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Norman Hunter. Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt. John Lane and the Bodley Head, 1937.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ills. by James Arnold Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Hunter, Norman. Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt. The Bodley Head, London, 1937.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First printing published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London 1937. Yellow cloth covers with Black Text and Illustration. VG condition. Tight in its binding. Occasional spotting throughout. No marks or inscriptions. Clean and bright cloth covers.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.52 + shipping
Description: first edition 230pp ills.[b/w by james arnold w.col.frontis.] VG+ (yellow cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and rear board sl.browned,sl.stain to foot of spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky,ill.eps,owner's sign.to ffep,edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean,spine cracked and sl.shaky,sl.cocked) lacks d/w tidy copy
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Hunter, Norman. PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM'S TREASURE HUNT. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1937.
Price: US$80.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st 1937. Good condition with no wrapper. A terrific treasure hunt with unexpected perils. The Professor's inventions include invisible glass and an expandable house that can be enlarged at will to contain extra guests! Yellow cloth, black title to spine and illustration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations throughout. 230 pages. The first in the series to be illustrated by James Arnold. Spine is grubby and faded. Damp staining to rear cover. Bumping to corners. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges, which also have damp marking to some. Margin marks to pages. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Hunter, Norman. PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM'S TREASURE HUNT. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1937.
Price: US$134.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1937. Very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. A terrific treasure hunt with unexpected perils. The Professor's inventions include invisible glass and an expandable house that can be enlarged at will to contain extra guests! Yellow cloth, black title to spine and illustration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations throughout. 230 pages. The first in the series to be illustrated by James Arnold. Spine slightly faded with darker patch at base. Small foxspots to endpapers, prelims and edge of textblock. A few foxspots to contents but generally near fine. Scarce original dustwrapper is in two halves, browned, and torn at edges with loss to top 1/3 of spine and to lower rear corner. Reduced from £120. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG original yellow cloth, black-stamped vignette to front cover, slightly soiled, minor wear to edges, illustrated end-papers, gift inscription to front blank page, mild foxing to prelims, numerous illustrations with colour frontispiece. A firm, attractive copy. The second volume in the famous children's fantasy series.
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
Norman Hunter. Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1937.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition copy of this collection of stories featuring Professor Branestawm. A first edition copy.A collection of adventure tales featuring Professor Branestawm. Professor Branestawm features in a series of thirteen children's books written by Norman Hunter. Norman Hunter is best remembered for his creation of this character.This work is illustrated by James Arnold.With in-text illustrations and a colour frontispiece.Collated, complete In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some marks to the boards and fading to the joints. With some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Lacking jacket. Yellow cloth binding with illustrated front board. Light damp staining and marking to boards. Browning and light foxing to endpapers, occasional spotting to text. Crease to lower corner of half title page and frontis. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Signed by Norman Hunter to slip of paper pasted to half title page. A solid example of the second Prof. Branestawm adventure. . Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 7 x 8.5 inches (17.5 x 21.5 cm).
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom