Empty Cottage by Brian Read (8 results)

Condition: Good. Goodall, John S. (illustrator). 2nd. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards. Dark brown lettering on spine. 62 pages. Colour frontispiece. Prize label on front endpaper. Frontispiece creased at top corner, with a short closed tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good, Slight Browning. No Jacket. J. S. Goodall (illustrator). First Edition.

Condition: Good. 1968. 2nd Impression. 62 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to half-title page. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Tape to spine. Foxing overall.

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition. 62 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Prize plate to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1963. First Published. 62 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers and half-title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. White staining to rear board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to rear panel.

Condition: Good. Goodall, John S. (illustrator). Reprint. Brown covers. Light wear to edges of covers. Prize label on front endpaper. Contents VG.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Goodall, John S. (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1963. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. The Squirrel Series. Patrick and Andrew went to stay on a farm. They made friends with all the animals, and drove with Jill in a donkey-cart. George and Ron said town boys were silly, and they wouldn't let them play in Lonesome Cottage. But they all made friends when Harry came. Dark orange boards with dark titles and squirrel vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. SIGNED by author on title page, in green pen with dedication and date. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small chips and tears. Rear panel slightly grubby and spine lightly browned. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details.

Condition: Poor. The books dust jacket is home made but is in acceptable condition with little shelfware that includes scuffs and scratches. The books content does have part of the old dust jacket tapped in also writing on the title page.