An old boy (260 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. From the "Home and School Library." Red binding with gold lettering. Some wear at the edges and at the head and tail of the spine. Spine very sunfaded, and has a splotch of red paint near the bottom (libraries used to do it that way). Interior has an inscription on front paste-down, otherwise…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The cover has brown cloth. The half-title page states, "Tom Brown's School Days." The title page states, "Eighth Edition;" the copyright page states, "Author's Edition." The content has two parts, each with nine chapters. One board corner is frayed; the top and bottom edges of the spine strip are less s…

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 262 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to rear of frontis…

Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Undated. No dust jacket. Spine sunned and a slight tan to the page edges. Otherwise largely fine. A c…

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Green illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thum…

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 360 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding slightly loose. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning…

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. This excellent old book is bursting with vintage joy! Tom Brown's Schooldays describes life at one of the great English public schools - Rugby - in the days of one of its most famous headmasters, Dr. Arnold; when conditions and customs were very different, but the boys themselves seem to have been…

Zustand: Fair. No edition remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing. Mild cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Missing front endpaper. Heavy thumb-marking present. Notable water staining to pages throughout. Heavy sta…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Dark blue cloth with gilt and illustrated paper cover label. Owner name and date and two small stickers to ffep. Very good cover and spine, unfaded and sqare cornered. Crack starting at beginning endpapers. 19th century story of school life. Edited, with a preface by H. C. Bradby, B. A. , Assistant Master a…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated Edition. Thomas Hughes wrote "School Days at Rugby" (by an Old Boy) in 1857. It was immediately popular, spawning in its wake an entire genre of English Boarding School novels. The novel is more widely known as "Tom Brown's School Days". Hughes wrote a sequel titled "Tom Brown at Oxford". Th…

Zustand: Fair. 1911. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have ligh…

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Stated. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Page edges gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear wit…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Chocolate brown cloth cover has red stamp on front cover and spine. Board tips are lightly bumped, cover is mildly soiled and has moderate shelf wear. Pages are bright, unmarked and firmly bound. Previous owner inscribed their name and a short two line notation on the front fl…

Zustand: Fair. 1891. No Edition Noted. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light…

Zustand: Good. No Edition Stated. 350 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper and title page. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunn…