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Published by Vintage Children's Classics, 2015
ISBN 10: 0099583364ISBN 13: 9780099583363
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Collins, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1958. This Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Light bleaching to spine ends. Textblock is noticeably shaky.
Published by Collins, 1954
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Medium cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board is loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Published by Collins, 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1955. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges with stains and markings to some pages, text remains readable. Sticker residue to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Published by Collins, 1965
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1965. 255 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Drawings by Shirley Hughes. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Collins, 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1955. Reprinted. 255 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages, hinges and gutters. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Published by Collins, London, 1958
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Shirley Hughes (illustrator). Reprint, first published 1955.D/W in protective plastic sleeve.D/W shelf-worn, piece missing bottom right corner of front,small tears along top edge,price-clipped,front bright. Book blue boards,page edges tanned, contents clean.
Published by Childrens Book Club, 1955
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ is clean but has a few small tears to edges and slight loss to spine. Contents are clean but lightly toned. Free from markings or inscriptions.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
Published by Collins, London, 1954
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Shirley Hughes (illustrator). 255pp, illustrated with line drawings in text by Shirley Hughes, ink name of previous owner to front free endpaper, one or two stains to pages, otherwise clean and crisp, blue top stain, blue cloth with rather dulled gilt spine lettering, no dust jacket. Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches. Children's Fiction.
Published by Collins - Evergreen Library, St. James Place, London, 1967
Seller: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). Green hardcover binding clean square and tight. Minimal foxing and stains inside covers. DJ has some wrinkles and light soiling - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 255 pages.
Published by Collins, 1967
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note this copy does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Collins, London, 1967
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Part of the Evergreen Library series. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. A later printing. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, light foxing on fore edge, else very good in a good (two large chips on front panel, a few short closed edge tears, lower corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket.
Published by Collins, 1967
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). Reprint. Black & white illustrations. There is a small ownership sticker to free front endpaper and light foxing to endpapers and some page edges. All else is very clean and firm inside and out. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. The dustjacket has small areas of loss to lower front panel, lower back panel and upper spine area. Other minor edge wear and small closed tears.
Published by Collins, London, 1954
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good first edition copy with a gift inscription and owner's names in front. With b&w illstns by Shirley Hughes.
Published by Collins, London, 1961
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). Third Printing. Second printing of the 1958 re-issue. Originally published in 1955. The boards have fading at the top and bottom of the spine where the jacket is damaged and bumping to the bottom front corner. The page edges are browned. Browning to the front free endpaper. The pages themselves are clean and unmarked but the book does have a musty smell. The jacket has chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and a one inch by two inch piece missing from the top left hand corner of the front panel. Chipping to corners and a few closed tears in the edges. Staining to rear panel. Jacket illustration and interior line drawing illustrations by Shirley Hughes.
Published by Childrens Book Club, 1955
Seller: Robin's books, Abingdon, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Shirley Hughes (illustrator). Ends of spine curled Fragile dust jacket with multiple tears and wear to edges, some small missing sections.
Published by London England; Collins, 1965
Seller: Rainy Day Books (Australia), The Basin, VIC, Australia
Hard cover, dust jacket, dust jacket slightly torn, Evergreen Library, illustrations by Shirley Hughes, good.
Published by Swift Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0859978788ISBN 13: 9780859978781
Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: Very Good. All orders are dispatched the following working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Second printing (a year after the first). Hardcover. A bookseller's stamp on the front paste-down, and a school prize plate (1957) on the fly-leaf, o/w very good in like price-clipped dustjacket. With b/w drawings by Shirley Hughes, as well as a colour illustrated jacket by her.
Published by The Children's Book Club., 1955
Seller: SEVERNBOOKS, Telford, SHROP, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This Edition The Children's Book Club. 1955. With Drawings By Shirley Hughes. 255 pages. Light coloured boards are with minor marks. No rips or tears.
Published by The Children's Book Club
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.
Published by Collins, London, United Kingdom, 1954
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Shirley Hughes (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first UK edition, first printing (first impression) with 1954 to the title page as called for and no reprint statement to the copyright page. A very good plus to near fine unmarked clean copy in a just about fair priced jacket (10s. 6d), loss to the jacket at the bottom and top of the spine. Uncommon first printing.
Published by The Children's Book Club, London, 1961
Seller: Stirling Books, Stirling, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Shirley Hughes (illustrator). Hardback: Fair+ Condition. Dust Jacket: Good Condition. Sticker By Previous Owner Opposite Title Page Which Has Caused Staining To Title Page, But No Hindrance To Readability. Shows Signs Of Aging Such As Foxing To Leaf-Edges. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Boards, Bumped Corners And Spine Edges. Light Scuffs And Wear To Jacket. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition.
Published by Childrens Book Club,, 1961
Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 255 pages, a near fine hardback in a like dustwrapper. Book appears unread and has been stored safely by us, so is in excellent condition. Extremely rare title!.
Published by Collins, 1960
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Shirley Hughes. Prize plate on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.
Published by Collins, 1960
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st 1960 HB Collins; very good in very good clipped dust jacket; foxing to ffep otherwise clean copy in very good jacket; foxing to front edge of book block.
Published by Collins, London, 1960
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard. Condition: Good. Hughes, Shirley (illustrator). First Edition. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on endpapers and closed edges, binding firm, light sunning to spine, boards otherwise neat. Size: 8vo.