The House of the Paladin by Needham, Violet - 1957

Collins, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. Third Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have medium tanning and foxing light throughout. Heavier to first and last few pages. Faded pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing to inside edges. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Second Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Prize plate on front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout by Joyce Bruce. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Collins, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. This Impression. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil and pen markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Difference in colour due to different paper used. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Front free endpaper is removed. Brown staining to pages throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards.

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. 2nd Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pen marking to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Pen marking to front board. Water staining to both boards.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. 'This Impression'. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages & illustrations are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Strong tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. 256 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.