Playne alfred c (22 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 'Stories from Fairyland' published by Art & Humour Publishing Co. (1924) Ltd. Illustrated by Fred Spurgin et al. Large format hardback. Undated, circa 1930. Edges rubbed and a split to the top of the spine. Pencil inscription. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original pictorial boards, 132 printed pages complete with illustrations including the 6 wonderful full-page colour illustrations. Rubbed to the corners and spine ends, school prize book-plate to the front free end paper dated Dec 1910, slightly browned pages as usual.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Bound in illustrated boards with some rubbing to the corners and spine. 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. Condición: Very Good. 'Wee Folk's Story Book: A Volume of Pictures, Verses and Stories for the Little Ones' edited by Alfred C. Playne. Published by Ernest Nister. Undated. A bookplate carries the date 1908. Slight rubbing otherwise very good condition.

Glazed paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine. 3 full-page chromolithographs. No list of illustrations to check against, but probably some are missing, as other Nister's Holiday Annuals have 6 colour illustrations. Gift inscription on half-title page; considerable amount of childish colouring-in & sums. Boards scratched, & worn at edges Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1905 annual. 132pp. Very Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with cloth spine, minor rubbing/chipping to edges, very minor scuffing/soiling. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor browning, creasing and chipping to edge of one plate, minor splitting to hinges. Prize label inside front cover, Decorative endpapers. 6 beautiful chromolithographic plates, plus 2-tone & B&W illustrations throughout. A beautiful collection of stories, puzzles and verse for children. Contributors include G A Henty, G Manville Fenn, Rev Theo Wood, D H Parry, G E Farrow, L T Meade, Sheila Braine, Constance M Lowe, E Everett-Green, W T Parkes, Lucy L Weedon, M Andrews, Ruth Dene, Clifton Bingham, Lucy Laurance & Ester Dale. Illustrators include E Nister, William Theodore Parkes, Edith A Cubitt, M Bowley, May Gladwin, E Lance, Walters, G H Thompson, Constance Foxley & Archibald Webb. A lovely copy.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1907. Good condition with no wrapper. 19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Spine bumped, worn and faded with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some scratches to covers. Both joints and some hinges cracked. Front endpaper partially detached. A little surface paper damage to front endpaper where a list had been stuck. Page browning and some foxing plus some marks to contents, including a co A few small tears to margins. One plate is creased. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Hardy, E. Stuart & Cubitt, Edith A. & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Annual for 1906, (18th Year of Publication) Size 10.00 x 8.00 inches approx. Original paper covered coloured baords, with a blue cloth spine, illustration to the front board shows two children reading a previous edition of the annual, boards are clean and bright, some edge wear in the form of rubbing, corners are a little bumped, hand written dedication to the front endpaper, 'Marjorie from Auntie Ethel Christmas 1906, ' illustrated endpapers white background pale blue print sea-creatures and mermaids, delightful coloured frontispiece which is of children on a beach with a net full of crabs, 'A Good Catch, ' With Stories by C Manville Fenn, Rev Theo Wood, D H Parry, Arthur Daniels, C T Meade, L L Weedon, Sheila Braine and other well-known authors. Not paginated, the illustrations are absolutely enchanting, six coloured plates including the frontispiece, there is a particularly gorgeous coloured plate of dogs in Highland dress playing golf, the artist is not named in the majority of the pictures most are really cute, there black and white plates and illustrations in the text. One black and white plate accompanying 'The Storymaker, ' shows two children reading a book surrounded by flowers that all have faces, the flowers are also intent on listening to the story which is titled ' Happy Children' and is by A L Bowley. The pages of the book are free from scribbling or marks however there is a litlte browning to the outer edges of the pages, this does not detract from the text or the pictures, however the final coloured plate is a more browned to the extreme bottom edge, this is a picture of a little girl trying to introduce her dog to a new cat, the dog is not enthusiastic. The picture is called 'Why Can't you be Good and Make Friends, ' A compendium of stories and poems for children that would still be seen as beautiful today. Collectble. Published by. …

Hardback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1913. Good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth with gilt titles to front and spine and pictorial onlay to front. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Half of pictorial onlay on front missing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Rear joint and some hinges beginning to crack. A few tears to inner margins and a couple to page edges. Foxing and some marks to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & McLaren, Dora & Hardy, E. Stuart & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 4to. Pp 132. 19th year of publication. With numerous illustrations. Pictorial green cloth gilt, gilt edges. Most of these annuals seem to have been published in two bindings, one with a quarter cloth spine and pictorial paper-covered boards, the other in full cloth with the same pictorial design and gilt edges. The latter would have been the more expensive version.…

, in 2 volumes, 9 colour illustrated plates (including frontispiece to each volume), illustrated half title and title page to each volume, illustrations in text throughout each volume (including colour, monochrome, double-sided and double page) First Edition , much wear to both volumes with cocked spines, spine loose and crayon marks to 26th volume, loose leaves marking and small tears to some pages of both volumes, both volumes in fair condition , both volumes quarter bound, cream card with pink or blue cloth, colour illustrations with titles to upper boards, illustrated endpapers to 1902 26.5 x 21 cms Hardback ISBN.…

