Island Farm by F. Fraser Darling - 1943

G.Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Reprinted. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Green 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 bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

G. BELL AND SONS LTD., 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. Reprint. 223 pages. Photographic dust jacket over gree ncloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages; more prominent to text block edges. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with light scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Light scuffing overall.

G.Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1944. Reprinted. 223 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper and half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1948. Reprinted. 223 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Pen inscription to half title page. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

G. Bell, 1943. Very Good/very good. very nice book and dust jacket 1st edition

London: The Country Book Club, 1951. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 223 pages, a fine clean copy in chipped with loss good only unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B156.

G. BELL AND SONS LTD., 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. Reprint. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Heavy creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Front board is loose but still attached. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and edges. Black marks to rear board. Dents to edges. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean.

G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. No Edition Stated. 223 pages. White dust jacket with B&W lettering over green cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Previous owner's stamp to title page. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Moderate tanning and soiling to DJ.

G. Bell And Sons Ltd, 1943. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1943, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges with several small chips (now protected); boards generally clean and crisp with slight fading at spine head where dust jacket is chipped. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends (wartime economy paper) but text, maps to endpapers and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, reprinted in 1944 on War Economy Paper. Delightful Autobiography by the author of "Island Years". Dr Fraser describes how he and his wife take over a wind swept farm on a remote scottish island. "a record of faith & enthusiasm, of difficulties surmounted, of happy hard work, and of the gradual turning of a ruin into a productive farm." Also includes Dr. Darlings interesting observations of the seabirds and other wildlife. Illustrated with B&W Photographs. Green cloth cover with black lettering & seagull design to spine. Endpapers illustrated with maps. 223 Pages, 370g, 8 3/4" Tall. Some fading to cloth around spine (see photo). Gift inscription on Half-Title Page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall