CARGO OF HORSES

Collins 1951 First Edition

illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam Back on the Sussex sea, Tamzin takes the cause of horses to heart and deals with an unpleasant side of modern life in an unorthodox yet effective way. Never one to let the formality of legal procedure bother her unduly, she soon ropes the others into a plan both daring and imaginative. First edition: green boards, front board plain; gold blocking; 135x200mm; 254pp; map endpapers of the Westling area; title page vignette and 17 b/w illustrations (5 full page, others 1/3 to ½ page); published at 8s 6d

Other Editions:

Children's Book Club 1952: Hardback edition; yellow boards; black sans serif lettering on spine only; 190x125mm; 254pp; no map; no title page vignette, but all other illustrations. The dustwrapper is a colour version of the dramatic boarding picture by Geoffrey Whittam, from page 43 of the first edition (page 30 in the Armada). Whether it is by him, or by another artist I don't know.

Children's Book Club unique dustwrapper

Junior Fontana 1955

Collins Junior Fontana paperback 1955: 188pp; no map; 16 illustrations; cover not credited ; Fontana number 68J; cover price 2/-. A formal authors portrait adorns the rear cover. The unnamed arist of the cover picture is almost certainly Shirley Hughes. See 'Artists' section. JA This and 'Black Ivory' by Norman Collins, were the first two children's books to be published under the Collins paperback imprint.

Armada 1965: 160pp; Geoffrey Whittam map; 14 illustrations; cover credited to Peter Archer; Armada number C115; cover price 2/6.

Armada edition 1965

Collins Pony Library 1972

Collins Pony Library 1972: new edition; pictorial boards; 125x190mm; 160pp; cheap paper; original map and 13 of the b/w illustrations; ISBN 0 00 164302 9

B. Wahlströms Bokförlag 1972: Hardback edition; as Häst-smugglarna. Translated by Gunvor Håkansson and cover illustration by Richard Lüsch . A small (110 x 175mm [4.5 x 7 inches]) book, with a pictorial cover; no illustrations but a version of Geoffrey Whittam's map of Westling area; 159pp; cp '4:75'; ISBN: 91-32-10928-8; rear lists other children's books in the same series, this being book number 1641. Two other books by Monica Edwards are listed, number 1479: 'Fin start, Bibi!' and number 1580: 'Monica klarar alla hinder' The translation changes the names of both Tamzin and Meryon; to 'Monica' and 'Mark' respectively, which explains the title of number 1580 ! Other proper names remain unchanged.

B. Wahlströms Bokförlag 1972

1975 Norwegian edition
Listed by SE but not seen.

dustwrapper by Gordon King for the Goodchild edition 1984

Goodchild 1984: Hardback edition; revised by the author. Grey cloth with gold blocking on spine; 241 numbered pages; no illustrations but redrawn map on endpapers. Full colour wrap-around dustwrapper by Gordon King.

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