New Treasure Seekers Tapa dura - 1974

London: Ernest Benn, 1974. A Very Good + unmarked copy with Very Good + price clipped dustjacket. Third impression (first was re-issued in this series in 1963). The final volume of stories of the Bastable family where once again they are in their Blackheath home having adventures as varied as telling fortunes at a fete, letting rooms to a lodger who proves to be an escaped lunatic and H.O., the youngest brother finds himself inside a lost trunk at Cannon Street. With the original illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3D. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Browne, Gordon and Baumer, Lewis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

UK: Ernest Benn Ltd. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Reissue; Third Printing. Hardcover. 051016031X . 8vo hbk in d/w; apart from a little fading to spine of d/w, this book is virtually as new. Nohandwriting such as names inside; not price clipped; F/vg+; Bastable Family; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages .

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1974. Reissue. Hardcover. Good/good. Second printing 1973) of this edition. Shelf wear to the book and jacket, spine sunned, a closed tear too the front panel, about 3/4 of front free endpaper removed (likely for an inscription). Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer from the original edition. Red and yellow illustrated dust jacket. The concluding volume of the Bastable trilogy of novels for children. The Bastables, introduced in The Treasure Seekers, were a middle class English family recently fallen on hard times. The books were an acknowledged influence on C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, as well as the works of P.L. Travers and J.K. Rowling. Pretty much all the British children book writers using initials in place of names. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.