The Turps

Constable, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to pages. More prominent foxing an tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and… Read more about this item

Constable, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First English Edition. 278 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Orange cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains… Read more about this item

Constable & Company Limited, London, 1951. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Fair. Illustrator: Josef and Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Wilson. publisher's note. The text is illustrated by Josef and Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Wilson. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with black… Read more about this item

constable london 1951. first edition 279pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.stained spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses,internal tape repairs)

London: Constable, 1951 blue cloth light fade to boards but faded to bone colour on spine, fore edge has an area rubbed and frayed, pen name to fep, 279pp, line illustrations, eponymous Turps family of Brooklyn, vernacular language etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Josef and Frank Wilson. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.