The Flight of the Dancing Bear (Popular Library SP166) by Rascovich, Mark - 1959

popular library, , (first PB 1962), . SP-166, good, (HUMOROUS ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

Secker & Warburg, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. First Published. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Tearing and loss to some pages throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. White marks to boards. Textblock is shaky.

GB: Secker, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardback. Very Good/nrVG DW.

Paperback / softback. New.

Secker & Warburg, 1960. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ generally creased and nicked although almost complete. All edges a little dusty. Internally bright and clean.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper ). Natasha was the most famous dancing bear in all the Soviet Union, but she was growing old and the ministry said she must be shot before she became ridiculous. At all cost Natasha must be saved. 272pp. Size: 8vo Large Post (8¼” x 5”) Jacket Designed by David Gentleman. Dust wrapper in protective, removable sleeve. || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #118320|| Condition:

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st edition, with clipped d/j (slight bumping/chipping); blue clothboards clean; gilt spine titling good; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp; a little foxing on endpapers and edges.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Set in Soviet Russia, the story centers on Ur Kamak and Natacha, his performing bear, beloved by the Russian people, but who get into trouble when the aging bear bites a Red Army general. Rather than obey orders to kill the animal, Ur and the bear decide to flee to the safety of neighboring Finland. Also involved are a host of others including KamakÕs niece and the young British diplomat who loves her, the members of a collective that produces illegal vodka, a Russian sharpshooter who hates the present regime, the inmates of a pioneer colony, a lady engineer and her train, and two foreign correspondents. Before Kamak, his niece, Natacha and their odd entourage Finland, they are beset with adventures ranging from the… Read More

Hardback. New.

Secker and Warburg, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with original dustcover laminated to boards. Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of page edges due to age.