THE ADVENTURE OF DEATH by MACKENNA,Robert W

Murray, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. Reprinted. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Pencil inscription to front pastedown, and label to rear. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine ends are mildly crushed and lightly split. Gilt remains bright. Light rubbing and scuffing overall. Minor forward lean.

Hearthstone Book, Carlton Press, 1991. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo. Signed on title page by author. Contains collections of letters written by author, many of which are copies of annual Christmas letters written to friends.

John Murray, 1916. Hardcover. Good. 1916. Reprinted. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 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.

John Murray. Collectible - Acceptable. Signed Copy Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Reprint. Signed by author on title page. (death)

London: John Murray, 1917. Solid with bumps on the coners of the covers, some light moisture stains on the front cover, and a small thin tear in the cloth at the bottom of the front cover. The previous owner's name is on the front free end paper in fountain pen ink.. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

John Murray: London, 1916 imp.. X11 + 168pp. A very good, bright HB copy. gt.sp. cloth binding The Great Adenture; the fear of death; what life gains from death; does Death end all?

London: John Murray, 1917. Solid with light wear on the covers and the interior is unmarked. The dust jacket has some small chunks missing on the corners and on the top and bottom of the spine. The spine has some soiling and the jacket also shows light wear.. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Moderate soiling to boards, else very good. xiv, 197, [5] pp.; small octavo, gilt boards, top edge gilt. These explorations on the theme of death were prompted by the terrors of the World War. A companion volume, The Adventure of Life, followed in 1919. The author was a surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 19 x 12 cm. 12mo.197pp 4 ads. Grey cloth in the scarse dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Some soiling to jacket. Light chipping to rear of jacket.