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London: G.Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1957. On title page signed: 'Author's Compliments and all good wishes! Elsie K. Morton Sept 26/ 60. Blue cloth on boards with dark blue titles. Light touches of soiling. Spine and to some of the boards edges with old yelllowing. Edges: foxing. Eps: fep foot with booksellers stamp; ffep head with small signature. Foxing to eps and to just a few pages. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is As New. 189p. By Author & Inscribed. Reprint. HB. VG/None.

London: G. Bell and Sons. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some spots of foxing. Some foxing to dust-jacket. Some 8mm tears and 5mm chip at head and tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped.Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. 189, [3 (blank)] pages + 11 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. 1 full page map "Raoul or Sunday Island". Blue boards with dark blue lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 130mm. Dust-jacket art by Douglas Relf, from a sketch by Roger Denly. This 1957 first edition of "Crusoes of Sunday Island" has fewer illustrations than the later 1964 New Zealand edition (which has 23 illustratons on 8 plate leaves), but the illustrations are printed more clearly, and some of the illustrations in the 1957 edition are not in the 1964 edition. "Crusoes of Sunday Island is a factual account of the experiences and adventures of the Bell family on Sunday Island presented… Read More

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1964). Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Some small 5mm chips to corners of dust-jacket and ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First New Zealand edition. [2], 189 pages + 23 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 1 full page map "Raoul or Sunday Island". Grey boards with maroon turtle illustration on front board, maroon lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 204 x 131mm. "Crusoes of Sunday Island is a factual account of the experiences and adventures of the Bell family on Sunday Island presented in story form [. . .] Mrs. Dyke, now in her eighty-ninth year, possesses a remarkable memory, and has told in full detail the story of her extraordinary childhood and of her parents heart-braking misfortunes in the early years of their Sunday Island sojourn. [. . .] This story of an actual family's adventures obviously cannot be compared as a work… Read More

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1964). Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription dated 1966. Some rubbing to edges of dust-jacket. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First New Zealand edition. [2], 189 pages + 23 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 1 full page map "Raoul or Sunday Island". Grey boards with maroon turtle illustration on front board, maroon lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 204 x 131mm. "Crusoes of Sunday Island is a factual account of the experiences and adventures of the Bell family on Sunday Island presented in story form [. . .] Mrs. Dyke, now in her eighty-ninth year, possesses a remarkable memory, and has told in full detail the story of her extraordinary childhood and of her parents heart-braking misfortunes in the early years of their Sunday Island sojourn. [. . .] This story of an actual family's adventures obviously cannot be compared as a work of literature… Read More