[All Creatures Great and Small].
HERRIOT, pseud., James, [[Alfred, WIGHT], ]
[Illustrations by Graham Humphreys, vol. 1; Larry, vols. 2-7; Victor Ambrus, vol. 8. Complete set of first editions.]
'ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL': COMPLETE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Michael Joseph, [1970-1992]
Stock code: 44430
Price: £1,650.00
8 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper (two wrappers price-clipped).
The set comprises: If Only They Could Talk (1970); It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet (1972); Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973); Vet In Harness (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976); Vet In A Spin (1977); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); Every Living Thing (1992). Bright set of Herriot's entertaining accounts of his career as a vet in the North Yorkshire Dales. The sequence forms the basis of 'All Creatures Great and Small', one of the most popular and successful series in BBC Television history. First volume is a publisher's file copy with neat stamp on front free endpaper; third volume has the author Raleigh Trevelyan's neat name stamp on front free endpaper; +
COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.