The Keys of Heaven by Christine Jope Slade - 0

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Fair. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [reading copy ONLY; heavily worn, page edges soiled, front hinge cracked, ffep coming loose, etc.] Somewhat hard-to-find novel by this writer, who seems to have divided her time between children's books and novels about the problems of modern women; this book falls into the latter category. .

Cassell and Company Limited, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. Popular Edition. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

Nisbet & Co, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 1927. First Edition. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Gilded page edges. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Houghton Mifflin company. Good. HB Good/no DJ small damage to top spine, inside tight and strong, age tanning/foxing

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. 1922" printed on title pg, so 1st ed. Spine lettering nearly gone. very good, no dj, white-stamped green cloth. Clean text. Tight 292 pgs

Nisbet & Co Ltd Book. Illus. by Peto Glady's. Good. Hardcover. No jacket. Previous owners gift inscription dated 1932. Fading to spine. Bumping to spine. Rubbing to head & foot of spine and corners. Foxing to page edges and a few pages. 126 pages. 0.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound in bright orange cloth. Small tear at head of spine, spine slightly faded. Owner name stamp to half-title page, otherwise contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are bright, clean and unmarked. . Jope-Slade was an author and dramatist whose best known work is probably "Britannia of Billingsgate," a musical also made into a movie. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. H5 .

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. First Edition. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked causing boards to be loose. Binding otherwise remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Readers Library, 9999. Spine faded & frayed at ends; pages bit browned, Maroon boards with gold lettering. No date, 1930s. Also a play and a film. . Not Given. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Paperback / softback. New.