The Far Distant Oxus, First Edition (11 results)

Condition: Good. 1971. First edition thus. 220 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Spine slightly rolled.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Pamela Whitlock (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition fifth printing octavo hardback 351 pages illustrated including coloured endpaper maps. Very Good condition. Previous owner's lengthy inscription on half title page and Gift inscription on blank page oppoisite.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Whitlock. Pamela (illustrator). Reissue. 288pp, with line drawings illustrating the text by Pamela Whitlock. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. Three colour maps on endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Hint of shadows on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper. chipped and chapped around edges with some minor crumbling and loss at the spine head and a couple of short, closed tears from edges. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. First published in 1937, The Far-distant Oxus was written by two young girls, still at school, inspired by Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons. They sent their manuscript to Ransome who declared it the best children's book of the year and persuaded his own publisher to take it on. Ransome also provided an introduction for the first edition. The plot follows siblings Bridget, Anthony and Frances spending their summer holiday on Exmoor, where they meet the mysterious, nomadic Maurice and his pony, Dragonfly.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. New reissued edition. Burgundy cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 351pp; b/w ills; map endpapers; intro by Arthur Ransome. Slight lean to spine; light bumping to board edges. Dustwrapper has light edgewear and scuffing/scratching to surface; original price sticker amended in pen to front flap. A story written by two teenage schoolgirls, about a party of children who go to stay in a farm house on Exmoor for the summer holidays and have all kinds of adventures.[F2].

1st edn 8th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and light wear at head of spine - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 350, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owners' neat inscriptions front paste-down and front prelims).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Collins Armada Lions 1971 First thus paperback. A tiny scuff to very bottom rear spine edge otherwise covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. Fine 1978 reissue in maroon cloth and Very Good + dust jacket with a half-inch tear at the bottom of the front fold. The lower corner of the front flap is clipped with sticker remnants. 351 pages, unmarked ; DPEC CHIL SHLF; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First Printing Stated, Abridged Edition. Evidence of bookplate removal from front endpaper, else a clean, solid hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($4.95) and presents well under fresh archival mylar despite chipping at the spine ends and corner folds. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket. 279pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Macmillan Company 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st American Edition. First printing. Tight binding with black cloth cover, gilt decoration and printing on cover and spine No fading and bright Gilt text. Dustjacket like new NOT Price clipped. Protected in archive cover. ex school library stamps, as unread condition.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. First edition. Binding damaged. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pamela Whitlock (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback First Edition A delightful book which vividly brings to life a magical summer holiday for children and their ponies in the glorious unspoilt countryside of Exmoor before the war This first edition copy is complete with a pictorial dust jacket Underneath lie red cloth boards while the text is enhanced by the illustrations of Pamela Whitlock Overall a good copy despite wear to the dust jacket There is a slight lean to the spine with a little bumping to the top and base The binding however is clean and shows very little wear There is scattered foxing throughout although the pages are quite clean pp 351 Overall a good copynbsp. book.