Price: NZ$67.50
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
No date [1948]. 47, [1] pages. Illustrated papered boards. Dimensions: 8.5" high by 7" wide. Spine chipped and taped with brown paper adhesive tape. Gutters intact at endpapers. Owner's inscription. Some soiling and staining to some leaves. Some staining to rear board. 3.5" diagonal crease to corner of front free endpaper and first two leaves. These Porpoise books are alleged to have been remaindered to New Zealand after the series received poor sales in the UK. The short-lived series has since become one of the more sought after imprints from Penguin publishers. [for more information, see the article "The Mystery of the Drowning Porpoises: by Steve Hare in "Fine Books & Collections" magaine, Vol. 2 No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2004) ]. ; 8vo
Title: The Ugly Duckling
Illustrator: Illustrated by Nickless, Will
Categories: Other,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: West Drayon, Middlesex, Porpoise Books: [1948]
Binding: Papered Boards
Book Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
Seller ID: 002964
Keywords: Series Children's Books Illustrated Penguin Porpoi
