Pilling Always Pays by Armstrong, Thomas - 1954

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. 2nd Impression. 447 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue 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. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Medium tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and light foxing overall.

Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 447 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. 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. Book has slight forward lean.

London: The Companion Book Club. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1956. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped, small split to top of spine, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Book club edition, March 1956. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to red spine panel, top edge red. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 416 pages; How does a rich man who has worked hard all his life for his wealth, deal with his lazy layabout children? Set in a Yorkshire mill town, Pilling the bookmaker seizes his chance when a near financial disaster allows him to convince everyone that he has fallen on hard times, to find out if his son and daughter have any Yorkshire backbone in them or not! .

Sheed & Ward: London, 1960. Hard with Dust Jacket. Very good- in fair+ dust jacket. 12mo, 7 3/4. Very good- in fair+ dust jacket. Cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket cover was faded, edges and corners rubbed with some nicks and tears. Previous owner`s name inside.174pp.

Collins, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. Third Impression. 447 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue 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. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Paperback. Very Good.

Collins, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Hardcover. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 447 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is very heavily dulled.