I PLAY AS I PLEASE - THE MEMOIRS OF AN OLD ETONIAN TRUMPETER by Lyttelton, Humphrey - 1954

Jazz Book Club by arrangement with MacGibbon & Kee. Very Good. Dust jacket absent. Some discoloration to the spine. Pages a clean. Gifting message

Macgibbon & Kee, 1954. hardcover. Good. 5x0x8. Unmarked but for an inscription on flyleaf. Contains foxing on edges and flyleaf. Cover has light shelf and corner wear. Spine of cover is discolored and water marked.

Macgibbon & Kee, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macgibbon & Kee, London, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 200 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Visible tape to inside & outside of jacket from previous repair. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible sunning & crushing to spine, Noticeable bleaching to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels have heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, tears, chips, and creasing. Previous owner sticker to front panel.

Macgibbon & Kee, London, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. 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.

Macgibbon & Kee, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. First Published. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Markings to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Wear marks overall.

Great Pan, 1959. paperback / softback. vg. vg 1st Pan G20 1959 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

MacGibbon & Kee Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 200 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with noticeable tanning bands to endpapers and minor foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to pastedowns. Frontispiece is mildly loose. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and panel edges. Moderate tanning to surfaces. Moderate water staining to rear panel. Light rubbing and marking all over.

London: Pan Books. 1st printing (1959). 188pp. VG copy, small tape strip to half-title, small stain to cover . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1959.

LONDON: MACGIBBON AND KEE, 1954 Red Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 200 x 135 mm approx. 200 pp Frontis + 15 other b/w photos on 8 pp of plates + chapter head line illustrations by the author. First Edition 2nd impression 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- No notable shelf wear or soiling to boards, Previous owner name in ink to front paste down partially obscured by jacket flap, offset browning and foxing to free end papers extending to prelims incl. title and to fore and top edges of book block which is generally tanned. Dust Jacket - shelf rubbed with small nicks, tanned and with shelf soiling. Non price clipped - cover 15s. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects.