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Price: £12.00
Publisher: Moscow, Raduga Publisher: 1998
Edition: New Illustrated Edition
Seller ID: 110672
Pictorial green boards. No dustjacket. The covers have slightly bumped corners and smudges which can only be seen if held up to the light. The rear free endpaper has a Russian price sticker. Otherwise No Inscriptions or other Marks. 166 pp. Superbly illustrated in colour by Alexander Kurkin; reminiscent of Dulac, Harry Clarke and Kay Nielson. Endpapers are also beautifully illustrated. Overall, apart from the very minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, ... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £22.00
Publisher: Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House: (1950)
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Seller ID: 113055
No Date given - but likely 1940s / early 1950? . In red-orange boards with blue decorative titling to the spine and decorated title stamped in blue and white to the front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which has some closed tears (internally repaired with clear archival tape) , some chipping and surface scrapes to the edges but is otherwise complete and now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. Internally so... View more info
By: Appiah Peggy
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1967
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 114176
FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING, 1967. Very Clean royal blue boards with clear pale blue titling to the spine. Some 'bumping' to the head/tail of the spine and corners, but no chipping ot damage, just bumping from storage. Hardback in a good UNCLIPPED dustjacket, with some light chipping, small closed tears and a little 'tinting' to the head/tail of the spine and corners - but 99% complete, with some light spotting/patching and discolouration to the covers here and there. ... View more info
By: Arrowsmith, Nancy and Moorse, George, Illustrated by Coelmann Heinz.
Price: £8.50
Publisher: London, MacMillan & Co Ltd: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000358
Cloth Bound Boards. Good to Very Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo. Calligraphy by Kevin Reilly. 296 pp. index. Black and white illustrations. Light foxing to edges of pages. 1 closed tear to top of dust wrap. Pictorial dustwrap. Gilt titling to spine. A comprehensive and stylish guide to the Little People - the psychic fauna of Europe.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
By: Barber, Richard
Price: £9.50
Publisher: London, Guild Publishing: 1986
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 000131
Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 3rd Edition Revised & Extended. 8vo. Guild Publishing Club Edition 1986. Dust wrap very slightly chipped to head of spine. Profusely illustrated in black/white and colour. Great tour through Arthurian literature. From the beginning until recent novels. Account of the development of the King Arthur and the Grail legends. King Arthur, history & development of Arthurian legends. The author gives a clear and readable outline of the de... View more info
By: Barber, Richard
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Longman Group Ltd: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000215
Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Dust wrap has been price clipped and is slightly chipped. 160 pp. Bibliography, references, and index. Very good in the pictorial jacket. Arthur of Dalraida, a late sixth century prince from Galloway with a heroic reputation, may well have been the historical figure on whom the Arthurian legend is based. barber traces the development of the legend through early texts. This Study Based On The Evidence Accumulated By Lead... View more info
By: Barber, Richard
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Book Club Associates: 1979
Edition: Book Club Edition
Seller ID: 112154
Dark brown boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. The former owner has written their name in pen onto the front free-endpaper, otherwise there are NO other inscriptions or marks. 224 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates. Bibliography; Illustrations. Overall, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "More then eight centuries, poets and writ... View more info
By: Barber, Richard; (Illustrated by) Roman Pisarev
Price: £17.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2003
Edition: 4th PRINTING
Seller ID: 110856
In a dark green slipcase that has bright gilt titling and very minor black smudges to the side. Quarterbound Illustrated green paper boards with bright gilt titling on a green cloth spine. No dustjacket, as issued. The tips of the corners are very slightly rubbed from putting the books in and out of the slipcase and the first few pages of the introduction to the 'Holy Grail' are creased, otherwise there are no Inscriptions or other Marks. Charmingly Illustrated in b/w by... View more info
By: Baxter, Doreen
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Collins: 1954
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 110737
Charmingly illustrated boards with black titling on a red cloth spine. In the original publisher's illustrated and price-clipped dustjacket which has some edge wear to the extremities and a few closed tears which are now neatly repaired to the inside of the dustjacket with clear archive tape. The dustjacket has some internal foxing (brown spots) and some light smudging to the covers. The first few front and rear pages are sunned, the page fore-edges are uniformly tanned ... View more info
By: Behounek, Jiri
Price: £16.00
Publisher: Paris, Grund: 1977
Edition: First French Edition
Seller ID: 111881
French Language Book. Laminated pictorial boards. No dustjacket, presumed as issued. There are smudge marks to the boards, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. 56 pp. Illustrated with colour drawings. Overall, apart from the smudges, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'Fine' copy. "This French language edition tells the marvelous story of Aladdin and his lamp. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall View more info
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Wales, Gwasg Yr Ynys Newydd /Y Lolfa: 1971
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 113872
SIGNED by the Author, with a greeting in Welsh and the date 17/4/91 to the top of the title pages. FINE copy in brown card covers with titling and Celtic decoration in black to the front cover. Staple bound. 16 pages. This copy also includes a (personal) typed letter hand-signed by the Author. The Publisher is noted as Gwasg Yr Ynys Newydd (New Island Press) but on the back cover is the blocked Publication 'logo' of YLolfa - perhaps they are the same. As New a near MINT ... View more info
By: Berlo, Janet Catherine & Ruth B. Phillips
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 111243
Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The dustjacket has very slight edge wear, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (ix) + 291 pp. Illustrated with colour and b/w plates and maps. Notes; List of Illustrations; Bibliographical Essay; Timeline; Index. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'As New' copy. "Ranging from the early pre-contact per... View more info
Price: £99.00
Publisher: Leipzig, A. Anton & Co. ,: 1921
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 113925
Märchengarten. Ein Kinderbuch Mit Bildern Von Fernande Biegler. A Most Attractive 1920s Childrens book in German. Copyright date is 1921 and this is the Second Edition, but undated. Pictorial paper-covered boards with a maroon cloth spine. A Lovely front cover colour illustration by Biegler. NO dustjacket. Covers have a little edge-wear and the front tips of the corners are scuffed through to the board. Plain Back. A couple of spots to the front cover, and a former owne... View more info
By: Binzagr Safeya
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Lausanne, Switzerland, Three Continents Publishers With the Collaboration of Arabian Resource Management S. A. Geneva.: 1979
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 9664
Green cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine and bright gilt 'dagger' decoration to the lower corner of the front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is Complete and NOT corner clipped, BUT has a couple of (now closed/repaired) tears, some edge creasing and scuffing to the corners. Now protected in a new clear plastic cover and looks VG. The edges of text-block are lightly spotted/foxed, and the top-edge & fore-edges are slightly tanning. 1... View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Newtown, Welsh Outlook Press: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 108349
Blue cloth covered boards with illus of Welsh woman fishing/black titling to front cover, black titling to spine. No Dustjacket. Some 'speckling'/mottling/Stains to front/rear covers and the spine, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Inner hinges split. Previous owners name/dedication written to front endpaper, and some biro prices and school name on the half title. A later owners' owners name/dedication written to the top and bottom blank areas o... View more info
By: Briggs K. M. (Katherine Mary Briggs)
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, Kestrel Books for Penguin Books: 1978
Edition: 1st Thus (Kestrel Books Edition)
Seller ID: 114865
Fine light mustard coloured boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publishers' pictorial dust-jacket. One small 'closed' tear (neatly repaired to the reverse on the rear d/j cover). The unclipped d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. Clean page fore-edges. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. Very Clean, tight and bright. Dust jacket illustrated by Joanna Worth. "Katharine Briggs (1898 -1980) ... View more info
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Cardiff, University of Wales Press: 1961
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 113924
Blue cloth-covered boards with Bright gilt titling to the spine. No dustjacket. Covers are generally clean and the titling is bright. A little 'bumping' to the head/tail of the spine and the corners, and a little light wear to the covers overall, but the book is generally VG, and is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks very good. (Images taken without the clear cover) . Internally the endpapers and page fore-edges are lightly spott... View more info
By: Browning, Robert (edited by Anne Nightingale)
Price: £12.50
Publisher: London, A & C Black,Ltd: 1927
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 112778
An Interesting and educational illustrated edition In the Visual Literature Series. Pictorial beige card covers with black titling/decoration to the front cover and string binding to the spine. No dustjacket, as issued. There is slight rubbing/chipping to the spine and creasing to the card cover corners. There are a few grey stain marks to the covers and the former owner has written their name in blue ink to the top of the front cover. Quite a few of the pages have been ... View more info
By: Bulfinch, Thomas
Price: £4.50
Publisher: London, The Bodley Head Ltd: N.D.
Edition: Unknown (Reprint)
Seller ID: 000794
Pencil note on e/p. Cloth bound boards, spine faded, extremities worn. A classic volume of mythology- immortal stories of Jupiter and Juno, Apollo and Daphne, Cupid, many more. 778 pp. Black and white illustrations. INTERNALLY CLEAN; 000794; 8vo View more info
Price: £6.50
Publisher: London, Somerset Folk Press: 1924
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Seller ID: 107995
The Somerset Folk Series Number 14. At Fault - there is a large corner tear with loss to the text on pages 43/44. BLack/white tissue guarded frontispiece, small tear to front endpaper. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Clean blue card covers with clear black titling/illus to front cover, spine a little sunned, head/tail of spine chipped. 121pp. Apart from a little foxing to endpapers and the Fault noted above, internally excellent, CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ; The Somerset Folk Series; 8vo View more info
