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WELLS, H.G.. Floor games. Frank Palmer, London, 1911.
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Description: 1911 1st edition with numerous blue/white and B&W illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with yellow lettering to front and spine; pictorial onlay to front is worn at edges; cloth is worn on bottom fore-edge corners and spine edges (cloth is absent from top and base). Page fore-edges yellowed. Internally, endpapers yellowed; pages have discolouration spots scattered throughout; otherwise, a good, readable copy.
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
H G Wells. Floor games. Frank Palmer, London, 1911.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Dark blue, stained cloth boards; bumped corners; wear round edges. Repair: new book cloth spine; original spine reapplied; new endpapers; faded front & back treated with alcoholic inks. Author & title in gilt on front & spine; colour, paste-down illustration with top right corner missing on front. Cut edges tanned. Text block tight; pages mostly clean with only occasional marks & an ink stain on p 26. Books contains marginal drawings in blue, 1 page of colour drawings and several b/w photo plates incl. frontispiece. No jacket.
Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative, Clevedon, United Kingdom
Wells, H.G.. Floor Games. Frank Palmer, London, 1911,, 1911.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 71pp, 8 photo plates plus marginal drawings by J R Sinclair, heavy scattered foxing throughout, otherwise sound, blue cloth with pictorial front panel, rubbed, some soiling on covers, Good condition / no dustwrapper
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
WELLS, H G. FLOOR GAMES. Frank Palmer, London, 1911.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Description: A lesser known facet of the famous author's writing where he explains in detail the variety of games that can be played on the floor by such as his own young sons. Illustrated b/w photographs and Sinclair's lively marginal drawings. Blue cloth seriously worn, especially at spine ends. Pages foxed. Binding sound. No inscription. All proceeds to Amnesty International.
Seller: Books for Amnesty, Malvern, Great Malvern, United Kingdom
WELLS, H.G. Floor Games. With Marginal Drawings by J.R. Sinclair. Frank Palmer, London, 1911.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (71pp). Covers spotted and lightly rubbed, endpapers and prelims foxed, intermittent light foxing through text-block, owner's name inscribed in pencil, else excellent clean firm copy Size: Mediium Quarto
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
H G Wells. Floor Games. Frank Palmer, 1911.
Price: US$151.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition hardback in Very Good overall condition. Blue cloth boards with picture pasted to the front, a hint of bumping, edges and corners lightly rubbed with just a little scuffing to the head and toe of the spine, very minor surface marks, cloth slightly detached from the underlying board on a small area of the rear, 71 pages, end papers lightly tanned, slight use wear and marking, binding tight and square. A nice copy. Free registered airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
Wells, H. G.. Floor Games.. Frank Palmer., London., 1911.
Price: US$158.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some light marking throughout. Original pictorial cloth with coloured picture pasted to front cover, as issued. Cloth rubbed in places. Small scratch to rear cloth, else good. 71 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$162.25 + shipping
Description: Erstausgabe, 71 S., blauer Leineneinband ohne Schutzumschlag, altersgemäß guter Zustand ohne Mängel. Versand mit der Deutschen Post oder DHL. Rechnung liegt bei.
Seller: McBook, Freiburg, Germany
Wells, H. G. Floor Games With Marginal Drawings. Frank Palmer, E-270, 1911.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Frank Palmer, London, UK. 1911. 71 pgs. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and 7 other plates from photographs by the author, marginal line-drawn illustrations in blue to every page. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in blue cloth boards with color pastedown present to the front board and with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed at the spine ends, tear present along the spine). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The delightful story of creative play with miniature figures and magical worlds on the nursery floor is brought to life in this historical work. Written for his sons in 1911, Wells's story immerses the reader in a tale where possibilities are the given and surprises the fact. It has since been used as a teaching tool for psychotherapists the world over to understand children's methods of thinking and is instrumental in the work of sandplay therapists. EB
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. FLOOR GAMES. Frank Palmer, 1911.
Price: US$201.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1911. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth with gold titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w photos throughout plus marginal drawings by Sinclair. 71 pages. Some light mottling to front board, board corners lightly rubbed and worn. Endpapers browned, foxing throughout. Binding tight. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
H.G. Wells. Floor Games. Frank Palmer, 1911.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Floor Games" by H.G. Wells. 1911, first edition, photographic plates, illustrations in blue by J.R.Sinclair, original cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover. Book in good condition, with minor wear and rubbing to boards.a delightful work on the imaginative nursery games played by the author and his two sons. The elder, George Philip "Gip", became a noted zoologist and comparative physiologist, co-authoring The Science of Life of 1929-30 with his father and Julian Huxley.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
H. G. Wells. Floor Games. Frank Palmer, London, 1911.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition copy of this charming and illustrated volume of work on games. A first edition, first printing copy of this charming volume on games, describing the toys, games of islands, building cities and war games.H. G. Wells was a prolific English writer and has been described as the father of science fiction.With marginal drawings by J. R. Sinclair and seven photographic plates and a frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some marks to the boards and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner pencil markings to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bond with bright and clean pages. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Wells (H.G.).. Floor Games. Frank Palmer,, 1911.
