Violet bradby (31 resultados)

Condición: Fair. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with grey cloth spine and lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate sunning and marking. Minor scuffing to edges and corners. Lettering is clear. Boards are bowed.…

Condición: Good. General wear to boards. Light toning to pages with spotting. No DJ.

Condición: Fair. 1925. Reprinted. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated blue cloth. Colour frontispiece detached but present. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Noticeable cracking to front hhinge, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. 8vo. Bump and wear to spine and boards. Small tears to baseof spine. Marks to boards. Discolouration to feps. Name in ink to ffep.Some spotting. Book.

Condición: Good. 1947. Reprinted. 255 pages. Pictorial recycled dust jacket over yellow cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

hardcover. Condición: poor. Poor condition. Heavy wear to spine and edges. Binding is loose, pages age toned. Pictures available upon request.? nd. Browne, Gordon (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Early twentieth century children's novel. Hardcover has sunning to boards, edge and shelf-wear. The illustrations on boards and binding are intact and well-preserved. Interior end papers discoloured to brown. Pages discoloured yellow. Signed by previous owner. Interior complete, unmarked and well-bound. ?This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors.. Albert Morrow (ilustrador).…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good +. No DJ. First Edition. 255 Pp. Light Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green. Printing In 1934 Stated. Clean, Previous Owner's Information On Front Endpaper, Topstain Has Lost Most Of Color Near Fore Edge.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. No date published, c. early 20th century, good-plus clean firm interior but does have occasional age marks throughout, foxed to prelim pages, browned to e/papers, contains 6 coloured plates including the frontispiece, also has several black and white illustrations within-text, no inscribed names, pictorial boards in good condition for the age, light shelf wear, nicks to top spine tip, all tight and firm. H. R. MILLAR (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Some rubbing and creasing to edges of wrapper with several very small tears, there is one very small area of loss to bottom rear edge, no fading. Wrapper now in removable clear protective sleeve. Previous owners details to free front end paper, no other inscriptions, illustrated, bright and clean internally with very little wear, some slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 80 pages. Some age/binding tender. H.16cm W.12cm D.1cm.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 80 pp. B/w illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Inscribed colour pictorial bookplate to ffep. Clean and sound. VG+.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. H/B stone coloured dec. bds VG, sl. faded and lumpy on spine, minor surface soiling, neat name on prelim., frontis. taped into bk behind contents pge, 6 further b/w drawings in text, contents very good. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Repr. Hardback: b/w frontispiece (Joan Martin May), dj is slightly worn on the spine tips and corners, a couple of short tears, spine faded, price clipped, book is bound in cloth, spine is faded and slightly foxed, some foredge foxing, else vg. 8vo, 255pp. Janet Raeburn may be plump and has no particular accomplishments, apart from a love of playing the violin, but is always happy. But that is put to the test when she is forced to leave school and go to France as a governess.…

Octavo, beige buckram boards, dark green lettering/decoration to spine, dark green stamp + illus plate to front board, frontispiece, vi + 100pp + 17 plates + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy bruising + scuffing to spine/extrems w/ upper 2cm of spine missing & some surface loss, moderate scuffing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning + foxing to page edges, gift inscription in black ink to fep, moderately heavy cracking to front gutter w/ upper 5cm detaching, moderate foxing throughout, crayon scribbles to rear eps.…

