TERRA FIRMA A FIRM FOOTING IN GEOGRAPHY (SIGNED COPY)

S. JOHN PESKETT

Published by JOHN LONG, LONDON, 1933

About this Item

Yellow cloth boards with black titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. 116 pp + 8 page publisher catalogue. Line Map to frontis + numerous unspecified b/w illustrations in text by the author. Undated [1933] per preface. Signed by the author and dated June 1st 1933 n ink to the free front end paper. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. A humorous look at geography. Our researches indicate that the author attained the rank of Wing Commander in WWII and also served as an Intelligence Officer at Bletchley Park. He was the author of at least two other books - Strange Intelligence and Nuremberg Forty Years on. Good/ Fair (Book- a little general soiling to cloth, end papers browned, author signature as above with a previous owner name in ink to top margin. Dust Jacket - quite grubby with chips and tears - the most significant being 4 cm approx to top front panel. Tide marks from liquid splashes to tanned spine. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which pieces of coloured paper have been inserted to mask the stark white of the backing paper so as not to offend the eye on the bookshelf. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

Seller Inventory # 132650

Bibliographic Details

• Title: TERRA FIRMA A FIRM FOOTING IN GEOGRAPHY (SIGNED COPY)
• Publisher: JOHN LONG, LONDON
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: AUTHOR
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humour
  • Modern First Editions
  • Signed Books