…handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute….
…and signed by the author on the title page in ink: “We shall never surrender, Michael Dobbs.” There is a former-owner’s seal debossed on the front free endpaper, else fine….
…dramatic dust jacket, which has fractional losses and tape-repaired closed tears but is overall intact. The contents are fine, with a former-owner’s circular seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper….
…discreet and quite artful former-owner initial ink inscription on the front free endpaper that reads: “E.S.E, Myore, 1898,” as well as a tiny ink stamp from a Bombay bookseller on…
…the front pastedown and a dated inscription is written in green ink on the front free endpaper. Else fine. The original International Collectors Library prospectus for this title is laid-in…
…light scratches on the rear face. The front free endpaper is excised and there is very faint damp-staining to the front pastedown only. The contents are otherwise fine and unfoxed….
…star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate is affixed to the second front free endpaper, opposite the title page. Save for some light fraying to the cloth at the spine head…
…of an erased former-owner name in ink visible on the front pastedown and again on the front free endpape, plus an ink gift inscription on the verso of the frontis…
…affixed to the front pastedown and a former owner name is discreetly inked on the second front free endpaper. The prelims and fore-edges are lightly foxed. The contents are fine….
A very good copy of the Third Edition, without dust jacket. The contents are fine, with a previous owner’s dated name inked on the front free endpaper. Translated from German…
…Later Printing of the First English Edition in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine, with a former owner’s dated initials discreetly inked and on the front free endpaper….
…Later Printing of the First English Edition in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine, with a former owner’s dated initials discreetly inked and on the front free endpaper….