William And Arp (30 items)

George Newnes, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. 11th Impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine.

George Newnes, Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor black ink mark to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear and water marks to spine and boards.

George Newnes Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Eleventh Impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Moderate sunning to board edges and heavy to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.

George Newnes, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. 11th Impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Illustrated by Thomas Henry. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean. Minor sunning to spine.

George Newnes, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Reprint. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Illustrated by Thomas Henry. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine, with scuffing and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

George Newnes, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. 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. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

George Newnes, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. Reprinted. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Thomas Henry. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Rear board creased.

George Newnes, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. Reprinted. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Thomas Henry. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

George Newnes Limited, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

William Weston Gallery, London, printsellers' catalogue, 1982. Printed wrappers, 15 x 10.5 cm,. [48] pp, ills. 38 items. William Weston Gallery is the longest established specialist gallery in England dealing in European and British Master Prints; this is one of its long-running series of small-format catalogues which nevertheless contain a mass of valuable reference material. Datestamp on front wrapper, page-edges agetoned, otherwise Good.

London: Macmillan Children's Books. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Spine sunned. Black & white illustrations by Thomas Henry. 234 pages. First published in 1939. 21st in the series. Title on cover 'William and Air Raid Precautions'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. Reprint. Hardback.

London: George Newnes, 1941. Book. Illus. by Thomas Henry. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. 252pp. HARDCOVER Lovely clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. (Indents to ffep from old erased sgn/date.) Strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **A lovely clean copy. .

Published by George Newnes Limited, Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd., 1952. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Henry, Thomas. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Australian Edition. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some rubbing to cover edges. Front and rear joints both cracked showing webbing. Contents are browned but clean.

Published by George Newnes Limited, 1949. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Henry, Thomas. Good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 11th impression. Spine bumped and faded. Cover edges faded. Book leans to one side a little. Front joint cracked. Foxing else contents clean.

London: George Newnes. Very Good. 1944. Reprint. Hard Cover. 252pp; illustrated by Thomas Henry, red boards showing slight wear, spine a tad sunned.; 190 x 125mm .

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1939. Red bds. Black titles to spine. Spine sunned. Corners rubbed. spine ends bumped each with two 1cm tears. inscrip to front & back endpapers, pencil drawing to fep. Binding tight. b/w illus frontis & illus through text. interior clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomas Henry. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Childrens Illustrated.

London : George Newnes Limited, Tower House, Southampton St., Strand, W.C.2, 1939. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Hinges starting. Lacks front free end-paper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description256 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Contents: William and A.R.P. -- William's good-bye present -- William's day off -- Portrait of William -- William the dog trainer -- William and the vanishing luck -- William's bad resolution -- William and the badminton racket -- William and the begging letter. Subjects: William (Fictitious character from Crompton) ; Juvenile fiction. Children's stories, English.

George Newnes, 1939, 3rd impression,. Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1939. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 256pp, edges browned and slight foxing, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, black titles, Good / Fair dustwrapper, wrapper torn with some loss at spine ends, spine browning .

London: George Newnes , 1956. Twelfth Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Henry, Thomas 1879-1962 [illustrator]. LONDON : 1956. No. 21.[ Originally published: 1939 as William and A.R.P.]. Hardback, Illustrated by Thomas Henry. Original dark-red cloth; black lettered spine. In colour pictorial dust-jacket (price-clipped). No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only and a couple of small closed tears and slight edgewear. Usual paper browning. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 252 pages. Ref: Opie collection of children's literature ; 032:010. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. SCARCE in Jacket.

London: George Newnes, 1939. 1st (2nd imp). hardback. Very good (1st edition 2nd reprint, all 1939), missing d/j, red clothboards clean with some spine fading (black titling strong); pages unmarked, crisp and tight (gift inscription on ffep Christmas 1939). 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Crompton's William series Book 21. In time of war, William Brown is a force to be reckoned with, with his newly formed band of experts on air raid tactics and his gas mask made from a flower pot. Saving the country should be easy for someone with William's courage and heroism.