Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. A great British book for young adults on nursing in the far corners of the developing world. Nice pictorial cover. Undated; circa 1945 - 50. Book.
Published by Peal Press
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Published by Blackie, 1960
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1960. Reprinted. 190 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.
Published by Dent, 1965
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Green and yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Published by Blackie, 1961
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 189 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Tape marking to rear free endpaper and pastedown. First front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of front board. Tape marking to both boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Sticker residue to front flap. Pencil inscription to inside of spine.
Published by Blackie and Son Ltd, 1111
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning with some foxing. Toning to page ends. Tatty DJ with some edge wear, tears and creasing. 253pp. Circa 1955.
Published by Blackie and Son, 1957
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . B06XBW9BCB Hardback. Third printing of 1955 original. Previous owner's name on upper right corner of front endpaper. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning and dust soiling throughout; previous store sticker on bottom right corner of front pastedown; faint foxing to outer edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with numerous small closed tears repaired with clear tape; minor creases and rubs; small chips at corners; Good condition. No Signature.
Language: English
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, London UB, 1958
Seller: Windmill Books, Bedford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Outhwaite, Ida (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 1958 1st Edition. Nice unclipped Dust Jacket with minor wear and rubbing to edges. Small blemish to ffep but otherwise a very sound and clean copy with no inscriptions. Illustrations in b/w with colour frontis. 127pages.
Published by Peal Press, London, 1964
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Nickless, Will (illustrator). Reprint; First Printing. Light shelf wear DJ, open corner tear to front fly where original price has been removed, corners lightly bumped, missing rear endpaper, 5cm closed tear to front endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Pale green faux leather boards with black lettering to spine. DJ artwork uncredited. Undated but assumed mid 1960s. ; Reward Library; B&W Illustrations; 192 pages; Hannah Maine, heroine of Lost in the Outback has now qualified as a Nursing Sister at a hospital in Melbourne. With her great friend and pilot, Mary Frazer, she volunteers for the Flying Doctor service and they fly to the remote hospital at Tingaroo. Adventure they expected, but they get more than they bargained for, cullminating in a long trek in the company of a primitive band of aborigines.
Published by J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1961
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Copy DJ with some edge wear and fading.
Language: English
Published by Abbey Rewards, London
Seller: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Will Nickless (illustrator).
Published by London; Blackie & Son,, London, 1955
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Dobson Broadhead (illustrator). First Edition. H/b; in d/w; Vg-/G; a little loss to d/w and closed tear;; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Broadhead, Dobson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. Nice Tight Copy With No Ownership Information. Hint Of Soiling. Top Edges Dyed.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 152 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with pink lettering over blue cloth. Illustrated by Gustav King. File copy stamps and marks to front endpapers and front of jacket. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Minor sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear to edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Moderate soiling to DJ.
Published by Peal Press, 1968
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket worn, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.
Published by London: Peal Press, London
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Nickless, Will (illustrator). 1st Thus. Book has edge and corner wear, with light green covers, and is missing the back free end paper. Store stamped on the half-title page. Dustjacket shows signs of use, with tears all along the edges. The copyright is not stated.
Published by Abbey Rewards, 1950
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Pictorial boards with b lack cloth spine. Undated - probably early 1950s. Pages browned; binding tight Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Bumping to spine ends, binding strong. Undated, circa 1960s.
Published by London; Blackie & Son, 1955, 1955
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. With tatty dust jacket. Staining to boards, binding strong.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Small tears on jacket.Award plate.Tanning.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Will Nickless (illustrator). Probably 1950s. B + w illustrations. Unpaginated. Illustrated laminated boards with cloth spine.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With b&w illstns by Ian Ribbons. Tight and square, prize plate in front, small corner clipping to fep. Dust jacket is intact, light wear to spine ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by J.M. Dent, London, 1965
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. staining to cover, internally VG. 126 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Summary:Children's book; includes legends based on authentic Aboriginal legends told to the author during her childhood by a Central Australian Aborigine.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1957
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 157 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Notable tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.
Published by Abbey Rewards, London
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Will Nickless (illustrator). No Date. A sequel to 'Lost in the Outback'. Colour pictorial boards slightly bowed, a little worn on edges, dark blue cloth spine faded, illustrated by WILL NICKLESS, paper browning, a few name stamps, small scribble on copyright page, good. 8vo, unpaginated.
Published by J. M. Dent, 1960
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 20
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback first impression. Fair ex-library in original binding with modest signs. The jacket is clipped with nicks and chips and a liitle loss to top edge of front panel.
Language: English
Published by Blackie & Son, London, UK
Seller: Secondhand Books 'n' Things, Buninyong, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Will Nickless (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover, date of publication unknown, Blackie & Son, London UK. This book is in good condition - dedication sticker on ffep; some spottiness to ffep bleeding through the next few pages; some spottiness on last few pages; edge wear. The dust jacket is in good condition - price-clipped; edge wear with chipping, and minor creasing. Photographs available on request.
Published by Blackie, 1959
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has chunks missing, but is otherwise intact, with both flaps. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Australia; Teens & Young Adult. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 25669. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1961
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations by Gustav King. 2 page black & white map of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Very faint scattered foxing to top edge. 152 pages. A young adult novel set at the beginning of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Peal Press, London
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 190pp; illustrations by Will Nickless, covers a tad soiled, d/w chipped with tears; 190 x 120mm.