The Emerald Crown by Needham, Violet - 1946

Collins, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Old address labels to front free end paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine. Damp stain to spine.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Slight chipping to page edges of 221-224. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft staining and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Collins, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1970. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Jacket covered with a non removable protector.

A very good- Hardcover (cloth-bound) with very good- DJ, minor signs of wear on DJ as in image, text/block tight clean. 253p. 20x14cm. 400gr.

London: Collins, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight, showing no marks or signs of use. The green tweed covers are fresh, with a few small marks and light wear to tips and corners. The gilt spine lettering is still shiny. The dust jacket is price-clipped, and is in very good general condition. It has been encased in plastic since manufacture so there is none of the edge wear generally expected. However, there is a narrow glue mark running parallel to the bottom of the cover, and a patch (about 2 x 3 inches) of plastic is missing from the back cover. The attached The attached scans gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "Young Pixie Trollac believed her grandmother's prophecies about the restoration of the Emerald Crown, the lost Crown of Valens. She and Alexander, a strange young boy newly arrived from England set out to find the Crown and restore a King to the vacant throne.

Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1946. Third impression. 253 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Anne Bullen. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Collins, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1944. Third Impression. 253 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Light foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Sticker to rear panel.

London: Collins. Good in Good dust jacket. (1970). Hardcover. Dampstain to lower margin of front board. Dust-jacket laminated in clear plastic.; Reprint edition. 253 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 127mm. Children's novel. "But Pixie was more immediately concerned with the arrival of the strange boy from England - Alexander. What was the mystery surrounding him? Why did the people around the castle react so strangely when they saw him? [. . .] Violet Needham tells a thrilling tale, set against the romantic background of Trollsgarde and the kingdom of Flavonia." - from dust-jacket blurb. Dust-jacket design by Gavin Rowe. .

Bath: Girls Gone By Publishers, 2005. Paperback in very good condition, as unread. LW. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Bullen, Anne. Used.

London: Collins, 1944. Second impression. Green cloth boards in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 253pp; b/w ills. Cloth sunned to spine and outer edges with bumping to corners and lower edge; occasional spotting and light marking to pages. Unclipped dustwrapper is chipped to corners and spine ends, rubbed to edges with some surface lifting and light sunning to spine. A stirring tale of a boy and girl in the Kingdom of Flavonia.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by BULLEN, Anne.