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The Exploits of Engelbrecht: Available Copies

Light splaying of covers, light bumping to top corner of rear cover- a small number of pages have folded in on themselves at just the corner tip. Faint marking to top left corner of front cover, small smudge in center of spine, light bumping to its ends. Otherwise in swell shape, the binding is square and solid, the pages are clean and crisp.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 128. With 8 illustrations by James Boswell. Fiction- tales of the surealist boxer including 'The Night of the Big Witch Shoot', 'The Day We Played Mars', and 'Dirty Work at the Dog's Opera.' Bookplate on front pastedown. Front panel of d.j. laid on to rear pastedown. Small coloured illustration of Engelbrecht neatly laid on to copyright page, without obscuring text. Spine slightly dulled. VG.

First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ has lose to top 1 inch of spine, also faded to spine. Chipped to corners. Foxed to reverese. Slight foxing to endpapers otehrwise internally clean. Slight fading to blue board edges. Good condition.

Hilarious short stories telling the sporting adventures of Engelbrecht the Dwarf. Includes "The Night of the Big Witch Shoot" and "The Man Hunt Ball". Blue cloth cover with impressed Gilt illus. of Engelbrecht standing on a rugby ball. Dull Gilt lettering to spine. Title page has vignette illus.of Engelbrecht with boxing gloves. 128 pages, 260g, 7 1/2" Tall. From the Library of Prof. Charles Thomas, Cornish Historian & Author. His illustrated Bookplate & note are on the endpaper. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Spine tanned and leaning a bit. Jacket id missing almost half of the spine and has some closed tears at fore edges. Onlaid carefully onto white paper now (see photos). Unclipped, original price 8/6. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

First edition. A fine copy in a fine DJ, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #44

Weird surreal fantasy stories. First published in 1950, this new edition is Illustrated by a variety of authors, including James Cawthorn and John Coulthart, and contains an afterword by Michael Moorcock. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

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fine hardcover copy in a fine, James Boswell,dustwrapper 1st edition thus. Maurice Richardson's cult classic is one of the strangest works of fiction ever written. Fifteen stories that relate the activities of the Surrealist Sportsman's Club.