ALIAS PODGE by Long, Wendy - 1965

Delisle Limited, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. First Edition. 126 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Delisle Limited, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. First Edition. 126 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Creasing to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy sunning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing and scuffing to spine.

Delisle, 1965. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 126, illus with b&w drawings by Rosalind Stafford and endpaper maps (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

London & Sherborne: Delisle, 1965. VG+/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY WENDY LONG, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings by Rosalind Stafford. A children's/young adult novel about a terrier dog who tried to find out what sort of a life he wanted most. D/w has some spotting and a few edge tears (longest 43mm), with small wear to corners; else a very good plus copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected by a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Illus. by Rosalind Stafford.

Hardback. Delisle UK. 1965. Hardback with dj. 'Alias Podge' by Wendy Long is a sweet little book. Lovely condition all round. Dj is not price clipped and apart from a small knock to top of dj at spine and a touch of fade the dj is very good. Lovely green boards and clean contents. Lots of illustrations by Rosalind Stafford. A story about a dog who must decide what sort of life he wants. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.