The Observer's Book Of British Wild Animals by W. J. Stokoe - 1938

Frederck Warne & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white and colour illustrated and photographic plates. Prize plate to front free endpaper. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Warne (no date). Hardback in good condition with dust wrapper.

Warne, 1000. Presumed 1st edition, circa 1950. Pocket size. 224pp, brown cloth covered boards,a little rubbed to edge of spine. 69 species, 72 illustrations of which 46 are in colour. Flyleaf removed, a couple of small marks to margins, otherwise clean. Includes bats, frogs, mice, fox, otter etc.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Frederick Warne, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. Last Revised Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. 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. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

London: Warne. 224 pages, illustrated, loss to dust jacket mainly front cover at base. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 1946.

Frederick Warne & Co. - Observer's Books, 1953. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 224pp, 46 colour & 26 b/w b/w illustrations, index, spine a little sunned, cloth rubbed, childs gift inscription to the endpaper. Warne code 818.653. The 5th Observer's book, retaining the original title.

Frederick Warne & Co, 1938. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Frederick Warne and Co, 1958. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE & Co Ltd, 1949 Pale Brown cloth boards with dark brown titles. 145 x 95 mm approx. 224 pp. No.5 in series. June 1949 reprint of the First Edition- Print code 580.649 High No to front flap fold 8 Dogs. VG/G (Book- Light fading to cloth at extremities. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - moderate general shelf wear and soiling with a little loss to extremities- max 5 mm in depth, non price clipped - cover 4/6. Remains quite presentable on the shelf in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.