Stormforce, an Otter's Tale
Language: English
Published by Stormforce Publications, 2001
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomCocksparrow Books
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 20.40
Quantity: 1 available
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HARDBACK " AUTHOR SIGNED & INCLUDES PROMOTIONAL COLOUR PHOTO POSTCARD," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 2nd. Printing.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Stomforce Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Dark slate blue cloth, gilt title to spine and face. Gilt illustration to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.99. Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Colour illustrations to end-papers. Author signed with best wishes to title page. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 217 pp. text. xxiii pp. afterword. acknowledgements and picture credits at rear.* Description: 'The dramatic and true tale of one of Britain's rarest and most beautiful mammals, a bitch otter called Storm. Rescued from a windswept lane on Exmoor before dawn in winter by a postman, she weighed just one pound seven ounces.' Stormforce is a touching and illustrated account of an otter's rescue and struggle for survival and is told in the form of conversations with the creature herself. David Chaffe is a vet in Bideford, N.Devon and this is based around his experiences with the rescued otter. * A NEAR FINE author signed copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS.* 2001-04-06.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Stormforce, an Otter's Tale
- Author
- Chaffe, David Ronald John
- Publisher
- Stormforce Publications
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- F/F/VG++
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0953467600
- ISBN 13
- 9780953467600
- Illustrator
- Cooksley, John
- Edition
- y First Edition 2nd.Imp.
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- Biography
Cocksparrow Books
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 15.59 | US$ 28.33 |
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Store description
Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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Cocksparrow Books
United Kingdom
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Cocksparrow Books are a small on-line second hand book sellers which originated 25 years ago with a high street second-hand Book Shop in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
We specialise in non-fiction, collectible first editions of hardback fiction and first impression issues of un-usual paperbacks. We also carry a range of good condition ex-library books. We tend to avoid bestsellers and airport fiction.
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