Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. In very good condition. A delightful countryside autobiography about life in a Sussex hamlet. Publisher's original purple boards, very lightly bruised at spine ends only. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges, slightly faded at the spine and has foxing to the underside. Small foxing spots to the top closed textblock page edge. pp. 191. 20.4cm tall. Dust jacket design by Jan Pienkowski. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1951. In good condition. Striking Cecil Beaton dust jacket. Original blue boards. Some marks to the boards where a few very small patches of dust jacket had stuck to the board (see photos). The binding is nice and firm. Inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Top edge tinted blue. Unfortunately heavy foxing to the closed textblock page edges (please also see photos). Some occasional foxing to page margins (not extensive). The dust jacket is worn at the edges - rubbed, chipped, small loss to the corners and head of the spi... View More...