stables gordon pearce (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Illustrated by Pearce, A (illustratore). Reprint. Corners lightly bumped, tiny split to top of spine, boards slightly grimed, undated Sunday School presentation plate inside front cover. ; Blue embossed cloth boards with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Nice tight copy. Undated but probably c1900. ; Color Illustrations and Maps; 373 pages; A story of the Crimean War.

Hard Back. Condizione: Good+. Pearce , A (illustratore). 1st Edition. 1896. 375pp incl.2 pp adverts. Boy's adventure story of the Crimean war by Gordon Stables R.N. illustrated by artist A Pearce with 6 B/w full-page plates+ 4 Maps. In 2 parts - In Piping Times of peace / For Honour & Glory.(Victorian navy decorated cloth boards with gilt to spine).Good + Boards -colour rubbing to extremities - no notable soiling. Book Block - slightly cocked. No cracks to end papers, previous owner name and date in ink to front paste down. Glue failing to some signatures but mull and sewing holding and binding sound). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. A. Pearce (illustratore). Red cloth fading to pink on boards. Clean and sound. 255 pp. No reviews found. Eph and Joce are 16-year-old cousins in Scotland. Joce's father, a pearl fisher, invites the boys to go with him on his boat, the Diadem. One of the boys already has a prize piece of cairngorm, a semi-precious stone. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Vernon Pearce (illustratore). First edition. A very scarce copy of this work containing autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Undated, but according to institutional sources published 1905.Prize competition insert at rear of the work, dated 1906.With six illustrated monochrome plates, including frontispiece, by British artist Vernon Pearce.This collection of short stories was aimed at young boys, and included brief autobiographical tales of heroic deeds from esteemed authors and celebrities. This copy contains writings by popular Victorian author Sir H. Rider Haggard, former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and celebrated British soldier Earl Roberts.A thoroughly entertaining and enlivening collection of short autobiographical works that give an insight into the lives and minds of some of the most renowned literary and political figures in British history. Edited by the prolific Victorian author, editor, anthologist, journalist and composer Alfred H. Miles.Part of The Fifty-Two Library series. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth boards, with gilt details. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to boards extremities. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Several small areas of damp staining, but cloth remains bright. Toning to spine and extremities due to handling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.