The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon, First Edition (23 results)

Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). soft cover, 302 pages, 5 x 8 3/4 inches, first printing, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st ed, 6th prt. Lovely EARLY (1966) UK prt of this much-loved volume of Farjeon's favorite short stories- 27 in all. 302pp. This book won the 1955 CARNEGIE MEDAL (similar to US NEWBERY AWARD). 1st published in UK in 1955. Both book & DJ are very good+. Original price on DJ. A master storyteller has chosen wonderful tales complemented by Ardizzone's charming b/w illus & color DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 302 pages. Boards edge worn, sunned, damaged on spine and repaired, marked. Mild tanning, foxing, previous ownership sticker pasted inside the front board. Chipped on page edges- not affecting the text, markings. However, it is still in fair condition, intact. 1st edition. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are edge worn and shelf rubbed. edge tears. sunned. marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.O.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Notable sunning to board edges. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). 1st Ed. 8vo, 1956 First American Edition, Oxford University Press, hardcover with dust jacket, DJ is tanned with faded spine and tears at corners, endpapers tanned, edges soiled, 302 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1956. 1st Printing. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner name. 302 pages. 6803.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First U. S. Edition. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustajcket. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, a cocked spine, toning to pages, a former owner's plate on the inside front cover, discoloration to endpapers and inside covers, and bumped corners; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, chipping to top and bottom of spine, sunning to spine, and a touch of dampstaining to spine. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 302 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Slight wear marks to boards. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creases. Slight loss and tears to spine and edges. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. ex-library copy with stamps, inscriptions and other notations. the boards, with library binding are edge worn. foxing and usage markings. pages remain legible and intact. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Binding slightly cocked, small soil mark on the spine, cracked gutter, very good in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with chips and tears, a stain on the spine, and faint interior stain on rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First Edition. Giftinscr to ffep, with at few tape marks to free end papers and paste-downs, with a few to edges of bds too, also a couple of tape marks to fold-over flaps of dw, pages clean, faint dust spotting to top text block edge, with sl sprinkling of spotting to side, extremely light tanning to text block edges also, small area of little marks to tiltes of spine, dw has mottling to verso, wear and tears to head of spine, rub to tail of spine and corners, with sl chip to one corner, price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped DJ is a little rubbed at spine ends and edges. A light crease to rear free endpaper. Black & white illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Introduction by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 302 pages. Twenty seven stories chosen by the author as amongst her best. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Medal.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE RA, who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. This was a catalogue for the exhibition, with introduction by Ian Beck Size: oblong. Category: Children; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. dj: good minus 3" tear neatly repaired & unobtrusive piece of tape top of spine & clipped price. book: fine minus gift inscription fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). 8vo.; 302pp; Bound in pale red /rust coloured cloth with dark blue text on spine. Illustrated with line drawings by Ardizzone. On front loose endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. Dust jacket is not clipped, some tears at top of spine and bottom of spine, small pieces missing. Corners bumped, spine faded where the wrapper hasn't been able to protect it on the spine. Book very good, wrapper good only. Size 23 x 16cm (9 x 6 inches) 'This is Eleanor Farjeon's selection of the favourite of her own short stories for children' Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone's work in the 1960's . Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982.

Condition: Good. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). 1st. Brown cloth-covered boards. Light wear to edges of covers. Boards unevenly faded at edges. Spine faded. A little faint foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents VG. Remains of dustwrapper (front panel and spine only).

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xii; 302 pages. Illustrated by Ardizzone. Org. cloth in slightly defective dust wrapper.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has minor edgewear and a touch faded with tears to the head and tail of the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Gift inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight but with a hint of age-toning to the margins. First edition (first printing). Dust wrapper over Orange boards with Gilt titles to the Spine) Physically 8¾" x 5¾" (1 kg); (xii) 302pp; Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Includes: Black & white drawings; Chapter tailpieces; Title page vignette; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196166 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo.302pp; Bound in pale red /rust coloured cloth with dark blue text on spine. Illustrated with line drawings by Ardizzone. On front loose endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. Dust jacket is not clipped but in dollars, some small nicks/tears at top of spine, corners slightly bumped, else a very good copy, almost fine copy. Size 23 x 16cm (9 x 6 inches) This is Eleanor Farjeon s selection of the favourite of her own short stories for children' Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s . Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children chosen by herself. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Spine a slightly lighter hue otherwise a near fine copy in in a D/W with minuscule fraying to the head and tail of the spine which is a touch darker. With the VERY SCARCE WRAP-AROUND BAND announcing "CARNEGIE MEDAL/ WINNER 1955/ for/ 'an outstanding children's book of the year'". The Wrap-Around Band is complete but slightly darkened to the spine. Eleanor Farjeon was that girl, who was so enchanted by her little bookroom that she recreated it by writing this wonderful collection of short stories selected by the author from stories published earlier in her career. Most were in the fairy tale style. This charming book was the winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal (recognising the little bookroom as the year's best children's book by a British subject) and is beautifully illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone, whose exquisite pictures immediately bring to mind the magical atmosphere of the stories. Uncommon in first edition with the WRAP-AROUND BAND in such lovely collector's condition. Scans/photographs available upon request.

Oxford University Press. London. 1955. First edition. DW. Illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. Endpapers browned otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy in wrapper that has slight shelfwear to edges.