Editore: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1954
Da: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 17,90
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. 1954. First Edition. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.
Editore: The Naldrett Press, 1951
Da: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 8,59
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. First Edition. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpapers foxed, with a name crossed out on the front endpaper and a name on the front & rear pastedown, in an unclipped dustjacket which is worn at the spine, with creases and chips and some loss at both spine ends and bottom edges. 160 pages, photos on plates & illustrations in the text. Includes a story by Major C Davenport with drawings by Stanley Lloyd, Lionel Edwards & Marcia Lane Foster.
Editore: Jonathan Cape, 1948 (eighth impression), 1948
Da: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Condizione: Fair. Hardcover. 313 pages. Red cloth over boards. Dust jacket torn with sections missing, now preserved in new mylar wrap. Tear at bottom of front cover board. Text clean, unmarked until final page, where we find previous owner's impressions of the story in pencil.
Editore: Armada Lions, 1971
Da: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 21,48
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. 1971. First edition thus. 220 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Spine slightly rolled.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 1954
Da: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 21,48
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. 1954. First Edition. 321 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Some illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.
EUR 21,77
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. 1971. Reprint. 220 pages. Red paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Da: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, Regno Unito
EUR 29,83
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). reissue. Reissue first printing octavo hardback 351 pages illustrated including endpaper maps. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket . No inscriptions.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, 1939
Da: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 29,83
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Condizione: Very Good. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition fifth printing octavo hardback 351 pages illustrated including coloured endpaper maps. Very Good condition. Previous owner's lengthy inscription on half title page and Gift inscription on blank page oppoisite.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Fidra Books, Edinburgh, 2008
Da: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, Regno Unito
EUR 19,09
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). New Edition. The first book in the Oxus Series, a holiday story with ponies, camping and adventure, set on Exmoor, written when the authors were 14 and 15. Inspired by their love of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons. New edition published by Fidra Books in 2008. Spine slightly creased and one faint mark to page edges otherwise in fine condition with no inscriptions.
Editore: Oxford University Press, London, 1963
Da: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
EUR 9,99
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 4th Impression. slight wear to covers and cover edges, usual library marks mainly endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Fair yellow hardback stated: This edition 1940, NAP. Color endpapers. Cover edgewear, cocked, spine lettering almost unreadable. 312 pages, otherwise unmarked. ; DPEC CHIL SHLF; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages.
Da: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
EUR 35,79
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). Reissued. Hbk In d/w; vg/vg; 1978 reissue in very nice condition; there is however a small neat name inside cover (not author) ; d/w is price clipped; no other noticeable faults. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
EUR 17,75
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrellohardcover. Condizione: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1942
Da: Nimbus, Norwich, Regno Unito
EUR 26,25
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCloth Boards. Condizione: Good. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). Seventh Impression. Red cloth boards. Pp 351, top edge red. Spine is rubbed and a tad faded but overall this is a tight, sound copy; contents bright and clean; map endpapers uncracked; previous name to endpaper: 'Price Thomas'. Image available upon request. Image supplied upon request. [We welcome enquiries by e-mail - click on 'Ask Bookseller a Question'; or by 'phone - click on 'More Books from this Seller'].
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Collins, 1960
Da: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sudafrica
EUR 35,72
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Reprint . Slightly abridged. Reprint 1960. Publication of 288 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, tears and chipped pieces. The boards are slightly marked, remain in good condition. There are marks around the block of the book and old tape residue on the first and last few pages, as well as on the jacket. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Editore: Collins, 1960
Da: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Regno Unito
EUR 35,79
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. 1960. New Edition. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with purple lettering over blue cloth. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate opposite title page. Pages have a distinct odour. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Minor foxing, tanning and soiling to DJ.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, 1938
Da: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 35,43
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Good. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Advance Proof copy and therefore v scarce thus. Green limp paper covers. No inscriptions; tiny bit foxed to early pages; covers are faded somewhat and creased at extremities. Small amount of loss to paper of spine. Early pages dog-eared. Despite these flaws still a highly collectable copy.
