wherefore why new rhymes old de herbert (21 résultats)

Etat : Fair. 1925. 2nd edition. 48 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned and foxed. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Strong tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Gift quality hardcover in medium blue cloth covered boards showing fairly sharp tips and color loss at lightly brushed spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the well illustrated 44pp. Bit of age-toning on endpps from acidic pastedowns. 21 interesting little ditties with a chameleon line drawing on the cover.

48 pp. Illustrated by Geo. Morrow. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on front panel. Second edition. 1929 ink gift inscription; boards sunned and dust-soiled.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Morrow, George (illustrateur). Third Edition. Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine is sunned with somecarry over to upperand lower jacket edges. Jacket slightly chipped and creased along edges. Very light foxing to front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1925 second edition on half bound pink / red cloth.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Fourth edition. Illustrated by George Morrow. Small, slim octavo. Modest soiling on the boards, near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair to Good. No Jacket. GEO. MORROW (illustrateur). Clean firm interior - no inscriptions or actual usage marks/stains but there is a small age mark to border of lower p.16 and 17, nicely-illustrated throughout, browned to e/papers, dulled to page block; pictorial boards rubbed to front edge as shown, shelfwear soiled to rear and a little dulled to front but decent apprearance mostly for the age, all firm;/.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. George Morrow (illustrateur). 3rd edition. Blue cloth with black lettering and design to front and spine. 132 x 195 x 12mm. (ix) + 44pp. B/w vignettes throughout. Extremities bumped and a little rubbed; internal pages slightly discoloured but otherwise clean; stitched binding cracked in two or three places, but still holding securely. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition - some spotting otherwise a good copy and collector's dream.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Geo Morrow (illustrateur). First Edition. Marked and worn boards have scuffed edges, gift inscription, front hinge cracked. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

8vo (21.8x17cm), hardback with black cloth binding, 48pp. Goodish condition. No dustwrapper. Illustrated front cover. General wear, chipped, bumped, grubby, scuff marks, offsets to endpapers, age-toned, occasional faint finger marks, hinge at pp16/17 cracked. . Contents clear and charming. Pictures available on request.

Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. Light wear. Comical illustrations throughout. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. George Morrow (illustrateur). Third Edition. These rhymes throw a new and humorous light on many common creatures - the Snail and the Sturgeon, the Barnacle and the Bee. Full of splendid illustrations. 44pp. Dust jacket has tear at top front, browned spine and wear to edges. Size: 195mm Tall, 12mo. Book.

1st ed. Illustrated by George Morrow. A few spots of light foxing; binding tight; board edges a little worn; paper on boards slightly soiled. Used - Good. Good hardback in paperboards with cloth spine.

1st ed. Free end papers browned; binding tight; board corners & edges a little worn. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in paperboards Used - Very Good. VG hardback in paperboards.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1921,Heavy spotting to flyleaf and endpapers otherwise pages are generally clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Illustrated by George Morrow. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Sm. 4to. 48pp. With illustrations/drawings by George Morrow. In brown pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Some rubbing and soiling to boards and slight edgewear but overall a good copy.

Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition hardback without dust jacket. Boards and spine are lightly stained with tan/foxing to textblock. Good clean copy.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. George Morrow (illustrateur). A charming collection of verses for old and young by humourist A. P. Herbert. Alan Patrick Herbert was an English humourist, novelist, playwright and law reformist and worked for the magazine Punch.The Wherefore and the Why is a collection of rhymes that throw new humorous light on many common creatures and are based on little known scientific facts that make them equally good reading for old and young.Illustrated by George Morrow and in the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some light marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is a little faded and worn to the extremities but remains smart. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 56. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 56.