Published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1945
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st New Zealand Edition; First Printing. Missing DJ, light shelf wear to boards with corners lightly bumped, ink birthday gift message dated 4/9/1945 to front endpaper. ; First New Zealand edition following original 1944 Robert Hale first edition. Brown cloth boards with black lettering and decorations to spine. ; 236 pages; Scanlan was the most popular New Zealand novelist of her generation and is best known for her Pencarrow Quartet written during the 1930s. This slightly later work is a country romance set in the area of New Zealand where she was born and grew up.
Published by Robert Hale & Whitcombe & Tombes, 1945
Seller: LOTSABOOKS, HAMILTON, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Jacket. First Published in NZ. 236 pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 236 pages. missing dj, cloth worn.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 236 pages. missing dj.
Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1945
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First New Zealand Edition. Grey cloth titled in black on spine. Very tidy, just a touch of toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped but has small tears and edge gaps, unfaded, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Robert Hale Limited, 1945
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First GB edition. DJ not price clipped. Publishers original file copy.
Published by Robert Hale, W&T, 1945
Seller: Vintage Books of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 236p D/J (chips, small pieces missing top-bottom spine) 1st NZ edition A nice NZ country romance can develop because of Owen's character.
Published by Robert Hale / Whitcombe & Tombs (1945), London / Christchurch, 1945
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket.; First New Zealand edition. 236 pages. Grey-green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184mm x 122mm. Nelle Scanlan (1882-1968) was a New Zealand author. She was a writer of historical romances, best known for her "Pencarrow" series.
Published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Christchurch, 1945
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First NZ Edition. Brown boards with black lettering on the spine. Head and tail of spine bumped, board edges are lightly rubbed. Binding is tidy and neat. Previous bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Pastedowns and free endpapers are lightly stained. Page edges are evenly discoloured and foxed. Otherwise this book is in good condition. Dust wrapper rubbed. Edges are well thumbed and showing some wear and tear, particularly at the head and tail of spine. Discoloured and bearing the odd stain. Edges are softly creased, else in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.