Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blake, Quitin (illustrator). Very Good+ illustrated dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added, price sticker on inside corner, the illustration of the title is decorated with some animals, rear cover is the same illustration. Very Good+ binding is blue paper over boards, showing a black-line illustration man on a raft, light edge-wear. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 9" tall x 10.5" wide. About the book (from the dust jacket) AS Barnaby poles his raft up the river he picks up: 1 kitten 2 mice 3 schoolmistresses and a total of 49 other creatures. Anyone who can count to ten will get plenty of practice a Barnaby adds passengers to his raft and resolves his difficulties with the help of things he finds in his big box. About the Author (from the dust jacket) JOHN YEOMAN is a teacher as well as the author of The Bear's Water Picnic, The Bear's Winter House and other books. He lives in London. About the Illustrator (from the dust jacket) QUENTIN BLAKE is the illustrator of many children's books, including The Bear's Water Picnic and The Bear's Winter House. Mr. Blake also draws for Punch and other magazines.
Published by rotary club of blackheath 1977, 1977
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
second edition oblong super octavo illus light card covers, 382pp, illus VG (light soiling, light wear to extremities, owners stamp to fep).
Published by Blairgowrie and Alyth, England: Yeaman & Robertson, no year listed.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 38cm. x 25cm. Fair condition, some wear and discoloration on edges. The ground measures 10 1/2 Poles or thereby; and the Feu-Duty is 16s.