Search Results: scruffy a diversion by paul gallico

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. VG. 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in white and red cloth. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine slant. Dusting to the edges of the boo k's upper page block. Owner's name inked on the front fly leaf. Tannin g and dusting to the jacket's spine and panels. .

Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Red cloth boards with cream colored spinecover, light wear. Prior owner name on fep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . First Edition - Stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Michael Joseph, 1962. Very Good. Gallico, Paul. Scruffy: A Diversion. London: Michael Joseph, 1962. 1st UK edition. [296]pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with a ""Books Unlimited"" label on front pastedown.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with a faintly yellowed spine. Price-clipped front flap..

Doubleday & Company. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, fiction, World War II Fiction)

London: Reprint Society, 1963. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).. 304pp. HARDCOVER Immaculate internally. Appears unread, and like new. In protected VG d/w. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 299 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red and brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Water staining to pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavy tanning and foxing to reverse of jacket.

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962., 1962. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Ellen Raskin (price clipped). Very good. 299 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Reprint Society, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 304 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Reprint Society, London, 1963. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. The spine strip has browned and has a little water staining. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Paul Gallico's 'Scruffy' is the hilarious fictional account of the infamous apes of Gibraltar during World War Two. Based on the ancient legend that when the Rock Apes die out, the British will lose Gibraltar, so deep-rooted is this belief that in 1944 Winston Churchill actually caused a signal to be sent to Gibraltar expressing anxiety over rumours concerning the apes and directing that every effort must be… Read More

The REprint Society 1963. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Light offsetting on endpapers, near fine in a fine dustwrapper.

Michael Joseph, 1962-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Shelf wear to dust jacket with rubbing and small tears to edges. Name on first page. Slight spotting to prelims. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Michael Joseph, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 296 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Michael Joseph, London, 1962. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Paul Gallico's 'Scruffy' is the hilarious fictional account of the infamous apes of Gibraltar during World War Two. Based on the ancient legend that when the Rock Apes die out, the British will lose Gibraltar, so deep-rooted is this belief that in 1944 Winston Churchill actually caused a signal to be sent to Gibraltar expressing anxiety over rumours concerning the apes and directing that every effort must be made to restore… Read More

The Reprint Society, 1963. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First Reprint Society World Books edition hardback, 1963, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly tanned to spine; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

VGC/GC plus. The Reprint Society, 1963. Blue hardback with yellow borders (gilt lettering to the spine, two small marks on the edges of the front cover) in VGC, with Dj(small tears, creases, nicks and chipped on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover) in GC plus. Nice and clean pages with two small foxing marks and ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of small foxing marks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC for its age with some shelf wear on the Dj cover. 304pp.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1962. (Hardcover) 299pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. The dust jacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, and faded along the spine. "In the opening days of World War II, when Gibraltar's military importance became apparent and Britain's possession of the Rock was threatened by the Axis, the destiny of the Empire came to be symbolized by...Apes. For there is a legend that when the last of the Barbary apes dies or leaves Gibraltar, the British too will disappear from the island. It was not long after the opening of hostilities that Scruffy, the meanest, most malevolent, and misanthropic ape who ever lived, decided to help rid himself of his companions". Time Period World War II. Locale: Gibraltar. (Fiction, Fiction, Humor).

LONDON, MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1962. HARDBACK. VERY GOOD. . 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN AVERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.