Condición: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner inscription (1905) to half-title. 260mm x 210mm (10" x 8"). 132pp + plates. 6 chromolithic plates. Brown illustrated hardback cloth cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Collectible-Very Good. Original brown cloth with a color illustrations of a young girl and a dog on the front cover. Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 8 X 10 inches. 132 pages. Illustrated with 6 full page color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. All edges gilt. This copy contains the following story's, "The Simple Story of Tom Fool" by D.H. Parry, "Children Who Make and Children Who Break", by L.L. Weedon, "How The Quarrel Was Made Up", by Sheila Braine, "Hard Lines", by Lilian Gask, "Santa Claus In Jumbo-Land", by D.A., "Cousin Franz" by L.L. Weedon, "Not Me" by C. Bingham, "A Gay Young Shrimp", by H. Horonell, "The Fairy In The Clock" by L.L.W., "Three Truants" by Constance M. Lowe, "Hickory Dickory Dock", by L. Frith, "The Two Brothers" by C.B., "A Penny To Spend" by Lucy Lawrence, "Polly's Portrait" by L.L.W., "All The Babies in the World" by Constance M. Lowe, "A Scene At Sea" by Geo. Manville Fenn, "Singing Time" by C. Bingham, "The Tug-of-War" by Constance M. Lowe, "The Donkey Ride" by L.L.W., "Fairy Bells" by R.D., "Prince Deva Datta and his Wives" by W.H.D. Rouse, Litl.D, "The New Motor" by C.B., "Wings To Sell" by L.L.W., "Nan's Goat" by F. Bone, "The Agate Pins" by Olive Molesworth, "The Story of Caliph Stork" by (translated ) L.L. Weedon, "A "Little" Story" by C.B., "Fairy Folk" by L.L. Weedon, "A Bold Spirit" by Constance M. Lowe, "Held For King James" by Sheila Braine, "The Shrimping Net" by F. Bone, "Kurus:The King of the Cannibal Islands" by maggie Browne, "Little Gervaise" by John Strange Winter and "Ends" by C.B. Copy is in mylar. Pages are clean and complete, binding is tight. L. Lawson, E.B.S. Montefiore, R.C. Petherick, Edith Lance, E.Stuart Hardy, G.H. Thompson (ilustrador). …

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1907. Very good condition with no wrapper. 19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Edges rubbed, corners worn. A little fraying to cloth spine edges. A few light score marks to front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning. Hinges pulled. A few margin tears. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Hardy, E. Stuart & Cubitt, Edith A. & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. circa 1910. Very good condition with no wrapper. 22nd year of publication. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows a boy and a girl sledging. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 131 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small indentation to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning throughout, some grubby marks to margins and some light foxing. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & Hardy, E. Stuart & Thompson, G.H. & et al., (ilustrador). …

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1914. Very good condition with no wrapper. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Front cover still bright and clean, rear cover a little scuffed. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean, name in pencil on front endpaper. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1914. Very good condition with no wrapper. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some browning and fade marks to top and tail of spine. Foxing internally and to outer page edges. Margin tears to a few pages. A little damp staining to rear endpaper. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Small 4to. 6 chromolithograph plates, many b/w plates. Original publisher's colour Illustrated boards over green linen spine. Includes two stories by E. Nesbit and one by G.A.Henty "How a Drummer Boy Saved A Regiment" also Lilian Gask, May Byron, Clifton Bingham and WHD Rouse. Illustrators inc Rosa Petherick, Sybil Tawse, Lizzie Lawson, E Stuart Hardy Corners a little rubbed, very slight surface wear. Decent vg copy.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition with no wrapper. Dark blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial front cover showing girl and dog. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is "In Blackberry Time". New cloth spine. Edges worn, rear board grubby, page edges browned. Reduced from £95. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1913. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover shows little girl holding two young dogs. First story is "A Hole in Fairyland". 179 pages. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light wrinkles in cloth covers. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, date in crayon to endpaper. Front joint is just starting to crack. Some light fingering and page browning to margins else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Petherick, Rosa C. & Hardy, E. Stuart & Robinson, Gordon & et al., (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Chromo-lithograph and monotone litho; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 102 pages; No date given; believed 1905. Ernest Nister publication # 1341. Co published with Dutton. Large 8vo in publisher's green cloth with bold 4 color pictorial design to cover board. Titles in gilt to cover and in black to spine. Illustrated with numerous lithographs, including 6 full page chromolithographs. Illustrated by a variety of artists; the chromo plates are all signed E Lance or EL for Evelyn lance. Many other images signed. Presumably published by Nister in 1903 as an "annual" with a very similar title, then reissued in 1905. A combined search for either example finds only 4 copies held institutionally as catalogued by Worldcat. Contents are complete and clean. Binding is shaken and the frontis is loose and laid in with some mild chipping along the leaf's edges.Halo toning throughout and the pages have the appearance of fragility, though there are no chips or edge tears other than those to the chromo plate at front. Boards bright and clean with just light shelf rubbing at edges. Scarce color plate childrens' title. VG-.…

The 1909 Nister Holiday Annual which includes the story "How a Drummer Boy Saved A Regiment" by G. A. Henty and two stories by E. Nesbit. An attractive example with wear to the edges of the board corners but the illustration to the front remaining clean and bright. The blue cloth spine is present with only minor rubbing to the tips. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages. There is an ink inscription dated Christmas 1914 otherwise no further inscriptions or stamps. The text block is square and tight. No repairs or restoration to any part of the binding or contents. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…