BROWNIES AT ST BRIDE'S by TALBOT, ETHEL - 1928

T. Nelson & Sons Ltd. Good. Hardcover. Good/ 1926, No date given, T.Nelson and Sons, London. Hard Cover. No Jacket. Margaret Forbes (illustrator) modest wear to cover,

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Good/Fair. Early edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used Green cloth (some fading, spotting and wear to cloth; foxing to edges and slight foxing to text; ink name; pencil inscription; DJ chipped and rubbed with tape repairs).. Keywords: Fiction, Children, s, Books.

Nelson, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated brown cloth. Front free endpaper appears to have been removed. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and heavy dark rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Bleached staining to rear board. Book is forward leaning.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Loss to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Black marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky.

Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Minor brown marks to surfaces with some faint water staining overall. Book is notably forward leaning.

Sheldon Press, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 85 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and foxed marking overall.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining overall.

Warne & Co, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 90 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated frontis. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible edge wear and rubbing. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Heavier rubbing to spine.

Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with thumb-marking present. Heavier tanning to text block edges and there is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Front endpaper is also missing. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well.