SPIRIT OF PUNCHBOWL FARM

Collins 1952 First Edition

illustrated by Joan Wanklyn More of the past of Punchbowl Farm comes to haunt Dion and Lindsey as the former battles to improve the farm, and Lindsey resists the destruction of the Yew tree. First edition green cloth bds with gold lettering on spine; 135x195mm; 192pp; map endpapers (first version, not credited); title page vignette and 12 b/w illustrations, none full-page. Dustwrapper rear advertises three books by other authors, rear flap has order form for Collins Magazine; cover price 8s 6d.

Reprinted:

1956 'Six Shilling Edition':
Green boards, gold lettering and 192pp but smaller than the first ed (189mm x 129mm or 5" x 7.5"). Dated on rear of title page 'First edition 1952' and undeneath that 'This edition 1956'; map endpapers and 12 b&w Joan Wanklyn drawings. It has the same dw as the first; the rear lists 4 other ME titles - 'No Entry', 'Storm Ahead', 'Cargo of Horses' and 'The Midnight Horse'. The rear flap list Punchbowl titles - 'Punchbowl Harvest', 'The Wanderer', 'Punchbowl Midnight' and 'Black Hunting Whip'; cover price 6/-
[For information on this edition, thanks to Bettina]

Other Editions:

Armada 1963: Paperback edition; 156pp; cover illustration by Sheila Rose shows Lindsey in the Old Yew Tree; map and 12 illustrations; Armada number C65; cover price 2/6

Armada edition 1963

Goodchild 1986

Goodchild 1986: Hardback edition; revised by the author; 22cm; 220pp; no map; no illustrations. ISBN 0-86391-088-2 Dustwrapper by Gordon King. This edition still listed as available from Amazon.co.uk.