Donkey Work by Tovey, Doreen - 1962

Elek, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 138 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to top edge of some pages, text remains unaffected. Top corner of front free endpaper cut out. Pencil marking to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Areas of loss to spine ends. Tape to edges. Water staining to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

Summersdale Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Maurice Wilson. DJ rubbed with minor wear and small closed tears, book is clean and bright.

Elek Books, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 138 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. 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. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London: Elek, 1962. 138 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). B&w illustrations. By the author of "Cats in the Belfry" and "Cats in May". "(There) were nettles in the orchard. To keep them down, the Toveys bought a baby donkey. Annabel was tiny, shaggy, and enchanting, with a bouffant fringe and a most femininely determined disposition. To begin with, she was determined to go back to Mum, on the sands at Weston. Her statement of this intention kept the entire neighbourhood awake for a week. She soon, however, decided that she was going to stay after all, and began eating everything she could see - except, of course, the nettles. The activities of Annabel and her attendant satellites - Solomon (the Siamese cat, who liked her and insisted on sleeping in her bed) and Sheba (his mate, who pretended she Wasn't There), Miss Wellington (who said poor-dear-she-must-be-lonely), Henry the jennet (who was accordingly imported as a companion for her) and many others - all of these could fill… Read More

Elek Books, London, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with very torn disintergrating dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Elek, 1962. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 0x0x0. The jacket has wrinkles. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.