A Gipsy of the Horn - no.17 in the Mariners Library by Clements, Rex - 1951

Longmans, Green and Co, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. First edition thus. 186 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Very faint water staining to upper margins. Many dog-eared corners. Gutters cracked. Occasional heavy foxing and marking. Faint creases to some pages. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Slight water staining and mottling. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. Abridged Edition. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns an free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Heath Cranton Limited, London, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. No Edition Remarks. 259 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Jonathan Cape, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. 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.

Jonathan Cape, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild tear to front endpaper. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to rear board. Mild warping to boards.

Jonathan Cape 1929. hardback, lacks d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

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London: Heath Cranton. This is a Good Only Copy of this book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The contents of the book have some sporadic browning and also there is some foxing present to the fore-edge of the book.Complete with over 15 b&w plates and 2 maps one of which is folding at the end of the book.Thick 8vo 259pp Reprint . Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1925.