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David & Charles, Hardback, 1972 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good+ - in Very Good+ DJ. Very slightly ruffled edges of DJ, notable mainly at the head of the spine. Top edges of text block slightly spotted. A very pleasant copy overall.
John Baker, Hardback, 1966 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good. Very lightly rubbed at extremities. Remnants of either a sticker or the DJ to front board (could be easily removed) otherwise a very well presented copy.
Doubleday, Hardback, 1989 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. Price Clipped. Very slightly ruffled edges of DJ with a 1½" closed tear to the foot of the upper panel. Text bright and tight.
Doubleday, Hardback, 1989 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, nicked at the corners of both panels. Gently bruised at head & tail of spine and corners.
H.M.S.O., Hardback, 1966 in Dust Wrapper. Good+ - in Good+ DJ. Wraps rubbed at the edges, frayed gently at head, tail and corners and a little faded. Previous owners inscription to ffep with further light pencilling throughout.
Oriel Press, Hardback, 1977 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good in Good Dustwrapper. Edges of the dustwrapper somewhat rubbed with a small sticker-scar to the top corner of the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1945 in Dust Wrapper. Good+ in Good+ Dustwrapper. Unlaminated dustwrapper a little edgeworn and faded with spotting to the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with fading to the boards. Edges of the textblock lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.
Landsdowne Press, Hardback, 1984 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ notably and unevenly faded, more so to the lower panel. Text bright and tight.
H.M.S.O., Hardback, 1954 in Dust Wrapper. Good - in Poor Dustwrapper. Edges of the dustwrapper somewhat rubbed and worn, with several closed tears and slight loss. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Edges of the textblock lightly spotted.
Bloomsbury, Hardback, 2006 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Top edge of DJ slightly ruffled. Lightly rubbed at head and tail of the spine. Text bright and tight. A nice, tight, copy.
Great Western Railway, Hardback, 1926 Good. Frayed a little at head and tail. Hinges starting at title page. Top edges of text block tanned. Pages very gently age-tanned. Suspect originally a tissue-guard protected the frontis but none present.
Bracken Books, Hardback, 1985 in Dust Wrapper. Good+ - in Good+ DJ. Gently bruised at head of spine and top corners with commensurate ruffling to the DJ, ½" closed and somewhat untidy tear to the bottom corner of the upper panel. Text bright and tight.
Eyre & Spottiswoode, Hardback, 0Signed Copy. Good+. Upper board faded at bottom edge, lower board a little rubbed. Spotting to the preliminaries with occasional lighter spotting throughout, overall text and plates bright and clean. A nice, presentable, copy.
Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts, Hardback, 0 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ slightly edgeworn, snagged at head of spine, small closed tear to foot of upper panel. Pages gently age-tanned. Text bright and tight.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1954 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along top edges with some small nicks and very slight loss. Price Clipped.
Crosby Lockwood & Son, Hardback, 1906 Very Good. Ex-libris with usual marks, including lower 2cm of ffep excised. Text bright and clean although the boards are a little faded and soiled. A nice reference copy.
Weidenfeld Nicolson, Hardback, 1994 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Near Fine - in Near Fine DJ. Tiny closed tear to top edge of upper wrap near corner.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1947 in Dust Wrapper. Good - in Good DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled and chipped with very slight loss. Top edge gilt. Cover faded toward lower edge. Inscription on ffep.
B.C.A., Hardback, 1977 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Dustwrapper a little rubbed at the edges. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned. Boards sunned at the margins. Text complete, clean and tight.
Hampton House, Hardback, 0 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Some light scuffing to the top and bottom edges of the boards. Text complete, clean and tight.
Peerage, Hardback, 1984 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good in Good Dustwrapper. Gently faded at the spine. Small closed tear to the top corner of the lower panel. Top edges of text block dusty.
The Viking Press, Hardback, 1962 Good. Gently bruised at head & tail of spine and corners. Boards dulled, soiled and slightly sprung. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Endpapers soiled and dull. Text bright and tight.
Isbister & Company,, Hardback, 1908 Good. Spine sunned. Hinges weak. Leading edges rough trimmed. Inscription on fep. Still a very nice copy with excellent plates.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1945 Good. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners. Leans. Boards a little rubbed at extremities. Pages very gently age-tanned.
Thames & Hudson, Hardback, 1997 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Slight ruffling to DJ around head of spine but still a very, very nice copy.
Geoffrey Bles, Hardback, 1962 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good - in Poor DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, laminate lifting in several places, snagged at the head and tail of the spine. Previous owners inscription to pastedown. Text bright and tight.
Peerage, Hardback, 1989 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Text complete, clean and tight.
Country Life, Hardback, 1972 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. Patch of loss at head of the lower panel otherwise a well presented copy.
Reader's Digest, Hardback, 1971 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled at the edges. Pages very gently age-tanned.
Collins, Hardback, 1949 Good. Remnants of sticker to upper board. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners. Boards and spine faded. Hinge starting at ffep. Text more than acceptable.
Reader's Digest, Hardback, 1971 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good - in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper slightly ruffled at the edges, light spotting to the reverse. Top edge of the upper board damp-stained. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.
Bracken Books, Hardback, 1984 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ faded at the spine, a little tanned about the panels. Price Clipped. Light spotting to the pastedowns and endpapers. Edges of the textblock lightly spotted.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1974 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper. Price Clipped. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and top corners with commensurate ruffling to the dustwrapper.
Herbert Jenkins, Hardback, 1948 in Dust Wrapper. Good - in Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges, some small nicks and closed tears. Bumped at head, tail and corners. Boards a little dampmarked. Top edges green. Internally bright and clean.
Hatier, Hardback, 1989 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled at the edges. Peculiar crease, almost a tear, to the front pastedown that is just visible on the upper board. Text bright and tight.
W & R Chambers, Hardback, 0 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good - in Poor DJ. DJ faded and lightly soiled, edgeworn and creased with several small nicks and slight loss yet still visually acceptable. Bookplate to pastedown. Edges of text block faded. Internally bright and clean. Tight.
Reader's Digest, Hardback, 1972 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good+ - in Very Good Dust wrapper. Damp stain to the top corner of the upper board with offset to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.
B.C.A., Hardback, 1979 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good in Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a little rubbed at the edges, frayed slightly at the head of the spine. Text complete, clean and tight.
Reader's Digest, Hardback, 1973 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper slightly ruffled at the edges, heavily faded at the spine. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.
Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, Hardback, 1947 Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding, a little faded at the same. Previous owners inscription to the front pastedown. Light offset to endpapers.
George Allen & Sons, Hardback, 1907 Good. An acceptable reading copy only.Small tear to FEP, cover a little faded and grubby with gently bumped corners. Pages tight and well presented but fragile.
B. T. Batsford, Hardback, 1940First Edition. Good. An acceptable reading copy only. Boards and spine heavily rubbed and dulled. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Text more than acceptable.
H. M. S. O., Hardback, 1955 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good - in Poor DJ. Unlaminated dustwrapper a little edgeworn and faded with several nicks and chips. Business library stamp to the first blank. Previous owners inscription to pastedown. Pages lightly age-tanned. Text complete, clean and tight.
Jarrold, Hardback, 1987 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled at the edges, rubbed at the tips. Price Clipped. Leans slightly.
Jarrold, Hardback, 1993 in Dust Wrapper. Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and leading edges otherwise a well presented copy.
Jarrold, Hardback, 1993 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Price Clipped. Single vertical crease to the spine of the DJ. Text bright and tight.
