A Sense of Humus by Bertha Damon - 1943

New York.: Simon and Schuster., 1943. 5th printing. Wartime production.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. 1 Tan buckram cloth over boards. Green spine title box, front decoration. 250 p., [6] leaves of plates. 21 cm. Artwork in light blue, green, brown, Plates. Country memoir set in New Hampshire. "Certain characters in this book are real, and their real names are used. In general, any resemblance to relatives, hired men, or neighbors is purely coincidental. And just too bad." Plowing and planting the garden, harvesting apples, to cutting firewood, all with spirited humor.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. 1943, 250pp, color illus., soiling to cover & pg edges., no dj.. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Clare Leighton.

NY: Simon & Schuster. VG. 1943. Spine sl sunned. .

New York : Simon and Schuster , 1943 . Third Printing . NF/VG . 8VO . Very nice copy in somewhat edgeworn priceclipped jacket. Owner's name on FFEP.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. 5th printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. Clare Leighton. 250p., illus. Six 3-tone pastel illus.

Simon & Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. Fifth Printing. 250 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front free endpaper. Rough cut pages with top textblock edge dyed yellow. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. Fifth edition. Good hardcover with dustwrapper. 5th Printing. The book spine ends and cover corners have minor fraying. The book covers and spine have light water staining. The book covers and foredges have minor soiling. Good reading copy. The dustwrapper panel edges and spine ends have chipping and tearing. The dustwrapper panels have soiling. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Simon and Shuster, 1943. Very Good/Very good. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st Edition. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. Dust jacket with moderate handling/edge wear. 250 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. A little toning in the gutters, near fine in very good dustwrapper with modest wear.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Pages lightly yellowed, clean text. Small crayon mark on front endpaper. Top corners on cover bent. Spine lightly browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.