The Borrowers Afield
by Norton, Mary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J.M. Dent & Sons. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1955). First edition. 8vo., light blue cloth boards, lettered in red to the spine, and with an illustration of three borrowers gathering corn to the tail of the upper board. With the original dust jacket illustrated by Diana Stanley, the same illustrator provides illustrations through-out including a colour frontispiece replicating the cover; pp [viii] 1-194; A very good copy, the upper and lower boards with light spotting marks and light browning patches to the endpaper maps. The fragile jacket is unclipped displaying the correct price of 10s 6d. net. There are a number of tiny tears along the edges and wear to the spine ends. The second borrowers adventure by Mary Norton. Published off the back of publishing and critical success of the classic first novel. The Borrowers has since been adapted by the BBC as a children's tv series and as a film in 1997 starring John Goodman. The second novel has become quite an uncommon book to find as a first edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1955.
Synopsis
Driven from their home in the big house, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty take up life in a boot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Plantagenet King (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003193
- Title
- The Borrowers Afield
- Author
- Norton, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
The Plantagenet King
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Canterbury, Kent
About The Plantagenet King
The Plantagenet King is based in Canterbury in East Kent, England and are sellers of collectable and rare first edition books. We specialise in modern fiction, children's titles and 19th century literature. We welcome direct contact so if you would like to discuss any of our books please send an email to mark.richardson@theplantagenetking.com. Also please feel free to browse through our website: www.theplantagenetking.com.
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