Goad Newcombe (4 results)

First edition hardback, no dustjacket; illustrated, 125 + [3] pages. The binding is worn and browning, the spine is missing, the hinges are strong and all is well bound in. The endpapers have a library stamp and London City Mission bookplate. The tit le is browning in the margin and has an obliterated library stamp. The rest of the text is clean throughout.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: A pleasant enough reading copy. Knocked at the head of the spine which is also age-tanned. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Title page tanned. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Illustrated Grey boards with blue titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 5" (0.4 kg); pp 125 (3); Preface by W. G. Bradshaw; 2nd impression, first published October 1927. Contains: Black & white photographs; Maps [1]; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #181825 ||.

1st edition, 2nd impression, December 1927 (1st was October). Grey boards with blue writing and illustration on front, blue writing on spine. Browned around edges and on spine. Lacks front free endpaper. Title page browned with foxed edges and some pages heavily foxed. A good reading copy with b/w illustrations. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Orig. red cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; sl. mottled. Mss. prize presentation to Alfred Russell for excellent attendance. Bookseller's ticket of Roger's, Lowerstoft. With an introduction by Sir William Joyson-Hicks, M.P. Missionary work in London, with sections of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets, life in Docklands, pubs, and prisons.