Librería: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, Reino Unido Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
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1st 1893. Very good condition with no wrapper. Four children who set off, at the invitation of the King, to join their parents in the land beyond the Blue Mountains. On the way they meet various characters, both good and bad, such as Mrs. Discipline and her father Mr. Penalty, Fungus the Ferryman, Mrs. Steadfast, Mrs. Modesty and Charity the guide. An allegorical tale reminiscent of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Green and blue pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks to front cover and spine. 6 full page b/w engravings plus chapter head and tailpieces. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front endpaper browned. Small price label 'awarded in connection with Chums Empire Map Scheme' on front pastedown. Small foxspots to endpapers and half-title page otherwise the contents are beautifully clean and bright with all plates present. A super copy of this title, exceptionally rare in first edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. N° de ref. del artículo 1201400
Título: BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Editorial: Cassell & Company Limited
Año de publicación: 1893
Encuadernación: Hardback
Condición: Very Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket
Edición: First edition.
Librería: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 280 pages. The cover has some wear, with a small tear on the front illustrated plate, tanning, scuffs and a few small water damage stains. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. The illustration page for "The children's guidel" is loose from the binding, but is still present. The binding is weaken and a few pages are loose. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Nº de ref. del artículo: 178802
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Early Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vi, 280, 16. Original publisher's red pictorial cloth with onset colour illustration on cover of two young girls embracing one another, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Children's fiction. Colour frontis illustration of goblin leading a group of children by his beard up to a castle. Neat gift inscription on the first blank paper and bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise very good indeed. Excellent condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: C75921
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hard cover green decorated bds, lovely tipped in oval picture in colour to upper bd, top of spine has two small closed tears and a little fraying, spine hinges lightly rubbed and base of spine bumped inwards, otherwise Good+, contents clean and tight with colour frontis. and 3 further full page colour plates, light age-speckling to contents mainly to front and rear, neat name and address and inscription dated 1917 to front pastedown, pp280. Nº de ref. del artículo: 15518
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's original pictorial cloth with title lettering in black to upper cover and with title lettering in gold to spine.There is an oval pictorial plate laid onto the front cover by Helen jacobs which matches that of the coloured frontispiece.There is one previous owner's inscription to the half title page in pencil (so can be erased) and this is dated 1924.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.There is a little rubbing and wear to the outer boards,mostly to head of spine.The contents remain pleasingly clean with just a little light spottting to the fore-edge of the book.The book is undated but would be circa early 1920's This is a more than decent copy of an uncommon title,8vo 280pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 62531
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, Reino Unido
Hard. Condición: Good. Illustrated with colour frontispiece by Helen Jacobs. Ilustrador. Undated. c.1940. Good. Foxed. Nº de ref. del artículo: 032091
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. Illustrated by With Four Full-Page Illustrations in Colour Ilustrador. Illustrated edition. 8vo hbk; vi; 280; illustrated edition of this much sought after title; 4 colour plates. Oval colour plate on cover. Cover slightly bowed. Gift inscription (not author) dated 1916 on fep; water mark on corner inside cover; contents generally clean & sound with just occasional brown spot. G++. Also present is what I presume to be the spine of the original d/w, that has been used as a book mark. See picture on our website or abe. ; The Girls' Favourite Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 104090
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, Estados Unidos de America
. Ilustrador. CONDITION: Very Good; no names, slight slant, spine a bit faded and faint moisture tide on edge, not showing in interior, binding and pages clean, lightly foxed half title. Juvenile hardback. Four orphans are summoned by the King to travel to his kingdom Beyond the Blue Mountains to rejoin their parents. One brother sister pair proceeds fairly quickly on the upward path, the other takes longer , succumbing to many temptations. An engaging fairytale/allegory "derived from Pilgrim's Progress but set in a flower-fairy children's world" (Bratton) and told in simple language. L. M. Meade, was a prolific Irish writer who essentially established the girls' school story. Original price, from catalogue, was 3/6. ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Search ABE Keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping. . Nº de ref. del artículo: 22115
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Decorative front board. Back board quite grubby. Two nicks measuring about half an inch to spine head. Spine ends worn. Spine a little grubby and creased down middle. Spine ends worn and bent. Binding loose, particularly at beginning and end of item. Colour frontispiece and page 279 detached from spine. Pages a little yellowed. Text clear. 'New edition.' AF. Used. Nº de ref. del artículo: 261986a
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Luis Porretta Fine Arts, Nanaimo RPO Country Club, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Bound in olive green pictorial cloth, gilt titles on spine, black titles on front board, color plate bonded to front board still intact, edges lightly rubbed, previous owners inscription (dated 1927). A lovely clean tight copy. ; 8" x 5"; 280. pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 18810
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Librería: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 191pp with illustrations plus 16pp list of publications at rear. Green buckram bevelled boards illustrated and with titles in blue and gilt to front cover and spine. No inscriptions. Boards lightly worn and bumped at extremities. Spine a little cocked. Gatherings loose. Closed tear to bottom of p. 181. Some very light foxing. Otherwise clean and bright. Nº de ref. del artículo: 064330
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles