Poor Scholars Tale by Freeman (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. 137 Pages, Dust Jacket Edge Chipped O/W Sound.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: G to VG Dust Jacket; FIRST Edition Hardcover. 337 pages; ( Weight = 395 grams); >>> NO DATE, but circa 1954. Novel by the author of Joseph and His Brethren. "This is, as the title says, a tale; a picaresque tale intended for entertainment and magnificnetly succding in that intention, for Mr. Freeman is a first-class story-teller. The scene is mainly set in Suffolk, whose soil and people the author knows intimately, and in Florence, which may be regarded as his second home." *** Dust Jacket is overall VG/FN, but with SMALL pieces off the top edge of the Spine to the DJ, thus G/VG; BOOK is a nice FINE Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original orange paper covered boards, gilt and black title block and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 337 printed pages of text. Age darkened spine, surface marks to the panels, corners creased, ghosting to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Undated but corresponds to 1st edition (1954). Cr. 8vo, circa 7.5 x 5 inches, pp. 337, hardback in dustwrapper. Book - G+, contents clean, no inscriptions, some foxing and offsetting on flyleaves but none in text, small area of top corner of front flyleaf removed, binding firm ; original orange cloth with gilt title in black square to spine, light rubbing of extremities, back clean, spine complete with a hint of fading but title block complete and bright, front clean but with a very faint water stain affecting the top quarter and a thin line of fading along the bottom edge. Dustwrapper - G, originally in a poor state the dustwrapper has been recently and expertly lined with 'japanese' paper (a thin but strong tissue) , come wear at corners, back is dusty with some edge wear, spine with some creasing and small areas of loss at both ends but otherwise complete, clear and not faded, front wih some creasing and chipping along bottom edge and a couple of small closed tears along top edge, not price-clipped ( 12s 6d), now in clear protective wrapper. ". a picaresque tale intended for entertainment and magnificently succeeding in that intention for Mr Freeman is a first-class story-teller. The scene is mainly set in Suffolk, whose soil and people the author knows intimately, and in Florence, which may be regarded as his second home." [from the blurb ]. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A little offsetting to the endpapers, else fine in a price-clipped, about fine dustwrapper. Novel by the author of *Joseph and His Brethren.* Very scarce.