Search Results: Authors starting with S from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

NEW YORK, USA: HARPERTROPHY(HARPERCOLLINS). Paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Tanning on reverse of front and back covers. Tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Location: MBS1 . Very Good. Paperback. REPRINT. REPRINT. 1994.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOESPH. Hardcover. An adventure of Captain Horatio Hornblower. First published in 1945. This is the first publication in this edition. Orange cloth boards. Slight wear on board edges. Slight foxing on book pages. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Book has lost its dust jacket. Corner folds/creases on the bottom edges of a few pages. Location: A6 . Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1949.

LONDON: HARPERCOLLINS. Third printing of this edition. The final book in the Narnia sequence. Special edition featuring colour illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Slight wear on cover edges. Some label residue on back cover..Printed blank Ex-libris book plate on the front free endpape, part of the designr). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: NARN1: . Very Good. Paperback. 1998.

LONDON: HarperCollins Publishers. Generally a reprint, but the first printing of this edition. Tie-in cover with the 2010 film version of 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'. Large paperback. Small split peeling on the bottom edge of back cover/cover spine. Slight wear/creasing on other cover edges. Slight creasing on the corners of some pages. Previous owner gift inscription on the title page. Omnibus collecting all seven Narnia novels, 'The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle. Black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Location: JH2/B . Good. Soft cover. REPRINT. 2010.

LONDON: PENGUIN BOOKS. Paperback. Slight wear and peeling on cover edges. A small split on the bottom edge of the front cover/exterior spine. Tanned pages. Small fold on one page. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions, First Penguin printing. First published by Michael Joseph in 1946. Location: CONE3 . Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Penguin Edition. 1964.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH. First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Moderate wear/rubbing, small tears on DJ edges. Small closed split on top section of back of DJ/DJ spine. Not price clipped. Clear plastic protective covering over DJ. Brown boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight foxing on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH. First published in 1936. This is the first Mermaid Books edition(1953). Flexible laminated boards. Slight wear on board edges. Moderate slant to board spine. Printed price on front pastedown. Previous owner purchase date on front endpaper(September 1953) in ink. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC27 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1953.

LONDON: TED SMART/COLLINS. REPRINT OF THE CLASSIC CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE. BOOK 5 IN THE 'NARNIA' SEQUENCE. 'TED SMART' EDITION. 'TED SMART' APPEARS ON THE BACK OF THE DUST JACKET AND THE TITLE PAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHING HISTORY PAGE THIS EDITION WAS PRODUCED FOR 'THE BOOK PEOPLE LTD'. JACKET ILLUSTRATION BY JULEK HELLER. BLACK AND WHITE INTERNAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAULINE BAYNES. PAPER DUST JACKET WITH SLIGHT WEAR ON EDGES PLUS SOME SURFACE WEAR AND CREASING ON PART OF THE FRONT DJ. VERY SLIGHT WEAR ON BOARD EDGES. CLEAN, CRISP CONDITION PAGES. STRONG BINDING. NO INSCRIPTIONS. LOCATION: MBS1 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1997.

LONDON: LIONS(COLLINS PUBLISHING GROUP). Mass market paperback. Moderate wear/rubbing on top edge of cover spine. Moderate wear/peeling on other edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Narnia novel. Black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Location: SG2 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Mass Market Paperback. REPRINT.. 1990.

LONDON: Michael Joseph(Mermaid Books Imprint). First published in 1945. This is the first Mermaid Books printing. Illustrated laminated card covers(A cross between a hard cover and a paperback. Sometimes called a limpback). Slight wear/peeling on cover edges. The laminate on the inside back cover edge is beginning to peel. Original price is printed on the pastedown(on the reverse of the front cover). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Horatio Hornblower novel. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1955.

LONDON: LIONS. Paperback. Moderate wear/creasing on cover edges. Small area of surface damage on front cover, caused by label removal. Top corners of several pages have small folds/creases. Larger bottom corner folds on one or two pages. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Location: EP4 . Good. Mass Market Paperback. REPRINT. 1989.

LONDON: Harpercollins Pub Ltd. 10th printing of this edition. Front cover has a round badge notice promoting the then fortchcoming 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' film(this is printed as part of the cover). Special edition featuring colour illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Slight wear on cover edges. Some label residue on back cover. Printed blank Ex-Libris bookplate on the front endpaper(part of the design). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: NARN1 . Very Good. Paperback. 1998.

LONDON: HarperCollins Publishers. Used Copy. First printing of this expanded edition(previously published as 'Boxen' in 1985). Hard cover. Illustrated boards. Slight wear/bending on board edges. Some pages have fake foxing marks on them (part of the design). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Fantasy. As children, C.S. Lewis and his brother W.H. Lewis created the fantasy world of Boxen. This book collects stories and illustrations, history, geography etc of Boxen. Reproduced original illustrations by the authors. Introduction by Douglas Gresham. The History of Boxen by Walter Hooper. Location: EB1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2008.

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. Book Club edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Small tear on top corner edge of DJ. Some moderate surface damage to edge of front flap and front pastedown from partial removal of a Garfield sticky label(the remains of which are still present). Light blue boards. Small red dot on the front pastedown and half title page(which is slightly sticky). NB: Large letter 'D' on back pastedown in crayon. This usually indicates damage in transit, but the book does not not appear to be damaged other than the second hand flaws noted in this description. The final Narnia novel. Jacket art and interior black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. NB: The Jacket art is not the same as that of the First Edition. Location: G6/T Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. REPRINT.. 1981.

LONDON: HEINEMANN/OCTOPUS BOOKS LIMITED. Not dated. Date given is approximate. Large, heavy hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket. Moderate wear/creasing on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Dark red boards with gilt titles(authors name on front board, authors name and publishers on board spine. Tanned and slightly foxed page edges. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Omnibus collecting the C.S. Forester novels 'The Ship, Mr Midshipman Hornblower, The Earthly Paradise, The General, The Captain From Connecticut, The African Queen. Location: STC68 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1977.

NOTTINGHAM, UK: BLACK LIBRARY(GAMES WORKSHOP). 4th printing. Trade paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. One volume Omnibus collecting DAWN OF WAR, THE TRIALS OF ISADOR, DAWN OF WAR: ASCENSION, DAWN OF WAR: TEMPEST. Location: NBK1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Paperback. REPRINT.. 2008.

london: PAN BOOKS. Repeint. Mass market paperback. Moderate surface wear, closed tears, on cover edges. Previous owner name on top of first page(about the author). Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Science Fiction novel. Location: STC115 . Good. Paperback. REPRINT. REPRINT. 1977.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH. This novel was first published in 1938. This is the first publication of this edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Splits and moderate loss on DJ edges(Yellow DJ. Cheap edition with printed price of 4'6 on front of DJ) Orange boards with black titles. Board spine has a moderate slant. Slight foxing on page edges. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Location: JG8 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. REPRINT.. 1949.

LONDON: MERMAID BOOKS/MICHAEL JOSEPH. First published in 1943, this is the first Mermaid Books edition(1952). Lamaniated flexible boards. Small area of damage/bending on bottom of board spine. Moderate slant to board spine. Original printed price on front pastedown. Previous owner date of purchase(1953) on front pastedown. No other inscriptions. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Novel. A World War 2 set Royal Navy adventure. Location: MBS1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1952.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH. This novel was first published in 1938. This is the first publication of this edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Surface wear and moderate loss on DJ edges(Yellow DJ. Cheap edition with printed price of 4'6 on front of DJ). Orange boards with black titles. Some wear on bottom edge of board spine. Board spine has a moderate slant. Slight foxing on page edges. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Location: JG8 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. REPRINT.. 1949.