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1926 The Seekers
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Description
First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first edition of H.E. Bates's children's classic The Seekers, published by John and Edward Bumpus in 1926.
In the publisher's original paper cover boards.
With a loosely inserted gift note from the publishers.
Dedicated to 'all children who ask why', Bates wrote the short, fantastical classic while working in the very same bookshop which published his book. The publisher's printed it originally as a supplement to the Map of Fairyland, before they deemed it too exceptional. It was then offered as a Christmas gift in its own right from a 'young and brilliant' writer.
Condition
In the publisher's original paper cover boards. Externally very smart. Slight fading to the spine and the top of the back board. End papers bright and clean. Glassine Wrapper is torn and in poor condition. Wrapper flyleaves mostly intact. Internally, leaf containing publisher's message detached. Generally firmly bound. Signs of a ripped leaf between pages 18 and 19. Pages are bright and clean.
Very Good
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