Search Results: Fiction -- Adolescent from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Blackie and Son Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. foreword by author. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, by Drake Brookshaw. Book Prize Plate dated 1962 has been affixed to the front paste down. Foxing and darkening to the edges of the text block, minor rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket . Illustrated dustwrapper. Juvenile space-adventure novel written by a scientist. "His heroes are three boys who, because of their curiosity, find themselves aboard the Wonder Machine, adrift in the stratosphere and in touch with Mars." -- from the front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; Inventory No: 0104941. .

Blackie and Son Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Geo. W. Blow -- Cover Art. 224 pages foreword by author. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, with the artist being credited with the letter " B ". Brown coloured boards with black writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping, rubbing and slight fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book corners. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Browning to the endpapers along with some handling marks an internal pages have become age toned again with handling marks. Book Prize Plate has been affixed to the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Geo. W. Blow, with orange and yellow writing on the front panel and black, white and yellow on the spine. Chipping and rubbing, with loss, to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower spine edge. The top 0.25 " of the spine has been chipped and lost… Read More

Walker Books, London, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Pauline Ellison -- Cover Art. Tan coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, by Pauline Ellison, with blue coloured background and white and tan coloured titles to the front panel and spine. A young boy, Antar, is kidnapped by an Eagle. He is not to be used for food but for their survival, but first he must learn how to be an Eagle. Very minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and there are dust marks to top paper edge. Some grubby marks to the top edge of the front panel and creases to the lower. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216 pages, last six blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Pauline Ellison -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; ISBN: 074450838X.… Read More

Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Victor Cooley. The text is illustrated with eight black-and-white full page decorations by Victor Cooley. Illustrated front cover, showing a black illustration of a ship against a tan coloured board. Black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Pat Terry, with brown and yellow titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. "This is a first-rate adventure story, telling the voyage to the Antarctic made by " The Evening Star," on which the hero, Dick Hulston, is senior wireless operator." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Very heavy browning of the text block edges and there are a few stains present, as well light browning and offset tanning to the endpapers and very heavy browning of the internal text. The real… Read More

Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: P. A. Jobson. The text is illustrated with four full-page black-and-white illustrations and numerous small vignettes throughout the text by P. A. Jobson. Blue coloured cloth boards with dark purple coloured titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing and minor bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. There has been loss of colour to various parts of the book panels, as this small spots of bleach have landed on the panels. Light browning to the text block edges and to the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper, by P. A. Jobson, with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping, with loss, to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. Heavy rubbing to all dustwrapper edges. There is a small piece missing from the top left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels… Read More

Collins, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Glynis Overton. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Glynis Overton. Light blue boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Stephen Lavis, with blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rose and the Great Grey Horse again fight evil and despair. Part of the Messenger Series. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Minor rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 128 pages, last blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Glynis Overton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; Illustrated; ISBN: 0001845357. ISBN/EAN: 9780001845350. Inventory No: 0101959. . 9780001845350

Viking Kestrel, Ringwood, Victoria, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Christopher Meadows -- Cover Art. Bright yellow coloured endpapers. Green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Christopher Meadows, with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "17-year-old Col leads a double life. In public he plays football and drinks with the town gang, but in private he escapes to his secret place in the forest. When the greenies come to Col's tiny timber town, he feels. If the logging stops, the local workers will lose their jobs and the town will die. It is the logging continues, the brown scars will soon destroyed Col's green land. Torn between these two forces, Col is painfully initiated into the adult world. A world of compromise and contradiction where right… Read More

Westminster Press, Philadelphia, USA, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: H. Tom Hall. Signed by Author. 190pp., last 6 blank, glossary and biography of Irene Hilton. Throughout the book there are full page and 1/4 page black and white illustrations by H. Tom Hall. Tan coloured boards and there is an illustration embossed on front cover of a joey . Ochre coloured writing on spine. The top right-hand corner has been bumped. The head and the heel of the spine somewhat soft and there are some faint dust marks to the top edge of the paper. There is a faint brown mark on the ffep., and a blue pen mark on the dedication page. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by H. Tom Hall, white and yellow writing on the front cover and on spine top. There are some grubby marks on the back panel. This is another story in the series about 'Bluey', a young, redheaded boy growing up in Sydney in the early 1960s. In this book 'Bluey' wins a young joey… Read More

Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Ordinary/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Jason Studios. 213 pages, last blank, 2 pages following with further publications from Whitman Publications and last page blank. Illustrated endpapers showing Hoss carrying wood into a cabin. The text is illustrated by pale yellow coloured illustrations throughout the book by Jason Studios. Photographic front board, showing Michael Landon as Little Joe and Dan Blocker as Hoss, against a green background with white and black writing on the front panel and spine. On the spine is a small television screen with " authorised adventure " surrounding it. Black illustration of a Western scene on the back panel. There is heavy bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelfwear to all book edges and rubbing to all book edges. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. The book panels are rubbed and slightly grubby. There is… Read More

Oxford University Press, London, 1937. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: J. Phillips Paterson. Colour illustrated frontispiece and the decorations within the text have been drawn by J. Phillips Paterson. Pale brown coloured paperback binding with red coloured decoration and titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A another investigation by Freddie Browne and Jim Fanshaw. Chipping of the backstrip corners. Some sunning to the top edge. Some creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the panels. Age toning and foxing of the textblock edges and pages. Some foxing splotches to the first few and last few pages of the book. Chipping of the backstrip edges and to the top dustwrapper edge. The front panel has become detached from the front fold over panel and there is quite noticeable chipping along the rear panel edge. Handling marks to the verso. Size: 12mo… Read More

Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Mark Scofilas. Gray speckled coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings/illustrations by Mark Scofilas. Coloured illustrated covers with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book is a first edition and has a complete number line: -- 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for underlying boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A hint of rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges. A story of a young boy, who was part aboriginal and part white, who, as per government policy of the time, was taken from his mother and placed in a Aboriginal Mission. It is the story of him remembering his mother, their lives prior to his removal and his determination as an adult to find his people. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. VIII, 56… Read More

A & C Black, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. Coloured frontispiece by I. H. Hartley. Red coloured boards with black decoration and writing on front panel and black writing on spine. Corners are bumped and rubbed and there is shelf wear evident to the bottom edges of the book. There has been a loss of colour to the spine and and to the front and back panels. Dust marks to the top page edge along with foxing which extends to all page edges and into the book. Gift inscription on the ffep. Bookseller's sticker on the front paste down and there are some marks to the front and back endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, the same as for frontispiece, with black and red writing on front panel and white in yellow on spine. The dustwrapper is faded and the corners are chipped. There has been chipping along the top edge most noticeable on the spine and on the bottom front panel closest to the spine gutter there is a triangular piece missing.… Read More

Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow and Dublin, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Gordon Browne. list of illustrations. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece by Gordon Browne, who also did the other seven black-and-white illustrations within the text. Green/gilt coloured tint to all edges of the text block. Illustrated cover, showing a young man with a gun and a game bag on his shoulder ( showing a dead bird in the bag ) standing amongst some grass, all rendered in gilt. He has a background of brown coloured cloth. There is an insert of green which shows a jungle lagoon with a crocodile's head on the water against a background of darker green and there is a touch of gilt in some of the grasses as well, on the lower right hand corner of the front panel. On the back strip there is a gilt insert which has some gilt floral decorations but the writing has been rendered in green. A smaller gilt insert with the author's name.… Read More

Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow and Dublin, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Gordon Browne. list of illustrations. Gray coloured endpapers. Eight illustrations by Gordon Browne within the text, the frontispiece is not present and appears not to have been a part of this publication. Green/gilt coloured tint to all edges of the text block. Illustrated cover, showing a young man with a gun and a game bag on his shoulder ( showing a dead bird in his bag ) standing amongst some grass, rendered in gilt. He has a background of red coloured cloth. There is another illustration which shows a jungle lagoon with a crocodile's head on the water against a background of darker green and red colouration and there is a touch of gilt in some of the grasses as well, lower right-hand corner of the front panel. On the back strip there is a gilt insert which has some gilt floral decoration but the writing has been rendered in red. A… Read More

