Summer Seals, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Brown boards with gilt lettering. Clean Pages. Firm binding. Jacket is not clipped. Signed by author with an inscription to fellow auther Ralph Hammond Innes and his wife Dorothy (the authors neighbours). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New York: Frederick Warne, 1978. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good in a good dust jacket, with library markings and usual institutional treatments. Publisher's original price $6.95 intact on jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 158 pages. Illustrated by Mike Eagle. Reinforced binding for library or school use. Inscribed by the author on title to prior owner. "Summer of the Seals" is a novel for young readers set on an island off the coast of Maine, where children become involved in the rescue and protection of harbor seals. Waters (19202015) was an American author and naturalist who wrote more than 20 books for children, often combining adventure with themes of wildlife conservation. This title came midway through his career, continuing his focus on accessible environmental storytelling. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Biro, Val (illustrator). 1st Edition. a near-Fine copy in a near-Fine unclipped d/w with owner's name on front flap top and a few minor blemishes, SIGNED by the artist VAL BIRO on the title page. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Biro, Val (illustrator). 1st Edition. a Fine copy in a Fine unclipped d/w, SIGNED by the artist VAL BIRO on the title page. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Signed First Edition: Colour pictorial bds., black titles, 170 x 230 mm., 200 grms., unpaginated, illustrated throughout in colour by Val Biro, pictorial eps., inscribed and signed by the author, Joan Drake, on title-page, light shelf wear, no dw., VG copy.