Crusaders Tomb by A. J. Cronin - 1956

Paperback. Very Good.

Victor Gollancz, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. 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.

Paperback. Very Good.

Victor Gollancz, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Very good condition. Bright red cloth boards; pages clear from foxing; no inscriptions. Binding nice and tight. Dust jacket is good+ but with some light shelfwear and chips at top of spine with a slightly browned spine and is price clipped.

London: New English Library. Paperback. The Crusader's Tomb. Previous owners name and address to inside cover. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Couple of slight creases to cover. Slight browning to cover. The absorbing story of a man's struggle to be an artist in a hostile world. 352 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Good. Paperback. Reprint. 1973.

New English Library, 1973. Standard. Paperback. Good. Outline:- Knowing his father`s profoundest wish, that his son should succeed him as Rector of Stillwater, Stephen Desmonde tried to be worthy. But the siren call of art was too overwhelming; he felt driven as though by demons to pursue his vision of the world`s beauty. He must put on canvas the truth as he saw it, whatever the cost might be, whether it was the blank misunderstanding of his family or the ridicule of the public. Few artists could have survived the scandal and mockery he had to endure in the sensational trial that stirred all England. Indeed, Stephen Desmonde himself could not have survived without the tender and understanding love of the unforgettable Jenny Dill, the uneducated but strangely wise little Cockney girl whose devotion kept him going when all else failed. It was Jenny who restored his confidence in himself and his vision, and in her love he found the serenity and peace that marked his greatest creations. Crusader`s… Read More

United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz. Good+. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good 1st Edition hardcover with no dustjacket. Very lightly soiled red cloth boards, lightly sunned to spine and front upper edge. Lightly bumped spine ends and lower corners. Internally, prior owner signature to front endpaper. Prelims lightly foxed, clean, bright pages. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages .

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Impression. Original Boards. With customary yellow dustjacket. Small closed tears to dustjacket edges. Plasticated dustjacket. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners. ; Octavo; 351 pages .

Paperback / softback. New. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook

Hodder & Stoughton General Division. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!