Uncle and His Detective by J. P. Martin - 1971

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1977. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Ex-library with stamp to title page. Spine bumped. Small bumps to middle to front and rear boards. A few pale foxspots. Top of text block is a little dusty. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and browned. Small mark on spine where label has been removed. Light damp marks to top and bottom of spine - more visible on verso. A few scratch marks to panels.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Book. Illus. by Quentin Blake. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: illustrated by QUENTIN BLAKE, dj is a little dusty, slightly rubbed on the edges, short tear on top front flap fold, price clipped, yellow boards with silver lettering on spine, spine tips are slightly bumped, endpapers and foredges lightly foxed, shop label on the front flyleaf, else vg. 8vo, 172pp. This is the third of 6 'Uncle' titles. Uncle is an extremely wealthy Elephant with a B.A., living in a vast castle named 'Homeward', his favourite clothing is a purple dressing-gown and his sworn enemies are the Hatemans..

London,: Jonathan Cape, , 1966. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VG+ in a vg dj. wear to the top edge of the back panel of the dust jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First UK edition of this book, 172 pages in very bright clean condition, Many B/w illustrations by Quentin Blake, previous owner has pasted a typed piece of information on Quentin Blake onto the front endpaper SEE IMAGE Dustwrapper is a very slightly yellowed to spine and edges, little wear to top and bottom of spine and corners, SEE IMAGE, not price clipped 18s net, Vertical cease to inside fron wrapper fap and light mark to inside rear flap. Outer boards lightly browned to spine and to extreme top edges.Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. Illus. by Quentin Blake . 8 ¾ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1966.. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING 1966, 8vo, 220 x 140 mm, 8¾ x 5½ inches, yellow boards gilt, light green illustrated endpapers, 172 pages. Illustrated in line by Quentin Blake. First 12 leaves including prelims very slightly 'rippled' at fore-edge (see image), 3 tiny brown dots on lower cover (see image), no inscriptions. Otherwise a near Fine clean copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, a couple of tiny very pale stains on lower panel, spine very slightly darkened). The third book in the saga of Uncle the benevolent millionaire elephant. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. Reprint. . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 8vo. A good copy. Yellow cloth with very slight shelf soiling to top, pos on ffep, very minor foxing to fore edge and back eps. dw price clipped, has very slight tear to front cover spine and crease to tail of back cover. Immediate despatch from the UK.

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1966. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Bumping and browning along cover edges. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and browning to pages. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing; a couple of closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1966, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake. Exceptionally clean, crisp condition in similar dust jacket, which is now in a loose protective sleeve. Contact us for photos or a more detailed description.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1966. First edition. First edition. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A near fine clean and bright copy with no inscriptions or stamps. Light pushing to the spine tips. Complete with near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper which is a little creased to the spine tips. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.