Zoo Quest for a Dragon by David Attenborough - 1957

Readers Book Club, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. This Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Brown marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

Lutterworth, 1957T. hardcover. Good. 0.9449 8.8583 5.9055.

Lutterworth Press, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Ink staining to edge of last few pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Pan, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. 1961 Reprint. 157 pages. Green pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Heavy Water marks to page edges and corners. Paper cover is moderately rub worn and thumbed with noticeable shelf wear to edges and corners, creases to corners and spine. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Splitting to spine joints and ends.

Lutterworth Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white and colour photographic plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges. Visible tape stains to pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters; subtle looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Pan Books Ltd, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. This Edition. 158 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Great Pan Edition G509 with unabridged textblock. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Heavy water staining to top and fore edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Moderate tanning and wear marks to spine and covers.

Lutterworth Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to half-title page. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

Lutterworth Press, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. Third Impression. 174 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Tap repairs to panel. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Lutterworth Press, 1957. 1st Ed. Very Good/No jacket. An attractive 1st printing of the original 1957 Lutterworth edition in very good condition: the book features clean unblemished text and richly colored boards with some bumping on the extremities. There is a rather remarkable "Falmouth Grammar School Prize" bookplate attached to the inside front cover.

Lutterworth Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning to spine.