H C Asterley (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1961. A very uncommon post apocalyptic novel. A Young survive a thermo-nuclear attack on London. After an adventurous journey through ruins and across countryside blasted by chemical, biological and human warfare, the couple make for the village of Larksong Wood in Berkshire.The author re-creates the scene of the devastated city with a brilliantly imaginative pen, aided by a wide scientific knowledge. Book is very good+ with quite bright boards. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Very small loss to corner. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17756.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, signed by the author with an inscription to a previous owner (his son) on front end paper. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very good. First edition thus. Small 8vo. 2pp. advertisements. Original cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, adverts printed to reverse. Slight toning to margins; gilt to cloth partly dulled; jacket slightly rubbed with a few tears and chips. Jacket artwork by Vernon L. Soper. An attractive pre-war edition, in good jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Readers Library edition. Small 8vo. Advertisements. Original gilt-stamped red cloth. Dust-jacket, stating Readers Library No.385. Two homicide investigations and the detectives who solve them become entwined. Cloth with minor rubbing and bumping; jacket with minor chips to corners, small crease, overall very good. Book.

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 247 pages. Illustrated jacket (priced 16s net) over green boards with white lettering to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Binding is firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Endpapers have strips of deep tanning caused by jacket. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches and scuffs. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with subtle bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Minimal dust marks. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears, mild chips, and creasing. Jacket is a touch rubbed and marked overall.