Day Tortoise by Bates (53 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by Peter Farmer. Please note some stock images show a jacket, 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.…

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 mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable tanning, rubbing and marking.…

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 creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with subtle sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.…

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 small mark to front of dust wrapper. 7 1/4" X 5". …

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 corners, well bound, name/address stamp on title page, clean unmarked text, a nice copy. …

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 CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. PETER FARMER (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some light foxing. The jacket has a couple of small chips and closed tears. Peter Farmer (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Some fox spots to endpapers. Binding tight. Dustwrapper price-clopped but smart in new Brodart plastic overwrapper. Peter Farmer (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good for year, hardcover. Generally clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in good condition. Ex-library copy with usual markings . Dustjacket fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 96pp. Illustrated by Peter Farmer, Ist edition and in near fine condition. Price clipped very good dj in protector. UK post and packing will be less than quoted by abe at £3.95 Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

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 with a vivacious woman named Kitty. Tucked in is a copy of an obituary from The Times 1974 of the author. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches. Peter Farmer (illustrator).…

First Edition. Previous owner's inscription. 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: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg. …

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 surreptitiously sleeps in the attic. The author's stories appeared frequently in Edward J. O'Brien's annual anthology series, BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has been traced to the influence of Conrad (and thus of Henry James) and Stephen Crane, but his subject matter is definitely British, concentrating on the lives and tragedies of rural workers, occasionally touching on the theme of madness. See Kunitz and Haycraft, Twentieth Century Authors, pp. 85-6. NCBEL IV 521. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#128180).…

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 shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

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 hardback in Good dust jacket.…

First Edition. Previous owner's inscription. 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: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg. …

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 spine, the odd small mark, little creasing/rubbing to edges and is in only fair condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a bit tanned. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Farmer, Peter (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. the jacket is torn and worn. chipped on the spine. sunned. marked. foxing. tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial 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; 93 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; H. E. Bates. Fiction. Genre; Novels - England - 20th century. 1 Kg. …

98 pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, B/w illustrations. a very good copy. Second impression.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression. book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Farmer (illustrator).

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 pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 93 pages; Physical description.: 93 p : ill ; 20 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional Characters -- Texts. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. The jacket is rubbed, edgeworn and a bit soiled but has not suffered much paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 93p. : ill. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial 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; 93 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; H. E. Bates. Fiction. Genre; Novels - England - 20th century. 1 Kg. …

First edition. 93 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Farmer.

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 pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 93 pages; Physical description.: 93 p : ill ; 20 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional Characters -- Texts. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Light foxing on page edges and endpapers. Binding tight. Dust jacket price-clipped; spine a bit yellowed; small, faint stains near spine; protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

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 front base . Internally vg, with no insc. 96pps, inc 24 b/w illus, many full page. . Please read notes on shipping. Farmer, Peter (illustrator).…