Day Tortoise by Bates H E (53 results)

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 94 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. 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…

Condition: Good. 1961. Third Impression. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and creas…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice little first edition in its dust- wrapper (drawing by Peter farmer, who did the other drawings in the book) More of a short story - 94 pages in all. Tiny marks to first front and last page of text. Green binding fine. Very nice little copy with very…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine/VeryGood DJ, Two small closed tears on dj. Small name stamp on title page. Lightly chipped at head and heel of spine on dj. (Edition:First Edition) 1961 UK 1st Edition, Near Fine/Very Good DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has tiny nicks at head & heel of spine, price intact, in Mylar, square cor…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND FADED. THERE IS A SMALL TEAR TO THE TOP OF THE FRONT AND REAR JACKET. THE CORNERS ARE BUMPED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE BUMPED. THE PRICE IS UNCLIPPED. THERE IS A SMALL PENNED MARK TO THE FFEP. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to end papers and page edges and no bumping to corners. 94pp. A story about a man in his late 50s nd a brief joyful interlude in his life…

Third 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 pastedow…

Octavo, small illustrations in the text by Peter Farmer, original green boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A poignant novella about a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his three elderly and crazy sisters and a horde of pets in a shabby Edwardian house, and a young girl from the local dairy who surre…

First Edition. 1961 1st edition with B&W illustrations by Peter Farmer; attractive binding; dust jacket not price-clipped with discolouration to spine and edges and light wear and tear to top edge; page fore-edge lightly foxed; short gift inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG har…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A small publication of 96 pages. There is gilt on the spine and the front of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. True first British printing. With original unclipped jacket (7s 6d). Illustrated by Peter Farmer. Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few small (approx. 5mms) tears, little browning to spi…

Third 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 pastedow…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. D/W slight wear and snags to edges, spine browned and ends worn, slight ageing to edges and a few handling marks. Front design repeated on rear. Green boards with title/author on front in gold, rubbed spine ends, slightly warped and a small dirt mark at f…