Punchbowl Midnight by Edwards, Monica - 1951

Collins. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback book, binding pulled at rear board, no inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is worn at the edges, chipped at spine ends and foldovers and has a 3 inch split at front foldover and a ring mark on the front cover. 254 pages, illustrations in the text by Charles Tunnicliffe, map endpapers .

London: Collins. 1951. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by Charles Tunnicliffe, who also provides the illustrations within. Illustrated map endpapers. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Lower edges untrimmed. The spine tips are softened, and the upper spine has taken a knock which has left a few creases to the cloth. In the dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities, most notably to spine tips: there is c. 1 x 1 cm area of loss to the upper tip and three nicks with loss to the lower tip. Closed tears to the rear (c. 2.5cm) and front (1.5cm) panel edges, with associated creasing. Not price clipped (8s. 6d. net to the front flap). The third Punchbowl Farm adventure. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.