Mrs nesbit (32 résultats)

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 123 Pages. Originally by Longmans, Green and Co in 1892 this is a Kessinger Reprint. Kessinger Publishing, established in 1988 this publisher specializes in scarce and hard-to-find books on a huge array of topics and genre. The company uses modern printing and photocopying for their facsimile reprints. Many of their works are long out of print and out of copyright.…

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 211 Pages. Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1905 this book of fiction is a Kessinger Reprint. A novel of Chloe and Len, newlyweds adjusting to a new life and a new home they inherited. Kessinger Publishing was established in 1988. This publisher specializes in scarce and hard-to-find books on a huge array of topics and genre. The company uses modern printing and photocopying for their facsimile reprints. Many of their reprints are long out of print and out of copyright.…

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 394 Pages. Originally published in June 1906 by Doubleday in an illustrated edition. This Kessinger Edition is NOT illustrated. Kessenger Publishing, established in 1988, has built their reputation on publishing scarce and hard-to-find books on a huge array of topics and genre. The company uses modern printing and photocopying for their facsimile reprints. Many of their works are long out of print and out of copyright.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Cover shows minor wear and soiling. Pages are tanned. 6 color plates.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Fine. 84 Pages. Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1905 this book of poetry is a Kessinger Reprint. Kessinger Publishing was established in 1988. This publisher specializes in scarce and hard-to-find books on a huge array of topics and genre. The company uses modern printing and photocopying for their facsimile reprints. Many of their reprints are long out of print and out of copyright.…

Trade Paperback. Etat : Fine. 74 Pages. Originally published by Archibald, Constable and Co. in 1898 this book of poetry is a Kessinger Reprint. Kessinger Publishing, established in 1988. This publisher specializes in scarce and hard-to-find books on a huge array of topics and genre. The company uses modern printing and photocopying for their facsimile reprints. Many of their works are long out of print and out of copyright.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Contains: The Mystery of Allan Grale by Isabella Fyvie Mayo. First half of serialisation. Caramel Cottage by Johnny Ludlow [ie Mrs Henry Wood. Serial is three episodes. Short stories include: The Fabric of a Vision by Fabian Bland [ie E. Nesbit and Hubert Bland]. Late C19th green leather over marbled boards. Paper rubbed on board edges, spine ends rubbed, otherwise good. A heavy item which may require additional postage outside UK. Book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Contains: The Mystery of Allan Grale by Isabella Fyvie Mayo. First half of serialisation. Caramel Cottage by Johnny Ludlow [ie Mrs Henry Wood. Serial is three episodes. Short stories include: The Fabric of a Vision by Fabian Bland [ie E. Nesbit and Hubert Bland]. Late C19th black leather over blue-black beaded cloth. Spine scuffed, otherwise very good. A heavy item which may require additional postage outside UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Contains: The Fate of the Hara Diamond by T. W. Speight. First half of ongoing serialisation. The Silent Chimes by Mrs Henry Wood. Novelette in 5 instalments. Poetry by Julia Kavanagh & E. Nesbit. Late C19th dark green leather over marbled boards. Leather rubbed on spine ends, paper rubbed on board edges, some foxing, good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. With 12 coloured cromo plates by Harriet M. Bennett and small b/w illustrations in the text of all pages. one b/w illustration coloured in and another partly. Cloth spine rubbed with a tear like hole, corners rubbed and outer edges, inner hinges cracked and a few loose pages, grub marks to some pages and back board. no date circa 1894. Children's. …

Octavo, pictorial cloth. Later edition. An attractive edition of a classic children's book. A fine copy in paper slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#176805).

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Etat : Aceptable. Traduit par Mme. Heywood. París. Lib. Hachette et Cie. Col. Bibl. des écoles et des familles. Imp. Paul Brodard. 1911. 2ª edic. 23x14 cm. 188 págs. 1 h. índice. 60 grabados en el texto Tela edit. gofrada. Cortes dorados. Texto en francés. # literatura.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. HBDJ, HC, EX-Library USUAL WEAR ENDPAPERS SCUFFED ETC, No Publ. Date. Looking Glass Library #18. GOOD in VG dj in mylar. AS-IS, Corners & spine ends bumped & frayed. Bottom board edges rubbed. Pages tanned, but PRETTY clean. pages firmly bound , 5 Children come across Old Friend for sale in Pet Shop, Psammead, captured and put up for sale! It Helps them Obtain 1/2 of Amulet which has the Power to Transport Them into the Past, Soon they have Gone Back to Ancient Egypt & Babylon & see Lost Continent of Atlantis.…

