Peonies and Ponies

The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1941. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light pushing and fading at the extreme spine tips. Some mild dulling to the gilt titling to the spine. Some very slight toning and spotting to the text-block. Mild offsetting to the front blank end-papers. The crimson top-stain is… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, London., 1941. First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 310. A novel set in Peking.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the title-page: ''for Neil Ritchie, many years after! with warm regards, Harold Acton''. The recipient is Acton's bibliographer and editor of Oxford, China and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton on His Eightieth Birthday (1985).… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth:: Penguin Books,, 1950.. First Penguin printing.. Paperback. G-. 294, [2], +[9]pp of advertisements for penguins. The book is square and firm, with no markings. The middle area of each page is slightly toned, while the margins are tanned, as is the inner face of the covers. Externally, while the covers are not creased, they are heavily soiled,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with minor soiling and a little tanned at the spine.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950. Paperback in acceptable condition. Cover is shelfworn, with age-related tanning and discolouration, wear at edges and corners and notable tanning to pageblock and pages within. These are securely bound, and other than tanning, are unmarked. CN. Paperback. Acceptable. Used.

Penguin, 1950. Covers and endpapers have age spotting.. Pages moderately age toned. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Soft Cover. Good.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1950. First edition in Penguin. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1950. Paperback. 294 pages + publisher's ads. Very clean and sound, a lovely copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. paperback. Near Fine. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2",311 pages. Novel about the confused meeting of Occident and Orient in pre-war Peking.

Middlesex: Penguin, 1950. First Penguin printing. Old price to the top corner of the front cover. Light creases to the spine. Slight wear to the edges.. Paperback. Good+.

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1983. Card covers in tidy condition, pages a little tanned, one in the Oxford In Asia series, 312pp, uncommon. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.