Search Results: Authors starting with H from Ripping Yarns

Three Essays Collective, 2010. 2nd Printing. . Paperback. Good+. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. General shelf wear. Neat dedication. Size: 8 x 5 Inches

London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1955. Hardback. Good. Contains 'The New Schol at Shropp', 'Carey of Cobhouse' and 'Brent of Gatehouse'. Red cloth. 283pp. Top edges red. Boards bumped at edges, slightly grubby. Front endpaper missing. Marking to reverse of half-title page at edge. Light foxing to page edges. NB for overseas orders, extra postage may be needed as this is a heavy book. Please contact us direct for best rate.

London: Oxford University Press, 1944. Hardback. Good. H. M. Brock. Green boards, corners and spine bumped. Boards a little scuffed. A couple of stamps and previous owner's name to FFEP. Hinges a little loose. Text block tight. Biro mark to external page edge. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: Hodder & Stoughton Man and Boy Library. Hardback. Good. Blue boards, 237pp. Colour illustration to frontispiece and title page. Set of first few pages have come a little loose, now secured by transparent booktape otheriwse good tight and clean copy, priced accordingly.

London: Watts & Co, 1929. 1st Thus. . Small brown and black boards. 324 pp. Translated by Joseph McCabe.Thinker's Library no. 3. Endpapers browned otherwise very good.

Glenrothes, Fife: Happenstance, 2011. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. Cream card covers, brown endpapers. 32pp. Virtually as new.

London: Griffith and Farran. Card Cover. Good+. Blue card covers with illustrated picture to from over of boy and girl. Spine rubbed. No date inside, but inscription reads June 1881. 64pp. Pages tanned due to age. Includes several black and white illustrations. Part of the Taking Tales series, edited by W. H. G. Kingston. Inside front cover: 'The Series will be found suitable for the poorer population of our towns, the inhabitants of our coasts and our soldiers and sailors in barracks and on baord ship; also for reading in night schools.' Size: 7x5 Inches

London: John Murray, 1959. Reprint. . Hardback. Good-. Paper covered, illustrated boards, 30pp. Externally, scuffed at corners and some edges; bottom of spine has half inch of covering missing. Text block becoming loose at sewn hinge connecting it to boards, but tight within itself. A little red crayon squiggle on publishing page and child has used same crayon to neatly decorate small parts of the b&w illustrations. Otherwise good copy. Size: 8 x 9 Inches

London: Polo World Ltd. Hardback. VG/VG. Introduction by Lord Cowdray. Blue cloth boards with gilt title and unclipped dust jacket. Corners and spine bumped. Colour photographs throughout 272pp. NB: This is a heavy book and may require extra postage Size: 12 x 10 Inches

Oxford, 1952. Paper Cover. Good. Poetry pamphlet, unpaginated 8pp. Number Four in the series of selections by emerging poets, published by the Oxford University Poetry Society, edited by Michael Shanks and Oscar Mellor. Cover a little sunned at spine and some edges, very small brown mark near spine on front cover, acouple of small faint brown marks within. Rusting of staples has caused tiny brown spots surrounding them at spine and inside at centrefold. Neat ink name of original owner to front cover bottom corner. Good clean copy otherwise.

The Cresset Press. Juliet Wigan. green cloth covered boards,several wood cut type black/white chapter headings and illustrations tale of a black boy who through slavery finds freedom

London: G. Routledge & Co., 1858. Hardback. Good. Blue cloth embossed boards with gilt vignette to front and gilt lettering & decoration to spine. 7x4 inches, 411pp. Frontispiece portrait of the Princess Royal (eldest daughter of Queen Victoria) with tissue guard. Front endpaper missing. Water stain to frontispiece and tissue guard. Boards rubbed, bumped at edges; some fraying to edges of spine. Front hinge cracked. Otherwise a good copy. Size: 4 x 7 Inches

London: William and Robert Chambers, 1879. Hardback. Good. Blue boards with black design, gilt writing to spine, a little water damage to end of boards, as shown on uploaded photograph. Neat inscription to inside front cover. Black and white illustrated plate to frontispiece with protective cover. 151pp. Size: 6 x 4 Inches

London: The Bodley Head, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardback. Good+. John Griffiths. Pictorial colour illustrated boards, corners and spine slightly bumped. 189pp. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: Dennis Dobson, 1971. 1st Edition. . Hardback in Dustwrapper. VG/Good+. Phyllis Hallet. Light boards with unclipped dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. 128pp. Corners and spine bumped. Small mark to front jacket as shown on uploaded photograph, but otherwise very good, clean and tight copy. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. Hardback. Good. No publication date but neat inscription to FFEP dated 1877. Green boards with gilt design. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Hinges cracked but text block tight, small book shop sticker to inside rear paste down. A couple of pages dog earred. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Sweden: What Next (The Corner House), 2006. Paperback. Very Good-. Paper covers, 9½ x 6½ inches. 359 pp. Covers slightly bumped at edges, otherwise very good. Contains photographs and diagrams. Introduction: "A New Fossil Fuel Crisis." A heavy paperback; please contact us directly for the best shipping prices. Size: 8 x 5 Inches

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1960. Hardback. Good ++. Yellow laminated illustrated boards, 96pp. French language instruction for children. Pages faintly tanned at edges but good++ clean and tight. Size: 10 x 7 Inches

Martin Brian & O'Keeffe Ltd., 1974. First. . Includes note by Sir John Betjeman. Card covers with card dw, both green with edges sl. bumped. Sticker half torn off top right corner of front. Descript of book to inside flap of dw, also pub. list. 46; very good.

Constable & Co Ltd, 1935. First Edition. . Hardback. Good. With introduction by J. B. Priestly. Three interconnected stories: 'The Midnight Bell - Bob', 'The Siege of Pleasure - Jenny', 'The Plains of Cement - Ella'. Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Boards a little grubby with a light water ring stain to front. Bumped at edges and scuffed at corners and spine. Bottom of spine frayed. Spine faded but does not affect legibility of lettering. Boards a little loose. Some water marks and scattered foxing to textblock edge. Occasional spots of foxing throughout, textblock cracked at hinge in a couple of places revealing webbing, otherwise clean, tight and good.