The Island of Birds
Fitzroy, Olivia
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1954
Used
Original Cloth
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Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
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The boards have a little fading at the bottom of the spine and a little bumping to the corners of the front panel. The page edges are a little browned with a few light marks. Previous owner's name in pen to the front free endpaper. No other marks on the pages. The jacket has light chipping to the corners and at the top of the spine. The spine is a little darkened and the rear panel is browned with a few small surface marks. The front panel has a little discolouration to the white areas and there is browning to the edges of the front and rear flaps. Jacket and interior illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. First printing. Seller Inventory # 017366
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Island of Birds
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Original Cloth
Illustrator: Sheppard, Raymond
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
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Island Of The Birds
Published by
Jonathan Cape, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fair. 1954. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Seller Inventory # 1722855113LEE
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Hencotes Books, Penny Pearce, Hexham Northumberland, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo green cloth, brown titling to spine, eagle on front board, fading to spine tips + top and bottom edges in clipped dustwrapper - edgeworn top edge + spine edge, inside- tanned + stained which has not affected the book boards. 253 pp [5 blank] beautiful b/w Sheppard illusns throughout - text, chapter headings + full page clean, tight, no inscriptions. Seller Inventory # 014358
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Cape, London, 1960
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). First Edition; Second Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce Vg+/Vg-; book has green cloth cover with eagle on front; no names or other handwriting inside; d/w not price clipped but has some small chips to edges; ; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 104820
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THE ISLAND OF BIRDS
Published by
JONATHAN CAPE, 1954
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. THE ISLAND OF BIRDS by OLIVIA FITZROY ** HARDBACK with DUSTWRAPPER ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PUBLISHER : JONATHAN CAPE * YEAR : 1954 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 256 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: COVER RUBBED AND CREASED WITH SOME EDGEWEAR TO DUSTWRAPPER. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE ALTHOUGH YELLOWED. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. Seller Inventory # 04.07.23/SH/385/SHELF520/RCK16.3.23
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrator). First Edition. The boards have a little fading at the top and bottom of the spine and a heavy bump to the top right corner of the front panel where there is also some faint staining. The page edges are a little browned. Light browning to the endpapers with a little spotting down the rear free endpaper. No other marks on the pages. The jacket has chipping to the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine which also has some quite heavy edge rubbing. The front panel has a stain over the first part of the author's name. The rear panel has a two small closed tears in the top edge and quite a bit of surface browning. The jacket reverse is also quite heavily browned. Jacket and interior illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. First printing. Seller Inventory # 014007
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Cape, London, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; scarce title; Vg/Vg-; book has green cloth cover; Award sticker inside cover; d/w not price clipped but has a little chdipping to edges; /w has small loss to top edge; set in West Scotland; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 101428
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Jonathan Cape, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated by Raymond Sheppard, 252pp. Seller Inventory # 261563
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The Island of Birds
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1960
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). Second Impression. 1960. Second impression (the first was in 1954). 253pp., a black and white frontispiece, 10 full-page black and white illustration and other illustrations within the text by Ramond Sheppard. Olivia Fitzroy (or Fitz Roy) (1921-1969) was a British author of children's books. Her family spent their summers in Scotland, the setting of her books, and they were there in 1939 when her father, a naval officer, decided that they should remain in Inverewe for the duration of the Second World War. "Jamie and Jean Stewart are convalescing after measles at Carrick on the west coast of Scotland. Their housekeeper, Maggie, is looking after them, but they are depressed because their family and friends are away and they can find nothing interesting to do. But one day a friend, Fergus, does arrive, and persuades Maggie to let him take them to his island in his fishing boat, the Wandering Star. They are delighted to learn that they are to act as crew for the voyage, and that Fergus's Island of Birds is forty miles beyond the Outer Hebrides. They enjoy exploring the island with its deserted village, keeping house in the cottage Fergus has rebuilt for himself, fishing and watching birds, including a pair of rare sea-eagles which have nested on the cliffs. An unexpected interruption of their happiness is the arrival of two shady characters who pretend to Jean, whom they find alone in the cottage, that they are friends of Fergus's. Inadvertently she gives away the secret of the sea-eagles' nest. From then on Fergus and the children are defenders in a battle to protect the valuable eggs from the two would-be thieves. The Island of Birds proves to be an even more exciting place than Jean and James had bargained for." The book is bound in the original green boards with red-brown titling on the spine and an illustration of an eagle on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends and a faint water stain near the spine edge of part of the top edge of the front board . The contents are tight and clean with a light water stain extending out to about 1 1/2" from the spine corner on the top edge of the front fixed and free endpapers and slight offsetting to the endpapers. An inscription dated 1964 has been written on the dedication page. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear sith light soiling and the spine is slightly faded. The spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and nicked and there is some rubbing down the front fore edge and front spine edge. There is a water stain at the top of the spine that extends to a diminishing extend along the top of the wrapper, but the stain is only really visible on the back and the reverse. The front flap has not been clipped although there is a later publisher's price sticker over the original printed price. Overall, this is a very good tight and clean copy of a scarce title. Seller Inventory # gChild09
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THE ISLAND OF BIRDS.
Published by
Jonathan Cape. London. 1954, 1954
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. Pp253. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. Slight tape-marks to end-papers but very good in dust-wrapper. A story of two children recovering from an illness on the western coast of Scotland. They end up looking after a cottage on one of the Western Isles. The two children enjoy exploring the remote island, fishing and watching the sea birds that nest there. That year a rare pair of sea eagles has nested and the two unwittingly become involved in a struggle to stop the nest being plundered by two shady egg thieves. . Seller Inventory # 19476
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