Search Results: the rose the ring or by thackeray w m

John Murray, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. Reprinted. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light brown staining to boards. Book is slightly forward leaning.

Smith, Elder and Co., 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Minor pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with fraying to cloth. Heavy splits to joints with top of spine strip loose. Mild sunning to spine and edges.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Written by Thackeray, as Titmarsh. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (12 two-color plates, numerous b&w). Six-color ink-stamped decorative cover; on green cloth boards. Cover slightly discoloring in spots. Front hinge feels a bit wobbly. Lower half of inner rear hinge discolored; some discoloring at hinge occasionally throughout book. Binding cracking at pp. 36-37. , also pp. 106-107. Pages tanning somewhat. Illustrated endpapers. Full color frontispiece illustration. A flawed but still attractive copy.. Hardcover. Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Browne, Gordon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

MACMILLAN Children's Books a division of Smith Elder & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 128pp, 5 x 7 inches, inscription

London: Chatto and Windus, 1909. Hardback. Good. Gordon Browne. Green pattered boards, corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Boards slightly warped. Decorated endpapers. Bookplate to endpaper - dated 1920. Protective paper still to frontispiece. Rear hinge cracked but all text block tight. Some scattered foxing. Some scuffing to boards. Size: 8 x 5 Inches

Very little wear. Looks to be a print-on-demand edition of a story in the public domain. "Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio." (Taken from the back cover.) Contains some of the illustrations from the original, by Thackeray. A scarce book.

Leopold Classic Library, 2015-10-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Guilford Press Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Some foxing on the end-papers; age-toning around the pages edges; text and illustrations clean and crisp. Sun-faded cover with bumped corners. .

The Folio Society, 1964. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

London: The Folio Society, 1964. Hardcover. pp. 125. 8vo. Bound in quarter red over decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains colour illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good+ housed in good+, slightly worn and sunned slipcase. With eight watercolour drawings by the author.

London: John Murray, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 5.5" X 8. A Fire-side pantomime for great and small children. Illustrated. Internally clean and sound, the boards show some shelf wear and handling. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Please email your queries.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Gordon Browne. Hardback. A very good copy in decorated boards. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. Pp.xiii,159. Colour frontispiece, full-page plates and illustrations in the text. A nice copy.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Puffin, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition as Penguin Puffin first printing Octavo paperback. 151 pp. Black & white illustrations. Spine slightly faded, Near Very Good condition No inscriptions.

London: Macmillan, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small octavo Hardback. Red cloth pictorial gilt cover. Illustrated by the author. 220 pp. Fine condition in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Nice copy

Boston: D. C. Heath and Company, 1901. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Antique ex-library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. First thus. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Decorative brown cloth with design of mother reading to young boy and lots of different subject areas. 130 pp. Ex-library with pockets and stamps to rear endpaper, discreet stamping to title. Lightly soiled. Very nice, solid copy in very good condition..

Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co., 1911T. hardcover. Good. **1st Edition** **HARDBACK** No dust jacket 1911 Kegan;

Paperback / softback. New.

Puffin, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company (No Date) 160 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ a light yellow discoloration to front board. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lacking spine. Large piece missing from top edges of front and rear panels. Small chips to corners. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good or Better/Poor. Illus. by Gordon Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thackerary, W M. Not dated but c 1960. 12mo. 174pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration (just a little rounded on extremities) in laminated pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped, slightly rubbed at corners). With charming illustrations by the author throughout text. A tad of tanning to endpapers, otherwise a neat and sweet volume of this classic fireside pantomime for great and small children. This volume published as part of the Chosen Books series.