Apple Acre de Bell, Adrian - 1964

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1942. Reprinted. 196 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen markings to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate tape repairs t o interior spine and panel. Minor tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.

John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. First Edition. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with light foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Small holes to rear endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and foxing to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board. Book has forward lean.

John Lane Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. Reprinted. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

US: Little Toller Books, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Food rationing, blackouts, and the threat of invasion became part of everyday life in Britain during the Second World War. Yet despite the wartime austerity and growing mood of unease, Adrian Bell and his wife went about their business in Suffolk, happily.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. Reprinted. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1942. First Edition. 196 pages. Green dust jacket with white lettering over green cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with tape repair. Notable foxing and soiling to DJ. Large scuff to front.

John Lane; The Bodley Head, 1947. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1947. Reprint. 196 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

John Lane, Bodley Head, 1942. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). splash mark on the front. This book does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

LONDON : JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD , 1942 Sea Green cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. 196 pp. First Edition 1942. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- fading to cloth at extremities and where loss to jacket, previous ower name and date '42 in ink to front free end paper. War economy paper of book block evenly tanned with light dust spotting to top edge. Dust Jacket - rubbed creased and chipped, some dust soiling/ tanning to exposed edges of flap folds and to white title to spine. Old parcel tape reinforcement to reverse at head of spine, non price clipped - cover 7s6d. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects). A sound reading copy of the first edition.

The Bodley Head, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. 7th impression. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.