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Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 9 February 2023
Red boards with black illustration and titles, illustrated dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve, colour frontispiece, 5 full page b&w illustrations, and numerous b&w 1/2 page and chapter headers and footers, illustration on p277 has splashes of blue paint to the bottom, brown marks to edge of pp159-161, dust jacket is unclipped, some loss to bottom edge of spine and a larger 4cm piece missing from top. Otherwise a clean, tight copy. Seller Inventory # 004755
Title: Peter and the Wanderlust
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, London, Toronto, Bombay and Sydney
Publication Date: 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Matthews, Jack
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Penn and Ink Used and Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Ex-library, no dj, inside G+. Binding is Hardbound. Seller Inventory # 004752
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Henry C. Pitz (illustrator). Boards (HB) in very good condition with light edge wear to corners and spine top and bottom. Tiny black line near bottom of spine. This novel for older children, published c. 1940, concerns the adventures of an English boy named Peter Mallory, who discovers a beat-up 1902 Viking automobile and together with his father and their friend, the local mechanic, repair her. Christened the "Wanderlust" because of the adventurous spirit she rouses in them, the old Viking becomes the focal point of all of Peter's adventures, whether it is riding with his father in the London-to-Exeter Trial, surviving a Christmas blizzard on Exmoor, or taking a road-trip holiday to Wales. 295 pages with full page charming black and white illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Seller Inventory # 104085
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Henry C. Pitz (illustrator). dj w/2" paper loss, rubbig, in mylar; blue c w/nsvy titles; lite wear at extremities; illustrated end papers; 295 clean, unmarked pages. Seller Inventory # 015528a
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Joan Andrews, Alton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, No D/J. Red illustrated boards have a faded and bumped spine and back edges, light bumping to corners and light marks. Front cover sits a little loose on spine and crooked, but quite secure, prize sticker. Illustrated by Jack Matthew. Seller Inventory # 3257
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01. Seller Inventory # GB000NP3JD2I3N01
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition. Gift inscription on front pastedown; damp-stains on end papers, fore-edge & first & last few pages; some foxing; red cloth badly faded at head & foot of spine; dust jacket worn, foxed & stained, with loss to spine & back panel. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in Poor dust jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS226200I
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 288. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good. Tatty remains of dust jacket loosely inserted. Seller Inventory # C81814
Quantity: 1 available