Beautiful Years

London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Revised Edition. 8vo. pp. 238. Dust jacket, faded to spine with a little rubbing to edges . Publisher's yellow cloth with blue lettering to the spine; binding very good and bright with a little general wear only. Contents clean and tight, some spotting to the fore-edges, no inscriptions. … Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. Very Good+. 1929. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression of Revised Ed.. About fine but for minor wear and fading to extremities, in jacket with some soiling and edgewear, dulled spine, and chips to head and tail of spine. Front panel illustration still attractive..

The first book in the four volume series 'The Flax of Dream'

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company. Very Good. 1929. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and beginning… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1942. Book. Good. paperback. paperback, a good tightly bound copy, mild spotting, tightly bound text unmarked, 238pp.

Collins. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by W. Collins, 1921. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in red. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to page ends and offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner name and date on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with… Read more about this item

W.Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, London 1921-1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Beautiful Years. A Tale of Childhood'. (1921). First edition. 8vo. 252pp + [iv] publisher's advertisements at the rear. Blue cloth lettered in orange at the spine and upper board with a double ruled border. Embossed 'Review Copy' stamp… Read more about this item

UK: Faber, 1930. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1930. 2nd Imp of the revised edition but with new wrapper artwork and quite un-common. The Beautiful Years is the first novel in The Flax of Dream tetralogy describing the life of Willie Maddison. This volume continues the… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1949. Paperback. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 251 pages. Orange striped Penguin paperback. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, 1943. Hardcover. Good. 1943. Reprinted. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with blue 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.… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1932. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1932. Reprinted. 246 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt… Read more about this item

London, UK: Faber and Faber. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated (circa 1940s). 240pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, slightly cocked, boards a little soiled. Text block edges tanning, small stain to bottom edge. Small annotation on front free endpaper otherwise, internally neat, clean,… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, 1944. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine. Contents clean and no inscription; slight foxing on outer edges. Dustcover fine, intact, very little wear other than thumbwear. Box 24

London: W. Collins Sons, (1921).. First edition.. 252 pp. Light offsetting to endpapers, else very good in full cloth. Lacks dust jacket.

Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. Paperback. Good/Good. 1942. Reprint. 239 pages. Dust jacket over matching covers. Clean pages are bright and clear. Mild cracking to hinges. Rusty staples. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild tanning to spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild… Read more about this item

London: Faber And Faber, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy With No Signatures Inscriptions Or Notations Found. Some Foxing To Page Edges. Yellow Cloth Hard Cover With Blue Titled Spine - Some Very Slight Edge Wear. Complete Jacket With Some Edge Rubbing..

Penguin Books, 1949. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin Books 1949, first thus. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings.

LONDON: W, COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.. Bound in blue cloth with bright , red titles to front board and spine, this date 1921 hardcover First Edition is VG. Williamson's first book, only 750 copies printed. (V111)/252pp+4pp Publisher's Advertisements. With Dedication to author's parents, Unconventional chapter headings charting childhood etc. Ink inscription to FFEP, corners and top/tail of spine show… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber Ltd 1929. Octavo, hard cover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.