Secrets of the Abbey by Elsie J Oxenham - 1951

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. Reprinted. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Prize plate on free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Spine noticeably tanned.

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. First Printing. 284 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with B&W lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Minor foxing, scuffs and soiling to DJ.

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 284 pages. No dust jacket. 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.

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Dovecote Press.* Binding and cover condition: Photo-illusttrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, slight creases to front cover but none to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no visible faults. Minimal reading wear. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos line drawings & plates throughout.* Pages: Un-paginated, no index at rear.* Product Description:- This pictorial history of the town prepared by two experts shows documents, prints and photographs which show the varied and fascinating range of commercial and tourist operations carried out over the ages. From the etiquette of sea bathing to the ongoing tradition of sand sculpture every page is a treasure-trove of bygone images, This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf & reading wear… Read More

(London: Collins: 1939) First Edition. Decorated cloth pp. 288 including pp. 4 of publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated by Heade. About 46 mm thick. First Edition. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; silver lettering and ruling on cloth dulled; a good copy and internally very good.

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Collins, Seagull Library.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, silver title to spine and seagull logo to face. Light bumps to corners, no rubs, lightly worn at head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated paper dust wrapper. Price clipped. Medium shelf wear to top & bottom edge and minor losses to head & tail of spine. Reinforced with tape at lower rear edge. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners inscription to fep. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, some foxing to first and last few pages and to fore and bottom edge. GD++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 284 pp. text.* Description: Another sparkling Elsie Oxenham story makes a welcome re-appearance in Collin?s new Seagull Library. Secrets of the Abbey brings back many old friends - Jandy Mac, Jen, Joy, and the others. The thrilling adventures here,… Read More

London, England, Wm Collins Sons and Co Ltd., 1951 Hard cover, photocopied dustjacket, 284 pages, good

London: Collins, 1949. DJ rubbed and price clipped with heavy chipping to edges and some tape repaired larger tears to front. Top painted edge sunned, presentation plate to ffep, else clean and sturdy. Cloth. Very Good Minus/Fair. 12mo.

, 1-284 pages, contains 3 black and white plates