Edward blishen editor (26 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

paperback. Zustand: New. Karin Littlewood (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+. Reprint; First Printing. Minor shelf wear, small ink name on front endpaper. ; Nice tight flat copy. ; 255 pages; 20 extracts from favourite books including The Hobbit, Tom's Midnight Garden, The Wizard of Oz and others. Trade PB.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed, 2nd prt. A terrific children's book reference- writers on writing for children. Includes Aiken, C. Walter Hodges, Bawden Sutcliff, & many more. 176pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A hardcover non-fiction in very good condition. Contains illustrations. Minor pen markings on the front endpaper. Pages are spotless and intact, with no markings. The cover is clean and sharp, with no major signs of wear.

Sixth Edition. HrdCvr with dj, both are VG, dj has some wear along the edges, revised edition, 12mo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a "picture board" hardcover, with matching dust jacket. "First published in 1988 by Kingfisher Books" on its copyright page, so a first edition. This book is in near fine condition, marred only by light wear on its spine ends. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are bright, unmarked, and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in near fine condition: whole, bright, and unmarked, with a trace of wear on its spine ends, but otherwise unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Karin Littlewood (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover has smudged textblock ends. Dustwrapper has 2 inch tear along spine bottom and flap bottom rear, smudged and Rubbed.

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. An anthology of short stories and poems for children by then living authors, primarily British, including Rosemary Sutcliff, Juliana Ewing, Gillian Avery, Hans Baumann (several selections), Frederick Grice, Andrew Salkey (2 stories), and others. Illustrated with 8 color plates and line drawings by various artists, including Brian Wildsmith, Charles Keeping, Victor G. Ambrus, Jean Canter, William Papas and more. 202 pp Dust jacket art by Brian Wildsmith. Fine in coral cloth boards in a near fine dustjacket (price of 7.95 present).…

Paperback edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 171 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Child authors. Education Great Britain History 20th century. Education Competitions Great Britain. Education Great Britain Addresses, essays, lectures. Secondary school pupils. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in chipped and worn dust jacket. Clean pages, color illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. Published in New York, First Edition, 1963. Prior owner's sticker on front free endpaper. Sm 4to. 167 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. (vi) 232 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This contains writing by: Lord Simon of Wythenshawe; Julian Huxley; Mary Stocks; Bertrand Russell; A. S. Parkes; C. H. Rolph; Jacquetta Hawkes; Michael Young and Peter Willmott; Edward Blishen; J. M. MacKintosh; James Lansdale Hodson; and Sherwin Bailey. Size: 8vo. Alfred Wurmser; (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 171 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Child authors. Education Great Britain History 20th century. Education Competitions Great Britain. Education Great Britain Addresses, essays, lectures. Secondary school pupils. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover with removable plastic covered clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Includes line drawings and colour plates. Jacket is lightly marked, and edges are creased and nicked. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is slightly cocked, and page block is tanned and blemished. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first Impression. [4], 202pp, eight colour plates. Quarter-bound in pink cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Light bumping to lower edges. Small stain on top text block edge. Signature binding. Endpapers just starting to tan. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very, very light shelf wear, not price clipped. Dust jacket protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. "Short stories by well-known writers ranging from a tale of Roman Britain by Rosemary Ratcliff to a story of the 'Mersey Look' by Eric Allen." Colour plates and numerous black and white line drawings by well-known children's book artists in text throughout. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Oxford University Press 1966 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, in protective sleeve. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 691 pages. No dj. Cover worn. Name on ffep. Text foxed.

Hardcover. First Edition (1963), so stated. First Edition (1963), so stated. Very Good to Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows indications of careful use: shows shelving wear to the bottom edge of the pictorial paper over boards and with some wear to the upper edges of the panels as well; sparse foxing to the top edge and fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, near-to-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor cosmetic flaws. The DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; else flawless; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 8vo. (9.8 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches). 167 pages. Profusely Illustrated in Color by Brian Wildsmith. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 9.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first Impression. [6], 196pp, four colour plates. Quarter-bound in white cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards; gilt titles on spine, green endpapers. 8vo. Very, very lightly bumped spine head. Dust jacket has very, very light shelf wear; mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Dust jacket protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. "History masters, painting, horses, tulips, tropical fish, music, the solar system -- here are only some of the subjects touched on in this pot-pourri of stories, articles and poems." Colour plates and numerous black and white line drawings by contemporary artists in text throughout, including a four-page cartoon inset by William Pappas. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition with PICTORIAL LAMINATED cloth - 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Cloth Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First or Early American Edition. 167 pgs. (Jacket titles list to 1965). Purple cloth titled in silver, a few spots to edge of text block; color pictorial dust jacket with edge wear and tears, original price intact ($7.95). Familiar folk verse and poetry by well-known authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, etc. Wonderful illustrations in color throughout. Size: Large 8vo. Brian Wildsmith (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. large 8vo. original paper covered pictorial boards, pink cloth spine, gilt lettering near fine in unclipped same illus. Brian Wildsmith dw also near fine 202 pp illusd. b&w line drawings throughout + 8 cold plates - as called for, v clean tight no inscriptions, a book for every young reader: short stories by well-known writers ranging from a tale of Roman Britain by Rosemary Sutcliff to a story of the "Mersey Look " by Eric Allen + articles . poems.…

First Edition. Writers on writing for children. Pp. 176; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly browned; Kestrel Books, London, 1975. First edition. *Collection of essays by distinguished children's writers, discussing various aspects of their craft. Contributors include Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joan Aiken, Ursula Le Guin, Geoffrey Trease, and Leon Garfield.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First Edition. Pp. [vi]+202, 8 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and text illustrations; med. 8vo; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised, the spine cloth slightly soiled at extremities; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. *Collection of short stories and poems for children by writers including Rosemary Sutcliff, Gillian Avery and Hans Baumann; illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, Charles Keeping, Victor Ambus, a.o.…

Original Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Valerie Grosvenor Myer's copy of this book which she has signed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. The book has also been signed by an astonishing additional 33 out of over 50 contributors: Holloway, Waller, Target, Evans, Gohorry, Meadowcroft, Harpley, Williams, Watson, Robinson, Evans, Abbott, Burns, Overhill, Jondorf, Booth, Avison, Cann, Cavaliero, Pollentine, Davies, Holbrook, Barker, Scott, Kramer, Edwards, Anderson, Beck, Worman, Juby, Meadows, Wilson and McMahon as well as on the rear free endpaper by children's author Althea Braithwaite who doesn't have a piece in the book. Bumping to the corners of the boards. Light browning to the edges of the pages. Browning to the endpapers but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a little light chipping at the base of the spine and some light surface and edge wear. First printing. Signed by Author(s).…