Search Results: the rambles of a rat by aloe

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial 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.

London: Nelson. 3 colour plates. Publishers red cloth, titled gilt. Lacks front endpaper & frontis . Poor. Hardcover. Undated.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Undated. Burgundy decorated cloth, no dustwrapper; 160pp; four colour plates. Light marking to cloth with rubbed and bumped corners and spine ends; browning to title page and last text page. A story told from the perspective of a rat, 'animals which we usually regard with contempt and disgust'.. Hard Cover. Good.

LONDON: T. NELSON AND SONS. BOUND IN RED CLOTH WITHGILT RATS TO SPINE AND BLIND-STAMINF TO BOTH BOARDS, THIS DATED 1865 HARDCOVER FIRST EDIOTION IS VG. 167pp WITH 23 CHAPTERS, B/W ENGRAVINGS AS FRONTIS AND TO TITLE PAGE, AND BOTH ILLUSTRATIONS FEATURING RATS AT PLAY. COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION TO FFEP DATED 1866, SLIGHT FOXING TO PRELIMS BEYOND ENDPAPERS, OTHERWISE VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1865.

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1871. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart copy of this novel in which anthropomorphised rats tell the tales of their lives and travels. Featuring a number of plates, including a frontispiece. Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893) was an English children's writer and missionary. She grew up in London, but dedicated her later life to charitable works in India. Her writing encompasses adventure, romance, oriental tales, and stories of domestic life. 'The Rambles of a Rat', first published in 1857, is regarded as one of her most imaginative works. (DNB). In a modern half leather binding, with marbled paper coverings, and gilt pages. Externally, fine. Internally, generally firmly bound, although the frontispiece and title page are detached but present. Light browning prominent to page edges, with occasional small spots and marks. Some light foxing to p141-145. Very Good