A King Reluctant

London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. Unclipped dustwrapper has small tears and creasing to the edges and is quite crumpled on the back panel, minor bumping to spine ends of red cloth-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good tight copy of this hardback novel. Set mostly in south Wales but also in France in the late eighteenth… Read more about this item

NY: Macmillan Co, 1953. Pages [315] clean, unmarked, binding tight, lean to spine. Tan cloth boards, gilt decorations, red lettering, mostly clean, shelf wear at extremities [fraying], one small spot and mild discolorations. Synopsis penned by librarian at fep. Front dust jacket flap attached to fep, rear flap at dedication page. Usual ex-libri markings. One of history's strangest unsolved… Read more about this item

London, UK: Jonathan Cape, 1952. 1st UK Edition. Signed and dated by author on ffep. 317 pages, all of which are clean and crisp. Burgundy cloth binding with white titles on spine and front cover. DJ features an illustration of a woman's face on front cover with black titles on spine and front cover. Spine… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy in its original, and increasinly scarce, woodcut DJ. Very minimal shelf wear, owner signature on ffep, spine very slightly cocked, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, two small, closed tears, rear shows light toning, else… Read more about this item

Popular Book Club, UK, 1955. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Hardcover. 263 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Popular Book Club, UK, 1955. Book Club Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight clean book in rubbed dust jacket with edgewear up to 1". ; 317 pages .

London: Cape, 1952. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 317pp.,

Macmillan Company, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macmillan Company, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.