The Tartan Pimpernel by Caskie, Donald C - 1957

Oldbourne, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. 1959 Reprint. 270 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Oldbourne, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. Reprinted. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Oldbourne, London, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. list of illustrations. Within the text there are contemporary black and white photographs. Light blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Donald Caskie was Minister of the Scottish Kirk, Paris, when Germans invaded. On the Gestapo Black List he escaped and engaged in underground work. He was then arrested, sentenced to death by Nazis, passed through seven camps, & survived. Shelf wear to the bottom edges of the book and the head and the heel of the spine are slightly softened. Dust marks to the top paper edge and there are other marks to the book panels. Booksellers sticker on the front paste down, and there is a gift inscription on the free front end paper, but, more importantly there is a piece cut out from the ffep., measuring 2.5" x 4.5" . The internal pages have slightly discoloured. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pages,. Please refer… Read More

London: Oldbourne, 1958. Fourth impression. 8vo, pp. 270. Illustrated. Blue cloth. Spine little faded, o/w a nice copy. A memoir of a Scottish chaplain in Nazi-occupied France. From the library of Alta Rockefeller Prentice.

Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Junior Edition. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Binding remains firm with mild creasing to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

Oldbourne Book Co Ltd 1958. First edition 3rd impression, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hassell Street Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Oldbourne. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. 270pp; illust, spine faded.; 220 x 145mm .

London: Oldbourne, 1958. Sixth Printing. fair to good, flaps only. 270, illus., name ins fr flylf crossed out in marker, weakness to rear bd, spine & edges of bds faded, small stains rear board. DJ flaps cut off and tucked inside book.