THE SOFT VOICE OF THE SERPENT And Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer - 1953

Signet Book, 1962. Third. Paperback. Good.

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. Published in Penguin Books. 219 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 218 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Victor Gollancz, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. Third Impression. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG-/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket that still has the original price of $3.50 on the front flap. DJ shows scuffing and spotting with numerous chips and small tears present. The underside of the jacket was neatly reinforced with masking tape along the top edge. Over the decades the tape is become dry and brittle and is detaching. The glue from the tape is also darkened the exterior of the dust jacket over time. Cloth boards underneath show only minor handling wear and spotting. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no remainder marks. The end pages and pastedowns all show toning and foxing, mainly from reacting with the dust jacket paper. The front flap of the DJ shows remnants where something was penciled in the upper corner and then later partially erased. No other handwriting found. The… Read More

Gollancz, 1953. Hard cover. 4. Very good. 244p., 19 cm. Very Good. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Page edges are lightly tanned. Cover has moderate wear. Binding is discolored. There is wear at the top..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. 244pgs, dust wrapper shows slight discoloration, some signs of spotting and a 1/4" tear at top of right front corner. These are moderate imperfections to an otherwise very nice dust wrapper.

Victor Gollancz Ltd , 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publication of 244 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. On the inner board there is a scuffed mark and a minor tear. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Victor Gollancz Ltd , 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by previous owner. A small publication of 244 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The blue boards are a little shelf rubbed. The text within the book is clear and bright. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Victor Gollancz, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. 2nd Impression. 244 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.