Condición: Good. Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards. Dark blue lettering on covers. Dark blue decoration on covers. Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded. Corners bumped. Spine faded. Prize dedication on front endpaper. Intermittent finger marking to page edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing (n.d. 1916). 223pp + 4 colour plates. Original quarter blue cloth and cream buckram covered boards, white letting to upper board and spine, colour pictorial plate mounted to upper board, colour fontis. GOOD copy, binding square and reasonably tight, corners and edges worn, cloth spine split and torn in some places, cloth covers colour faded, grubby and foxed, spine toned and titles faded, cover plate still reasonably bright, foxing to page edge, light foxing to prelims, otherwise internally very good, all plates present and clean; no dust jacket. H. M. Brock (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Hard cover green cloth bds, Fair, a bit age-worn, tipped in picture of boy working on a windmill sail, colour frontis. present but loose and edges dog-eared, two other colour plates out of 5 present, names etc. to ffep, frontis. verso and front pastedown, contents have some age-marking, illust. in b/w by H R Millar, pp200. A sound reading copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. Hbk in d/w; pretty d/w that is slightly damaged with a little loss to edges; ; illus. Cloth boards; Vg/Vg-; colour frontis; book nice & clean/bright for age;; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by M D Johnstone (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Children's book. Colour frontis, 10 b&w full page drawings. Brown boards with inlaid colour illustration, red cloth spine, cover illustration rubbed, spine frayed at top & bottom with split at back of spine, corners bumped. Free endpapers foxed, title page & some other pages odd foxing spots, tight binding, no inscriptions. …

(1st edition) hardback in decorated cloth Very Good octavo 127pp., colour frontis., text ills., Nice "Wilderness" School, Menindie prize label, dated 1942, on free front end paper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. A charming children's story by Violet Bradby, published by Oxford University Press under the Humphrey Milford imprint in 1923. Bound in attractive illustrated boards with a colour pictorial panel to the front cover, this delightful volume captures the style and character of early twentieth-century children's publishing.An appealing collectible edition for readers and collectors of vintage children's literature, featuring period illustrations and decorative binding typical of the era. A handsome survivor from the golden age of children's books. Good condition for age. Illustrated hardback. General wear and rubbing to boards and spine consistent with age, with no dust jacket. Binding sound an.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Privately printed, 1999. A reprint of the work first printed for private circulation in March 1942. 55p. Bound in grey paper-covered boards over dark blue cloth spine. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the poet Anne Ridler, the author's daughter.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Managing Jane by Violet Bradby is a delightful domestic comedy that combines humour, family life, and the challenges of managing an independent-minded young girl. With warmth and gentle wit, Bradby portrays the everyday triumphs and tribulations of family relationships, capturing the misunderstandings, adventures, and affectionate chaos that arise when strong personalities collide. The author's keen observation of human nature and talent for creating believable characters make the story both entertaining and relatable. A charming example of mid-twentieth-century family fiction, it offers a nostalgic glimpse into domestic life and social attitudes of its era. First Edition.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Blue boards; the wise woman and her cats on front board; gilt printed boards; ffep missing; pages 17-18 & 31 / 32 have become loose; uncut pages; 6 colour plates. former owner's award inscription dated 1912-13; foxed & frayed pages.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Yellow decorated cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 255pp; colour frontis plus b/w ills. Light bumping to spine ends; previous owner gift inscription to front endpaper; foxing to pages; browning to page block edges. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed to edges, chipped to corners with small loss to head of spine just affecting title, now in removable sleeve. The trials and tribulations of Meadowsweet Farm are seen through the eyes of the farmer's daughters, Julia and Jane. JOHNSTON, M.D. (ilustrador). …

[circa 1910]. (12mo) Very good. 200pp. Frontispiece, illus. - 6 colour plates. Colour illustrated and gilt-printed boards quite bright. Former owner's gift inscription to prelim. Internally a little soiling here and there, nothing alarming. Illustrations by H.R. Millar.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. v-vi, 223pp; coloured frontispiece, b/w illustrations; light brown boards with blue cloth spine, faded also the title faded at spine, picture tipped-in at spine chipped; edgeworn and scuffed boards; presentation inscription to fep. with date. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brock, H. M. (ilustrador). Book. …

1st edition. Based on the popular card game, with black & white reproductions of the original card designs, and further illustrations by Lilian A. Govey. Pp.107/4(publisher's catalogue), colour frontispiece by Lilian A. Govey, + 17 further black & white illustrations by Govey and of the original card designs, occasional light spots, front free endpaper absent. Brown paper-covered boards with colour illustration by Lilian A. Tovey to front board, minor rubbing with bumps to corner tips. Scarce. G+.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First Omnibus Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in beige cloth boards with green lettering and design to front and spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 219pp; 224pp; 255pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Few light marks to boards and wear to dustjacket edges. (25/4).…