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Christopher Johnson, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. First Published. 183 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Flat signed by author to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Wear marks and foxing overall.

London: Johnson (1957). Hardback in good condition with dust wrapper.

London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 183 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with some nicks, chips and rubbing around the edges; also, some rubbing on the front panel; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Pictures in the Fire; This Scotland; The Bonnie Prince; R.L.S. - 1879 and 1909; In the Garden of the Lord; Youth Comes to the Mountain; The Great Trek; Their Finest Hour; I Meet Marshal Suvorof; Edric the Second; Tour du Mont Blanc; A Spoonful of Salt; Canadian Odyssey; and Trembling Water..

London: Christopher Johnson 1957. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. Inscribed "With the author's compliments and every good wish 24.5.64" on the front endpaper. Scouting in Scotland, the Alps and the Canadian backwoods. Tiniest of bumps to bottom corners and to the top of each board otherwise fine. Jacket has some short tears taped on back, edge creasing. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Christopher Johnson, 1957 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True account of youngsters' adventures in the Highlands of Scotland, the Alps and the Canadian backwoods, with a dedication from the author to the front endpaper. 183pp, illustrated with black and white maps and photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards somewhat bowed, corners and spine bumped, otherwise good copy. Some creasing and wear to edges of unclipped DJ, with several small tears to top of spine, otherwise good..

GB: Johnson, 1957. Signed by author.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG DW.

Christopher Johnson. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, with a dedication, to ffep, small mark to head of page and corresponding place on fly-leaf of upper cover dw, dw has been v sl trimmed along top edge rim of upper cover, creasing and tears to top edge rim of lower cover, a few sl surface marks, wear to extremeties, particularly to spine ends, which also have a few sl tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages .

London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Dustjacket is clipped with wear to the outer extremities and two closed tears to the upper edge of the front panel.

London: Christopher Johnson [1957], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 183pp. Frontispiece, maps, photographs. Locale: Canada; Switzerland. (Travel/Adventure, Boy Scouts, Description and Travel).

London: Christopher Johnson [1957], 1st printing. (Hardcover) 183pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, maps. Foreword by Lord Rowallan. Locale: Canada; Switzerland. (Travel/Adventure, Boy Scouts, Description and Travel).

London: Christopher Johnson [1957], 1st printing. (Hardcover) 183pp. Very good in good dust jacket. Illustrations. Price-clipped. Locale: Canada; Switzerland. (Travel/Adventure, Boy Scouts, Description and Travel).

London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. With a foreword by Chief Scout Lord Rowallan. 183 pp. Two small stamps on the title page. White endpapers, with the author's inscription on ffep. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Head and tail of spine lightly worn, corners lightly bumped. Green DJ, not price-clipped. Small chips, wear along the edges. VG/GOOD+. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every good wish. | Xmas /57.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Spine toned to brown and gilt dulled. Very good. An account of various school boys' trekking expeditions led by Dr. "Geoff" Morton, Headmaster of Leeds Modern School 1920-1947. From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.