Gypsy Tree by Ethel Collier (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition. 121 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Peter Warner. 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 mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Szalay, Lajos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pictorial hardcover binding clean square and tight. Minimal library marks - clean back pocket intact, stamp on title page. Else binding very clean bright and tight. DJ missing large chip front cover, lots of shelfwear. Not price-clipped. Protected further damage in clean jacket. 138 pages. Jarus family moves into a farmhouse next to a meadow and a massive tree which becomes a playground for the children. Eventually, however, progress comes through and the meadow becomes houses and a whole new community grows up around them. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lajos Szalay (illustrator). 1st Edition. This offering is a vintage copy of The Gypsy Tree which was written by Ethel Collier and illustrated by Lajos Szalay. The book was published by William R. Scott, Inc.1966 and appears to be a First Edition but is not specifically stated as such. The book has been inscribed and signed by both the author and the illustrator on the front loose end page. It is a book for - perhaps - older middle school students and in many ways rues the days of playing in a meadow . . . after "development" has taken over a favored meadow playing place. The book is in very good + condition and the dust jacket is in very good condition. The book is NOT an ex-library copy - is 6 3/8"" by 8 5/8" and has 138 pages with a Table of Contents and black-and-white illustrations scattered throughout. "Mrs. Collier's concern is for values which - because we don't take time to imagine ways for including them - we lose to progress. It is a concern that any of us - child or adult - can share. - but she focuses it with unerring skill and empathy on things that will communicate to children for whom she is especially writing."Thank you! Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illus by Lajos Szalay. 138 pgs, reinforced cloth. A story about children who try to bring thicket values back to their developing suburban neighborhood that had once been a realm & refuge for a band of traveling gypsies. FINE, no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illus by Lajos Szalay. 138 pgs, reinforced cloth. FINE in lightly soiled dustjacket. A story about children who try to bring thicket values back to their developing suburban neighborhood that had once been a realm & refuge for a band of traveling gypsies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine, Price Clipped dustjacket. In reinforced boards, NOT a library discard. Illustrated by Lajos Szalay. Book is in unread condition.