Search Results: Humour from Hall of Books

Valentine & Sons Ltd. Paperback. Good. D. C. Eyles. Fourth edition paperback, in overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - brown card wraps slightly rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s name and original bookseller’s stamp to title page (crossed out); foxing to page-ends but text, illustrations and tipped-in fronts bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Prentice-Hall, 1961. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1961, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj a little worn to top edge. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; slight tanning to page-ends but text clean and clear throughout.

Robson Books, 1989. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1989, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition - dj slightly rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates clean and clear throughout.

Hamish Hamilton, 1955. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback reprint, 19819558, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed and tanned to spine and edges (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front endpaper dated 1957; light toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1932. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. George Morrow. Hardback edition, 1932, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - light blue cloth boards tanned to spine and edges. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and a spot of light foxing here and there but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Stanley Paul, 1962. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1962, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dj with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj worn to spine head with label scuff to front upper lh corner and closed tear to upper rear edge; black cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and cartoons bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Putnam, 1954. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Peter Kneebone. First edition hardback, 1954, with unclipped jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with a couple of short closed tears; blue cloth boards slightly faded to upper edges with small chip to cloth at spine head. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light toning and one or two age-spots to page-ends and endpapers but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1925, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of handling and storage - boards are generally slightly soiled and shelfworn. Internally clean. Binding tight with slight roll and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. R. Taylor. First edition hardback, 1951, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket worn and chipped to edges and faded to spine (now protected); illustrated boards rubbed to edges with slight fading where dj has loss. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Dennis Dobson Limited, 1951. Hardback. Good/Fair. William Steig. First UK edition hardback, 1951, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj tanned to spine, rubbed and chipped to edges and a little soiled; red cloth boards, slightly tanned at spine head where dj is chipped, remain generally clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Max Parrish, 1958. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. First edition hardback, 1958, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed, chipped and nicked to edges (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hutchinson & Co, 1954. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1954, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dj with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with largish chip to lower front edge; red cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; slight spotting to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Chatto & Windus, 1874. Hardback. Very Good. Gustave Dore. English illustrated edition hardback in Balzac’s Contes Drolatiques series, 1874, with no jacket as issued. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - marbled-paper boards quarter bound in tan leather, the spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration and maroon leather gilt title label, are slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature in pencil to title page dated 1886; marbled page-ends slightly faded but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Buchan & Enright, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. First paperback edition, 1989, in overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed, spine remains uncreased. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Edinburgh: Ethicon Suture Laboratories Ltd, 1953. Paperback. Good. Paperback reprint, 1953, in overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers rubbed with vertical crease to front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Andre Deutsch, 1965. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Nicolas Bentley. First edition hardback, 1965, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges with a couple of nicks (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1923. 1st. Hardback. Good. George Morrow. First edition hardback, 1923, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - green cloth boards slightly tanned to spine and corners gently rounded. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - two sets of owner’s names to ffep, one set scored through; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Michael Joseph, 1957. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition third impression hardback, 1957, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with closed tear to rear upper edge and white rear cover lightly tanned. Binding tight with slight roll and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; some toning but text bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available.

Port Sunlight, Birkenhead: Lever Brothers Ltd. Hardback. Good. Undated hardback edition, circa late 19th century, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - maroon cloth bevel-edged boards rubbed to corners. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotation or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and end-papers but text, decorations and period advertisements bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Putnam, 1956. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. Emmwood. First edition hardback, 1956, with clipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.