THE WITCH IN THE WOOD. by WHITE, T.H

collins, 1940, first edition ,, . fair, chipped spine ends and center, rear top larger chip, price clip, couple closed tears jacket only, NO BOOK

putnam, 1939, first edition ,, . good, spine fading, chipped top of the spine, darker folds, fold creases, $2.50 intact, reconnected at the rear spine fold, clear tape on the back jacket only, NO BOOK

Collins, London 1940. First UK edition.. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 281pp. Good, light foxing, spine sunned, light marks on cover, front endpaper clipped top corner. / no d/w. .

New York: Putnam. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Cloth mottled/rubbed, spine toned, spine gilt dulled. Slight bumping/edgewear, points/spine ends worn. Firm and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pages .

New York:: G. P. Putnam's Sons, , 1939.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Tanned stain from a small bookmark on pp. 244-245; a few leaves roughly opened; very slight use to the unworn cloth; clean, tight and sound in a jacket with a sunned spine; some chipping and creasing; and slight dust-soiling to the rear panel.. 8vo,. With Decorations by the Author..

New York: Putnam, 1939. Book. Illus. by head and tail piece small illustrations by the author. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The second book in White's Camelot troika that was adapted in the 1950s into the musical CAMELOT. This is the true first edition published a year before the UK first. Original blue cloth with a gilt fort on the front and a bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Rare in its dust jacket that has edge wear , but is NOT price clipped. Now protected in a mylar sleeve. Inside , very clean and tight , with no prior owner marks, no stains and no browning. s.

Putnam, 1939. Hardcover. Fine. A first edition, first printing published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1939, preceding 1st British edition by a year). A fine book in a very good+ dust jacket ($2.50), with some edge wear and some tears.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition, first printing, preceding the first British edition by one calendar year. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with previous owner gift inscription to front free endpaper, pages toned and binding lightly shelf-worn. In a Very Good or better unclipped dust jacket with spine fading, light edge wear and very light staining at the base of the spine. A lovely copy.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Blue cloth, gilt. Top edge red. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is rough along the edges and folds else is in very good condition and presents a near fine, bright appearance. Second book in White's Arthurian saga, and its only appearance under this title. .

London: Collins,, 1940. First UK edition, first impression, of White's second Arthurian book. It was first published in the US the preceding year. The work continues the story of the newly crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against King Lot, and also introduces the Orkney clan, a group of characters who would cause the eventual downfall of the king. White was ultimately dissatisfied with it and heavily revised the text before its inclusion in The Once and Future King, trimming nearly 100 pages and retitling it The Queen of Air and Darkness. Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine on green ground, top edge green, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Line-drawing chapter head- and tailpieces. Neat ownership inscription of "K. W. Howarth" on front free endpaper, possibly Dean of Salisbury Kenneth William Haworth (1903-1988), who, like White, studied at both Cheltenham and Cambridge. Spine cocked, ends browned, foxing to edges and margins, a very good copy in the… Read More