The Sonnet in the Bottle by Fennessy, J. C - 1951

Herbert Jenkins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Missing front free endpaper. Pages are moderately foxed, but text remains clear. Visible marking to some pages throughout, but text is not affected. Binding is firm. Inscriptions to rear pastedown and half title page. Loss to paper of pastedowns. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Tape and paper remnants to boards. Gilt remains bright. Some visible marks overall. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

Later Printing. Hardcover. Second impression. Fantastic adventure novel involving a secret South American city. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 83 "Lost race adventure story of the finding of an Incan city in Brazil; standard fare remarkable mainly for being a particularly late specimen of its species"]. Reginald 05363. Orange cloth with gold gilt spine lettering/rules, top edge stained orange as issued, 270 pages. Very good copy with edge wear and corners bumped, contents tight and clean in Fair dust jacket with edge wear, rubbing, small tears,1.25" tear (reinforced with tape on the blind side only) to the top of the front flap-fold. L2/2

London: Herbert Jenkins 1951. Later Printing. Hardcover. Second impression. Fantastic adventure novel involving a secret South American city. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 83 "Lost race adventure story of the finding of an Incan city in Brazil; standard fare remarkable mainly for being a particularly late specimen of its species"]. Reginald 05363. 270 pages. Very good with light wear, sunning to boards, dust soiling to page edges, in jacket with edge wear, rubbing, light creasing and toning. See photos clphE

Herbert Jenkins, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. Second Impression. 270 pages. Dust jacket over orange cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild droplet to front board. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable foxing to inside. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

herbert jenkins, , 1951, 2nd impression, hardcover. very good book in a very good dust jacket , corner and spine end chips

Herbert Jenkins. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 270 pp; First Edition, no additonal printings listed. Bound in orange boards with gilt spine text, book has no names, pages unmarked and lightly age toned, foredges foxed, 1.5mm dark spot on front cover, top edge with decorative orange stain. Dust jacket is unclipped (9/6) , a hint of corner wear, spine has a tiny bit of chipping at the top and 2 horizontal creases across the publisher's name at the bottom, white rear panel is lightly toned along the edges and has minor soiling, no chips or tears, color is very nice. A nice, clean, tight and very attractive book. Jacket in really nice shape for the age and is protected in a mylar cover. .