TOGETHER IN THE RARE QUILTER DUSTWRAPPER.
BARON, Alexander ~ From the City, From the Plough.
FIRST UK PRINTING. Jonathan Cape, London: 1948.
8vo., peach-coloured boards, lettered in burgundy to upper cover and spine with Cape device to foot; in the decorative blue, black and brown dustwrapper designed by F. Quilter (neatly clipped); THE BOOK very good, with slight shelf lean; a little darkened to edges of spine; small bookseller sticker to front paste-down; and contemporary ownership inscription to the ffep; a couple of marks to the fore-edge and a couple of finger marks internally, else clean; THE WRAPPER good to very good, toned and stained, particularly to the lower panel, darkened and rubbed along folds with some larger chips to spine tips and ends of folds; creasing, some scratches, and some closed tears along spine and extending into panels, the longest 5.5cm in length; but seldom found in the dustwrapper at all, and this example in unrestored condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION of this classic and popular work which focuses on a group of soldiers in the run up to D-Day.
BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: Good +
£450
