The English Novel by Priestley, J. B - 1931-01-01

London: Ernest Benn Ltd.. Good+; Ex. Library Book. 1971. Hardback. 155 pages .

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. Reprint. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. 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.

Ernest Benn Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. Fourth Impression. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout, heavier to endpapers. Creasing and staining to some pages. Tears to title page and first page, text remains unaffected. Boards have mild shelf-wear with bumping to corners. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Slight stains and marking overall.

Ernest Benn, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. Fourth Impression. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil marginalia to pages. Scuffing to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth.Light tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Reprint. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other illustrations throughout. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is slightly shaky, due to cracked front hinge, but all pages remain attached. Stamps and inscriptions to endpapers. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine is slightly tanned. Gilt remains bright. Moderate rubbing and scuffing overall. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1935. rust c w/gilt titles; ownr's plate; 158 clean, unmarked pages. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by 18 Portraits. 12 vo.

London - Edinburgh - Paris -Toronto - New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Previous owner's name scribbled out upon the ffep. Small creases and tears about the jacket edges, with a small piece chipped from the jacket front top right corner. In Brodart mylar for preservation. Text is clean. 'This delightful book of Mr Priestley's is already an accepted classic. For this new edition it has been revised, entirely reset, illustrated with eighteen portraits of great novelists, and provided with an index which makes one realize how wide is its range, from the first beginnings of the English novel to the most recent (1938) modern fiction.' Illustrated with 18 portraits. 160 pages. 4.25 x 6.25 inches..

GB: Benn (Essex Library), 1931. 4th Impression. Hardback. nrVG/No DW. Fcp.