Except the Lord

"This is the story of Chester Nimmo growing up in the West Country of England, the son of a stableman. As it shows him one of a fiercely devoted family, schooled in the strict evangelical faith, it reveals with dramatic and telling insight a man and a career in the making. Mr. Cary's novels have this in common: In all… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few chips to spine crown, book plate to front board. .

Michael Joseph, London, 1953. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 1st printing. 8vo in bright blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 286pp __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved FINE+ very fresh clean, tight, unmarked and unread copy (pages very slightly tanned, top edge of page block faintly dusty) in a very slightly tanned but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper.

Michael Joseph, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 286 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 5 1/4 x 8 in. 286 pgs. Lapis blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of book is NEAR FINE ; no wear or bumping, except very slightly to ends of spine, covers fresh and bright, binding tight, text perfect. DJ condition is VERY GOOD ;… Read more about this item

New York: Harper, 1953. Ex Wilson College copy with author's signature to title page. Shows college stamp to bottom of title page. Scant scuffing to corners and college stamp faintly showing to side papers. Rear end paste down has previous library card holder.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

London, United Kingdom: Michael Joseph, 1953. Novel about Chester Nimmo, the Devonshire labourer's son who became a great radical leader in Edwardian Days. CONDITION Blue bds with bright Gilt title, fresh not worn, sl faded to bottom edge of spine, pp 287 in clean unread state, not inscribed, faint partial browning to eps. Original wrapper very fresh, not price clipped,… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph., 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 287 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen and pencil inscription… Read more about this item

NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket price-clipped . and scuffed.. 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. Irish author Cary is best known for his classic novel, "The Horse's Mouth". Author photo on rear jacket panel. Library of Congress number 53-7728. A novel about Chester Nimmo, a charismatic, evangelical Labour politician.… Read more about this item

Harper. first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

New York: Harpers, 1953. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good + DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Boards w/cloth spine. First American Edition. Dj is soiled, has small tears on edges, small chips misg.

London: Michael Joseph, 1953 unclipped dust jacket designed by Val Biro, book is clean and tidy , jacket has minor wear and short edge splits at head and tail of spine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Val Biro. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Michael Joseph, 1953. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with fraying at the head of the spine. Price Clipped. Tanning to the blanks. Text complete, clean and tight. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine)… Read more about this item

New York: Harper, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. Good dustwrapper. First edition. The book spine ends and cover edges have light rub. The book foredges have light soiling. The dustwrapper panel edges have minor chipping with some small tears. The dustwrapper panels have minor fading. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean charcoal gray boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or… Read more about this item

michael joseph london 1953. first edition 286pp very good- (boards and spine damaged by water and mildew, rear board sl warped, endpapers sl discolored, owners name on fep, corners v sl scuffed) in very good d/w (spine sl sunned and chipped at head, corners rounded with a tear at front foot, sl wear to edges, rear discolored) apart from… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. Good. Hardcover. 1953. First edition. 287 pages. dj very worn and small tears. Text edge foxed<br> .

London: Michael Joseph, (1953).. First edition.. 286 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Cary on the title page.

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. Book. Illus. by Biro;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 287 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj by Biro..