Masterman Ready

In three 8vo. volumes. Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842; Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues; Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines… Read more about this item

W Foulsham & Co Ltd, London, New York etc, 1960. Abridged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: S Briault. Foulsham's Boy and Girl Picture Library. Red covers with black lettering are a little sunned, sound binding, presentation plate has been removed from the front, clean pages. Contains colour frontis and colour plates. No… Read more about this item

London, England: Juvenile Publications. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. B001V7JJ94 . Green hardcovers in good condition with a tight binding, spine end and corner bumping, foxing to the edges with wear to the boards. A clean unmarked text. Frontispiece "Leaving the Ship" the DJ is in Fair condition, large piece missing of off the top… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Another Edition. 190mm Tall, 12mo. With 12 colour illustrations. 340 pages. Wear to top/base of spine and a little to cover corners. School award plate on front pastedown. Drawing in pencil on front free endpaper by same pupil. Some foxing on title page and occasionally elsewhere. .

London: Ernest Nister, 1912. Children's Classics Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; 351, (i); color frontispiece plus three additional color and four black and white plates by Arch Webb pictorial blue cloth with a paste-on illustration on the front board, ruled lettered in gilt, top edge stained blue, pictorial endpapers; Spine gilt faded else very good. Captain Frederick… Read more about this item

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No edition remarks. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Faint brown staining to a few pages, text is not affected. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Front hinge is cracked, causing board… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with a colour illustrated frontis. Prize plate to front endpaper. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible foxing and tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards… Read more about this item

London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1931. Author of The Children of the New Forest. Red cloth decorated and titled in black. No. 327. Printed in black on front panel. Colour Frontispiece. 419pp. Corners bruised. Spine slightly faded.Light scattered foxing. Gift inscription on Ffep dated 1935. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1845. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Good or Better. 4 x 6 inches. Small brown cloth binding, some discoloration/fading to rear cover, spine gilt decoration/lettering still bright well bound, clean. First gathering of leaves (about the first 20) are slightly distended from the binding, but are still firmly bound in, these pages show moderate… Read more about this item

Andrew Dakers, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 187 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Book is slightly… Read more about this item

New York, NY: A.L. Burt & Co.. Fair/NO DUSTJACKET. (1898). Hardcover Cloth. 8vo., 446 pp., inside hinges weak, pages yellowed, cover worn, frayed, corners bumped .

Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Pictorial cover. Illustrations by John Rae. Unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - no dustjacket - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. No date in book though inscription inside dates book prior to 1956. Has yellowing on pages.

London: Classics Book Club. Minimal wear. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1947.

London: Juvenile Productions Ltd., 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Juvenile Productions Ltd., 1947. First edition. Very Good. No date, but approx mid 40's, inscribed 1947. Previous owners signatures, frontispiece loose, 278pp, pages tanned. <br/><br/>

London: George Bell and Sons, 1883. Paperback. Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Not Stated . A scarce softcover edition of this children's robinsonade by Frederick Marryat. A scarce softcover edition of this children's book by Frederick Marryat, Royal Navy Officer and novelist, known pioneer of nautical fiction. Originally published in 1841, this book is a robinsonade following the… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Near Fine. 1994. Softcover. 1854712489 . Excellent condition - very light corner wear to covers, a little scuffing. Pages clean and intact. A children's classic. "Shipwrecked on route to Australia, the passengers and crew of the Pacific, under the command of the capable Masterman Ready, find themselves stranded on an uninhabited tropical island.… Read more about this item

The Thames Publishing Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering… Read more about this item

London: Andrew Dakers Ltd N/d or edition stated. Red cloth, gilt text on spine. Colour Frontispiece identical to DJ. B/w illustrations. 187 pp. Cloth is faded around edges. Front lower corner is bumped. Foxed. DJ is edgeworn, foxed, chipped with 2 tears and paper loss to rear top edge. . Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. No date of publication, assumed around 1900. Octavo format in red cloth with gilt titles, top-edge gilt, frontis port. of author, pp. 273. Very Good condition with firm binding, untorn text, bright front and rear cloth, though spine is quite faded, though still legible. Some wear to extremities… Read more about this item