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ESIO TROT
Written by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1330069
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, has a secret passion for the attractive widow, Mrs Silver. But she, alas, lavishes all her affection on another - Alfie, her pet tortoise! Mr Hoppy hatches a wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival which involves no fewer than 140 tortoises! Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout. A delight for Dahl fans. Blue boards with gilt tile to spine. 63 pages. ISBN: 0224027867. Base of spine is bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased/rubbed.
BEVIS: THE STORY OF A BOY
Written by Richard Jefferies.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830131
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1948.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A book for boys who are still boys, and also for boys who are masquerading as men and fathers. New Illustrated Edition. Green cloth, cream titles and dark green vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 519 pages. Top edge green. Third impression. A few minor foxspots to text block. Bookplate to verso of free front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, browned across the top edge and a small closed tear to top front of spine edge (no loss).
SWALLOWDALE
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330016
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth gilt title to spine. Blind title to front. B/w illustrations. 453 pages. Twenty-Sixth impression. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing and fading to cover edges. Light page browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned at edges.
WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330015
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1955.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Twenty-First impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners and creased at top edge of rear panel (small tear to top of spine edge).
LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1329941
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224013971. Minimal fading to top edge of rear cover (beside spine). Contents clean.
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AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329034
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1937.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Second impression (October 1937). Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little worn at edges.
ENGLAND
Written by John Burningham.
Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1329017
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1992.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224031619. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and spine edges and is slightly edge crease. Small stain to edge of front panel.
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- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328951
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink and another name blotted out to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn, slightly marked to front panel with a tear to top spine corner and spine is slightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE FAITHLESS LOLLYBIRD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328950
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Stories of magic, mystery and miraculous surprise. ISBN: 0224013327. Spine bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
DIDO AND PA
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328949
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A rollercoasting historical story. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0224023640. Page browning throughout, pale foxing to textblock. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
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- CHILDRENS
MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328947
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A return to the 19th century and the Yorkshire setting of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224009680. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn, spine is sunned.
MIDWINTER NIGHTINGALE
Written by Joan Aiken.
Stock no. 1328935
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A chilling welcome greets Dido Twite.... ISBN: 0224064894. Some very light foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.
Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation for high quality design and production and a fine list of English-language authors, fostered by the firm's editor and reader Edward Garnett. Cape's list of writers ranged from poets including Robert Frost and C. Day Lewis, to chi...
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