Oriental Spotlight

London: John Murray, 1937. Good/Fair. 8vo. 205 x 145mm, 143 pages. Sketches by Roly Book condition: Good, mainly clean decorated textured boards, some tanning towards edges, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Fair, tanning to edges and spine, rubbing with repaired tears and minor loss to top of spine, not price-clipped, will be protected in removable clear sleeving upon sale.… Read more about this item

Good for age but a bit loose in somewhat bumped and marked boards. No dustjacket.

In many ways a racist publication in keeping with the pre world war two era. Mainly cariactures of people. Stiff british upper lip. Book was bought in Egypt according to the previous owners not on verso end paper. Previous owners name on free flyleaf top. One full color picture. Rest b&w. Text unmarked. pages browning. Last chapter in book on… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1952. First UK Edition/9th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/N/A. Beautifully rebound and recut in India in the 1960's with leather spine and corners with gilt, marbled paper to covers and endpapers and silk ribbon marker. Some rubbing/nicks at corners, edges and spine ends and some spotting to front page ends. A few pages have… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, (1939). Reprint. Octavo, beige cloth with green, indigo and ocre weave, pp. viii, 143; illustrated by Roly. Pre-war humour book, caricaturing people of middle eastern descent in a most unflattering manner. Previous owner's name and date on endpaper, Egyptian bookseller's label on pastedown, spine a little foxed and darkened, else very good. No dust jacket..

John Murray, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. John Murray 1937, first edition. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in Fair condition.

John Murray, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. Reprint. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Water staining to first few pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1946. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:

London: John Murray, 1938 Jan. reprint. good to very good condition . illust. by Roly. London: good to very good condition 1938 Jan reprint frontispiece in colour

John Murray, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Roly. Just On Very Good Hardback. Only Blemish Is A Small Stain On Yellow Front Boards.

John Murray, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Murray, 1939T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1937 first edition on texile cloth