The Very House by Mazo De La Roche - 1937

Boston: LIttle Brown, 1937. Second Printing . Green Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Minor shelfwear, covers somewhat faded with light soiling. No jacket but front jacket flap is glued inside front cover. Dealer tag and old prices on front and rear flyleaf. Nice sound reading copy.

London: Macmillan and Co Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Later Printing. Hardcover. Later [2nd] printing of the first edition. Blue cloth with gold gilt spine lettering/decoration, [258] pages [last numbered page is 257] plus 2 pages of ads at the rear. Owner's name in pencil, 3/4" long strip of damage to the center of the rear hinge, else generally a VG copy, no jacket bx189

London,Macmillan, 1937;. 1st edition. Hardback. Good/ No dj. 258pp with 2pp Publishers Catalogue. Navy cover swith gilt motif & title on spine. Bottom edge of boards are scuffed, internally very good. .

Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1937. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 257 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine and rear flap. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

London: Macmillan, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. slight discolouration to the front and rear covers at the outside long edge rather as if the book had been near a window and condensation droplets had got onto the edge of the cover causing a water stain. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1937. 258 pp, 7 1/2" H. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine. "(O)ne of those rare books which capture the elusive qualities of childhood with integrity and naturalness. From the moment of their arrival in Plymouth, with a great mound of luggage, throughout their journeyings in search of a home and their final coming to anchor in 'The Very House', the doings of this unconventional family are described with detached gaiety. The characters are lovable and very much alive, not least among them Dan and Robbie, the Scottie and the Cairn. In the sombre house, with its massive trees and views to the mountains of Wales, Gillian and Diggory lead their eager and sensitive lives that now mingle with the life of the grown-ups and now voyage to the remote realms of childhood. They still retain their individuality that so soon disappears when children are regimented into school life. Readers who remember the poignant delights and swift… Read More

(London: Macmillan: November 1937) Reprint (first edition was October 1937 and there was a reprint also in that month). Stamped 'Macmillan's Overseas Library' on front flap of jacket. Cloth pictorially gilt on spine pp. iv, 258 and 2 publisher's advertisements. First Edition. An owner's name at head of front free endpaper. Fine copy (the gilt on spine particularly bright) in good price-clipped dust-jacket.

1937. Deslucido, papel moteado. MacMillan Londres 257 pp 19 x 13 cm Tela En ingles.