Valley of Animals by Elma M. Williams - 1963

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. First Edition. 192 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Mollie and Margaret and front free endpaper. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Heavy water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Heavy tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

The John Day Company, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1966. First American Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. Second Impression. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is rubbed and marked.One inscription. Laminated.Light damp marks.Excellent binding.[R.M]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hodder & Stoughton 1963,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 192pp, illustrated, edges browning, text clean and sound, Good condition in rubbed and slightly frayed dustwrapper. .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. The valley is Pant Glas, an undisturbed corner of mid-Wales overlooking the Dovey Estuary. The animals are a thriving domestic assortment of hens, dogs, cats, cobs, goats, cocks and a sheep. And this is Elma William's true account of life with them in one ever increasing, always engaging family. Orange textured cloth with orange leather insert, gilt lettering on spine. 192pp. B/w Illustrations. A trace of foxing to endpapers and fore edge of text block. Name on Ffep. Clean pages with square, firm binding. Priceclipped DJ has sunned spine, sshelfwear with tiny chips to the spine head and stain on the tail (only visible on the reverse side). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Quality Book Club, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).. 192pp. HARDCOVER Very clean copy internally. No inscriptions. In protected VG d/w. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.