Search Results: the riddle and other stories by de la mare

Paperback. Very Good.

Selwyn & Blount Limited, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. First Edition. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription and sticker to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Selwyn & Blount Limited, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 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. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. First Edition. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex-libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. 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. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly stained. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 195, [1] pages color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates, 24 cm. Contents; Miss Duveen. -- The bird of travel. -- The tree. -- The map. -- Missing. -- The wharf. -- Maria-Fly. Subjects; Illustrated books British Isles 1931.

London: Selwyn & Blount, 1923. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with some interior tape mends.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1931.. First edition. 8vo. 195, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a matching vignette to the upper board. Frontispiece and 7 plates in colour plus a handful of black and white illustrations in the text. A little spotting to the front endpapers, very good.

Faber & Faber, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Faber & Faber 1928 reprint. Pages clean and bright, inscription on first page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

Selwyn & Blount, 1923. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Signed and dated by Walter de la Mare. First edition. Hardcover, no jacket. Binding weak and may soon break. Text unmarked, though some foxing throughout. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Exterior moderately worn and soiled. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

THE RIDDLE AND OTHER STORIES, Selwyn & Blount, 1923, first edition, some off-setting to the end-papers (from the flaps no doubt), else vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light chipping.

London: Selwyn & Blount Limited, 1923. First edition . Hardcover. Collects 15 stories, including "The Looking Glass." "All excellent stories." Bleiler: The Guide To Supernatural Fiction, #500. Publisher's card laid in. Bound in original blue cloth with lettering on spine in gilt. Upper cover edges light mottled. Mild offsetting to endpapers. Very good in very good dust jacket with several tiny tears, shallow chipping to head of spine panel, and moderate edge wear. A nice example of this delicate dust jacket.

London, Faber & Faber, 1931 1st Ltd Numbered Edition 65/170.. Hardback, 9 x 6.5 inches. Full vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine and design to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to spine, a couple of minor handling marks to cover, some light foxing to endpapers, signed page (by author and artist) and inside pages all clean and bright. Colour plates clean and bright. 195pp. With 8 colour plates and 2 b&W vignette illustrations by John Nash.