Price: US$268.98 + shipping
Description: Photographic plates, illustrations by J.R. Sinclair 4to Binding somewhat marked and a little worn, some foxing throughout, free end-papers browned, front free end-paper with pencil drawing, but a very good copy. Scarce H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 43 Colour plate (a little scratched) mounted on upper cover
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Wells, H. G.. FLOOR GAMES. Frank Palmer 1911, 1911.
Price: US$319.00 + shipping
Description: FLOOR GAMES, Frank Palmer, 1911, first edition, a vg+ copy. Illustrated with photos. An uncommon book of military field strategy.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Wells (H.G.).. Floor Games. Frank Palmer,, 1911.
Price: US$336.23 + shipping
Description: Photographic plates, illustrations by J.R. Sinclair 4to Free end-papers just a little browned, otherwise a very nice copy in fragmentary remains of dust-wrapper. Scarce H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 43 Colour plate mounted on upper cover
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Wells, Herbert George. Floor Games.. Frank Palmer,, London:, 1911.
Price: US$1265.00 + shipping
Description: INSCRIBED BY H.G. WELLS IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION on the upper free endpaper: "To A. B. Darley an acknowledgement of a very pleasant present very pleasantly given. From H. G. Wells Xmas 1911." Half-title, publisher's device on title, numerous marginal vignettes after J. R. Sinclair, printed in blue, wood-engraved patterns for toy-figures on page 36, halftone frontispiece and seven plates; the title and frontispiece slightly worn in the lower margins. Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in tan, color halftone view of the author's sons at play mounted on the upper cover, plain cream woven endpapers, all edges trimmed and plain (as issues); extremities slightly rubbed. Housed in a blue morocco slipcase - blue cloth chemise. Wells 42. Size: 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with eight monochrome photographic plates - from photographs by the author, with marginal line-drawn illustrations in blue to every page. All plates present, as called for. ***With an interesting contemporary lettercard which has been pasted to the front pastedown, and which is SIGNED by H. G. Wells. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt tiles plus an inset paper colour illustration and blind borders to the front board. The boards are undamaged, with just light rubbing and marks commensurate with age and handling. No tears to the fragile cloth of the spine and corners sharp. No bumping or creasing. The binding is secure and tight with no loose pages. Internally, there are some handling marks and light creasing to the pages [a common occurrence for books designed for children] but no significant creases or tears. There is some light sporadic foxing to the preliminary pages. ***With a lettercard pasted to the front pastedown with the author's printed Telephone and Address details, and a handwritten message with the author's signature at the bottom. The handwriting is a little difficult to decipher, but reads roughly as "My many thanks for your jolly suggestions. The ? will go into a future galley (i.e. proof) by various hands that ? ? have at little Easter." (please see scans) With offsetting to the front free endpaper caused by the card. No other ownership inscriptions, but of additional interest, there are a couple of hand drawn cards pasted to the rear endpaper and pastedown, one of which shows drawings of ships. The contents are remarkably well preserved. Without the rare dustwrapper. ***218mm x 180mm. 71 pages with 8 photographic plates. ***First impression of the true first edition, with a very interesting author SIGNED lettercard pasted to the front pastedown. "Floor Games" is in itself a scarce H. G. Wells publication. By it's nature, designed for children's use, very few copies have survived in any shape, let alone in complete collectable condition. With the addition of the SIGNED lettercard, this makes the book a truly unique example. A collector's copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. Written for the author's two sons, Floor Games explores the possibilities of imaginative play, city building, exploration, and war. Rare in the dust jacket. Wells 42. Royal octavo. Original blue cloth lettered in buff, mounted coloured plate from a photograph of Wells's sons building a fort to the front board. With the die-cut dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece and 7 other plates from photographs by the author, marginal line-drawn illustrations in blue to every page. Extremities a little rubbed, free endpapers faintly tanned, light foxing to fore edge of text block. An exceptionally bright copy in the chipped jacket with several splits along sunned spine and flap folds.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom