The Far-Distant Oxus middle just some light rubbing to

just some light rubbing to spine ends and tips of corners

overall bright and unmarked

Patches of light foxing to the half-title page

Inscription in blue pen on the first free endpaper reads

Includes chapters on making a camp fire

The Far-Distant Oxus middle just some light rubbing toLondon: Jonathan Cape, 1978. New edition of a title first published in 1937. Publisher's red cloth with the superb and unclipped dust wrappers. Review copy, with the publisher's slip tucked in at the front. Illustrations throughout the text; mapped endpapers front and back. A fine copy. A party of children go to stay in a farm house on Exmoor for the summer holidays where they meet with all sorts of adventures, mostly on horseback and rafts.