Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works

You can get a site directory by clicking on the “hamburger” icon () in the upper right of this page.
Or you can search this site with Google (standard Google-search rules apply).
(Be aware that “sponsored” links to other sites will appear atop the actual results.)

Search term(s):

The Elephant and the Kangaroo: Available Copies

Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

The Elephant and Kangaroo

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Bookplate inside. Short gifter's inscription on inside. (Noah's Ark, Juvenile Fiction)

First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. 1st American edition. Bookplate inside. (Floods, Arks, Juvenile Fiction)

Gold titles and decoration on dark blue cloth, 254 pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has edge wear and previous owner's name stamp is on front and back free endpapers.

First Edition, First printing. hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold dec and spine titles. Near Fine book in Very Good unclipped DJ, in clear protective cover. 1" scratch front cloth, else Fine and unmarked; jacket lightly chipped at edges. 254pp.

8vo, 1947, G P Putnam's, Sons, hardcover with dust jacket, DJ is priceclipped, with light stains and small tears, 254 pages

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Clean Tight And Square. Very Slight Page Edge Foxing. No Markings. Little Shelf Wear To Board Edges.Former Owners Name Sticker Inside Front Cover. Dj Good To Very Good-Condition. It Is Unclipped ($2.75) With Edges Rubbed And Worn And Light Soiling But Attractive Still.

1948. First Edition. 222 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Slight fraying at top of spine. Otherwise solid VG for its age. Includes clear plastic dust cover. No original dust jacket.

1st printing; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; illustrated end papers; 254 clean, unmarked pages

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1947. VERY GOOD hardcover book in VERY GOOD dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($2.75). Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Clean, unmarked copy with still sharp corners, clean boards and solid hinges. Tanning to edges o/w clean, unmarked. Presumed first. Handsome copy. TM

First edition. Very good plus. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover and foredges lightly soiled, spine browned.

Paperback (VG) all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. Hardcover. 5 ½ x 8". 254 pp. Good. No dust jacket. Moderate soiling to the boards. The interior appears unmarked. The binding is solid.

Cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket spine and rear wrapper slightly darkened. Lower rear corner of jacket is chipped (17 mm).; Small Octavo

Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Charming fantasy by the author of The Sword in the Stone and Mistress Masham's Repose. Jacket is only lightly worn, with $2.75 price, over a fine book with owner's signature. A terrific copy.

VG+ in like price-clipped dust jacket. Fantasy novel about the coming of another Flood & an Irish couple chosen to build an ark & start the human race anew. Fiction, Fantasy Novel

VERY GOOD+ WITH WATER STAINS ON BOTTOM OF SPINE AND BOARDS IN LIGHTLY USED DJ.

1st edition, 1st printing, 1948, in aqua cloth. Owner's name on front free end paper; a little light foxing / yellowing; binding tight; spine faded. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little discoloured & worn Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket

254 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Blue Cloth. First Printing. No Inscriptions. Illustrated Endpapers. Book Fine. Dj Bright And Clean With Small Area 1 1/2" X 1/4" Of Wrinkling At Bottom Corner Edge, Front Panel. The Dj Is Not Price-Clipped ($2.75), No Fading, And In A Protective Brodart Cover.

First Edition. Big '6d' written on the flyleaf Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Single date on copyright page with $2.75 flap price. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a 1/8" chip extending 1/2" across the top corner and is otherwise whole, bright and clean. In a Mylar jacket cover.