Book Excerpt: ...y wind bore Tishnar on its wings. And even at night he'd rise up in the darkness and open the door and listen as if out of the immeasurable and solitudinous forests he heard voices calling him from far away. At length, in his last shirt (which had been carefully kept these thirteen years, with a dead kingfisher and a bag of civet, to keep off the cockroaches); in his finest red jacket and his cap of Mamasul-skin; with a great bundle of Manaka-cake and Ummuz-cane, knife and fire-striker and physic, and the ...
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Book Excerpt: ...y wind bore Tishnar on its wings. And even at night he'd rise up in the darkness and open the door and listen as if out of the immeasurable and solitudinous forests he heard voices calling him from far away. At length, in his last shirt (which had been carefully kept these thirteen years, with a dead kingfisher and a bag of civet, to keep off the cockroaches); in his finest red jacket and his cap of Mamasul-skin; with a great bundle of Manaka-cake and Ummuz-cane, knife and fire-striker and physic, and the old Portingal's rusty musket on his shoulder, he was ready to be off. In the early morning he came stooping under the little hut-door. He looked at his hut and his water-spring, at his bees and canes; he looked at his three sons, and at old Mutta-matutta, with a great frown, and trembled. And Mutta could not bear to say good-bye; she lifted her crooked hands above her old head, the tears running down her cheeks, and she went and hid herself in the hut till he was gone. But his three sons went a little way wi...
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Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $107.00, good condition, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1924 by Selwyn & Blount Ltd..
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Old gift inscription in ink on front pastedown; gilt-lettered spine label worn at edges and dulled; otherwise a fine unopened copy. 274 pp. With Illustrations by J. A. Shepherd. 8vo,
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $194.50, very good condition, Sold by Charles Agvent, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fleetwood, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Duckworth & Co.
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Rubbing to the front joint, the front cover slightly loose; light wear to the edges and spine. Very Good. Bound in contemporary 3/4 polished red calf leather with gilt rules, 5 raised bands, gilt spine decorations, gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A classic juvenile fantasy involving 3 royal monkeys on a quest. Illustrated with 2 color plates by E. A. Monsell with an errata slip tipped in crediting the illustrator. Quite uncommon.
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $257.00, good condition, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Duckworth and Co..
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A bright, fine copy in an attractive jacket with a stamp-size chip to the blank rear panel, which is lightly dust-soiled. 275 pp. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Large 8vo,
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $41.95, new condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA.
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $72.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Duckworth.
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Very Good. First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Quarto. Bookplate on front pastedown, and a couple of spots on the front board, very good without dustwrapper. A classic children's work.
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $282.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Duckworth & Co.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, second issue binding. Octavo. 312pp., followed by 16pp. of publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate, in color, by J. R. Monsell. Dark green cloth stamped in black. Owner's early, neat three-line ink inscription on front flyleaf, rear board has very slight bump at fore-edge, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket with a few nicks at the extremities and an archival mend on the verso of the front spine fold. A nice copy.
Add this copy of The Three Mulla-Mulgars to cart. $657.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Duckworth.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first issue in green cloth with monkey device and gilt lettering on the front board, and with the errata slip present. Fine in a slightly foxed, very good dustwrapper with some internal professional repair at the spine folds and a small dampstain on the front panel. A classic children's work, seldom found in jacket.
