Joy Lady Packer (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Book club edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4], 279p 18cm. Subjects; Africa ; Fiction. Adventure stories. Wildlife sanctuaries. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 288 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: English Fiction. Genre: Fiction. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Physical description.: 288 p. ; 21 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional in English -- Fictional Characters. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.K. Edition. 251pp. Eleven indexed bw photographic plates including frontispiece, all intact. Erratum slip tipped in on colophon. Navy blue cloth with fine silver lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Colour photo illustrated DJ clean, showing shallow wear to top corners, head and tail. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Octavo. Joy Packer is the author of three other memoirs: Pack and Follow, Grey Mistress, and, Apes and Ivory. This volume tells the story of her life in South Africa and England in the decade after her husband, Admiral Sir Herbert Packer retired from the British Navy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 288 p. 21 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English 20th Century - Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Book club edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4], 279p 18cm. Subjects; Africa ; Fiction. Adventure stories. Wildlife sanctuaries. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 288 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: English Fiction. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Physical description.: 288 p. ; 21 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional in English -- Fictional Characters. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 288 p. 21 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English 20th Century - Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A couple of small tears to the dust jacket. Some light foxing to the page edges. Otherwise fine. A clear, firm copy throughout.