You Can't Be Too Careful by WELLS, H. G - 1941

Berne: Phoenix Publishing Company LTD., 1946. Mass Mkt. PB. G. Follows the life of Edward Albert Tewler, the quintessential lower class citizen of 20th century England. Rubbing and edgewear. Creases along spine from reading. Front hinge has worn thin. Diagonal crease on front cover. Paper has yellowed along spine

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Good/Missing. New York, 1942; gree cloth covered boards; corners bumped with board exposed; edges scuffed; spine edges frayed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; rear flap of jacket laid-in; end papers toned; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 301 pages.

Secker & Warburg, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Reprinted. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Binding remains firm. Some dents around edges.

Secker & Warburg, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. Reprint. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Book has a forward lean.

Secker & Warburg, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1945. Reprinted. 297 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustration to final page. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing 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. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: G.P. Putnam, 1942. 300pgs. Green boards, white lettering. There is a closed tear on the upper spine, spine crease, light discoloration on the front panel. Internally clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket has fading and large chips on the spine. in mylar sleeve. The date 1942 is on the copyright page and there is no additional printing history, indicating a first Edition. "Appearing at a time of wartime paper shortage, it was overwhelmed by the Second World War and has been largely bypassed by modern literary criticism. By 1941 his reputation as a novelist was at its lowest ebb. A new generation of younger writers — D. H. Lawrence, J. B. Priestley, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh — had ousted him from the commanding position he had once shared with Bennett and Galsworthy (the death of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf in the same year may well have led him to speculate afresh on the nature of the novel), and in a cynical moment he confessed that none of his later… Read More

New York: G. P. PUTNAM, 1942. Book. Good. Hardcover. A Nice collectable - Was part of the Library of Robert A Heinlein, with provenance - no other print history. Book is in Good condition. Boards are scrapped and bumped. Fore edges have a small amount of reading wear. No jacket. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Thanks and Enjoy..

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First American Edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942; no later printings indicated; xvii, 301pp. VG-/G+ hardcover in G/G- dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges/corners of green cloth boards, gentle creasing/wrinkling to cloth backstrip, white titling remains bold; previous owner bookplate and second previous owner red pencil inscription on front end page; text very good throughout. Moderate amount of wear to edges of unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket, several small chips and closed tears; light toning; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

London:: Secker & Warburg,, 1941.. First edition.. original cloth in original dust jacket.. Very light wear to the extremities of the price-clipped dust jacket; better than very good.. 8vo,.