The Pilgrim Press, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 192 pages. Coloured Illustrated frontispiece showing one young boy rescuing another. Blue coloured boards with black decoration of four Heraldry Shields and in the middle of the shields, a sword, with black writing on the front panel and spine and small sword illustration on the spine as well. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and spine edges have become a little faded, bottom being worse than the top. A little rubbing and bumping to the book corners and shelfwear to the lower book edges again with some fading of the cloth. Browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Browning and slight foxing to the endpapers and the internal pages have become quite tanned around the edges due to quality of paper used. There is a " Prize Plate " on the verso of the frontispiece. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece with a white background and… Read More

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Salem Krieger -- Cover Art. 144pp. Grey coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Softening to the head and to the heel of the spine and rubbing to the book corners. Some shelf wear to the lower book edges and dust marks to the top paper edge. Very faint foxing to the paper edges. Spine is slightly cocked. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Salem Krieger, with white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwrapper corners and there is some rubbing to the lower dustwrapper edge. There is a 0.25 " split, with associated creasing, to the top front corner and there is a 0.5 " tear to the top rear corner and a crease that runs the full width of the back panel. "Summary: two boys' observation of some beans which seem almost human lead them into some near fatal adventures, experiences with a spacecraft,… Read More

Atheneum / Argo Book, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Michael Mariano -- Front Cover. Map frontispiece (double page) showing a Map of Ere. Light blue coloured boards with pink coloured titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the top book corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and browning and dust marks to the paper edge. A small mark on the lower free front endpaper edge and a few handling marks as well. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Michael Mariano, with yellow and black coloured titles to the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed and somewhat dull. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine there is a few small tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Creasing on both front and back foldovers. "Summary: the great dark power of the monster Hape blinds the farseeing minds of the Seers of Carriol so… Read More

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. appendix. Map endpapers, showing Kendark and its environs. Brown coloured boards with black coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), showing a wizard in his room, with orange coloured background and black coloured titles to the front panel and spine. King Ewan and the witch-girl Catchfire the Realm of Feydom. But to do this they must break the spell that forbids rain to fall. Sequel to Giftwish. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and dust marks and browning to the paper edges. Fading to the spine and a little writing to the dustwrapper corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages, last blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; ISBN: 0048231843. ISBN/EAN: 9780048231840. Inventory No: 0102506. . 9780048231840

Houghton Mifflin Australia, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Pat Sirninger -- Cover Art. 140 pages. Illustrated endpapers, by Pat Sirninger, showing a map of " Sealers Inlet ". Brown coloured boards with white writing on the spine. A little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Pat Sirninger, in colour, with black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. A little rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. A young American boy, Rust, is visiting his great-grandparents in Sealers Inlet for the first time. He is unaware that there is an uneasy history of ships being lost on Tambourine Reef which lies just off the coast of Sealers Inlet. At first his visit is wonderful and all he would want but then his great-grandfather starts to behave strangely and he wishes he had not come. Is it the shadow of Tambourine Reef? This is the first… Read More

Blackie and Son Ltd, London and Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Ordinary/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: E. S. Hodgson. 320 pages, last blank. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, by E. S. Hodgson, who also executed the 5 black-and-white illustrations within the text. Blue coloured boards with an illustration of a flying boat in white, black and blue on the front panel and an illustration of a man in a flying helmet and a trench coat on the spine. Blue, white and black writing on the front panel and black on the spine. There is rubbing, bumping and fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine and the top spine edge has two small tears as well. Bumping and rubbing to book corners and the lower book corners have the underlying board visible. The illustration on both front panel and spine have suffered heavy rubbing the spine illustration particularly affected to where the illustration has faded to invisibility. The remaining cloth is rubbed, heavily… Read More