Published by George G. Harrap & Co, Ltd, London, 1947
Seller: Lorna Tranter Books, Seascale, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 62.55
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nora Hamerton. (illustrator). First Edition. Good sound copy of a scarce book. Green/cream HB covers in col pict d/w. 56 pps. Charming childrens' story of Malayan family life. Beautifull coloured illusts. Also many in blk & white.Not pr. clipped. small area of damage to front upper d/w crnr - see scan. Also, tiny blemish on upper spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by London, The Caxton Press, 1936, 1936
Seller: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 451.78
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Add to basket1st Edition. 58 pages. Very good if slightly worn illustrated stiff boards as issued. Cloth spine intact. Full page ills by Nora Hamerton. Internally fine. Rare.
US$ 1,181.58
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Add to basketFirst edition; landscape 8vo (22.5 x 30 cm); 10 illustrative plates, woodcut initials and chapter heads, contemporary ownership inscription to endpaper; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, decorative endpapers, touch of bumping and toning to boards, a very good copy; [iv], 58 pp. Rare Kuala Lumpur imprint of this interwar publication. This children's story was designed to introduce Malay culture through fiction and utilises English comparisons and examples to de-exoticise the Malaysian way of life.