Title:Puck of Pook's Hill (Uniform Edition)
Price:AUD$39.60 (about USD$26.80)
Item ID:SB00-0120413
Quantity:1
Publisher:Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1927
Edition:Reprint
Illustrator:H. R. Millar
Binding:Hardcover (Full Leather)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Good
list of illustrations 21 which have been drawn by H. R. Millar. Dark red leather covered boards with gilt embossed illustration of an elephant's head to the front panel and gilt coloured illustration and titles to the back strip. Gilt to the top text block edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. An adventure story of two young children who spy "... a small, brown ... pointy-eared person ... step quietly into the Ring." from the illustration page 6. Chipping to the back strip edges along with a little sunning commensurate with loss of dustwrapper. Rubbing of the book corners with age toning of the text block edges and scattered foxing. Offset tanning to the endpapers and the first few and last few pages of the book show a few foxing spots. Previous owner's ex libris plate affixed to the front paste-down and original bookseller's rubber stamp to the top edge of the same page. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Rubbing and some handling marks to the dustwrapper panels and the top edge shows a few small closed tears. Heavy sunning of the back strip please see photograph. Some holes along the fold over creases. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - X, [2], 3 - 306 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: H. R. Millar. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Illustrated; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Inventory No: 0120413.