frontispiece, intermittent foxing, else very good copy in beige boards.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. No Jacket. Not stated. Although not dated this is obviously an early edition of Ethel Turner's classic "Seven Little Australians." The book is 236 pages followed by 18 pages of the publisher's other titles for young readers, apart from the frontis only one other plate is present, that facing page 222, which is loose, there are chapter head sketches. Perhaps the best clue for pulication date can be established from the hard covers. These are blue with the title in three lines of gilt type at the top with the "seven" underlined with seven gilt dots, in the top right corner is a gilt figure of a child wearing a bonnet, toward lower left, in impressed black, is the running figure of an older girl, behind her and flowing from lower feft and curving to near top centre is a slim branch with leaves, also in black as is the author's name in two lines crossing the branch at mid-point toward the right edge. The spine title is gilt in three lines with the dots vertically below, mid-point is gilt author name with the gilt head of a boy eating a biscuit below. The front cover has edge and corner wear, also at front spine hinge, wear to spine extremities, minimal wear surfaces both boards, end papers are dark blue and VG, text block excellent with occasional light foxing, no inscriptions. A J Johnson (illustratore).…

296 pp, 25 b&w plates, prize certificate on front end-paper, edges foxed, intermittent foxing, else good copy in gold-blocked, illustrated, blue, cloth boards.

No Jacket. Early printing, red cloth, gilt and black decorations and titles to cover and spine, 236pp + 20pp ads, textual illus & plates, G+ (cocked, some textual illus coloured in by child's hand, internal separation at joints, binding holding only just, all plates present, boards mod sl soiled & rubbed, prev owner inscription to half title) lacks d/w. …

176pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed papered boards, a little rubbed and some wear to head of spine, otherwise a very good copy. Seventh Swedish Edition.

172pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed papered boards, lightly rubbed and edgeworn. A very good copy. Text in Swedish translated by H. Flygare.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, no dust wrapper. Blue boards with gilt lettering and illustration. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Small tear on front edge of spine. Front and back rubbed. White discolouration on front cover. Previous owners plate on front paste down. Free endpapers torn at hinge. Several owners inscription upon half title page. Edges discoloured and pages lightly foxed throughout. Last few pages heavily foxed. This book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.…

APPEARS TO BE SECOND ISSUE OF 1910, SOME IMAGES HAVE BEEN COLOURED WITH PENCILS, oblong super octavo, orange buckram boards, blank spine but red lettering plus fairy illus to front board, frontispiece, illus full title page, 184pp, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing & deep surface loss to board edges & extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, heavy cracking to gutters, boards shaky but still firmly attached, aforementioned colouring pencil to some of the illustrations, 1cm loss to lower page corners). …

Cloth. Condizione: Good. A classic Australian children's novel from English-born Australian author Ethel Turner. First published in 1894, this is a later edition published circa 1897, after the publisher's trading name became 'Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text images, the first few of which have been hand-coloured.A classic Australian children's novel, set mainly in Sydney during the 1880s. This story elates the adventures of the seven mischievous Woolcot children, their stern army father Captain Woolcot, and faithful young stepmother Esther. Having moved to rural Lindfield (now Woodlands, Killara, New South Wales) from the inner city suburb of Paddington, the bushland surroundings quickly became important in Turner's stories. Her love of the country is displayed in this work and made it highly popular across Australia. In 1994, the novel was the only book by an Australian author to have been continuously in print for one hundred years. Written by Ethel Turner, an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Illustrated by A. J. Johnson. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from Trinity College Dublin Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the board tips. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Glue residue to the front pastedown. Good. A. J. Johnson (illustratore). book.…

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very Good small octavo 224pp., col. frontis., col. pls., text ills., With 8 colour plates by H. C. Sandy and drawings by D. H. Souter. Prize label dated 1912 on front paste-down. Front cover bright red cloth & lovely bright gilt. A little dulled at spine & font hinge tender o/w an attractive copy of the author's scarcest title. Muir 1/896. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ward, Lock and Bowden, London, 1894. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This edition contains the Tettawonga narrative about how the Kookaburra got it's laugh. Due to the politics of the day this story and particularly its introduction regarding indigenous Australian attitudes and history were edited out of later editions *** Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Inventory No: 19100001. A. J. Johnson (illustratore). …

London : Ward Lock & Bowden, 1894. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 130 mm), gilt-illustrated cloth over bevelled boards (a little canted, edges slightly rubbed); early inscriptions to endpaper, verso of half-title and dedication leaf; pp. 240, (32 - illustrated publisher's catalogue); illustrated with vignette line drawings and several full-page plates; text block a little cracked, a few light marks, a very good copy. Scarce second edition of Turner's first book, a classic tale of seven mischievous Australian children and their escapades in the countryside outside Sydney. The first edition sold out within weeks and was quickly reprinted the same year, running into hundreds of editions in many languages.…