Published by Andrew Melrose
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket has shelf rubbing and chipping to edges and spine resulting in minor paper loss along with repair tape to interior. Book boards have slight bend. Binding is shaken. Text block has light foxing but interior text is clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Language: English
Published by Andrew Melrose, London, 1947
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition; n.d. ( 1947) In Hubin. Probably the author's only book. A FINE copy in NEAR FINE jacket with a trace of wear to extremities and scarce in this condition! SCARCE BIBLIOMYSTERY !!! A schoolboy stows away on an Orient bound ship to escape those who tortured and murdered his father. Escape from pursuers is arranged by a famous Chinese bibliophile, Ting Ching-wei. Unbeknownst to the boy, he has the ability to locate a diary which records Roman concern about the armed "March on Jerusalem", a document the Tings have been seeking for over a millennium. As an inducement to speak, the boy is presented with Shakespeare's autobiography in the bard's own hand!.Price 10/6 net still present). VERY SCARCE !!
Published by Andrew Melrose, London, 1947
Seller: Serendipitous Ink, Rosewood, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 303 pages. 300 grams. Book is in fair lightly marked condition, endpapers split at rear gutter. Dust jacket is in poor condition with wear, tears and chipping; spine of jacket absent. Dust jacket condition preserved within new clear plastic non-adhesive removable protective covering. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 303 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8091.
Published by Andrew Melrose Ltd., London,, 1947
Seller: Nicola Wagner, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. pp 303. Uncommon book ; a biblio-mystery. Very slight rubbing otherwise very good indeed in VG dust wrapper with slight wear and slight marks at rear and slight chipping at spine ends. Colorful front cover showing boy singing. DJ in clean condition. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.Ê Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.