The Contenders by Wain, John

Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Reader's Union, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. No Edition Stated. 222 pages. Blue dust jacket with blue lettering over navy cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with soiling to DJ. Sticker to back.

St Martin's Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 278 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in plastic wrapper over black cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Moderate 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. Book has noticeable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

London: Readers Union. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and foxed dust jacket. 1959. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 222pp. .

Penguin Books, 1962. First printing of this edition. vg+. vg+ 1st Penguin 1689 1962 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Penguin Books, 1962-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. 1962 First Penguin Edition - Will be sent Royal Mail 1st Class Priority Post

GB: Penguin, 1962. Bit out of shape.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG-.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing. Jacket is worn and edgeworn. 279 pgs..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st Edition. Clean text. Tight binding. Lightly handed. 279 pages.

London: Macmillan/Readers Union, 1959. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased, slightly dusty with sunned spine. 222pp. A novel of competition between two different temperament men who grew up together in a smokey industrial town.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 7.75 x 4.75 inches.