Search Results: the white camel by phillpotts eden

London: Country Life Ltd., 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, published 1936, in original dust jacket. Clean brown paper-covered boards with green lettering, orange-brown cloth spine with green lettering. Surface wear to bottom board edges; binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Brief previous owner inscription at top of front free endpaper dated '46. Beautifully illustrated by Sheikh Ahmed. 166 pages. Illustrated dust jacket is clean, price clipped, has 3" piece missing at top of spine, additional small edge chips, short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This is a beautiful story of desert life by a master of English story-telling. it centers around an Arab family, their daily life, and their white camel. The illustrations by one who knows the country add greatly to the value of the book written for children..

GB: Country Life, 1936. Junior Country Life Library No.17. Internal repair and strengthening to DW. External repair with magic tape to top edge of DW spine.. 1st Edition. Hardback. G++/G+ pc DW. Illus. by Sheikh Ahmed.

London: Country Life. Very Good/Good. 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket in a clear prptective sleeve a little loss from edges., unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright titling on spine. Previous owner's name and date. Frontis. 12 pencil sketches. vi, 165 pages clean and tight. This is a beautiful story of desert life by a master of English story-telling It centres round an Arab family and their white camel. The illustrations by one who knows the country add greatly to the value of the book for children. .

UK,8vo HB,minus issued dw/dj,1st edn. [True UK,8vo HB,1st edn preceding the US issue by 2 years.] VG+. Donor's ink gift,Christmas,1937 presentation inscrptn to ffe.Publisher's generally,bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original sand-coloured cloth boards with bright,crisp,green ink printed lettering to upper board and spine/backstrip,with clean plain white endpapers but with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting.Top edges slightly dust-soiled and lightly aged/toned, fore-edges slightly aged/toned to a lesser degree and therefore slightly brighter,but also with some minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually no foxing/spotting to main body of text.UK,8vo HB,minus issued dw/dj,1st edn,v-ipp+1- 165pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w pencil sketches,13 chapters/adventures/tales,12 b/w pencil sketches by Sheikh Ahmed,all attached,all called for and present,throughout the text and the book; plus b/w line illus chapter head+tail pieces.Plus [unpaginated]… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.