Search Results: Christmas Crackers by John Julius Norwich

London: Allen Lane, 1981. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition third printing with additional material octavo hardback 288 pages Very Good + condition in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket No inscriptions.

London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd., 1980. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jacket is price clipped, there are tears on it, also creases and loss from the lower back corner.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983 0140060529. Paperback reprint. No DW. A few small creases to the covers but otherwise VG. Unsigned decorative bookplate has been pasted at foot of front end page probably to cover something more unsightly such as an inscription. 285 pages including index. Over 5" by 8.5". Over many years John Julius Norwich sent out commonplace collections of prose and poetry to friends at Xmas. Collected here in one volume are those Crackers; from contributors as diverse as Confucius, W. S. Gilbert and Dorothy Parker, on subjects as varied as love, the longest palindrome, and the French, German and Russian versions of Jabberwocky. A great bedside book. .

Allen Lane, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG book with rubbed worn and marked wrapper.

Penguin, 1982-10-27. paperback. Very Good. 5x1x9. Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some minor wear.