Shifta by Forbes Watson (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Cloth. Reprint. 5 x 8. 186 pp., b & w illust., sl foxing title pp. owner's name stamped on edge of pp. int. good, dj good, illust. of camel & rugs. An adventure story of Africa.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Previous owner name in two places to front end papers. tiny bit of edge wear to jacket. NOT ex-lib.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 186pp with B&W drawings.

Condition: Good. Boards are clean. Content is clean with toning. Good price clipped DJ is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. From Oxford's Children's Library. Vivid picture of nomadic life (Somalis, Kenya, desert life). Joan Kiddell-Monroe (illustrator).

Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original brown lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine scuffed and faded; waterstain on lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 185, illuswith b&w drawings by Joan Kiddell-Munroe (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper).

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG++, Wear, Ink Name, Foxing. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++, PC, Wear, Chips, Brown. 1st Edition. Children's adventure set among the nomad Somali tribesmen. Expanded condition report/photo on request. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1958. First Thus. 185 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with white lettering over blue cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear to edges and corners, with light tanning and soiling to DJ.…

New Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Series; Oxford children's library. Physical description; 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published 1954. Subjects; Nomads Somalia Juvenile fiction. Forbes-Watson, Reginald 1900-. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Fair. 1st Thus. Ex-library. Blue covers. Red lettering on spine. Covers worn at edges and a little soiled. Corners bumped. Label removed from prelims. Pages tanned. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st thus 1958. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A real understanding of the Somali tribesmen of Kenya. Oxford Children's Library. Blue boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. New front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper price-cut. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).…

New Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Series; Oxford children's library. Physical description; 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published 1954. Subjects; Nomads Somalia Juvenile fiction. Forbes-Watson, Reginald 1900-. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. slight wear to covers and cover edges, owners name front endpapers and cover, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Kiddel Monroe (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Hardback: illustrated by JOAN KIDDELL-MONROE, dj, flaps lightly foxed, price clipped, foredge and some internal foxing, else vg. 8vo, 185pp. The Somali tribesmen of Kenya find ways to defend themselves and their herds from ruthless camel-raiders. Joan Kiddell Monroe (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small edge tears on jacket and marked.Foxing.Tightly bound.This story tells how one group of Somalis dared to oppose such an attack of Shifta,pitting spears against rifles and native cunning against superior force.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st in this ED., Hard cover turquoise cloth bds, almost VG, a little age-speckling to edges, unclipped dust jacket completely enclosed in protective film (not a lib. bk), small hole in film at leading edge otherwise VG+, contents clean and tight, illust. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe, pp186, pges lightly tanned.…

Condition: Good. dw. 1st Thus. Ex-library. With dustwrapper. Oxford Children's Library edition. Prelims messy where labels removed. Covers and contents in VG. condition. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).

Condition: Good. dw. Ex-library. Dustwrapper a little worn. Library marks on prelims. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).

Condition: Good. dw. 1st Thus. Dustwrapper edge-chipped, price-clipped. 2cm. closed tear at base of spine strip. Covers appear damp marked at edges. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: VG. G++ DW. 1st Edition. DW is complete but has some closed tears and rear cover is bit marked.

vi + 186pp. With b/w illus by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Boards, little bumped and marked. Price clipped dust jacket, top of spine chipped and frayed. 20x13cms.

Vg/Vg (clipped dj fully enclosed inside a loose-fitting plastic sleeve. tiny sticker to reverse of front board. textblock edges are foxed, but nothinginternally.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. adventure story - written for young people; Binding: Orig. blue cloth with pictorial dustwrapper; Condition notes: V. Good; Illustrations: drawings by Joan Kiddell-Monroe; Pages: 186.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. cover worn. R. Forbes-Watson (illustrator).