Published by Faber and Faber, 1950
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1st ed. Good condition. Boards have some light wear, soiling. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ. 167pp.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1950
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Uttley, Alison. The cobbler's shop and other tales / illustrated by Irene Hawkins. First edition. London: Faber and Faber, 1950. Hardback, VG, in GOOD, unclipped dustjacket with shelfwear to edges, bumping to corners and half-a-dozen small nicks around the top edge. Patch of damage to base of spine with a tape repair from the inside. Age-discolouration and foxing to the reverse panel. Cover title has 'stories', rather than 'tales', as on title page. Red cloth, faded to top and base of spine; blue lettering to spine. Binding strong. Light foxing to endpapers. Illustrated title page. 167pp., b/w illustrations. Light foxing spots to edges of page block ; contents clean and bright. Alison Jane Uttley (17 December 1884 7 May 1976), née Taylor, was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
£ 223.76
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Hawkins, Irene (illustrator). First Edition. 167 pages. Contains the following stories: The Kissing-Bunch; The Cobbler's Shop; Orion Hardy; Young Lambs For Sale; The Little Iron Bedstead; The Fir Trees and The Christmas Tree; The Churchyard; The Lead-Miner; Lady Echo; The Little Cob-Nut Tree; The Girl Whom the Wind Loved; The Field That Didn't Wish For Company. Bookplate and small sticker removal mark upon front free endpaper. Narrow opening along back hinge. Considerable crayon markings on various pages and back free endpaper. Moderate foxing. Above-average wear. Bit of sticker residue inside back board. Spine leaning partially. Although this copy has seen better days, it remains a worthy copy of this uncommon Uttley title.