Rain on the Pavements. by CAMBERTON, Roland - 1951

John Lehmann, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 239 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Nottingham: New London Editions, 2010. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.226

London: John Lehmann, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good in like dust jacket. Title to front of DJ has been underlined. DJ slightly dust marked and foxed and nicked around the top edge and missing a small chip from the spine head. There is an inch long slice mark and puncture spot to the front board - starting at the front of the DJ and exiting at the front pastedown the mark peters out throughout the first few leaves into a small dent which again disappears by page 30. Small, pallid ownership stamp to free front endpaper.

London: John Lehmann, 1951. A first edition, first printing published by John Lehmann in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions with a little sunning to the top edge. In a very good wrapper with some light light loss to the spine tips and corners.

A First UK printing published by John Lehmann, London in 1951. The author's scarce second book. The Book is in near Fine condition. The boards are clean with just some light fading and pushing to the spine ends. There is some mild toning to the text block with light offsetting of the end-papers. The book is tight, clean and free from markings and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition. It bears the correct price of 10s 6d. It has some very minor edge-wear with associated creasing and rubbing to the tips of the spine. The spine is slightly toned but this does not detract from the pictorial wrap around design. The rear panel has mild age related markings but less so than usually encountered. The wonderful period wrapper artwork is by the renowned artist John Minton and looks stunning in the Brodart protective cover. John Minton was commissioned to design the wrappers for both of Camberton's books. The book has been warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the upper front… Read More