The Borgia Testament by Balchin, Nigel - 1961

Paperback. Acceptable.

Fontana Books, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. First Edition Thus. 285 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, front cover slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine with water staining to spine and rear cover. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor water staining to interior panel. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Second Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering. 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.

London: Fontana, 1961 Book. Near Fine. Pbk.. Reprint.. Vintage pbk.'Engrossing historical novel set in the time of the Italian Renaissance which is a study of two different types of man -- Cesare, the ruthless, cynical materialist, driven relentlessly on by an idea which he knows he cannot live to realize; and, his father, the Pope, worldly wise, highly conscious of human frailties and particularly of his own, a master of compromise in all spheres, moral and political " .

FONTANA, 1961-01-01. paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Tandem, 1976-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Remainder line on the lower edge. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Collins. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1948. Second Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some sunning to spine and staining to front, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; Second printing, August 1948. Yellow cloth boards with faded lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 256 pages; A novelised account of the life of Cesare Borgia told in the first person principally relating the years between 1492, when Cesare’s father is elected Pope and Cesare himself is made a cardinal, and his death in 1504, when Cesare is brutally murdered by the French. .

Collins, London, 1948. First edition. 8vo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches), 256-pages. Original cloth in dust jacket. Binding spotted in the very good dust jacket which has been reinforced, head & tail, on verso. Small signature & date on front free endpaper.

Collins, London, 1948. 256 pp, previous owner's details on front paste-down, large clean tear to d/j rear, else very good copy in good, illustrated d/j. . First edition.