Afternoon Of An Autocrat by Lofts, Norah - 1956

Fawcett Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Michael Joseph, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. First Edition. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling and mild tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened and faded. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.

The Companion Book Club, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London, Companion Book Club, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Michael Joseph, 1956. Hardcover. 1st edition. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Light spotting to book block edges else Very Good in Good+ dust-jacketrubbed at the edges, chipped at the folds and worn at head of spine.

London, Companion Book Club, 1958. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 12 mo., hardcover, good in gray boards. No dj. 320 pp. No markings. Sir Charles Augustus Shelmadine was an autocrat. He ruled his village with a firm but kindly hand--instructing his tenants on their crops, their children and their love affairs. And when he died and the new Squire came, the village stirred uneasily. For the new Squire had strange ideas-and even stranger friends-friends like Mr. Mundford who never seemed to grow any older.

London: The Companion Book Club. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1958. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Missing DJ, light sunning to spine with some foxing to boards, ink name to front endpaper, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to blue spine panel. Good reading copy. ; 320 pages; Set in a rural communuty at the end of the eighteenth century. The local Squire, Sir Charles Augustus Shelmadine, is bitterly opposed to progress and rules his tenant farmers with a firm if benevolent hand. When Sir Charles dies in a riding accident many see this as a chance for change as his only son Richard returns to England from India to inherit the title, lands and money. But the new Squire decides to enclose the land for his own benefit depriving many locals of their livelihoods. Also he has some very unusual friends, notably the strange Mr Mundford who never seems to grow any older and whose name is linked with the terrible Hell… Read More

Doubleday. Very Good/Fair. 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. The dust jacket has numerous nicks alon the edges including small pieces missing at the four corners. The dust jacket's price has been clipped-off, except for the word PRICE which is still perfectly legible. Red cloth, hard cover, book with bold lettering on the spine.A stated first edition with the 1956 publishing dated appearing on the title page and the copyright page with no other dates listed. 320 pages. .