Every Idle Dream

London: Collins, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. With Illustrations by Elinor Darwin. London: Collins, 1948. First edition. The grandson of British naturalist Charles Darwin, Bernard Darwin (1876-1961) was an accomplished amateur golfer who covered the sport for The Times from 1907 to 1953 and for Country Life from 1907 to 1961, becoming the first writer ever… Read more about this item

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. 254 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are… Read more about this item

London: Collins. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's light tan coloured cloth with green title lettering to spine,in a Good Dust-Jacket with a few small nicks and tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Illustrations by Elinor Darwin.Not price clipped and with one previous inscription to the front endpaper.8vo 255pp First Edition 1st Impression .… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Lightly foxed. Chipped and torn jacket. . Good. Cloth. 1948.

London: Collins. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Pale brown boards, slightly dusty, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Illustrated with black/white line drawings. Internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Includes "Watching cricket" (pp60-67); "Some writers on sport" (pp97-106); and "The boyhood of a hero" In long essays the author covers… Read more about this item

Collins. 1948 Collins first edition hardback; good reading copy, weakened front hinge internally, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1948.

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations by Elinor Darwin. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Some marks and staining to surfaces. Gilt lettering… Read more about this item

1st Edition, Collins, 1948 43 illustrations by Elinor Darwin; Essays on golf, cricket and many other topics; Grey cloth; Lacks front free end-paper, else near fine.

London: Collins, 1948. 255 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's inscription on ffep. Yellow cloth with gilt titles. Darkened spine, corners lightly bumped. VG. Illus. by Darwin, Eleanor.