Moreton Capt (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Capt. J P Moreton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good order throughout, a little light tanning, occasional foxing and light marking. Inscription to fep. Light green boards, unevenly faded, with gilt titling to faded spine. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 96 p. 20 cm. Colour frontispiece. Line drawings at head of each chapter. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Chips and tears to jacket. Much of jacket spine missing, including ends and a section in the centre. Lettering on spine is affected by these gabs. Some stains and discolouration to jacket rear. Tape repair top front. Cloth discoloured where jacket is lacking. Book has some spine lean, dent in lower edge of back cover. Inscription on front free endpaper. Mark on p. 36. Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown (1908-1976) showed no early writing promise. After being expelled from school for drinking and truancy in his native England, he eventually found his way to British Colombia where he spent time with nature. Upon his return to England, he began a writing career that fictionalized various types of wildlife. This is his scarce first book, even more rare in a dustjacket. Blurb on the jacket's front flap states this story is "for people of every age above ten or twelve" but it's likely meant for children. In simple language, H.-B. tells the story of the anthropomorphic chinook salmon named Silver and his "wife" Grace. But readers of all ages will feel an affinity for their finned friend and even grown-ups may feel teary-eyed when Silver's life ends on a fisherman's hook.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Capt J P Moreton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green boards mottled and faded but not spine which has gilt lettering. A fair non-price clipped jacket with spotting, browning and a minor loss (see photographs). The author's very scarce first book - virtually unknown in a DJ. Internally the book is very good.