wayfaring tree de b b j watkins pitchford (14 résultats)

Etat : Good. 1945. First Edition. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with notable foxing. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. D.J.WATKINS-PITCHFORD (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with silver blocked titles to spine and flight of birds to front, 220 x 160 mm approx. top edge stained blue. x + 198 pp. Frontis + 11 other full page scrapper board illustrations by Pitchford as called for + chapter head vignettes. First Edition 2nd impression Oct 1946. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- significant uneven fading to cloth, no notable shelf wear. Previous owner name and date 1947 in blue ink to free front end paper. Mild even tanning to war economy paper of book block. Dust Jacket - numerous nicks and small tears with a little loss - max 8 mm approx in depth around head, mild shelf soiling, non price clipped - cover 12s6d. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. D.J. WATKINS PITCHFORD (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Very good-plus clean firm interior mostly, no usage marks or inscriptions, just a few light age specks to top edge of rear e/papers and last three pages, no text obscured - contains 12 stunning black and white illustrations including the frontispiece, faint tan to pages, excellent clean firm cloth boards; d/jacket dulled/toned to spine, light shelf wear to rear, nicks to top edge, small tear to lower rear but with bright frontage and no large tears or loss, not price-clipped, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. D J Watkins-Pitchford (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Good tight condition, illustrated, foxing on fore edge, blue boards, corners bumped.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Fair condition, foxing to fore edge and sporadic to some pages, illustrated, tanning to pages, hinges straining but contents tight, blue boards with silver birds, soiling, shelf wear.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrateur). 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (12s 6d). With twelve illustrations by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, numerous marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd spot of foxing/little browning/few marks to reverse (white side), pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners. the odd small bump top edges, the odd small mark, patchy rubbing to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed blue have the odd small mark/small scratch. Pages bit tanned. odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and birds in flight on the front board, in pictorial dustwrapper. 12 full-page illustrations plus chapter head pieces all by BB.198 pages, 6.25 X 8.75 inches. Very good book with an ink stain on the lower rear corner effecting the last few pages and also the dustwrapper. The price clipped dustwrapper is quite good with slight chipping to the corners and spine ends, a few edge tears, some repaired from the inside, and ink stain to rear corner. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Etat : Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with lettering and flying birds decoration in silver. Name on ffep and number on front paste down. Stain to lower fore edge. A rare signed copy of this book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. D.J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Very good lightly used condition, light age discolouration marks, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light age discolouration marks, light edge wear & marks.

Hard covers, no dust jacket. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1946 first edition. Prize bookplate. Spine and part of cover sunned, internally v.g.x, 198 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Etat : New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945 ). 1945 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppx,198. B/w engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford, top edge stained blue. Blue cloth, silver-gilt birds motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some slight staining / tanning, but a good copy in unclipped dust-wrapper. From the foreword by the author: "This book is primarily for the man or woman who has a deep love for the country and country things and who has, by force of circumstance, to live in a city or town .I believe that the only truly happy people are those who realize the preciousness of woods, meadows, and the open air." Chapters include; the New Forest; adders and snakes, the Knightwood Enclosure; W.H. Hudson's farmhouse, Boldre church and churchyard; a New Forest brook, New Forest names; a New Forest riding, bird life in the Forest, Buckler's Hard; Wicken Fen, butterflies; Tom Pillimore, tench fisher; my old home, early fishing memories; English smells, evacuees; taxidermy, jackdaws and magpies; sparrows, rooks and rookeries; rabbit potting in June, the keeper's knowledge; the old canal arm; an education test, two anglers; charm of ponds, making a garden pond, swifts; Mac the cowman, butterfly hunting; goldfinches, corncrakes, house sparrows, wild geese, return of the migrant; hawks, buzzards, owls, story of a tame snipe; big fish, giant carp, big tench; wildfowling, character of a wildfowler, lure of the sport; young enthusiasts, a dangerous bull; the Bryeburn, the shepherd's story, on the high hills, evening in the hills. .

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical work from Denys Watkins Pitchford, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven full-page images and many in-text sketches. Collated complete. A collection of semi-autobiographical stories of boyhood adventures and outdoor life, from fishing and shooting to birdwatching and collecting butterflies. Written and illustrated by Denys James Watkins Pitchford, a British naturalist and illustrator, who wrote children's novels under the pseudonym of "B.B." In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine with light sunning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with silver titles the spine and a design in silver to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge blue. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Watkins-Pitchford. A very good copy, the binding with a very small crack to the paper at the front inner hinge nevertheless remains firm, the upper board ever so slightly bowed, the board edges a touch rubbed. The contents, with faint spotting to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original nicked and rubbed pictorial dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears to the edges, and has three pieces of tape to the underside. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 8vo. 198pp. Signed to ffep. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles and illustration. In colour illustrated dust wrapper with green and blue titles. Edge wear to wrapper. Price clipped. Illustrated in b&w. A Very Good copy. Signed by Author(s).