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. R200094282: NON DATE. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Papier jauni. 188 pages. Rousseurs. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Tranches dorées. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. RO80022122: 1911. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 188 pages. Nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte. Tranches dorées. Quelques traces de stylo et de crayon. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française. …

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. RO80072782: 1906. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 188 pages. Nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc, dans le texte et en hors-texte. Tranches dorées. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1948, 1st Edition THUS, VG- Condition WITH TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR gold paper covered boards with title and image on front and spine. SPINE CVR TINY CHIPS WEAR, No jacket. . Many B/W illustrations. Pages are age tanned FOX. Text is free of marks. Page binding is good. A VG- reading copy.LITELY worn at the heel and the crown. The 5 children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb - are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes.…

Couverture rigide. Etat : Très bon. Paris . Hachette . 1906 . Un cartonnage éditeur floral , tranches doré , 15 x 23 cm , de 188 pages , ornées de 60 gravures . Excellent état .

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. ,HBDJ Book and Dust jacket in VERYGood- condition. DJ shows minor chippings around edges. Strong binding. 319pp VG/VG, AS-IS, Hardcover published circa 1960, NO Date Given by Looking Glass Library. No. 18. Pictorial blue/green boards with orange design on front and back covers. Boards have light soil, corner and spine wear. Unclipped dust jacket with price of $1.95 have moderate shelf wear and soil on front and back covers, edge and corner wear, small tear on front cover top edge. Good clean interior, some age toning. Firm bindng. Not ex-library. approx. 5" x 7.5", 319 pages plus list of Looking Glass Library titles END WITH SPIDER'S PALACE, 5 Children come across Old Friend for sale in Pet Shop, Psammead, captured and put up for sale! It Helps them Obtain 1/2 of Amulet which has the Power to Transport Them into the Past, Soon they have Gone Back to Ancient Egypt & Babylon & see Lost Continent of Atlantis.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, VG/VG, AS-IS, Hardcover published circa 1960, NO Date Given by Looking Glass Library. No. 18. Pictorial blue/green boards with orange design on front and back covers. Boards have light soil, corner and spine wear. Unclipped dust jacket with price of $1.95 have moderate shelf wear and soil on front and back covers, edge and corner wear, small tear on front cover top edge. Good clean interior, some age toning. Firm bindng. Not ex-library. approx. 5" x 7.5", 319 pages plus list of Looking Glass Library titles END WITH SPIDER S PALACE , 5 Children come across Old Friend for sale in Pet Shop, Psammead, captured and put up for sale! It Helps them Obtain 1/2 of Amulet which has the Power to Transport Them into the Past, Soon they have Gone Back to Ancient Egypt & Babylon & see Lost Continent of Atlantis. …

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-309 [310, blank] [311-312: ads] + a 24-page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1908 inserted at rear, twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Spenser Pryse, title page printed in orange and black, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Expansion of short story "The Head" (collected in FEAR [1910]). Published in the U.S. (by Doubleday) as THE HOUSE WITH NO ADDRESS. A macabre story in which a woman becomes a professional dancer in London and hides away from her husband in a secret apartment. She dances Salome's dance one night with a real head in her hands -- that of her husband who she has killed. Previous owner's gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper, foxing throughout, rear hinge cracked, rubbing to covers and spine, a sound, good copy. (#137047). …

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] 1-309 [310, blank] [311-312: ads] 24 page catalog inserted to rear "A Complete Catalog of the Publications of Alston Rivers," frontis and eleven inserted plates by Spenser Pryse, title page printed in orange and black, original red cloth, spine and front cover stamped in gold. Expansion of short story "The Head" (collected in FEAR [1910]). Published in the U.S. (by Doubleday) as THE HOUSE WITH NO ADDRESS. Previous owner's gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper, foxing throughout, rear hinge cracked, rubbing to covers and spine, a good sound copy. Uncommon. (13994).…

