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Faber & Faber Limited, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet to fore edge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and foxing to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable peeling of paper from spine.

London : Faber and Faber Ltd., 1941 pp.128 illustrated with drawings by Francis Gower. Pictorial green and orange paper-covered boards showing Sam walking among rabbit, birds and squirrel. White rear board lightly spotted. A little light rubbing to corners. page margins lightly tanned. Pages 76 and 77 have been stuck together in their upper quadrants resulting in some surface loss and staining to upper fore edge of page 77. Contemporary (Xmas 1941) gift inscription on front endpaper. Good.

London: Faber and Faber, 1949. Fifth impression. Orange cloth boards with black decs in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 128pp; b/w ills. Slight bow to boards with light creasing to front; small mark to upper edge of boards; previous owner name to front endpaper. Unclipped dustwrapper is very tatty with large loss to lower section of front panel and spine ends, smaller losses to rear panel and middle of spine, now in protective sleeve. Six short stories about Sam Pig, including 'Sam Pig and the Dragon' and 'Sam Pig's Trousers'.[F2]. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by GOWER, Francis.

London: Faber and Faber, 1942. Third impression. Pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper; 128pp; b/w ills. Boards are slightly bowed and rubbed to corners, edges and spine ends; toning to pages. Price clipped dustwrapper is browned and rubbed with a number of creases, small losses and tears to edges and spine ends with tape repair to reverse of spine head, now in removable sleeve. The six stories include 'Sam Pig and the Dragon' and 'Sam Pig Robs an Orchard'. [F2]. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair. Illus. by GOWER, Francis.