Book Details
Title: The Calf on Shale Hill
Author: Anne Farrell
Illustrator: Astra Lacis
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, Australia
Year: 1974
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 206
Dimensions: L21.5cm x W14.5cm x D2cm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 0 340 19321 2
Battle Scars:
This book is in very good condition for age (49 years). Dustcover is intact, with no obvious tears. Some minor wear and curling around edges and some wrinkling on the ends of the spine. Minor scuffing. The hardcover beneath is well preserved. Some shelf wear to edges and ends of spine with crushing and wear of the cover in those areas. Some bumping to corners. Binding is intact and firm. On the front end page there is an inscription in ink at the top of the page. Pages are very clean with no foxing or tanning.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"A welcome new story about the Mitchell family, who were first introduced to young readers in 'The Gift-Wrapped Pony', this young author's first novel. The Mitchells live in the Tasmanian countryside and run a Jersey stud and dairy property. They lead a busy life, yet Val and Lesley and Ian find time for sheer enjoyment, too - especially when they are with their ponies. It is Lesley and Ian who find a neighbouring farmer's newly-born calf on Shale Hill, abandoned by its mother. It is a runt - 'Skerrick', they christen it, so small that their neighbour decides it is not worth saving. But Lesley cannot leave the calf to die; and so she embarks on her plan to care for it in secret: a simple decision that leads to untold complications, especially when eccentric Uncle Arthur comes to live in the cottage on Shale Hill. How Lesley finds her own solution to her seemingly insuperable problem is the theme of this absorbing new novel."
Book Details
Title: The Calf on Shale Hill
Author: Anne Farrell
Illustrator: Astra Lacis
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, Australia
Year: 1974
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 206
Dimensions: L21.5cm x W14.5cm x D2cm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 0 340 19321 2
Battle Scars:
This book is in very good condition for age (49 years). Dustcover is intact, with no obvious tears. Some minor wear and curling around edges and some wrinkling on the ends of the spine. Minor scuffing. The hardcover beneath is well preserved. Some shelf wear to edges and ends of spine with crushing and wear of the cover in those areas. Some bumping to corners. Binding is intact and firm. On the front end page there is an inscription in ink at the top of the page. Pages are very clean with no foxing or tanning.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"A welcome new story about the Mitchell family, who were first introduced to young readers in 'The Gift-Wrapped Pony', this young author's first novel. The Mitchells live in the Tasmanian countryside and run a Jersey stud and dairy property. They lead a busy life, yet Val and Lesley and Ian find time for sheer enjoyment, too - especially when they are with their ponies. It is Lesley and Ian who find a neighbouring farmer's newly-born calf on Shale Hill, abandoned by its mother. It is a runt - 'Skerrick', they christen it, so small that their neighbour decides it is not worth saving. But Lesley cannot leave the calf to die; and so she embarks on her plan to care for it in secret: a simple decision that leads to untold complications, especially when eccentric Uncle Arthur comes to live in the cottage on Shale Hill. How Lesley finds her own solution to her seemingly insuperable problem is the theme of this absorbing new novel."
