Published by Puffin, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140350209 ISBN 13: 9780140350203
Seller: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
1983, Puffin Classic, Penguin Books, 95 p., very good paperback with tanned pages.
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Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1978
ISBN 10: 0192745271 ISBN 13: 9780192745279
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2.
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Published by OXFORD UNIV + PRESS, 1981
ISBN 10: 0192813234 ISBN 13: 9780192813237
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1978
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with woodcuts by John Lawrence. Price clipped dust jacket slightly sun faded at top edges and spine. Record # 511670.
Published by Hythloday Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 0692212477 ISBN 13: 9780692212479
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1952
Seller: Paperback Recycler, Benson, AZ, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). 110 pp. Nicely illustrated with B&W drawings. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Hardy's only serious attempt to capture a youthful audience, this is a story of adventure in a cave in Southern England, where two boys, exploring, find the means of diverting an underground river. The jacket is slightly chipped at the edges. Binding tight, text clean.
Published by Oxford U.P
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Published by London: Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st trade edition. B&W illustrations. 110 pages.
Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (children, story, fiction, caves) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First trade edition. Book.
Published by O.U.P., 1978
Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland
Wraps. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. LAWRENCE, JOHN (illustrator). 79pp; Binding brittle with an internal split; Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First trade edition. REVIEW COPY with slip and an interesting typed bibliographic note stating that the English edition precedes the American edition by 3 months. A beautiful first trade edition of th is later title by Hardy which is in fine condition and feels unread. Fine copy in near fine dj with just the slightest trace of rubbing to edges. Bookplate.
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front pastedown. (caves, juvenile fiction, mendip hills, england, children's literature, action and adventure fiction).
Published by N.Y:Oxford University Press. 1979. Hardcover., 1979
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
hardback. Condition: About fine. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. 1st trade ed. Oxford U.P. 1952. Gift inscription else about fine in dust wrapper.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust jacket which has a 2" loss at the head of the spine, now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve, illustrated by Lynton Lamb, 109pp.
Published by Oxford U.P, 1952
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with rubbed and chipped at edges dust jacket with protective cover - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.
Published by Oxford University Press, Amen House, London, 1952
Seller: Joy of Books, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket, as Issued. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). First Thus. 1st Printing. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. This is the first printing after the Limited First Edition, in beautiful green leather, with gilt lettering of title, author, and Library imprint. Hardy's only writing for a youthful audience, written in 1883, designed for the "Youth's Companion" magazine, it went unpublished until 1892-93, when it was serialized in the "Household". Finally published 60 years later in book form. Introduction by Richard L. Purdy; numerous illustrated ink drawings. 110 pages. Withdrawn from library, with typical markings on fly leaf front and back. Book is in very good condition, slight shelf wear on edges, spine, pages 5-9 have had folded corner, pages are yellowing; top edge patterning is more faded than side and bottom, but still visible. A great find.
Published by London, OUP, 1978., 1978
First Edition
xii+80pp. 8vo. Original cloth with illus. dustwrapper. A fine copy. With an introduction by Richard L. Purdy. First edition thus.
Publication Date: 1952
Seller: Roy Turner Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. First edition, 1952. Maroon cloth with silver lettering to spine. Good condition; minimal edgewear, boards clean, minor bumps and rubbing to corners and spine, pages clean and tightly bound, faint foxing to endpapers and fore edges in Good unclipped dust jacket; sunned to spine with minimal edgewear and some small chips. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. Published: Oxford University Press, 1952.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). First Thus. A very good clean copy in d/w that has some minor loss to bottom edge and closed tear. 109pp.
Published by Puffin Classics, 1983
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Pendle, Alexy (illustrator). 1st Thus. First published as a serial in 1892-3.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1952
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition Thus. Original crimson cloth. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with edge tears and edge chips.
Published by George Cumberlege; Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 110 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild water droplets to boards. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). First Trade Edition. The author's first & "only serious attempt to capture a youthful audience." Originally written in 1883 & designed to be published in the American magazine, "Youth's Companion,'' but rejected, it was later published in installments in the "Household,'' after which time it was largely forgotten for 60 years. Then, it was released in book form in a limited edition in Sept. 1952. Our copy is the First Trade Edition, first printing, from Oct. of that same year. It tells a story of rural English boyhood & their adventures exploring a cave in Somersetshire. Hardcover small 8vo has burgundy cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: just lacks that brand new crispness! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges. Very mild rubbing to extremities & light corner bumping. The unclipped DJ is VG, with modest edgewear to both ends of spine & flap edges; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: Cotswold Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. In great condition. PO label from the Printer Library, OUP, on endpaper. DJ - not price clipped - protected by mylar jacket. No inscriptions.
Published by Published by Oxford University Press, Walton Street, London First Thus Edition . [First Published in serial form in 1892]. 1978., 1978
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 77 printed pages of text with monochrome woodcuts throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0192745271 ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1952
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth over boards, color illustrated dust jacket, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. 'Hardy's only serious attempt to capture a youthful audience.' Very Good, light shelf wear, front facing endpaper clipped, in Very Good dust jacket, small loss to top spine end, one-inch closed tear at top front panel, small dampstain at front panel, darkening to spine.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1978
Seller: Roger Collicott Books, Widecombe in the Moor, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. X; 78 Pages. Illustrated With Fine Wood Cuts By Th Accomplished Engraver John Lawrence. Introduction By Richard L. Purdy The Hardy Scholar. Org. Cloth In Complete Dust Wrapper Tiny Little Stain In The Top Corner Of The Wrapper. Originally Published (Without The Woodcuts) In The Householder Magazine 1892-3.
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, London, 1952
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Limited edition # 614/1050. Wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. Full light blue cloth boards a bit faded at edge. Small tears to lightly worn dust jacket. 4 7/8"w x 7 1/2"h. 100 pages.