Budding Morrow by Adrian Bell (16 results)

Condition: Fair. 1946. First Published. 170 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to both boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Ring mark to front panel. Light foxing overall.…

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 170 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 170pp; Slight spotting to prelims and flaps of unclipped d/w else a bright copy in removable protective sleeivng; Size: 12mo. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st edition, 12mo, 170pp, previous owner's inscription to ffep o/w G/VG Copy in somewhat darkened DJ shallowly chipped at spine extrems Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. There is a small name inscription on the free front endpaper and some foxing to closed page edges. All else clean inside. The blue cloth covered boards are firm with very slight fading to edges and a small damp stain to lower edge of front board. The dustjacket has some nibbles to edges and foxing to back panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Board edges and spine sunned, as photographed; lower corners lightly bumped; owner's name to ffep; otherwise unmarked and clean throughout; pages lightly browned.

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 170 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Flat signed by Author. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st 1946. Slim hardback book. Jacket has 1.5 inch tear to hinge of front flap. Good cond. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.

8vo., First Edition, fore-edges spotted; cloth, gilt back, backstrip faded at head and tail else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter split at upper joint, wanting lowest inch of backstrip and moderately spotted on rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1946 1st edition, 8vo., 170pp., small address label on front endpaper, foxing on fore-edge, good, blue cloth, unclipped dust jacket with loss at head & tail of spine & top margin of front panel, covered in clear adhesive film.

8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly soiled on rear panel and with very minor loss at head of backstrip.

1st edition. "Mr Bell takes the family as pivot for his theme of husbandry and home. It is on human nature that he pins his faith - his faith in the land and the continuity of English values." Pp.170. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has minor loss to top of spine but has a clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A few very small chips and tears the jacket. 170 pages. Light foxing to edges, not affecting interior. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 170 printed pages of text. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nicks to the spine tips and corners, not price clipped 7s 6d, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SUFFOLK (Suffolcia).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1946 Bodley Head Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression . Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket .

Cloth. Condition: Good+. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (faded). Spine sunned and fine bands of sunning to edges, extremities bumped and worn, echoes into text block. Edges foxed. Discrete pen POI to front pastedown, signed by Bell in black pen to ffep, 'Alfred Wilson's Library' stamp to rear pastedown. In the lovely illustrated dust jacket by Asgeir Scott: small loss to head of spine, a little nicking, rear panel soil. Else, clean and tight. Good+/ very good A robust copy of the journalist-farmer's reflection on English farming in the post-war era, suggesting that it "may find its future in a happy blend of [modernity and tradition]", in a nice example of Asgeir Scott's fitting dust jacket; unusual signed. Adrian Bell (1901-1980), a Suffolk-based farmer, was a significant contributor to rural or land literature, and is perhaps best known for his trilogy of novels Corduroy, Silver Ley & The Cherry Tree (1930-32), and for being the first Times crossword compiler. Asgeir Vale Scott (1920-19??) was a designer and illustrator, who had a successful commercial career. He had studied at the Slade, (1937-39; 1945-46), making this an early commission for the newly minted artist.…