THE WANDERER

Collins 1953 First Edition

illustrated by Joan Wanklyn Lindsey has problems with the infuriating colt Chalice whose escapes torment the Thorntons. Trailing around the Devil's Punchbowl at night in the rain looking for Chalice would be bad enough, but the heiffers are being led out as well. And it's term time. But there's time to hunt foxes, Dion gets one, though not as expected; Peter spends hours hunting one particular rabbit, Muncher, and Lindsey takes up the organ. A nasty accident on the Punchbowl road brings more problems.

First edition: pale blue boards with dark blue blocking; 135x190mm; 253pp; map endpapers (first version, not credited); title page vignette and 9 b/w half-page illustrations.
Dustwrapper: full colour picture of girl confronting frightened colt at night, spine picture similar; rear gives three crits of her work and lists eight other titles; rear flap has subscription form for the Collins Magazine; cover price 8s 6d.

Reprinted:

2nd impression 1953: light blue boards; probably identical to first edition except for publishing history, this published in December 1953, the first being published in August. Dustwrapper illustration as first. [information from adverts on internet]

1957 [this is the six shilling edition listed in ME's notebook as 1956]
red cloth; serif lettering on spine with star between author and title, internally as first edition, but 'This Edition 1957' on rear of title page.
Dustwrapper front as first, but rear different: this edition has Stories of Punchbowl Farm by Monica Edwards at the top followed by four farm titles each with review quotes from the press. Similarly the rear dustwrapper flap has Romney Marsh Stories by Monica Edwards listing three titles again with review quotes. The price on the front flap is 6s. net.
information on this edition's dustwrapper from Rachael Newshon

Other Editions:

Children's Book Club 1955: green boards, black blocking on spine only, identical to first, including the star between title and author, but no publisher; title page bears Book Club inprint and reverse bears This Edition 1955; 125x190mm; 253pp; all illustrations but no maps. Dustwrapper picture wraps to include the spine, poor illustration of foal in field, not credited; rear lists forthcoming books in CBC; cover price 3s 6d

The Children's Book Club edition 1955

Armada 1968 cover

Armada 1968 Armada number C213; 192pp; cover by Mary Gernat; all the original illustrations and Charles Green map; cover price 2/6. ISBN 00-690213-8