The Countryman's Bedside Book by B B [Watkins-Pitchford, D.J.] - 1941

Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. Second Impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. 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. Lettering is darkened.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. 3rd Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to front hinges causing front board to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Light wear marks overall.

Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Fourth Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.

Eyre and Spottidwoode, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. 2nd Impression. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tear to cloth to top edge of front board. Wear marks overall.

Eyre and Spottidwoode, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. 2nd impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with white lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. Third Impression. 251 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red 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.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. Second Impression. Hardcover. Good. Some rubbing and small tears to edges of wrapper, some soiling to rear and a disclouored strip to upper rear edge where it has been reinforced with sellotape, which has now been removed.spine is slightly darkened. Wrapper now in clear removable protective sleeve. No inscriptions, price clipped, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with very little reading wear. Some slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book which will require additional postage outside the UK.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1941. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1941. First Edition. 286 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over orange and beige pictorial cloth. Illustrated by Denys J. Watkins-Pitchford. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. Third impression. 251 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. Third Impression. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). This book does NOT include a jacket. The woodcut from the jacket has been glued down to the paste-down. A picture of a butterfly is glued to the fly-leaf. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.