Near fine paperback. 192 Pages.
Language: English
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1945
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper (both Brophy and Kennington were themselves Local Defence Volunteers). A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid-in (this copy having been sent to true crime specialist J. H. H. Gaute, with his type-written name to the comp. slip). Slim 8vo. 48pp. Red cloth lettered in ruled in gold at the spine. With nineteen full-colour and predominantly full-page character studies by Eric Kennignton (whose subjects include Sir James Griss, Viscount Bridgeman, and various sergeants, privates and other Home Guard regulars). A narrow sliver of fading to the lower edges of the boards. A very good copy in somewhat tatty dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but with some soiling, chipping, tearing, and several quite small areas of edge-loss. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Cresset Press, London, 1929
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Vellum. Condition: Near Fine. Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Stephen Gooden, Rene Ben Sussan, M E Groom, Eric Jones, Wladislaw Skoczylas, Hester Sainsbury, Frank Medworth, Eric Kennington, Eric Ravilious, John Nash, D Galanis (illustrator). Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION. Limited edition of 450 copies, of which this copy is numbered 310, 14 full-page wood engravings, p181 has been torn at the top corner and neatly mended (see photo), otherwise pages clean and crisp, top edge gilt, nice and bright, original vellum, lightly worn and marked, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, some scuffs to this. Printed at the Curwen Press, published by the Cresset Press, London With wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Stephen Gooden, Rene Ben Sussan, M E Groom, Eric Jones, Wladislaw Skoczylas, Hester Sainsbury, Frank Medworth, Eric Kennington, Eric Ravilious, John Nash, D Galanis PLEASE NOTE: THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK MAY COST EXTRA TO SHIP OUTSIDE OF THE UK. Size: Larger Quarto. Illustrated Religious Writing.