I Burned My Fingers by William Simpson - 1956

Putnam, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. Reprinted. 283 pages. Red dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Book is slightly forward leaning. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

British: Pan GP97, 1958. 187 pages. Square tight copy with two front cover creases, else covers show minor wear. "Shot down in France in 1940, he was horribly burnt, spent months in agony in hospitals, was repatriated as useless to Britain. But after innumerable operations he again served in the RAF.". 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Putnam, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. edge wear on the boards, spine is sunned. a bit marked. contents are intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Putnam, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The boards are sunned. One notation. A few pages are nicked. One notation. Soundly bound. A few small stains.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Putnam, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn.Library markings.Well bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Lon.: Putnam. two original photographs of Simpson tipped-in on front free endpaper . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd printing. 1955.

London : Putnam, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 283 pages ; 22cm. Subjects: Simpson, William (1914-2005). Burns and scalds. Plastic surgery.

London: Putnam.� 1955. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by the author to Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside. Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Red top-stain. A near very good copy, the binding firm with a slight lean to the spine, a little fading to the spine ends, some wear and a few splash marks to the boards. The contents with a little toning to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. Complete with the very good dustwrapper which has a few short tears and a little chipping to the ends of the spine panel, a 3cm tear to the head of the front flap and a few nicks and creases to the extremities. Not price-clipped (18s. net to the front flap).� Signed and inscribed by William Simpson in blue ink to the front free endpaper "Lord & Lady Douglas of Kirtleside / with every good wish / Bill / 12/11/55". The… Read More