vintage collectable item:  children's book
 

TIGER PATROL

by Lieut.Comdr. Showell Styles

If You Like Open-air Adventuring With The Best Of Cheery Companions, This Is The Book For You.   With Cocky Basterfield and his partner the wary Dope to lead the expedition, you'll be sure of excistement as the Tiger Patrol sets forth to earn its name.  An uninhabited island off the West Coast of Scotland is where you're bound for

Published by JCollins as part of the Seagull series;  blue boards with silver titles on spine and seagull insignia on front;  hardcover with jacket;   189 pages; 19 x 13 cm;  260g

Book condition:    BB* vintage condition:  paper browned;  boards good;  a nice old copy

Please see "seller’s condition rating for vintage or collectable books" at end of this listing to help evaluate book’s condition.

Jacket condition:   minor chipping wear along edges;  please see photos;  price-clipped.

Bonus!    this item will be provided with a new clear removable archival cover to protect and preserve the jacket and the book    

Frank Showell Styles (1908-2005) was an English writer and mountaineer. In the early 1950s Showell Styles led several expeditions in the Himalayas and Arctic. He also climbed in the Pyrenees and Alps.  His first novel, Traitor's Mountain, was a murder mystery set on and around Tryfan in Wales. He became a prolific writer with over 160 books published for children as well as adults. In addition to historic naval adventure fiction such as the Midshipman Quinn and Lieutenant Michael Fitton series set during the Napoleonic Wars, and non-fiction works on mountains and such as The Mountaineer's Weekend Book, he wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Glyn Carr, and humorous pieces as C.L. Inker.   

* Seller’s Condition rating for vintage and collectable books:

*AA down to *BB – cover and pages are mostly clean and unmarked. There may be some minor rubbing or minimal creasing on spine. Binding is tight.   No apparent writing or scribbling.   Some older books may have page yellowing or browning.  Excellent collectable quality.  

*CC – cover and pages may have minor marks, blemishes and/or creasing. There may be some rubbing or creasing on spine. All pages are intact and binding is tight.   Previous owner’s name or gift inscription may be written and/or covered by bookplate.    Some older books may have age yellowing, browning and foxing.   Still very good collectable quality. 

*DD – visible signs that the book has had good pre-loved life. Cover, pages and spine will have noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing, including writing on front or back pages.   Endpapers may have been removed.   Pages may be browned and foxed.

*EE significant visible signs of wear and tear.    There may be writing or scribbling within the text.  Pages may be loose or torn. Cover, pages and or spine will have major noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing.
 
*FF:- There may be missing pages, tears or other significant defects as noted.   Binding may be loose or have parts missing. Books are only sold in  FF* condition due to scarcity or are highly collectable. 
 
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