The Day Gone By. An Autobiography by Richard Adams - 1990

London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 0091739675 . DJ is in a mylar cover. .

London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0091739675 .

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0091739675 . Tight bright square book, unmarked but for name to front pastedown; in barely rubbed DJ. ; 398 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xi, 396.

London England: Hutchinson, 1990. Hardback. Very slight foxing to top edge. Very slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. This captivating and beautifully-written memoir follows Adams from his birth in 1920 to the end of the Second World War. It contains a memorable recreation of the Adams family, while recording the childhood of an observant, deeply sensitive boy in Newbury, Berkshire, from the mid 1920s on. Illustrated. 398 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.

Hutchinson, 1990. Near fine. Price clipped on dust jacket. 1st. Dust jacket: Near fine.. Signed by the author

New York, NY.: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in light green paper covered boards, with a light green cloth spine, with gilt stamping to the upper cover and spine, in a very nice dust jacket. The covers show a bit of very light wear/sunning to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed by the author, Richard Adams on the title-page, and signed again by Richard Adams on the lower flap of the DJ. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell… Read More