Twelve Marvellous Men de Enock, Esther E - 1949

Pickering and Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white plate to page 224. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Markings and small tears to some pages. Corner of front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Boards are warped.

Pickering and Inglis, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. Reprint. 96 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with plate to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Pickering & Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Moderate crinkling and cracking to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Pencil annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate crushing and splits to spine ends and corners. Heavy scuffing to edges and spine. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Pickering & Inglis, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative paper covered boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some loss to spine ends. Visible scuffing to edges.

Pickering & Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. From the Memoir series of mighty men and women. With photographic frontispiece. Includes illustrations. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Faint creases to some pages. A few dog-eared corners. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Some grubby gutters in places. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Strips of sunning front and rear. A few liquid droplet marks. Book has a moderate forward lean. Boards are moderately bowed.

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Nice littel book, some lose to spine ends and bumped to corners. Owner's Name in neat hand to f.e.p.

Pickering & Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages, pastedowns and free endpapers; more prominent to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild bubbling and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Pickering & Ingles Ltd 95p., 11 b&w illustrations. Signature on endpaper dated 1953. Photos on request.. Circa 1950.. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.