The Beachcombers Tapa dura - 1972

The MacMillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0571099327 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 133 pages .

London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Le Cain, Errol. The damage is limited to the preliminaries and the back end paper and paste down. Both the title page and the front end paper have a small library stamp and the title page includes an accession number and cancelled stamp. The back end paper has been damaged where the date due slip has been ripped out and has both a library and a cancelled stamp, as well as two accession numbers, also damaged is the back paste down where the library pocket has been removed, leaving behind a small remnant; and finally, the back flap of the jacket has a neat scissor's cut towards the bottom. For the rest, the book and jacket are immaculate giving the impression of having been never read.

Published by Faber & Faber, 1972. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Le Cain, Errol. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. As soon as Ned set eyes on the Pickerings he knew there had been a mistake... They were everything his mother disliked. Yet he stayed on because of the Beachcombers - he found them on the beach with their enchanting boat "The Sea Queen"... B/w illustrations. Peach covers, gilt titles. 126 pages. Cr 8vo. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (inscription to Stephen). Spine bumped. Some light/faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and a bit grubby/foxed on rear panel.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1972. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing of this rather haunting tale of a young boy's very unusual holiday on the coast, as he learns the difference between cruel scavengers and the ethereal BEACHCOMBERS - with atmospheric illustrations by Errol Le Cain. British illustrator and animator Errol Le Cain imbued his art with whimsy, style, and "a certain strangeness" that gives it a unique atmosphere (Hunt). He incorporated various aesthetics into his work depending on the subject of the book he was illustrating, and was particularly well-known for his illuminated manuscript-like compositions. Le Cain earned awards in both the fields of animation and illustration, including a Kate Greenaway medal and four Kate Greenaway commendations. 7.75'' x 5''. Original orange cloth binding. Original unclipped (£1.30) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 126 pages. Jacket with light edgewear and a sliver of sunning; a bit of… Leer más

Faber and Faber, 1972-10-09. Hardcover. Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.