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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323628
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. A few foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and foxed, chipped to lower front corner with small tear to top front spine edge and name in ink to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- FOXES
BRENDON CHASE
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323518
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1954.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Wonderful b/w illustrations. 235 pages. Fourth impression. Top and tail of spine bumped and faded. Damp stain to edge of front cover and prelims. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss to spine and edges. Wrapper is foxed and lightly damp stained.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
MEETING HILL: BB'S FAIRY BOOK
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140606
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1948.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Well-known fairy tales retold. Green cloth, silver titles to spine. Beautiful colour plates. A few spots to covers; fading along edges. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. The odd margin mark. Wrapper is creased with some tears and chips; a few repairs to verso with sticky tape; a little loss; some marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
MEETING HILL: BB'S FAIRY BOOK
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1322268
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Well known fairy tales retold. Light blue cloth covers, silver gilt titles to front and spine. 15 beautiful colour plates and some b/w chapter illustrations. vii and 140 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to top and tail of spine. "No. 260" and initials written in ink to front free-endpapers. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners, tears to base of spine, small brown mark to rear panel and some slight grubbiness to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1322267
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Blue boards, silver titles. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Endpapers browned with old tape marks at corners. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, edge chipped with slight loss at spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- ILLUSTRATED
THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1322105
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1952.
Good condition.
A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Blue boards, silver titles. Covers are grubby and faded to spine. Spine bumped, small dent to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- ILLUSTRATED
THE PRINCIPLES OF NAVIGATION
Written by E.W. Anderson.
Stock no. 1820534
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1979.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The science of navigation as seen through navigoators, scientists and engineers. Helping the navigator to understand the true nature of his difficulties and the ways in which that have been tackled in other fields, and to assist the engineer to discover what is the problem that he has to solve. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. Top edge blue. ISBN: 037000311X. Third impression. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and has a few marks to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- NAVIGATION
- MARITIME
- AVIATION
HOB AND BOB A TALE OF TWO GOBLINS
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Illustrated by Charles Stewart.
Stock no. 1506840
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1944.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A fairy story in which children will find many old nursery rhyme friends. Yellow cloth. Colour sketches throughout. 63 pages. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light foxing to covers with some darkening to top and bottom edges. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Grubby fingermarks to first few pages, rest clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with tears and chips, loss from top of spine and top of front flap. Hole to front edge of spine. Very grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GOBLIN
- FAIRY TALES
DARK ESTUARY
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2122674
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A source of abiding delight to all those who love wildfowl and the lonely firths of Scotland. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 15 glorious colour plates plus b/w drawings. SIGNED by author to dedication page. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks with a little scuffing to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with edge-tears and chips; some repairs; only a little loss. Wrapper also has some grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FIELD SPORTS
THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1316179
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Light blue cloth, silver titles. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper has 2 large tears to front panel which have been repaired on verso with double-sided tape (although only 1 side of the tape used!), rear panel of wrapper is lightly foxed and there is some slight chipping to the spine/corners. I think the wrapper was probably in at least 2 pieces, if not 3 before the tape repairs.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- ILLUSTRATED
THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113782
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1954.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; fading to base of spine and bottom corner of front cover; (possibly a little damp). Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and edges; some edge-creasing and a few nicks.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- FOXES
TIDE'S ENDING
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2110403
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A book of the joy of the tideways, saltings and creeks. Memorable word-pictures for wild-fowler, naturalist and bird-watcher alike. Grey cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 16 glorious colour illustrations plus b/w drawings. A few small marks to covers. Light wear to edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing - mostly to endpapers. Wrapper is price-cut with couple of repaired closed tears; foxed with damp stain to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- WILDFOWL
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ILLUSTRATED