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Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. back endpaper has been removed, the spine hinge is cracked inside the front cover exposing the threading that is still intact, age stainng inside the front and back covers, some age staining throughout -all text clear and readable, sunfading to the spine, some edgewear to corners, little age staining to covers,

Condition: Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. Good clean copy in original cloth. Ex-Bookshop stamp on half title page. Covers showing some age and shelf wear, remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. Good clean copy in original cloth. Ex-Bookshop stamp on half title page. Covers showing some age and shelf wear, remains a good copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good tightly bound hardback, with a short inscription on the second (blank) endpaper and the pink cloth has generally faded, in a very attractive unclipped dustjacket which is lightly chipped at the corners and spine ends, has been neatly internally strengthened with archival tape. Dustjacket artwork is by Tansley, and is the second state, with an advert for a book not published until 1940 on the rear panel (book is a first printing, and the book and jacket appear to have been together for a very long time). xii + 304 pages + adverts, map endpapers. A very nice copy of the third novel by this very talented author [real name Charlie Christmas Bush (1888-1973) who also wrote crime novels as Christopher Bush] again with a Breckland setting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed, 1st imp. Second state dust jacket. xii, 304pp plus publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Maps to endpaper. Orange cloth-covered boards (faded and worn at edges, rounded and softening at corners, faded spine cloth). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, else no other library markings. Internally neat and clean barring tear in front paste down endpaper). In its original, vintage dust jacket (rubbed at edges with a little mild chapping, worn, rubbed on joints and folds, creased and scuffed spine, mild shelf wear, interior reinforcements). Second state dust jacket, art work by Tansley. Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. Third novel, following 'God and the Rabbit' and 'In This Valley', by this talented author whose real name was Charlie Christmas Bush (1888-1973). Bush also wrote crime novels as Christopher Bush.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very good tightly bound hardback, red cloth has abraded at the bottom edge, no inscriptions, in a bright priceclipped dustjacket (repriced at 4/3d by the publishers) which is lightly chipped at the corners and has a nick approx 1" x 1" at the top edge of the rear panel, has been neatly internally strengthened with archival tape. Dustjacket artwork is uncredited - has a large figure of a man in a top hat in the foreground. xii + 304 pages + adverts, map endpapers. A very nice copy of the third novel by this very talented author [real name Charlie Christmas Bush (1888-1973) who also wrote crime novels as Christopher Bush] again with a Breckland setting.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket in clear protective wrapper. Inner hinge cracking. Foxing to page edges. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). [ix], 304pp + 32 ads.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Purple boards with lettering to the spine. Jacket is in a removable protective cover. Jacket has a bit of edge wear and slight fade to the spine. Small name written on the front end page, otherwise clean pages firm binding. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Novel set in "Breckland" Village. Map endpapers.Attractive colourful dustwrapper but price clipped & small chip to top rear corner.

8vo. pp 304. Original publisher's bright peach cloth, lettered black on spine. Very good plus in slightly tatty, nicked and chipped very good minus dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for traces of wear to extremities, and discreet signature of prev. owner. The jacket is edgeworn, with some fraying and small chips to spine head and tale, not affecting titles. Closed tear on back panel. Front panel colour illustration remains complete and bright. A very attractive copy of a now scarce title by the author of the Ludovic Travers series.