The Busy Bs by Methley Violet

Oxford University Press, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red boards with black lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrative plates throughout by Isobel and John Morton-Sale. Colour frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions, mild tanning, occasional foxing, thumb marking and mild crinkling. Front endpaper missing. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Lettering is darkened. There is bumping to corners. Price sticker to back board.

Blackie & Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Illustrated by R. H. Brock. 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.

Humphrey Milford, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1944. Reprint. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper as well as pencil inscription to front pastedown. There is also slight dog-eared pages throughout. Noticeable foxing to text block edges. Boards have light rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. soft crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with minor edge wear and visible tears to spine ends and edges.

The Pilgrim Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable sunning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. White marks to boards. Textblock is shaky.

Blackie, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. 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. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Sticker to front flap. Wear marks overall.

Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth board. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a moderate forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

London: OUP, 1942. First. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Worn extremities. Dedication to ffep. Foxing.

Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with illustrated panel to front and gilt titles to spine. Includes work by various writers. Illustrated by T Cuneo. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few pages are water stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Slight cracking of hinges and gutters. Boards have some edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is heavily sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn. Pencil marks to rear. Book has a moderate forward lean.

Epworth, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. 187 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Tanning to spine and edges.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 111 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth board. Colour illustrated frontispiece. 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.