behind shutters (15 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The last novel by this respected East Anglian writer. Minor wear at spine ends, but a near fine copy lacking the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Chadwick, Peter ( Jacket Designed By ) (illustratore). First Edition. Good+/ Good+. Some neat library markings. Both book and unclipped jacket are in good+ condition. Novel set in Britain and France in the early 1960's Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Condizione: New. In.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In.

hard cover with dustjacket. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. 184 pages VG/G. Very good book with initials on inside front cover and four numbers and one letter on front endpaper, in good dust jacket with shelf wear and short edge tears and chipping, price label on inside front fold.

Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. The boards have a little rubbing to the corners and there is a slight spine lean. The page edges are a little browned with quite a bit of spotting to the top edges and some scattered larger spots to the fore edges. Light spotting at the back of the book but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has a half inch chip out of the top edge of the rear panel and two more at the top left corner and bottom right corners of the front panel. There is chipping at the corners with a little loss in a few places. The jacket has been reinforced at the corners on the reverse with pieces of tape. First printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light soiling to rear panel. Novel about a young woman who must reconcile her present with her childhood spent in post World War II France.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When we last left Olivia she had just discovered that her winged necklace was an exact match to the mysterious carvings in the shutters of her home. When Olivia held up the necklace to show both Music and Ralph how the gold wing matched the carvings, the shutters shook and then suddenly came loose, carrying Olivia off.After twirling and twisting through a spinning tunnel, she landed on her feet in front of an elf named Darius, an Elder of Fifty-Fifty Land, a place where Chosen Ones go for a day or two to be taught helpful lessons about how to be a Chosen One. Olivia partners with an elfin girl named Willa who helps Olivia to understand her true calling and the importance of being a Chosen One.Meanwhile the Evil Vole King Teivel is making plans to attack the school with his huge army of evil minions. He wants to gain the land the school sits on so he can increase the size of his Kingdom of Evil in hopes of ruling all evil. Mischievous twin brothers Colin and Riley McPatrick are students at the school who hear of the Evil Vole's intentions and take it upon themselves to spy on the Voles in hopes of getting valuable information for the leaders of the school, but instead find themselves being captured.Read as Olivia and Willa - helped by Olivia's faithful dog Ralph, her charming cat Music, and her steadfast horse The General - take on the adventure of rescuing the McPatrick boys.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1947. Stated 1st Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS,Bright Blue Titled in Gold gilt Hard Cover Light Edgewear. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with chipping Tears to spine ends & Extremities of jacket. Some Soil Wear edge Tears Back DJ Lists Thru Snow Owl s Secret. 226 Pgs, NO ADS BACK ,Interior nice, Tight, Clean Light Wear few blank edge Margin Chips, DJ Protected clear Mylar ,9 yr. Old Bluet Tucker Lived in Kitten Nose Bay in Maine near Mystery House , where Townsfolk believed Merchant had Been Smuggler & Had Vanished with his Family Years Ago, Bluet s Grandmother Tucker gave her a Beautiful Little Box Carved Ebony Inlaid with Ivory & Locked with Tiny Gold Padlock, but there was No Key. In Mysterious Old Merchant s House hung a Picture of a Woman Holding a Little Box Exactly Like Hers, Except there was Tiny Golden Key in Padlock.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Condizione: ex library-fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. 192 p. 20 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Ex library with envelope on rear endpaper, ink stamps on edges and front free endpaper. Jacket flaps glued to endpapers. Stain on edge of rear free endpaper, text block edge, and margins of last pages.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A signed, first edition of this novel exploring life in Britain and France after the Second World War, by R. H. Mottram. First edition, signed by the author to the contents page. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Written by English novelist and poet Ralph Hale Mottram, known for his 'Spanish Farm Trilogy' and for his World War One poetry. This particular novel is set after the fall of France in 1940, telling the story of a young girl born to one of the families in the occupied region. As a teenager, she is sent to work in a distinguished English girls school, throwing her into a completely different world. This work explores post-war Britain and France through the eyes of a young girl and then a young woman. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Newspaper review of the book adhered to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is excellent, with light edge wear and a little sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with the owner's signature to the contents page. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - When we last left Olivia she had just discovered that her winged necklace was an exact match to the mysterious carvings in the shutters of her home. When Olivia held up the necklace to show both Music and Ralph how the gold wing matched the carvings, the shutters shook and then suddenly came loose, carrying Olivia off. After twirling and twisting through a spinning tunnel, she landed on her feet in front of an elf named Darius, an Elder of Fifty-Fifty Land, a place where Chosen Ones go for a day or two to be taught helpful lessons about how to be a Chosen One. Olivia partners with an elfin girl named Willa who helps Olivia to understand her true calling and the importance of being a Chosen One. Meanwhile the Evil Vole King Teivel is making plans to attack the school with his huge army of evil minions. He wants to gain the land the school sits on so he can increase the size of his Kingdom of Evil in hopes of ruling all evil. Mischievous twin brothers Colin and Riley McPatrick are students at the school who hear of the Evil Vole's intentions and take it upon themselves to spy on the Voles in hopes of getting valuable information for the leaders of the school, but instead find themselves being captured. Read as Olivia and Willa - helped by Olivia's faithful dog Ralph, her charming cat Music, and her steadfast horse The General - take on the adventure of rescuing the McPatrick boys.