Signs of the Times: 1939-1961 de Osbert Lancaster - 1961

John Murray, 1961. John Murray, 1961, Frst Edition, 8vo, 144 pages. Book in good+ condition and jacket in book condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

John Murray, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 144 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. 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. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tight clean, unmarked, with piece excised from ffep; in bright yellow cloth; glossy dj with 1" corner tear. 144 pp .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 144 pages First American edition, first printing. Cartoons which appeared in London's Daily Express since 1939. The author/artist presents the full sweep of his wit and a vivid retrospective view of our world during the angst-haunted 40s and 50s in England. Dustjacket with light edgewear. Record # 363438

John Murray, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. Reprinted. 144 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. 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. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to top edges. Staining to front panel.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first edition, 1961. Yellow cloth boards, minor wear and soil. Bumped corners, minor. Laminated dust jacket, minor edge wear; pencil name inscription on front flap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

John Murray, London, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. 144pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine and with two small red-stamped decorations to the upper board. Edges and endpapers lightly spotted. A very good copy in lightly toned and dust soiled price-clipped dust wrapper, with several tiny areas of internal repair. A two-page foreword by Lancaster precedes a hefty selection of his 1939-1961 cartoons, selected by the author..

Both book and cover are in very good condition. Book has a dedication written in it.Please see Photos

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY. Hard cover with dust jacket. Creasing and tears on the top edges of the dust jacket. Closed tear on the back of the DJ. Peeling on the edges of the DJ. Moderate historic water staining marks on DJ and early pages. Pen stroke marks on DJ. Black and white cartoons from the artist's first 21 years as a cartoonist. Location: COB1 . Good. Hardcover. 1961.

London: John Murray, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 144 pages: ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: English wit and humor, Pictorial. 20th century satire and humor. Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.