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Portrait of Barrie: Available Copies

Greenwood Press, c.1971, (reprint of 1954 edition), 8vo, cloth, 230pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, glued at title-page, G $

CONDITION: Near Fine in Good jacket; in rubbed clipped dw with one inch chip to spine and half inch and wear to all edges and corners. Reference biography, hardback. . ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. .

1954. 230 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and loss.

SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. An informal picture of Barrie, artist & man, during the last 20 years of his life by his personal secretary. Illustrated by Photos. 1st ed ss.

First edition in fine condition, no dustjacket, blue cloth boards. (Book ref 4316)

Dust jacket very tatty with some open and closed tears and creases. Name inside and some tanning and mild foxing to the pages.

Sticker residue on the front cover, edgewear, tears along the edges of the jacket cover, bumped corners, slight discolouration to the jacket covers, sticker on the inside front cover and stamp ink on the inside front cover otherwise a fine tight copy.

Signed by previous owner. The dust jacket a little shelf rubbed, small tears, chipped, marked, edge worn and scuffed in places. There is sporadic foxing on the early pages but very little in the body of the book. The pages are slightly 'browned' on the first and last pages. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. The binding has been repaired. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Light molding to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 230 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Contents; First impressions -- Mary Rose -- A secretarial sideline -- Barrie's household -- Further impressions -- Courage -- Speeches -- Barrie producing a play -- Friendships -- Barrie at Stanway -- Ten Augusts -- Back to Scotland -- Last holidays -- The boy David -- Most individual and bewildering ghost. Subjects; Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860-1937 Biography. English Scottish Biography Novelist Dramatist. 1 Kg.

. published by James Barrie, with chipped dustjacket, clean copy, gift inscriptin on end paper, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981

blue cloth, dust jacket, 230 pp, foxing and tearing on dust jacket, Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Light molding to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 230 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Contents; First impressions -- Mary Rose -- A secretarial sideline -- Barrie's household -- Further impressions -- Courage -- Speeches -- Barrie producing a play -- Friendships -- Barrie at Stanway -- Ten Augusts -- Back to Scotland -- Last holidays -- The boy David -- Most individual and bewildering ghost. Subjects; Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860-1937 Biography. English Scottish Biography Novelist Dramatist. 1 Kg.

Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Discolouration on the spine. Tears and dust spotting on jacket.

Dust wrapper with edge & corner wear. Tears to top of back cover and top/bottom of spine. Small tear to inside front cover. Blue boards of spine mottled/bleached with small gapping to hinge. Inside covers and endpapers with discolouration and a few foxing type marks. Some pages with foxing type marks. Top and Fore Edge with marks /age related discolouration. A touch of age-tanning to edge of pages. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 505g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

first with DW some foxing tannin, owner name dated 1955 otherwise good shealfear on the edges /repair, top edge tearotherwise vgc

1st edition. 8vo. vii + 230pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and 7 illustrations. Original light blue cloth, gilt lettered spine faded. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley. US$10

1954 Peter Davies first edition hardback, no dj; Good ex-reference library local collection copy, usual stickers and stamps, rebound in laminated hardback binding; UK dealer, immediate dispatch

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 5360. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

8vo. 230 pages. First edition. Foxing. Dust wrapper, small chips to edges. Good condition.

The dust jacket has a little wear, with a few creases and scuffs. The page edges are lightly tanned. The front endpaper has a name insciption from a previous owner. 230 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

First edition without jacket on blue cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

A clean straight book, in a bright complete dust jacket.

Copertina in tela rigida, sbiadita e sporca. Mancante di sovraccoperta. Tagli e pagine ingialliti. Frontespizio staccato.  230 Mediocre (Poor) .

Ex-library book, usual markings. Brown Hardback without dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardback. First edition. Biography of the playwright, novelist and creator of Peter Pan, written by his secretary Lady Cynthia Asquith (daughter-in-law of H. H. Asquith the former British Prime Minister). Letter from Cynthia Asquith to the original owner of book is enclosed - on headed notepaper with full signature. The original owner then bequeathed the book to a library, there are stamps in both the front and back and the original owner's dated name to the front endpaper. Black and white frontis. and six further plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine is very clean but bumped to corners. Dust is worn with small to medium size tears and chips and larger areas of loss to spine ends and corners. Good+, sound copy in chipped and torn dust jacket Good+, sound copy in chipped and torn dust jacket