One a pecker two a pecker de Ruth Park - 1957

Angus & Robertson, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 232 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Silver lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1957. very slight wear cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Readers' Book Club.. London. ND (c1952). 8vo. In protected d/w, slight browning on eps o/w text in vg cond. Novel set at the time of the Otago gold rush.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1957. Hardcover in good condition, with jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket has several tears and pieces missing at spine ends and corners. Significant tear to jacket rear at side edge, repaired with tape; glue residue from tape also along side edge. A couple of marks to jacket and jacket price clipped at inner front flap. Sunning to board spine ends and small sticker to FEP. Minor marks and tanning to page block. A couple of small marks in margins of early pages and dedication penned to inside FEP. Faint creases to side edges of early pages. Pages and binding are sound, and, aside from a small mark to margin of page 3, contents are clear throughout. TA. Good/Acceptable. Used.

London: Michael Joseph, 1958 Book. Very Good ++. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG++, Shelf Wear, Browning/VG++, Chips, Tears, Abrasion. 1st Edition. Drama. Jacket by Trevor Denning. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957. Hard Cover. 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Good. Ex library. Clean interior. No Dust Jacket.

Syney, Angus & Robertson first edition - h/c in d.j. Firmly based in its place and period, Ruth Park's story of the Otago gold rush in 1863 offers splendid reading. For in re-creating this fabulous episode in New Zealand's history she tells a dramatic and fascinating tale of people who stir the heart and stay in the mind. 222 x 140mm., pp. 6, 232, map endpapers with old tape marks & p.o. names, content pages have light spotting & marks on edges, small repaired tear half title page, d.j. rubbed top/bot. spine & corners - still bright & clean. VG/VG

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover : pp. [vi] 232 : original maroon boards with silver lettering to the spine : endpaper maps : unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Minor spotting to top edge; jacket with some edgewear and a small open tear (5mm) to top corner. Published in America as The Frost and the Fire in 1958. A novel about the gold rush in Otago New Zealand.

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good/Good. 232 pp, 8vo, mapped end papers, dedication note on front free end paper, dust jacket surprisingly has all the signatures of the 4A class on 16th of July, 1959 on the inside , multiple tears, price clipped, in protective cover. Lots of nostalgia. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000404. .

London: Readers Book Club, 1958. Hardcover/Vintage. Used. HARDCOVER 1959 FIRST EDITION. NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS.BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION -SLIGHT SPLIT FROM SPINE-HOWEVER DUST JACKET IS POOR.SMALL TEARS AND FRAYING ON THE EDGESRosina Ruth Lucia Park AM was a New Zealand born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow, and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat, which also spawned a book series.