Bertha leonard (96 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Pages slightly tanned. Name on front end page otherwise Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 192pp. Fiction, probably originally intended for the female teenage market. A clean and sound book in a worn dust wrapper with some damage to the head of the spine. There is a gifting dedication dated 1941 at the head of the front free end paper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 5"x7.5". E S Farmer (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. 1937. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed with split to rear joint.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 250pp. Novel. Not dated but believed to be 1920s. In clean and sound condition, but with evidence of previous ownership on the front free end paper. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. 5"x7.5".

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published 1927'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd edition. Front end paper has been removed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No date - circa 1950's? Front covers depicts enemy plane and beach scene with men looking skyward. One scribble on front board. Covers are a worn and scuffed. Internally in Good overall condition other than endpapers a bit grubby. Excellent colour frontis with 3 further full page colour illustrations. First story is "The School of Missing Boys" 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No date but c. 1930. Collection of short stories, illustrated throughout in b/w and colour, with colour plates. 4to. Foxing to page edges and within. Toning to covers. Mild marking to spine. Binding sound. Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised 4th edition. In gold boards.

Zustand: Fair. 1927. First Edition. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers. Noticeable cracking to gutters. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unusual school story. First edition 1945. An American schoolgirl from Georgia comes to an English boarding school. Of its time! Very slight tanning to front endpapers otherwise fine with no inscriptions. In a bright near complete dust jacket, price-clipped and with small loss at corners. W. Lindsay Cable (illustrator).…

Zustand: Fair. 1928. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. First few pages partially detached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends with tear to spine. Water staining to rear board.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 190pp, colour frontispiece, two-tone illustrations throughout. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. Moderately bumped spine ends, top portion (6cm) of spine cover missing, lamination at bottom front spine joint cracking. Text block edges moderately tanned. Neat previous owner's name on frontispiece verso. Internally pages are lightly toned otherwise clean, neat and tight.…

Zustand: Good. 1928. No edition remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Notable water stain to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Notable bleaching marks and stain to rear board. Book has forward lean.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In blue cloth. Previous owner name.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Oversized green pictorial paper covered bds, yellow cloth to spine, a little bumping in places, sl. rubbing otherwise VG, no dust jacket, no names etc., colour frontis., contents fine and tight, b/w illustrations, unpaginated. Short stories by various authors - Wings of Adventure; The Secret of El-Arba; War Against the Waters; "Bully" Billy; Wolves of The Western Sea; Forlorn Hope; Grey Bob; In The Bandit's Lair.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Undated. 140pp, 2pp of period advertisements, a few colour plate illustrations (inc. frontispiece). Quarter-bound with orange cloth-covered spine over pictorial paper-covered front board; some black and white illustrations. 4to. Boards worn and rear board lightly soiled. Spine foxed, heaviest towards head, spine ends moderately rubbed with cloth starting to wear through at heel. Heavy shelf wear to edges with corners heavily rubbed and rounded; paper loss. Heavy tanning and foxing on text block edges. Quite cocked. Previous owner's name filled into 'This book belongs to' on front free endpaper. Heavy tanning and foxing throughout, heaviest towards beginning and end of volume. Internally, neat, clean and tight. Collection of children's stories.…

Pictorial Boards. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated, c.1940's. Size 9.75" x 7.25", 156 pages. Pictorial hard cover with red titles and a picture of a girl with brown hair and a red cardigan holding her dog. Condition very good, corners, edges and small piece on front rubbed, front endpapers grubby and marked, a few grubby marks in the margins else contents clean. With a colour frontispiece "The mobile policeman lay pinned beneath his motor-cycle" and further black and white illustrations throughout. The first story is "The Lights of Lambermere" by Bertha Leonard.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Corners bumped and rubbed, some shelf and edge wear with some ink marks to covers, two names to inside front cover, pencil sketches of Second World War aircraft to inside rear cover, tape repair to front gutter, some pencil crayon colouring inside, light foxing. ; Satin finish pictorial boards. Reading copy only. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages; Collection of short adventure stories.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Undated, circa 1920s. Unpaginated, with 4 colour plates, illustrations, some in colour. Original colour pictorial boards & red cloth spine, light edge wear, but clean & bright. Internally, the title page is foxed, otherwise pages & plates are generally clean & bright. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No date. Circa 1950's. " Nelson's Bumper Books " series. Vintage Children's Story Book. Boards are a bit grubby and some wear to corners but nothing really major. Neat previous owner's name inside and one neatly rubbed out. Fantastic colour frontis plus many black and white illustrations to the stories. 10 stories by various authors (see above). Vintage's book. children.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'Daphne the Day Girl' by Bertha Leonard. Cassell and Company 1927 first edition. Inscription. Slight corner bumps. Very good condition.

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 188 pp 4 colour plates, numerous bw illustrations, quarter blue cloth , colour illustrated cover by Nora Annie Birch. Corners scuffed, endpapers spotted with prize label, pages tanned with a few marks - solid copy . Date from prize label. Fred Spurgin, Cora E. Paterson, Joyce Mercer, Joyce Plumstead, Nora Annie Birch et al (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated by K. Harrow, A. Chidley, A. E. Kennedy, Etc., etc.- Circa 1925- Dean & Son, Ltd., London- HARDCOVER, GOOD/FAIR; some light wear, including & children's crayon coloring in of B&W ILLUSTRATIONS. 8 mostly unmarked and BRIGHT COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. Unpaginated. Scarce Vintage Children's Book. …

Hardcover. F. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. no date, prob. c.1950, green cloth with dampstain, front endpaper torn out, text block very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A charming item so much of the period. Attractive cloth backed picture boards of two children and their puppy! Scarce in pleasing condition. Colour plates and many b/w illustrations, a couple very neatly hand painted. MANY AND VARIED! EILEEN SOPER!, - JOYCE MERCER, S VENUS, E NORTHFIELD, ETHEL BURGESS, TALINTYRE AND MORE (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. GD+ original illustrated boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. no date c. 1925; unpaginated, colour frontispiece plate, 7 further colour plates by E. Dorothy Rees and others, in-text b/w illustrations. Original blue cloth backed pictorial boards (by Delora White), good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked, short, slight tear to centre of spine. Contents good and clean, internal hinges a little worn and slightly slack, no inscriptions. A good copy. Size: 4to (19 x 24cm). Harrow, K.; Rees, E. Dorothy (illustrator). Book.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Beige cloth titled and decorated in dark blue, monochrome frontis. Tight and square, very light foxing in edges and prelims, prize plate in front. Dust jacket is unclipped and unfaded, small gaps in spine, in a clear protective sleeve Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…