The MacPhersons and Magees by Crawford, Laura - 1949

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. 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.

Knopf, 1952. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Edge wear to spine ends of jacket. .

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. Yellow dust jacket over black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of front board. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1952 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1952. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tail; light shelfwear to tips. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($3.50); chipping and missing small pieces are head and tail; light wear to tips; rubbing to panels. Confetti paper over boards with green cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt and black lettering on the spine. 305 pp 8vo. This is a shattering, powerful, humane novel about the India unknown to most Westerners. The book is a novel centered on leprosy, as disease the author as a doctor in a large Indian hospital, knows very well. Govind, a tailor, contracts leprosy, and is driven out of his home to join the world of the lepers. He meets Bapu, the leper leader, and becomes his horse and learns about the leper world as he carries him about. Govind finds peace after many adventures in the arms of… Read More

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1952. A shattering, powerful, humane novel about the India unknown to most Westerners, the India of the villages, of the Indians. It springs directly from Dr. Simeon's exotic, heart-rending experiences among the victims of leprosy. Here are all the rampant horrors of the dread disease, but here too are compassion, tenderness, and even humor - and more, a touching, decicate story of both physical and emotional love. Dr. A.T.W. Simeons spent about 20 years in India. An extremely bright book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket. Jacket painting by the very talented illustrator C. Leroy Baldridge.. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A couple faint spots on the front board else fine in fine dustwrapper. An uncommon novel set in India.