Search Results: day of the tortoise by bates h e

Michael Joseph, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 94 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine.

Michael Joseph, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Good. ***please read*** Minimal shelf wear with foxing - pencil note on flyleaf - no marks on text - DJ is in very good condition but with foxing (now in a mylar wrap) - 96 pages - my shelf location -28-f-24

London: Michael Joseph, Ltd, 1961. Very Good Hardcover 1961 illustrated . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Peter Farmer.

Michael Joseph, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Near Fine/VeryGood DJ, Two small closed tears on dj. Small name stamp on title page. Lightly chipped at head and heel of spine on dj. (Edition:First Edition) 1961 UK 1st Edition, Near Fine/Very Good DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has tiny nicks at head & heel of spine, price intact, in Mylar, square corners, well bound, name/address stamp on title page, clean unmarked text, a nice copy.

Hardcover edition complete with dust jacket. The latter is price clipped at front but otherwise good. The book itself is very good with only mild foxing and tanning to pages. Published by Michael Joseph 1961. The book is currently enclosed in transparent sleeve for extra protection.

Michael Joseph . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Peter Farmer. Some fox spots to endpapers. Binding tight. Dustwrapper price-clopped but smart in new Brodart plastic overwrapper.

London: Michael Joseph, (1961).. First edition.. 93 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Farmer.

London: Michael Joseph, 1961. book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear. 2nd Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Farmer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Joseph, 1961. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is rubbed, edgeworn and a bit soiled but has not suffered much paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Michael Joseph, London, 1961.. 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 96pp. b/w illus. by Peter Farmer. Good+, spine slanted, light foxing to endpapers. / Good foxed d/w. .

London, Michael Joseph 1961.. 98 pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, B/w illustrations. a very good copy.. Second impression.

London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, illustrated, VG in VG priceclipped dustjacket.

Michael Joseph, London, 1961. Third Impression. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Peter Farmer. A gentle tale of a brief interlude of pleasure in the drab existence of Fred Tomlinson, a man nearing his sixties. Fred shops, cleans, cooks, and otherwise indulges the eccentric demands of his three spinster sisters until the fun-loving Kitty, disrupts the household’s long-established routines. Penniless, heavy-drinking, and pregnant by a married man, she introduces him to dance, drink, kisses, and song while (without the knowledge of his sisters) he provides her a temporary lodging in the stable. After Kitty’s departure, Fred retains some of his newly-discovered capacity for joy. 94 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Illustrator: Peter Farmer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; Inventory No: 268798..

FARMER, Peter. BATES, H.E. Day of the Tortoise. Illustrated by Peter Farmer. Original wrappers. London: Michael Joseph, [1961]. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy. A very good copy.

London.: Michael Joseph, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Peter Farmer. Some light foxing. The jacket has a couple of small chips and closed tears.

London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 12mo. 96 pp., illus. Illustrated by Peter Farmer. Spine of price-clipped dustjacket darkened, and there are two half inch tears on back of dustjacket.

London : Michael Joseph, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction.

Michael Joseph : London, 1961. Third Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 93 pages; Physical description.: 93 p : ill ; 20 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional Characters -- Texts.

Fleetway Publications,, 1960. Sm. 8vo., with numerous illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, text margins lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOVELLA, with an illustration by Mary Dinsdale. It appeared in book form in the following year. VERY SCARCE. Eads, B258.1