Cricket Country by Edmund Blunden - 1945

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Noted. 224 pages. Brown dust jacket over blue cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and sunning. Minor bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. The book is forward leaning. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear, sunning and ink marks. Heavy sunning to spine and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Moderate sunning to interior.

Collins, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1944. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth Pen inscription to front free endpaper Slight cracking to gutters next to title page, with exposed netting. 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. Panels have heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining present to top of front & rear panel Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable white spot.

Collins, 1944.. First edition, tatty Derek Hill dustjacket, browning contents .

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Noted. 224 pages. Brown dust jacket over blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with notable edge wear and rubbing. Heavier water stains and sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Bright and clean pages with light tanning throughout. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

The Imprint Society, London, 1945 The Imprint Society, London, 1945. Hard Cover. Book Condition: VG 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green Clothboards, with gilt lettering on spine.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. First Thus. 224 pages. Brown dust jacket with black lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut along bottom edge. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine, with foxing and soiling to DJ. Large scuff to rear.