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Hobberdy Dick

K. M. Briggs

First published 1955
Publisher Eyre & Spottiswoode
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 191
Price 12/6


Library records of the 1st ed., not found 2018-06-25 in 1955 newspapers, do not report the name of the author as credited on the title page. Several later editions from the 1960s-70s are known from library records and newspaper notices to be published as by "K. M. Briggs".

  • 1st ed.
  • Publ date, price, and credit as "K. M. Briggs" from publisher advertisement The New Statesman and Nation 50:1284 (1955-10-15) p479 "Further Autumn Books"; this one "October 28, 12/6 net".
  • One dealer at ABEbooks (bi=22725826427, dealer #4130) provides images that show "K. M. Briggs" on the book spine ("dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine") and on the dustjacket front and spine.

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Hobberdy Dick 1969 Alden Press Unknown Novel 191
Hobberdy Dick 1972 Puffin Paperback Novel 208
Hobberdy Dick Cover 1976 Puffin Paperback Novel 208
Hobberdy Dick Cover 1977 Greenwillow Books / William Morrow Hardcover Novel 239
Hobberdy Dick 1978 Kestrel Books Hardcover Novel 202
Hobberdy Dick Cover 1988 Canongate Kelpies Paperback Novel 207
Hobberdy Dick Cover 2000 Jane Nissen Books Trade Paperback Novel 239
Hobberdy Dick Cover 2009 Faber and Faber Trade Paperback Novel 208