Nestor the Monster Nigel Tranter 1st Ed 1960 HC DJ Loch Ness Kennedy

by Nigel Tranter

$143 · Offered by eBay

Nestor the Monster by Nigel Tranter Illustrated by Richard Kennedy Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1960 True UK first edition, first printing — hardcover with original dust jacket. The third Ken and Fiona adventure. Ken Rutherford wants to photograph the Loch Ness Monster. Fiona MacBride comes along to help. A gang of men have darker plans. Small boat, cold water, and a long green neck in the dark. Tranter wrote only a dozen children’s books. Collectors note that the Ken & Fiona hardbacks are among the hardest to find, especially with the jacket still present. The 1992 paperback is common; this 1960 Brockhampton hardcover is not. Points that confirm the first edition Copyright page: “First published 1960 by Brockhampton Press Ltd, Market Place, Leicester” Printed by Richard Clay and Company, Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Text © 1960 Nigel Tranter; illustrations © 1960 Brockhampton Press Ltd Original jacket priced 8/6 NET, code 08011 — not price-clipped Rear jacket advertises the earlier titles Border Riding and Spaniards’ Isle Blue cloth boards, grey spine, dark blue title label Author photo and bio on rear flap

• Publisher: Brockhampton Press
• Year: 1960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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