MAN WITH THREE FINGERS

first edition dustwrapper courtesy of Richard Griffiths

Illustrated by Michael Whittlesea The 16th book in the Lone Pine series. Tom Ingles is getting restless with the life on the farm. He longs for the coffee bar life, motor cycles and working for a living, like his new friend Ned, a lorry driver from Shrewsbury. Tom's new ideas make Jenny feel rather estranged, but a violent crime leads to an adventure which binds the pair even closer.

First edition: green boards with gold blocking, tree front board; top page edges not coloured; 130x190mm; 183pp; map endpapers; 13 chapter head illustrations. Dustwrapper picture full colour, by Michael Whittlesea.

Other Editions:

Collins edition dustwrapper courtesy of Steven Handy

Collins 1969: revised hardback; with dustwrapper; green boards with gold blocking on spine; 192pp; one map after contents page; cover illustration not credited; cp 12s 6d. [For information on this edition, thanks to Steven Handy]

Armada 1971: Paperback edition; revised (Collins 1969 revision); 191pp; map redrawn but only lettering changed; no illustrations; Armada number C454; cp 20p. Reprinted 1974: cp 30p; 1977: cp 45p.

Armada cover

Collins Budget edition cover

Collins Budget 1971: Hardback edition; 123x188mm; pictorial boards; 191pp; one map; ISBN No. 0-00-160223-3; no cover price.

Bonnier 1956: Swedish translation.

Molino 1970: Spanish translation as 'El Hombre De Los Tres Dedos'. Hardback with pictorial boards and dustwrapper with the same design; 195x135mm; 200pp; translation by M. Giménez; eight full page illustrations in black and white by José Ma Bea; pictorial endpapers of two children reading. The dustwrapper and front board illustration is a full colour painting of a boy lying beside a road where a lorry robbery is taking place; painted by Badía-camps. The rear board shows the Club membership document signed by the members and buried in the tin under the Lone Pine.

Spanish edition dustwrapper by Badía-camps Molino 1970