Earlham by Percy Lubbock (Creator) - 2012-08-01

Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. Sixth Impression. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with plate to front pastedown. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Some minor dark marking to all surfaces. Book is notably bowed and forward leaning. Scuffed loss to title to spine.

Jonathan Cape, 1922. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1922. Fourth Impression. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper has been removed. Faint brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Previous owner's inscription to rear free endpaper. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Brown water staining to all surfaces with scuffed red marking.

New York: Scribners. Cloth over spine and paper spine label and board covers scuffed, corners worn and chipped, front hinge loose, owner name, page edges browned and worn, pages lightly tanned near edges, else good+. No date, likely 1920s. . Good- (Good). Hardcover. 1111.

Jonathan Cape, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. Reprint. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and ntoable foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild tearing to upper front joint. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Notable creasing to rear board.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1922]. Apparant First American edition (from British Sheets). Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Brown cloth backed over paper covered covers; slight binding lean, edge wear, rubbing to spine label. Well bound and text clean/unmarked. Attractive frontispiece with tissue guard present. Interesting bookplate from the original owner, Donald M. Sample (brother of artist Paul Starrett Sample). No dust jacket. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. No publisher date. Jacket foxed with some chips and tears. Board edges foxed. v, 254 pp. A memoir of the author's childhood holidays of Earlham Hall in Norfolk, a country home owned by the Gurney family. Winner of the 1922 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Jonathan Cape [Traveller's Library]. Used - Acceptable.

London; Cape, 1930 Good blue cloth hardcover. No dj. 253p.

GB: Cape (Travellers Library), 1928. 178 x 122 mm. Blue cloth, gilt. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Inscription of owner at start of book. Minor cover marks. . Reprint Thus. Hardback. VG-/No Dw.

Paperback / softback. New.