The Swiss Family Robinson

Children's Book. Priory Classics, published by Priory Books. No dates of publication or copyright dates, but they are modern reprints. Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Very little bumping, rubbing, on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Printed in Russia. The front cover that is… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good. 19 x 13cm. Hardcover. 1963. 344 pages. Cover chipped. .

New York: Heritage Press, 1964. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. (xiii) 354 pages. 25.5 x 16 cm. Full page black and white and text illustrations. As new copy.

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss. This book is part of the Companion Library series. Pages within this book are clean and bright. The end pages are yellow and cream stripes. The binding of the book is tight. Normal wear and tear evident of a book published in 1963.

This is a lovely copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, the famous book, written in 1812, by the German-Swiss writer Johann Wyss. It is about a family of Swiss immigrants who were sailing to Australia when their ship was blown off course and they were stranded in the East Indies. There is an illustration, either a… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Reprint, 8vo, 427pp, colour line illustrations C Walter Hodges, bit of rubbing to edges and extrems but by and large G/VG Copy in Hodges pictorial DJ that is a little creased down upper spine hinge. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Hodges, C Walter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: World Publishing, 1972 Book. Illus. by Jeanne Edwards. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, slight soiling along page edge, great copy.

This classic fiction novel for children from A Beka curriculum is in almost pristine condition. 3rd Grade reader. Priced right! As NEW! Opens as not read! Never read! NO MARKS! NO underlining! NO highlighting. Perfect spine & binding. NO nicks or rips; Covers show light shelf wear w/minor rubbing/scuffing; bright bold colors. The pictures depict the actual book you will receive.… Read more about this item

1 family.  1 shipwreck. 1 deserted island.  So many questions! How will they survive?  How many adventures will they have?  Will they ever get off the island?

Waldman Publishing Corporation, 1990. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1963. 1963 Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Super octavo. 7.25 x 10.75 in. ix, 354 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white and green reproductions of artworks by Davd Gentleman. Fine in original decorated full leather, all edges gilt. Includes laid-in Easton Press BookPlate for personalization and the Notes from the Archives.

Baronet Books, 1990. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Pablo Marcos Studio. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book shows some wear, as befits its age. A few minor spots on the page ends, the pages themselves are still clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Part of Grosset & Dunlap's Classic Home Bookshelf series.

Garden City, New York: Junior Deluxe Editions, 1954. Clean and attractive edition from 1954, illustrated with black and white line drawings, frontis illustration in color. Gray hardcover printed in red and maroon, yellow spine, color illustrated dustjacket. Light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by David Gentleman. Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. xiii, 354pp. Frontispiece, full-page engravings, pictorial map endpapers. Very good/very good. Spine faintly sunned; rear hinge discretly, archivally reinforced, thus strong; mild slipcase edgewear. A tight and nice reprint… Read more about this item

Norwalk: Easton Press 1963. (Hardcover) 355pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Green leather decoratively stamped in gilt with raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt, moire endpapers, ribbon page marker, map, illustrations. A previous owner's name on the publisher's bookplate on the half-title page. Illustrations by David Gentleman. Publisher series: Collector's Library of Famous… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Junior Deluxe Editions. 1954. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good- in boards. Owner name to half title page. Hinge is starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Ladybird, 1979. Hardcover. Good. 1979. 51 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

The novel opens with the family in the hold of a sailing ship, weathering a great storm. The ships' passengers evacuate without them, and William and Elizabeth Robinson and their four children (Fritz, Ernest, Jack and Francis) are left to survive alone. As the ship tosses about, the father - William - prays that God will spare them. The ship survives… Read more about this item

LONDON : DENT , No date . . Good . 12MO . One of the Tales For Children From Many Lands edited by F C Tilney. Frontis and seven other colour plates by Folkard. Elaboratetly gilt decorated spine and fornt cover with pictorial paste-on. Cover somewhat worn with some soiling on rear board. Missing… Read more about this item