Search Results: the oaken heart by margery allingham

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imusti, 0000-00-00. 4th Revised edition. paperback. Used:Good.

imusti, 0000-00-00. 4th Revised edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Michael Joseph. Hardcover. Used - Good/Fair. Boards have shelf wear. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Dust jacket is protected by mylar Name of previous owner inside cover. Pages tanning from age.

Golden Duck (UK) Ltd, 2011. Paperback. New. 384 pages. 8.43x5.43x1.18 inches.

Paperback. New.

Golden Duck (UK) Ltd. Paperback. New.

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. Third Impression. Red Cloth. Very Good/Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276pp. A well preserved copy of this third impression of this scarce book - same year as the first edition. Complete with a wrapper that is in fair to good condition. Silver embossed lettering to the spine and small vignette to the front board. Some fading to the head of the spine (approx upper 2cm) and the tail of the spine (approx. lowest 2cm) where the wrapper is chipped. Also some fading to the head of the front and rear boads. A charming former owner's book plate (C.S. & F.E. Vartan) to the front paste-down. No other inscriptions. The text block remains very clean, tight sand well preserved. The wrapper is tired and worn with chips of around 2cm to th head and tail of the spine with some loss. Four other quite significant chips to the wrapper with light or slight loss elsewhere. The wrapper is loose-fitting. . There are also a number of… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1942 Red cloth titled in silver on spine with vignette on front board. Tidy cover, tight bindings, light foxing in edges and endpapers, lengthy(but neat) inscription in front endpaper, tidy pages. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly foxed, tiny gaps at spine ends and corners and rear bottom edge, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941.. 1st edition. "In 1941 she published The Oaken Heart, based on letters written to American friends and shaped into a book at the suggestion of Doubleday, her American publisher. Under a light disguise of fiction, it records the life of D'Arcy House and its neighbourhood as they adapted to war and the threat of invasion. The book was intended to stir America into joining the Allies in the fight against Germany."(MargeryAllinghamorg). Pp.276, owner's name to front free endpaperlight spotting to endpapers and pages slightly toned. Red cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears with small losses but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

London : Michael Joseph, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 276p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Allingham, Margery (1904-1966). World War (1939-1945) -- Great Britain.

Hutchinson, 1959-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library. Hardcover/Hardback. Original dust cover laminated on front cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but very useable.

London, UK: Micheal Joseph LTD., 1941. Stated First Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book was published in September 1941. This third impression was published in September 1941 as well. Book was well received. Preface, Explanation and Dedication from Auburn House by Margery Carter(nee Allingham) Book has red cloth covered boards with silver gilt text/decorations on spine and front panel. Spine ends are slightly worn, some differential sunning front and back. Book is clean, tight and square. A war time autiobiography. Bookseller's Inventory # 230436.

Doubleday, Doran and Company. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, age toning to pastdowns, corners crisp. DJ unclipped in very good condition with faint sunning to spine, mild rubbing to rear, now in protective mylar cover. Stated first edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941.

London: Michael Joseph, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with no marks and just a few signs of previous use. The paper is slightly tanned. The red cloth covers have light wear, and one patch of fading at the bottom of the spine, where the dust jacket is nicked. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, but is only in fair conditon, with paper missing from the top and bottom of the spine, and two more nicks on the back panel. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition, and additional scans are available on request. Synopsis: This is Allingham's account of the first part of World War II, as she and her neighbours experienced it in rural England.

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. First edition. Signed by Margery Allingham in ink on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated 1956. 276 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, spine lean,a little dust-soil and two small stains to back board, lacking dust jacket. An uncommon signed nonfiction book from the British detective novelist, often referred to as one of the four Queens of Crime. It describes the WWII preparation of Essex for a German invasion.