Tambourine, Trumpet & Drum by Kaye-Smith, Sheila - (1943)

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. First Edition. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Wear marks overall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 356p. Ex-library. A green cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Edges worn, spine tanned, and binding slightly cockeyed, though still tight. Label on spine, card pocket and library bookplate inside, and a few stamps as well; text itself is unmarked. A novel about four English sisters facing the changes in the world from the end of the Victorian age to World War II.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Worn dust jacket; normal book wear. A rare first edition with dust jacket. A novel..

Australia: Cassell & Co. Fair. Hardcover. 1945. 384 pages. some wear, discolouration to cloth name inside, sta mp on bottom edge, some wear / marks of age<br><br><p><strong>TAM BOURINE, TRUMPET AND DRUM</strong><br /><br />by Sheila Kaye-Smit h<br /><br />Cassell &amp; Co, Australia, 1945<br />demi hb, 384p p<br />beige cloth boards, blue spine title<br /><br />FAIR: some ... .

Melbourne: Cassell, 1945. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. First Australian Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, browning/G, Edgewear, chips, tears, perforations, browning. Family drama, set in Sussex. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request..

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. No dj 1st Edition; 8vo; 356 pages. .

London, UK: Cassell and Company, 1945. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second edition, produced to War Economy Standards. 388pp. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Boards rubbed at edges, a little rounded on corners and spine ends; cloth a little dull. Previous owner's name inked on front free endpapers; endpapers tanning, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In a worn and torn dust jacket, with some loss along lower edge, sunned over spine, visible shelf wear on verso. Novel set in rural Kent during World War II. Sheila Kaye-Smith was a popular English novelist, known for her many novels set in borderland country between Sussex and Kent. We have many Sheila Kaye-Smith titles in stock. Please inquire for discounts if considering ordering more than one item.