M pardoe howard biggs (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce children's adventure story, good-plus clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions, just light tone line to front and rear e/papers, contains a frontispiece plus several black and white full page illustrations, map to front e/papers, boards in very good-plus to near fine bright appearance, all tight and firm; d/jacket has light usage including nicks to spine tips and front corners, but very good mostly for the publish date with bright frontage, no large tears or loss, price clipped to front inner flap, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector. Please email if more photos or further information required. WEBSTER MURRAY (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Pp.189. A true UK first with first printed 1951 to the copyright page. Original red boards. tight binding, off setting to end pages, spotting to pages and school prize plate to preliminary page. In a original fair jacket which is not price clipped. Edge wear and loss to the top and bottom of the spine of the jacket. Webster Murray (illustratore).…

1st edition. Children's adventure story. "It was at Brakesey, in Essex, where the 'Agate' was moored, where Peter and John met Mary, and where they heard on their first night a big boat going stealthily upstream with the tide. She carried no glimmer of light; they saw and heard no one aboard her. This was "the ghost boat" which brought them mystery and adventure." Pp.189, occasional illustrations by Webster Murray, signed by co-author Howard Biggs tohalf-title page, maps to front free endpaper, owner's name to inner front endpaper. Red cloth with yacht motif to lower front corner. Dustwrapper has small loss of the word 'The' to top of spine and chipped losses to corner tips and base of spine. Scarce. VG/Good. …