Tarka the Otter, His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers by Henry Williamson - 1939

Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. Reprinted. 279 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

G.P.Putnam's Sons., 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. 10th impression . 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. 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.

G.P.Putnam's Sons., 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. Third Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Missing front free endpaper. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft spitting and crushing to ends.

Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. School Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. 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.

London: Book Club Associates, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book club edtion reprint of this great classic story. In fine d/w. 253pp..

London and New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third edition first printing hardback Fawn cloth gilt viii + 256 pp printed at the Chiswick Press Very Good condition No inscriptions

London: The Folio Society, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). Octavo, xiv, 220 pages with 24 illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, plus endpaper maps. Cloth with a plate mounted on the front cover; a fine copy in the fine pictorial slipcase. With an introduction by J.W. Fortescue. 'The text of this edition follows that of the 1964 Nonesuch Cygnet edition, which includes the author's final revisions'.

London: The Folio Society. 1995. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine Slipcase. An excellent copy. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Introduction by J.W. Fortescue. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 220 pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London.: G.P.Putnam's Sons., 1928.. Cloth.. 6th impression. Dustwrapper torn and damaged. pages uncut, else Good.

New York: Looking Glass Library. 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Foxing on top text block edge. Shelfwear on front and rear panels. .