Search Results: Books by wharrison ainsworth

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 445 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor wear marks to boards.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. Reprinted. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 237 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate splits to spine ends, edges and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Minor wear marks to boards.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. Windsor Edition. 552 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor scuffing to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Price sticker to flap. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press A lovely little book, leatherbound and in a slipcase, in a glassine wrap. Inscription dated 1937 on verson frontispiece. Maroon leather with bright gilt title on spine, top foredge is gilt, still bright. Ribbon bookmark still attached .Dark red end papers. Slipcase is maroon with very minimal scuff to front top and tail corners otherwise unmarked. Originally published in 1842. A very nice collectors copy.

London: George Routledge, 1853. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Tear On Marbelized Paper Covering The Front Board. Some Foxing Quarter Leather. Surface Tear On Board. Rubbing.