Search Results: Beard the Lion by William Manchester

First UK edition first printing of the third fictional novel by this author. Well known biographer and historian. Winner of the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary award. Light edge wear. Light tanning to the pages. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

Cassell, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Visible foxing. Mild water staining to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Cassell, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Published in GB. 255 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Some tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.

M. S. Mill Company, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth. Moderate foxing tanning to pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate tanning overall. Spine has slight tanning with moderate crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with subtle loss and creasing to panels.