A Thief in the Village Tapa dura - 1987

Puffin, 1987-06-25. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 21.8274 in x 13.9594 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. Very good (some browning to pages, last page has yellow highlighting) in very good dust jacket (several superficial creases or scratches on back panel, short crack in rear panel gutter). A collection of stories about children in Jamaica. Author was born in Jamaica, moved to England when he was in his twenties; known primarily for his poetry, this book is one of several he wrote for young people.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London, 1987. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and edges are creased and nicked. Page block and page edges are tanned. Boards are clean and pages are otherwise clear throughout. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. dj (unclipped), light foxing on flaps and endpapers, paper browning on edges, vg. 8vo, 98pp. Plus 8 other stories of life in present-day Jamaica.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,inscribed+dated,1st edn.
NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,SIGNED, inscribed+dated: "With Best Wishes,James Berry,20 July 1987." to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's original,clean,black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,inscribed,author SIGNED, 1st edn,1-97pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list,9 chapters/stories.
Man-Man and Nenna patrol the coconut plantation in dead of
night,as ratbats fly and criss-cross the darkness.They're out to catch interlopers, and Nenna is the only village schoolgirl to 'walk properly',with a gun. . . .
Elias has a rubbery-looking,lame leg; he's nicknamed… Leer más

Hardback. Acceptable.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, signed on title page, unclipped d/j (v.g.), black boards & silver spine titling clean, text block firm, pages unmarked, some sunning.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Some moving and atmospheric short stories by James Berry who won the Grand Prix Smarties Prize for his vivid portrayal of children and life in the Caribbean.