Tam the Untamed by Patchett, Mary Elwyn - 1955

London: Lutterworth Press, 1954. Book. Illus. by Kiddell-Monroe. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: no dj, illustrated by KIDDELL-MONROE, covers are a bit marked, spine is tanned, some internal and foredge foxing, the lower edge of one page is untrimmed (sticks out a little) and has a short tear and some creasing, else g. 8vo, 176pp..

UK: Lutterworth Press, 1955. 1st Edition 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan. 2nd impression. Grey boards with blue titles to spine. In pictorial dust jacket (a little chapped in places, especially at spine tips. 12mo. Price clipped. Prize plate on endpaper indicating the book was awarded to one Elizabeth Allen as a school prize by Greystones School. Willesborough. Occasional spotting on text block edge, else clean, bright, square and tight.

Lutterworth Press. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with name and address stamp under front foldover in an unclipped dustjacket which is creased, has external sellotape repairs and loss at the bottom edge. 176 pages, illustrations in the text by Joan Kiddell-Monroe .

Tight, bright, square, unmarked and clean. No DJ-Book is in remarkable condition for this age- 1st Edition. 2nd impression. Grey boards with blue titles to spine. Tam the Untamed tells the story of a girl growing up on a remote station in Australia, with her three dogs and horse for friends- Tam is the white brumby stallion she tamed and rode as she grew up on a station. Nobody else could ride him and he got on well with Ajax.

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill Company,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. No statement of printing. Near fine in a very good (folds are slightly off center) dust jacket. .

Indianapolis, IN Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. Hardcover First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; very slight bow to boards; pages tanned just slightly; mild shelfwear along bottom edge of cloth-covered boards; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows minor rubbing and soiling; scuff at mid front face; moderate wear to extremites, where chips are just beginning to form; mylar-protected. Despite minor indications of prior use, a very presentable copy. 8vo. 186pp. Illustrated by Gerald McCann. Hardback with DJ. Tam the Untamed tells the story of a girl growing up on a remote station in Australia, with her three dogs and horse for friends.Well, those are just the most affectionate of her menagerie, guaranteed to delight children. My eight-year-old granddaughter loves it as much as I did at her age. You'll find joy, comfort, fear, loneliness, and tragedy in this book, all wrapped in… Read More

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1955. Blue hardcover cloth binding has lightly bumped corners, minor soiling. Clean and tight interior. 186 pages. DJ has wrinkle top RH corner, top of spine, a few closed tears and small chips. Not price-clipped. Story of life on an Australian cattle station - with the dog Ajax (part dingo) (from a previous book by the author), Algy the bulldog, and Ben the lively Australian Terrier. But it is Tam - the beautiful and willful silver horse who dominates this book - only his young mistress can handle him.. Illus. by McCann, Gerald. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st American. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. TAM THE UNTAMED- Mary Elwyn Patchett- Ill. by Gerald McCann- Bobbs-Merrill-Indianapolis- 1955-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- NearFINE/Near FINE dj is priceclipped- 186pp are clean and crisp-dj is beautiful, sharp and protected in mylar-District of Columbia stamp on page edges, otherwise clean and bright-SEE PHOTOS- "Story of life on an Australian cattle station - with the dog Ajax (part dingo) (from a previous book by the author), Algy the bulldog, and Ben the lively Australian Terrier. But it is Tam - the beautiful and willful silver horse who dominates this book - only his young mistress can handle him."- Full page and in text B&W illustrations by Gerald McCann who also did the dj art. Previous story by Patchett- 'Ajax: Golden Dog of the Australian Bush'- which is reviewed on back of dj as per 1st Edition- Quite a SCARCE book especially with DJ and in this condition- Fiction-juvenile-animals-horse-dog-illustrated (3268) . 1st… Read More