Lightly Poached: First Edition (22 results)

Condition: Good. 1St Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Good. 1St Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo hardback. 192 pp. Black & white illustrations. Very Goo condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Hall, Douglas (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Douglas Hall.Blue boards, spine titled in green. Slight tanning to edges but very good in spine-tanned dust-wrapper. "'The Lord puts the salmon in the river like he puts the berries on the trees. They're there for all of us, not just the laird.' Thus did Morag explain the occasional indulgence of the Bruachites in a little 'light poaching'. And it needed some explaining for not only were Erchy and Hector, as one might expect, self-confessed experts but a variety of other, far more unlikely people were also skillful at it. .this is a book of sheer delight that will entrance readers as it carries them breathlessly through creel making and corpse running with the gusto that made [Beckwith's previous books] all best sellers." .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Author signed to title page, no added dedication or message. Book is tight clean and decent, free of other inscriptions, with only light splash marks in a couple of places to rear board and top/bottom edge. Unfortunately, rear panel of wrapper took brunt of a coffee spill. Not pretty but made cheap enough so why not swop the wrapper over from your non-signed copy. Size: 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No internal markings; unclipped D/J is lightly rubbed at edges and protected with removable premium grade clear wrap. Hall, Douglas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Minor edge and shelf wear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped. ; Blue cloth boards with green lettering to spine, grey endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Wrap around DJ artwork by Douglas Hall. ; The Hebridean Series; B&W Illustrations; 192 pages; The crofters of the Hebridean island of Bruach have a simple philosophy. "The Lord put the salmon in the riverlike he puts the berries on the trees. They're there for all of us, not just the laird. " So poaching isn't a crime, though you do need to keep your eyes open for the police and the gamekeepers. Illustrated by Hall, Douglas (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This is a first edition of Lightly Poached, a 1973 novel written by Lillian Beckwith (1916-2004). Beckwith was English but, in the late 50s, she moved to the Hebrides of Scotland and lived there for 20 years, mainly on the Isle of Skye. She wrote 7 books about her experiences. They're semi-autobiographical, and mostly fiction. They are quite funny and were extremely popular. 192 pages, plain blue boards, with many illustrations by Douglas Hall. Un-clipped dust jacket with some wear. Aside from one dog-ear and some yellowing to the paper, the book is in perfect condition. Douglas Hall (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD, PRICE CLIPPED, JACKET. NO INSCRIPTONS. DOUGLAS HALL (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. very good used copy.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192p ill., 23 cm. Subjects: Hebrides (Scotland) Social life and customs. Western Isles. Hebrides rural life personal observations. Genre: Autobiography. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192p ill., 23 cm. Subjects: Hebrides (Scotland) Social life and customs. Western Isles. Hebrides rural life personal observations. Genre: Autobiography. 1 Kg.…

First Edition: Blue bds., green titles, 140 x 220 mm., 400 grms., 192 pp., illustrated, frontis, title-page and throughout by, Douglas Hall, original pictorial dw., unclipped, small faint mark of front cover, VG/Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression published later the same year. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight overall time staining, corners slightly rubbed. Not price clipped (£1.75), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 192pp. 'The Lord puts the salmon in the river like he puts the berries on the trees. They're there for all of us, not just for the laird.' The Bruach islanders don't consider poaching a crime, more like a natural right. Fishermen Erchy and Hector are experts, but they are not the only ones tempted. Even a visiting vicar succumbs. In this collection of tales about her eccentric island friends, Lillian Beckwith (1916-2004), sees the funny side of many a strange situation. Jacket and decorations by Douglas Hall (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. *** BOOK in fine clean tight and unmarked condition. 1st edition, 3rd printing. pale blue cloth boards with green title on spine. 192 pages, b&w illustrated chapter heads. *** DUST JACKET in fine condition, price clipped, now cleersleeve protected. *** CONTENTTS: This is a series of humourous stories about life on a small unidentified Hebridean island. Douglas Hall (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A really beautiful copy of this delightful telling of life in the Hebrides, a delight in every way! Super illustrations too! A really smashing copy. SUPER DECORATIONS BY DOUGLAS HALL (illustrator).

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. Book has minor handling wear, but internally is clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket has minor wear to the tips and a fair amount of rubbing with moisture (where this action has actually punctured the paper in one place) along the spine panel. Wrap around dust jacket illustration and inernal decorations by Douglas Hall. Author's fifth book about her life in the Hebrides. 192 pages. Inscribed by author on the title page "Love to Mum! / Lillian Beck". Perhaps her mother or someone else's. Douglas Hall (illustrator). Signed by Author.…

8vo., First Edition, with decorative title and several illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1973 Hutchinson hardback , 1st edition , 1st impression , very good+ in very good+ unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Douglas Hall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hutchinson London, 1973. 1st edition., 192pp, text ills. in line by Douglas Hall, dark blue cloth lettered in turquoise at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Douglas Hall, a further volume of life in the Hebrides. Book Condition: Very Good, slight spine lean, previous owner¿s surname ¿Moore¿ to fep, else bright, clean and tight throughout. Dustwrapper condition: Very Good, lightly worn, price clipped. Douglas Hall (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition, first printing, in very good dust jacket. Dj shows some age. Signed by author. 5th volume in the series about the living in the Hebrides. Signed copies are apparently scarce. Hall, Douglas (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of Beckwith's work of fiction, inspired by her own life in the Hebrides. First edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with lovely cover, title, and eleven heading illustrations by Douglas Hall.'Lightly Poached' is Lillian Beckwith's fifth book concerning her life in the Hebrides, with a fictional protagonist named 'Miss Peckwitt'. Charming domestic scenes and natural encounters are described, such as seeing a golden eagle and playing a piano on the ferry under the stars.Content headings include 'In Search of Apples', 'The Men who Played with the Fairies', 'Family Silver', and 'Pianissimo'.Lillian Beckwith (1916-2004), also known as Lillian Comber, was an English writer who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical books set in the Isle of Skye.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with just a bit of edge wear and discolouration to top edge of wraps. A few discolouration marks to the reverse of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. Douglas Hall (illustrator). book. …