Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey by Lord Dunsany - 1954

michael joseph, 1954, first edition ,, . very good , chipping at the spine ends, sticker removal mark in the center of the spine, jacket only, NO BOOK

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The price clipped jacket is chipped at the edges; the head of the spine is damaged, including minor loss, as is the spines tail, this with more substantial loss. The front of the jacket suffers also from minor loss at the outer edge towards the tail, repeated on the front board, which is chipped underneath. Both end papers and paste downs are foxed and there is an ownership signature on the front end paper as well as a bookseller's stamp. The body of the book is in very good condition, clean, unmarked and solid. "Joseph Jorkens (usually referred to simply as Jorkens) is the lead character in over 150 short stories written between 1925 and 1957 by the Irish author Lord Dunsany, noted for his fantasy short stories, fantastic plays, novels and other writings. The Jorkens stories, primarily fantasy but also including elements of adventure, mystery and science fiction literature, have been collected in a series… Read More

JORKENS BORROWS ANOTHER WHISKEY, Michael Joseph, 1954, first edition, just about fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper.

Great Britain: Tonbridge Printers Ltd, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Green cloth over boards with gilt particulars and publisher's emblem to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is tanned with light shelf wear; top edge is lightly soiled. Boards are bright with rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine; corners and ends of spine bumped. Dust jacket has creasing, rubbing and closed tears to edges, corners and ends of spine; sunning and soiling to spine; 1-inch tear to lower edge of front cover; soiling to rear cover. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First. DJ, Hardback. Good. Lord Dunsany. Jorkens borrows another whiskey London: Michael Joseph, 1954 First edition, the fifth and last of the Jorkens books published before the author's death (The last work, The Last Book of Jorkens, was lost in the family archive and only published in 2002). A collection of thirty-four fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens and told in the frame of a gentlemen's club in London, of which the narrator is a member. The Jorkens stories, primarily fantasy but also including elements of adventure, mystery and science fiction literature, have been collected in a series of six books, and were a key inspiration for the "fantastic club tale" type of short story. A very good, clean copy, in the original dust wrappers with slight wear at the corners and top of the spine. 256 pp. 18,5 x 12 cm.