Editore: Collins, London, UK, 1960
Da: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
EUR 35,79
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Whitlock. Pamela (illustratore). Reissue. 288pp, with line drawings illustrating the text by Pamela Whitlock. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. Three colour maps on endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Hint of shadows on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper. chipped and chapped around edges with some minor crumbling and loss at the spine head and a couple of short, closed tears from edges. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. First published in 1937, The Far-distant Oxus was written by two young girls, still at school, inspired by Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons. They sent their manuscript to Ransome who declared it the best children's book of the year and persuaded his own publisher to take it on. Ransome also provided an introduction for the first edition. The plot follows siblings Bridget, Anthony and Frances spending their summer holiday on Exmoor, where they meet the mysterious, nomadic Maurice and his pony, Dragonfly.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, UK, 1947
Da: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, Regno Unito
EUR 40,55
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. * PUBLISHER : JONATHAN CAPE * YEAR : 1947 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 319 * CONDITION : USED - ACCEPTABLE * OTHER: THE COVER BOARDS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS WITH STAINS AND MARKS TO BOTH SIDES. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY RUBBED AND FADED WITH BUMPING AT BOTH ENDS. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THERE IS A STICKER PULL ON THE TITLE PAGE. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
EUR 52,50
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reissue.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, 1946
Da: Joy Norfolk, Deez Books, IPSWICH, Regno Unito
EUR 46,53
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). 320 pages. A fifth impression of this horsey tale for the younger reader. A tidy book, evidence of previous ownership on the reverse of the half title page, the spine strip is slightly faded through sunning and the boards show some signs of handling externally. Map ends papers. Internally clean and binding soiund. No dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.
Editore: The MacMillan Company
Da: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1948
Da: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Regno Unito
EUR 42,95
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Good. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). Seventh Impression. 313 pages. B&W illustrations by Pamela Whitlock. 313 pages. B&W illustrations by Pamela Whitlock. Rather browned cream spine of dustjacket which has some wear with snags to edges and corners, price-clipped. Spine is cream but lightly browned and snagged/frayed at spine-ends. Very clean reddish/orange hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends. Moderate browning to page-edges o/w pages clean and tidy.
Editore: Jonathan Cape, 1943, 1943
Da: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 29,83
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello1st edn 8th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and light wear at head of spine - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 350, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owners' neat inscriptions front paste-down and front prelims).
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Covers faded, edges worn and corners bumped. Otherwise in good condition.
Editore: Jonathan Cape, 1947
Da: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 26,31
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Whitlock, Pamela (illustratore). First edition. 1st 1947. Very good condition with no wrapper. A story about 4 ordinary, quite nice, quite nasty children. Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine and 4 crown vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 319 pages. A few pale marks to boards. Mark to lower edge of text block. Glue residue to front pastedown. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, 1946
Da: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 47,72
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). 1st Edition. The second book in the Oxus series. Fifth printing of the first edition,1946. Inspired by the young authors' love of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons. Cloth faded and sun imprinted with jacket design but contents in lovely condition with no inscriptions. In a bright complete dust jacket, not price-clipped (7s.6d.net). Other titles in this series available.
Da: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
EUR 40,59
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover. Condizione: F-. Condizione sovraccoperta: F-. Pamela Whitlock (illustratore). Reissue. F-/F-. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (a trifle rubbed, slight marking to top edge)in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed); pp. 352, with illustrations & endpaper maps. A near fine copy. A reprint issued in the same format as the 1937 first edition, unabridged.
Editore: Collins Armada Lions, 1971
Da: D2D Books, Berkshire, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 23,75
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Collins Armada Lions 1971 First thus paperback. A tiny scuff to very bottom rear spine edge otherwise covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.
EUR 50,11
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. The pages are bright, unmarked and virtually like new. No creasing on the spine. Short crease at the lower corner of the front cover of this otherwise lightly read book. Mailed the same or next working day in a cardboard book box.