For Want Of a Nail

Secker & Warburg. London. 1965. FIRST EDITION. The author's 1st book. A near fine copy in very good dustwrapper which shows some minor darkening to the spine but is still crisp and bright. Publishers file copy with their label on front paste down, giving the publication date as June 3 1965.

Secker & Warburg, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1976. Reprint. 317 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Grey dust jacket over purple cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Flat signed by author to title page. Moderate cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First US Edition. INSCRIBED by author on full title page. "For Want of a Nail is set in the extreme north of England, where the eroded lumps of the great Caledonian range have reared a peculiar people." Ships same or next … Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg. 1976. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Dustjacket is price-clipped. 318 pages. An early reprint of the author's first book, first published in 1974. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

New York: Knopf, 1965. A Fine copy of the author's first book in Near Fine dust jacket, with small patch of tiny speck-marks on front panel, nicked at spine crown.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition in price-clipped dust-jacket; In this novel, Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the nail that became a symbol of the British Empire. Born in India, the nail was brought to England by the British Army and became… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1965. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light edgewear. Light wear. Light soiling, including light liquid soiling to bottom corner of back cover & the last couple pages. Bumped & lightly worn corners.

Sceptre, 1991-07-04. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages.

Knopf, 1965. 1st US. Hardcover. A Near FINE tight copy in a VG+ bright dj. with a litely toned spine.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1965 First Edition First edition. Hardcover book . Dark brown cloth with silver titles, and pictorial dustjacket designed by Ralph Mabey with photo of the author on back by Derek Nice. 318pp. The author's first novel. Fair in Very Good jacket. Ex-library: labels and stamps to prelims. Covers clean, with small marks to… Read more about this item

secker & warburg london 1965. ex-lib.first edition 318pp VG (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.wear to extrems.,usual stamps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.internal tape stains,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks rear flap,price-clipped)

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1965. First printing. Previous owner's address sticker is on the front pastedown. Otherwise fine; an apparently unread copy. The dust jacket is darkened on the spine and has a touch of edgewear.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1965. Some rubbing, chipping and tanning to jacket. Closed edges tanned, light edgewear, tiny stains to front pastedown and top clolsed edges, else content clean and firm.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good Minus/Good. 8vo.

Sceptre, 1996-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Appears to be a book that was shelved and/or handled but never read. No markings, tears, or other defects except for edges starting to tan.. Unconditional money back guarantee.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

London, Secker & Warburg, 1965.. 318pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, some insect damage to upper and lower panels, otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition. Bragg's first novel. Author's signature on another title page loosely inserted.

New. Growing up in an isolated cottage in the hills of Cumberland, Tom knows the bitter cold of shooting expeditions with his grandfather and long evenings spent with his father and mother. But taken away from the hills to live in the small town of Thornton, Tom experiences a tumult of conflicting emotions which he must master before… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton General Division 1990 Hardback. Good.

GB: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. Firts published in 1965 by Secker & Warburg. This is the first Hodder printing. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Thus. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW.