London: Hutchinson, 1960. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, "9th [1962] impression", 128 pages including drawings throughout; not a trace of shelf wear to covers, book overall very gently used, faded glue residue from a previous label inside front cover along with two gift inscription in ink, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ rubbed, several very tiny chips and tears. See also our listings for 2 Books: Better Rugby, and Even Better Rugby, published by Rugby Football Union, and for F.N.S. Creek's very scarce How to Play Rugby,. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -.
London , United Kingdom: Express Newspapers, 1976. Oblong softcover, unpaginated (but approximately 125 pages); gently used, but some pale faded old waterstaining to top and fore edges. See also our other Giles titles.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good -.
London , United Kingdom: Express Newspapers, 1976. Oblong softcover, unpaginated (but approximately 125 pages).. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +.
London , United Kingdom: Express Newspapers, 1976. Oblong softcover, unpaginated (but approximately 125 pages).. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +.
London , United Kingdom: Express Newspapers, 1976. Oblong softcover, unpaginated (but approximately 125 pages).. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +.
London , United Kingdom: Express Newspapers, 1976. Oblong softcover, unpaginated (but approximately 125 pages); rubbing and bumping to spine ends, some light cover creasing, traces of pale faded old waterstaining to upper corner margins of some pages. See also our other Giles titles.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good -.
London: Michael Joseph, 1985. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 261 pages including Goodall's drawings throughout; gently used ex-library copy with two pieces of tape from mylar protector on each cover, rubber stamps to three edges, another on free front endpaper with a signature in ink, card pocket secured to back free endpaper, but only very light wear to cover edges, tight in binding although spine ever so slightly cocked, all text pages very clean clean and unmarked; DJ in removable mylar protector has one tiny chip at spine top, the ghost of a spine label, but is otherwise very bright, clean and attractive with the colourful illustration to front panel and spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good ++. Illus. by Goodall, John S..
London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, 1971. Pictorial hardcover with matching pictorial unclipped dust jacket, later (1971) printing, xxix + 288 pages including Lear's cartoon drawings throughout; spine ends gently bumped, otherwise very gently used, very clean and unmarked throughout. DJ has a very large chip to spine top, now in new mylar protector;---includes Lear's Nonsense Alphabets, and for more alphabetical nonsensicals, see also our listings for Ann Blades' By the Sea : An Alphabet Book, and for Edward Gorey's incredibly scarce The Gashlycrumb Tinies Poster.. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Good.
Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, xxix + 268 pages; very gently used, price sticker on free front endpaper, small loss of colour next to it due to removal of another price sticker, otherwise very clean and unmarked, pages fresh and white; DJ gently rubbed on back, one moderate chip to top back, otherwise fine, not sun faded, now in new mylar protector. See also our listings for Stuart Keate's Paper Boy, and for Harry Boyle's Mostly in Clover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -.
New York: Monarch Books, 1959. Mass market paperback, unpaginated, drawings in black-and-white; spine creased and slanted, but tight in binding, covers rubbed and lightly creased, clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listing for Meet Marmaduke!. First Edition Paperback Original. Soft Cover. Very Good -.
London: Methuen, 1990. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 886 pages; gentle bumps to spine ends as usual with heavy books, bump to bottom edge of a block of about 35-40 pages has left a tiny corner crease to the tips of those pages, book otherwise very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked; DJ gently bumped along all edges, but no chips or tears, front panel creased and wrinkled. See also our other Nobbs titles, including the exceptionally rare The Death of Reginald Perrin.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -.
Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. Trade paperback, later printing, 264 pages including drawings; one spine crease, front cover reader's crease, but gently used, not abused, other tiny traces of shelf wear, all pages age toned but otherwise very clean and unmarked. See also our other Mowat titles, including the very scarce set Farley Mowat Award-Winning Adventure Stories: Lost in the Barrens, The Curse of the Viking Grave, The Black Joke [boxed set of Children's Classics].. Soft Cover. Very Good.
Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1993. Trade paperback, later printing, 264 pages including drawings; very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our other Mowat titles, including the very scarce set Farley Mowat Award-Winning Adventure Stories: Lost in the Barrens, The Curse of the Viking Grave, The Black Joke [boxed set of Children's Classics].. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Marc G.P. Berthier.
London, United Kingdom: Penguin, 1961. Mass market paperback, 215 pages; spine creased and concaved, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our other Gordon titles.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good.
London, United Kingdom: Penguin, 1962. Mass market paperback, 188 pages; spine creased and concaved, otherwise gently read, very clean and unmarked throughout, but there are two horizontal waves due to poor storage . See also our other Gordon titles.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good.
London: Tandem, 1965. Mass market paperback, later (1971) printing, 125 pages including illustrations; very gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our other Milligan listings, and our listing for Bill Hooper's very scarce (and very funny) The Passing of Pilot Officer Prune.. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.
London: Pan Books, 1959. Mass market paperback, later (1962) printing thus, 219 pages including drawings; spine slightly concaved, one light crease, tiny tears to front cover at hinge ends, other tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, but tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listings by Richard Gordon, such as Doctor in the Nude and Doctor at Large, basis for the later BBC TV humour series "Doctor in the House", and for more nursing, see also our listings for Adelaide Humphries' Orchids for the Nurse, and for Phyllis Martin's Staff Nurse at 'Kits'. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Jean McConnell .
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989. Mass market paperback, unpaginated; I would blush to call a 30-year old book as new, so I will just say it is in fine condition (essentially as new). See also our listing for Keane's It's Muddy Out Today.. First Edition Paperback Original. Soft Cover. Fine.
New York: New American Library Signet, 1983. Mass market paperback, unpaginated, drawings in black-and-white; I would blush to call a 36-year old book as new, so I will just say it is in fine condition (essentially as new). See also our listing for Marmaduke Rides Again! . First Edition Paperback Original. Soft Cover. Fine.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing, 1962. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 314 pages; very gentle bumps to spine ends, but not a trace of shelf wear, very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ chipped, rubbed along hinges, one short tear, now in new mylar protector. See also our listing for Golden's The Right Time: The Autobiography of Harry Golden.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good.
