This Old Man. by Bone, Gertrude

Macmillan & Co, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. Reprint. 132 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Noticeable foxing and tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to ffep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1925 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Early 20th century work of English fiction, with a frontispiece by the author's husband, Muirhead Bone..

Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 131 pages. A novel. Later printing but printed the same year as the first edition. A near fine hardcover copy in a dust jacket with loss the to the spine ends and corners not affecting text.

Macmillan & Co., Limited, London; first edition, 1925. Contains a frontispiece, 'Motherhood', from a drypoint drawing by the renowned Scottish artist (and first official war artist) Muirhead (later Sir Muirhead) Bone, the author's husband. Dark green boards have some bumping at the spine edges, and very minor wear at the corners. The binding is tight, but slightly askew. There is some browning to the endpapers and to the half title page and the final page of text. Some light spotting to the deckle edges. The text is clean and bright.

Slight tinge of toning, else content appears as unblemished with very good +++ dark tan decorated, cloth covered boards displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown. A lovely novella by Gertrude Bone following the events set in a cottage in the countryside. Shipping/Handling/Insurance/Tracking Included within the continental U.S. (Free Shipping). Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will adviseWritten 1.09.2022SK #6564-1.1622 Img.7963

London: Macmillan,, 1925. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Frontis signed by Muirhead Bone. Octavo. 132pp. Original teal cloth with gilt titles. Light wear otherwise very good indeed. No jacket. Inscription to endpaper.

London: Macmillan and Co. , 1925. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Muirhead Bone . A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude and Muirhead Bone of this novella by Gertrude Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Gertrude Bone to the front free endpaper "To Mr and Mrs Jordan Bottomley with love from Gertrude Bone," dated Christmas 1925, and signed by Muirhead Bone in pencil to the frontispiece.A lovely novella by Gertrude Bone following the events set in a cottage in the countryside.Loosely inserted is a charming sample of another work by this author, Oasis. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Muirhead Bone. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Externally very smart with minor shelfwear and head and tail of spine. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "To Mr and Mrs Jordan Bottomley with love from Gertrude Bone," dated Christmas 1925. Loosely inserted, a sample of Gertrude… Read More