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Published by Adams & Dart, 1970
ISBN 10: 0239000552ISBN 13: 9780239000552
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: Good condition, small stain on front cover, mild shelfwear, bookvery good condition spine shows some wear from reading but is still tight.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.72.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.72.
Published by A. M. Kelley, 1970
ISBN 10: 0678077614ISBN 13: 9780678077610
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. 8vo. First Edition of the Nostrand reprint. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. DJ has edgewear, creases, small stains, rubbing, bumped corners, and scattered nicks. Book has edgewear & white stains on edges of boards, a former owner's stamp on the front endpaper, and shelfwear to covers. Interior is tight & bright.
Published by Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ No date
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). 1st edition. c1965 First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Illustrated; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20249.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., London
Seller: 3rd St. Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Published by Adams & Dart, United Kingdom, 1970
ISBN 10: 0239000552ISBN 13: 9780239000552
Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. original cloth hardcover, 132 pages, page edges spotted otherwise very good in very good price clipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B32.
Published by Faber and Faber
Seller: Laurel Reed Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Small 4to, original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 70 pages, unclipped dust jacket.
Published by Adams & Dart, 1970
ISBN 10: 0239000552ISBN 13: 9780239000552
Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Dw has sl fade to spine. ; Documents of Social History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 132 pages.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company c.1965, Princeton, NJ, 1965
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Gwen Reverat (illustrator). Later Printing. 8vo; 70 pages; Reissue of the 1939 edition, the dust jacket and book are both well taken care of.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, 1965
Seller: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; illustrated by Gwen Raverat; light fading, light shelf wear to the cover; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows light fading and shelf wear, and inside front corner is clipped.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1965
Seller: The Known World Bookshop, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Raverat, Gwen (illustrator). An Eastern Tale. With 8 beautiful four-colour plates, plus black and white drawings. Number '9' in ink top front jacket panel, else very good.
Published by D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). First Thus. Reissue from original 1939. n.d. Light blue cloth, gilt/lavender spine, grey dj with color pict with one small tear, wear at spine end extremities, but very presentable; full pg color illus and b/w text drawings,70 pp. The tale first written for the Wedgwood and Darwin families in 1852; Raverat, the great -niece of the author.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 89.
Published by Augustus M. Kelley, New York, NY, 1970
ISBN 10: 0678077614ISBN 13: 9780678077610
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine condition (DJ). First American edition. 132 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a vignette on the title page. This collection of character studies was originally published in the Staffordshire Sentinel and the Staffordshire Times in the 1870's. First American edition. Wedgwood, Pottery, Social History.
Published by D. Van Nostrand & Company
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). First American Edition. This charming story was written over a hundred years ago for the Wedgewood and Darwin families, was and not intended for publication till 1939 in Britain.
Published by Faber, London, 1965
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). Fourth Edition. Size: Quarto. 70 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; India; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 28632. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1965
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Second Edition, Reprinted. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, [1], 69 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Plates are printed in black, red, blue and brown/yellow. Previous edition: 1939. Bound in blue cloth, with spine blocked in pink, lettered and with decorative border in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Subject: Children's books - England. 1 Kg.
Published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1965
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). Good condition edition with illustrations some coloured, foxing to fore edge and sporadically throughout, neat corners, ink inscription on free front end page, brown cloth cover, dust wrapper in poor condition with colour illustration to front, several tears, some large, on front and spine, price clipped.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). 2nd Edition. With stunning 8 full-page coloured illustrations and others in black-and-white, by Gwen Raverat. The binding is in very good, tight, clean condition and the 70-page text is ion very good, tight, clean condition. Age-browning of the blank end papers. No inscriptions. Dust jacket in only fair condition, with some losses and neat closures. See photos of this copy attached. (BMGAS).
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1946
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Raverat, Gwen (illustrator). First. 1946 Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. Hardback very good dust jacket good minus. Book bright and clean with tanned edge paper, dust jacket good minus with little lost to the spine, small tears to edges price clipped. U5B19.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1964
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). Second Edition. First impression of the second edition. ***Includes loosely inserted newspaper article about Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family & Affections by Frances Spalding. ***Please note that this is an EX-SCHOOL LIBRARY COPY. ***Eight full-page colour wood engraved plates including frontispiece, and numerous black and white text and chapter-head wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (who was the granddaughter of Charles Darwin, and who much admired Thomas Bewick's miniature wood engravings). ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and attractive gilt decorative rule-design on brown title-block to spine. Edges rubbed. Small blue school ink stamp on front free endpaper. Bottom of front pastedown has surface scuff from where small library pocket-card has been removed. Small glue-remnant scuff to top edge of front free endpaper wear library issuing paper has been removed. Small marks to edge of front free endpaper. Small pencil numbers on top outer corner of recto of title page (can be easily rubbed out). No other library stamps, text-pages clean. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper with colour illustration on front panel and black and white illustration on the rear panel by Gwen Raverat. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. Small loss to head of spine of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and discoloured on back panel (light grey background). Sellotape off-setting on front inner dustwrapper flap. Tiny splash mark on bottom of front panel of dustwrapper. Front panel of dustwrapper bright. ***70 pages. 216mm x 160mm.***'This charming story about a little princess and the magic ring which made her able to talk to birds was written more than a hundred years ago. It was not intended for publication, and remained for many years a private and treasured possession in the Wedgewood and Darwin families, loved by generation after generation of children.' ***'It was first published in 1939, when Gwen Raverat, the great-niece of the author, illustrated it with exquisite coloured and black-and-white drawings, and it is now being re-issued after a long interval.' (Quote from inside front dustwrapper blurb).' ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Published by Adams and Dart, 40 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset First Edition Thus . 1970., 1970
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original peppermint cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 132 pp with engraved monochrome title vignette. Light spotting to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small rubs to the top of the spine, not price clipped, 42s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0239000552 CERAMICS & POTTERY.
Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1965
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Second Edition, Reprinted. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, [1], 69 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Plates are printed in black, red, blue and brown/yellow. Previous edition: 1939. Bound in blue cloth, with spine blocked in pink, lettered and with decorative border in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Subject: Children's books - England. 1 Kg.
Published by Faber, London, 1939
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). First Thus. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 70 pp. Front hinge reinforced with tape. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers wrapped in protective paper, glued in place. Believed to be a proof copy, though not explicitly stated as such. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; India; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51519.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1964
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Raverat, Gwen (illustrator). 2nd Edition. SIGNED by Janet Lunn on the ffep (Canadian children's author). 70 pages in very good, clean condition. Lovely illustrations in colour and b/w. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Light wear on corners and edges. Illustrated grey DJ with black titles. Lightly soiled, light wear on corners and edges. VG+/VG.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1939
Seller: Soin2Books, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Gwen Raverat (illustrator). 1st Edition. First thus edition. Colour frontispiece and seven plates as called for and numerous b/w illustrations. Pink/black marbled boards with green blocked spine with gilt titles. Binding firm. Some small dints to boards, fading to edges, slight chipping to spine ends. Light foxing and marks throughout. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 70 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd, 1965
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Reprint. 8vo. Brown boards, lettered black to the spine, in pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by Gwen Raverat.