Diary Moody (7 results)

Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. softcover. 209pp. b/w illus. Near Fine.

233 pp, b&w photographic plates, school prize book-plate on front paste-down, Church of England Boy's School (Toowoomba) crest stamped on front board, else very good copy in brown, cloth boards. First published 1945.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Previous owner's inscription dated 1955. Heavy bruising and creasing to lower corners of boards. Incomplete dust-jacket, lacking rear panel. Rear flap of dust-jacket present. Front flap is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Fifth printing, April 1951 (the first printing was in 1945). x, 232, [1], [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Mauve boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 118mm. "This is the story of Horrie, who was found as a queer little homeless pup in the Western Desert and became a true Digger. It has been put into its present form by Ion Idriess, who had it from the diary of Horrie's master, Pte J. B. Moody, Machine Gun Battalion, and from others of his friends." - from dust-jacket blurb. Selected contents: Introducing the Desert, the Pup, and the Rebels; The Wog-Dog Enlists; The Wog-Dog embarks for the Front; The Wog-Dog under fire; The Wog-Dog conquers Greece; The Hell of War; The Bitter Retreat; Horrie Survives Shipwreck; We Lose Murchie; Horrie falls in love; The Hazards of Peace; The Stowaway; The Aussie-Dog.

1st ed. thus card covers As New octavo 209pp., b/w plates, Written from the diary of J. B. Moody, Private VX13091. Well-produced modern reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. No signatures. Some foxing and dust stains to top page edges. A large tear right across front panel of dust-jacket. Some other chips and tears up to 1" to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Sixth printing, 1955 (the first printing was in 1945). x, 232, [1] pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Brown boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 122mm. "This is the story of Horrie, who was found as a queer little homeless pup in the Western Desert and became a true Digger. It has been put into its present form by Ion Idriess, who had it from the diary of Horrie's master, Pte J. B. Moody, Machine Gun Battalion, and from others of his friends." - from dust-jacket blurb. Selected contents: Introducing the Desert, the Pup, and the Rebels; The Wog-Dog Enlists; The Wog-Dog embarks for the Front; The Wog-Dog under fire; The Wog-Dog conquers Greece; The Hell of War; The Bitter Retreat; Horrie Survives Shipwreck; We Lose Murchie; Horrie falls in love; The Hazards of Peace; The Stowaway; The Aussie-Dog.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright red boards with bright gilt letters on the front cover & spine. Binding error has left light wave marks (3) to the top edge of the front cover. There is very, very light wear on the edges. There is a tear on the fore-edge of the List of Illustrations page. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "First Edition". 6 of 6 full-page plates. The dust jacket is price clipped & has 2-3 cm chips off the spine tips and bottom of the front cover with long tears along the edges of both flaps Now protected in mylar.

233 pp, b&w photographic plates, gift inscription on front end-paper, else very good copy in like, illustrated d/j. First published 1945.