Wisely by Sparrow Gerald (4 results)

Unknown Binding. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. No dust jacket. Foxing/marks to half-title page. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. See photos. Dust jacket in good shape, wish some rubbing to back wrappers. Hinges on book are tight, binding is good.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. The very scarce first edition of British lawyer Gerald Sparrow, in a signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe half morocco binding. A very scarce first edition, first impression.In a signed half morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.The biography of George Sparrow, a British lawyer, judge, and travel writer who served on the International Court in Bangkok for over twenty years.Sparrow was interned under harsh conditions by the Japanese after their 1941 invasion of Thailand.With the inscription of T.S.R. Mort to a front blank.Sparrow was prolific, authoring over forty books, largely travel works. In a half morocco signed binding, with cloth covered boards, and marbled endpapers. Externally, excellent. Fading to back strip, as is common with navy morocco. Former owner's inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

1961. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 192pp. Finely bound cloth over 3 / 4 leather with rules and title in gilt and raised bands on the spine. Binding signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt and with an erotic fore-edge painting. The spine lightly faded. Binding by Sangosrki and Sutcliffe. (Fiction, Fore-Edge Painting).…