Learning Laughter by Spender, Stephen - Nd. c.1952

Weidenfeld & Nicolson LTD, London, 1952.. Good. Octavo, hardcover, blue tweed boards. Shows wear to spine extremities and corners else good. No dj. 201pp. Illustrated by Photographs. Spender's account of a visit to Israel in 1952 with an emphasis on the children, many of them exiles or refugees.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Published. 201 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper is removed. Pencil inscription to half title page. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to boards. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky. Book has a notable forward lean.

Harcourt Brace & Co Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. In gray cloth. No jacket. .

Harcourt, Brace and Co., NY, c.1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Op. This book is based on Spender's journal of a tour in Israel in 1952, and centers around the group Youth Aliyah, a social services group there. Vg condition. No dj. 201 pp. Illus.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (1952). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First U.K. edition, near fine in a very good dust jacket. The book has offsetting on both the front and rear endpapers that appears to be caused by the jacket flaps. The jacket has a chip at the top of the spine, and a rather large area of the lower part of the front flap is clipped in a square pattern.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1952. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 201. Illusdtrated with photographs. Cover spotted and little worn at edges, but a VG tight copy. Based on a journal made during a tour on Israel in 1952, focusing on Youth Aliyah, which brought 60,000 children from all parts of the world to Israel.

New York: Harcourt. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. No date. Text clean. Illustrated. Writing on inside rear cover. Corners on cover bent. Spine light brown. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Gift inscription, light wear, very good in dustwrapper with tape repairs and modest chips.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with internal tape repair.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1952.. 8vo. 202pp. B/w illustrations. Original cloth, a very good copy. . First edition. Post-war trip to Israel.