Collins, London -- Glasgow, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Roger Hall. and a map of the Isle of Skye at the beginning of the text. The text is illustrated with three black-and-white illustrations by Roger Hall. Yellow coloured boards with red coloured titles to the backstrip. Red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners and a little shelf wear to the lower book edges. A few marks to the top text block edge with light browning and faint foxing to the other text block edges. A few handling marks to the text block edges. Light browning to the endpapers and to the internal pages team front hinge has cracked. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Roger Hall, with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and chipping, with loss to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Heavy rubbing to all creases of the dustwrapper. Rubbing and creasing to both the top and bottom dustwrapper edges and a few small tears are also present. There is a tear measuring 1.5 " to the lower left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel and a tear measuring 0.5 " to the lower right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel. Heavy rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and a little yellowing of the rear dustwrapper panel. This is the fourth novel featuring Don and Ian MacDonald, brothers who have an aptitude for getting into trouble. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). VIII, 192 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Roger Hall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; fiction -- adolescent; Inventory No: 0106310. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0106310
Title: Fire and High Water
Author: Tranter, Nigel
Illustrator: Roger Hall
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London -- Glasgow
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: BZDB2 Hebrides, Adventure, Adolescent, Don and Ian MacDonald Â– number four Children; fiction -- adolescent; Roger Hall Unbranded Tranter, Nigel Fire and High Water
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction -- Adolescent;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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