First Edition. HONEYMOON IN SPACE complete in Pearson's Magazine for January thru June, 1900, Vol. 9, first edition, a vg+ or better copy with marbled paper edges and fine contents bound in burgundy cloth boards with highly decorated black cloth spine with gold-gilt lettering and gold-gilt stamped design. Wonderfully and profusely Illustrated. Also contains works by Robert Barr (A GAME OF CHESS & THE SILENT CASTLE), Barry Pain, (6 episodes complete of NATURES NEXT MOVES), Allen Upward (6 episodes complete of HISTORIC MYSTERIES, Rudyard Kipling (GARM -A HOSTAGE), Edith Nesbit (THE EYE OF X.J.X.), Baroness Orczy (THE REVENGE OF UR-TASEN which is the authors 4th appearance in print), Raphael Sabatini (THE COWARD which is likewise the authors 4th appearance in print and today remains uncollected), Halliwell Sutcliffe (6 episodes complete of Willowdene Will's NIGHT-ROAD ROMANCES), B. Fletcher Robinson (A TRUE STORY being a 10 stanza, 100 line poem about golf which is illustrated), Herbert Hamilton (THE CYCLE IN WAR illustrated with photos), W. Bob Holland (THE PASSING OF THE WESTERN DESPERADO illustrated with photos of actual American outlaws), K. & Hesketh Prichard (THE DERELICT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC), Charles Emerson Cook (PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH), Herbert C. Fyfe (TELEPHOTOGRAPHY), Mrs. Hinde (LION HUNTING BY A LADY illustrated with photos), et.al.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1948, 1ST EDITION EARLY ISSUE, VG+/VG- Very good. Condition: Very Good-: Very Good+++ picture cover hardback with Very Good- DustJacket WITH TINY CHIPS TO EXTREMITIES, INTERIOR PGS FOXED in new Brodart, YELLOW DECORATED C LOTH MATCHES THE DJ ILLUSTRATION.253 PGS ,Text is clean and unmarked. Yellow Binding with Blue & black & BrownIllustration on Front cvr is tight. Hinges are tight. Spine is straight. The story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb - are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes.…

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-419 [420: blank], original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. Published in Britain in 1911 as DORMANT. Romantic fantasy of the rejuvenation of a girl who has been in suspended animation for fifty years. "A strange hybrid novel relating to the search for eternal youth by occult and scientific means; closer to Nesbit's children's fantasies than to her normal style of ghost fiction." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 380. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 5-229. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-267. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1229. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 680. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 84. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 300. Bleiler (1978), p. 147. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). A nice, clean, very good copy. An uncommon book. (#74251).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1948, 1ST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, VG+/VG+,AS-IS, In yellow pictorial boards with bumped top corners, some wear to spine ends and puncture to bottom of rear spine gutter. COLOR STICKER LABEL GLUED ONTO ENDPAER SAYS FIVE CHILDREN & IT Page ends have been tinted brown covering "library copy" stamps with some staining to top and bottom insides of spine, cover of more contemporary paperback copy of title has been affixed to front pastedown, and part of ffep has been clipped off with new endpaper affixed. Interior and covers nice and clean. Scarce jacket is unclipped ($1.95) with a couple of 1/2 inch closed tears to top and botttom of front panel, one inch closed tear to top of rear spine crease, puncture to bottom of rear spine crease and a few nicks. A few marks/spots - Very Good +. Yellow Binding with Blue & black & BrownIllustration on Front cvr is tight. 251 PGS + ADS ,It is the Psammead, a Pre-Historic Sand-Fairy. When it Grants them a Wish a Day, the Consequences are frequently Awkward. They become as Beautiful as the Day. & R Locked Out of Their Own Home. They get Wings & Nearly have to Spend the Nite on a Church Tower. Robert Becomes a Giant. Lamb grows Up in a Matter of Seconds. & Red Indians Invade the English Countryside.…

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-309 [310, blank] [311-312: ads] + a 24-page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1908 inserted at rear, twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Spenser Pryse, title page printed in orange and black, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Expansion of short story "The Head" (collected in FEAR [1910]). Published in the U.S. (by Doubleday) as THE HOUSE WITH NO ADDRESS. A macabre story in which a woman becomes a professional dancer in London and hides away from her husband in a secret apartment. She dances Salome's dance one night with a real head in her hands -- that of her husband who she has killed. Light foxing to text block and page edges (less than usual for this book), a nearly fine copy with bright cover stamping. (#170889). …

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. First edition. Front cover has illustration of sleeping child holding a doll as a fairy comes into the room through the window. Pictorial endpapers. Front hinge is partially exposed. Binding is shaken. One text page and one colour illustration page has come loose. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Boards have some light edge wear and rear board has som scuffing. Contains 12 full colour illustrative plates and numerous monochromatic drawings. Unpaginated. Harriett M. Bennett (illustrateur). …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine cocked. Light foxing along top text block edge. Pervious owner personlizations inked on front pastedown and opposite title page. Light shelfwear throughout dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages.

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-296 [297] [298: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. R. Millar, original pictorial gray cloth, front panel stamped in green, orange, white and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. The adventures of four children who find a ring in a great old house in England, which they pretend is a magic ring and discover, to their astonishment, that it really is. "This is the longest, best-developed, and most imaginative of Nesbit's fantasies ." - Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 729. "The most colorful and ingenious of Nesbit's fantasies." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-268. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), pp. 680-1. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 483-5. Bleiler (1948), p. 209. Reginald 10613. Cloth of spine panel a bit dusty, some tanning to endpapers and page edges, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. (#130768).…