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New York: Farrar, Straus & Co. [1946]. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Later Printing Used. H Hard Cover. Good. 8vo 451pp (cloth faded with wear, corner front endpaper clipped)

NY: Farrar Straus & Co.. VG. 1946. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition bound in blue cloth with gold design and lettering. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. The book has dust soiling to the gutters and to its spine. Dusting along the edges of the upper pag e block. The dust jacket has rubs/chips to its corners and at the base of its spine. Chipping to the head of its spine. Rubbing to the folds . Chips and creases at the panels' upper edges. Dust soiling to the re ar panel. .

hardback. Very Good. 3rd imp. L.(Heinemann) 1946. A very good copy.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. First Edition. 451 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Small tear to top corner of rear free endpaper. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscriptions and sticker to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Light sunning and marking to both boards.

London: Heinemann, 1944. Covers and contents clean and bright with no inscriptions. Completed while living at Talland Bay near Looe in Cornwall in 1944. Dustjacket spine has small hole and is very faded.. First Edition First Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5" x 8". Hardback.

London: William Heinemann. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and edge-worn. Previous owner inscription on fep. 1944. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 451pp. .

William Heinemann Ltd, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Heinemann. 1946 Heinemann reprint hardback; Good, lightly aged, clean copy, with Good edge-worn dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1946.

London: Heinemann, 1944. Book. Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. No Jacket. Reissue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Attractively bound in blue cloth gilt lettering. Corners bumped and some wear on top and bottom of spine. A good clean copy..

heinemann london 1944. first edition 451pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.mod.bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.several minor closed tears,sl.losses to head/foot of spine,publ.stamp to rear cover,price-clipped)

Heinemann, 1945T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Previous owner inscription. Clothbound in blue. First edition.

London:: William Heinemann,, 1944.. First edition. Limited signed edition numbered 44 of 100 copies.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth over marbled boards, tiny bump at head of spine, minor rubbing at corners, else about near fine. Signed by author and numbered on limitation page.

William Heinemann, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. Signed and inscribed by author (twice) plus by his daughter Jessica to who the book is dedicated to- Cathrine Taylor South African author. 451 pages (complete). Boards edge worn and marked. Mild tanning, foxing, minor markings. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. Reprint. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

William Heinemann, 1944-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.7979 in x 19.5851 in x 13.7895 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Pen note on first no-text page.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1941 - 1956. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5"; 7.5" by 5". None. A collection of first editions by Francis Brett Young. The set consists of: 'Wistanslow', 'The Island' and 'Far Forest'. Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer. The central project of Brett Young's career was a series of linked novels set in a loosely fictionalised version of the English West Midlands and Welsh Borders. The Mercian novels were originally inspired by the construction of Birmingham Corporation's Elan Valley Reservoirs from 1893–1904, and the country traversed by their associated aqueduct. 'The Black Diamond' (1921) tells the story of a labourer working on the aqueduct in the region around Knighton, while 'The House Under the Water' (1932) deals at length with the construction of the reservoirs themselves. The series expanded into a wide-ranging study of Midlands society from the 1890s through to… Read More

Heinemann,, [1946]. 8vo., Third Impression, with title in red and black, neat signature on front paste-down; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE ON TITLE. Dustwrapper artwork by Geo. Mansell. First published in 1944.

London : Heinemann, 1944. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 451 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History ; Poetry. Novels. 20th Century. English poetry 20th century. English poets. Poetry; 20th century.