When the Bough Breaks and Other Stories by Mitchison, Naomi

London: The Bodley Head. Very Good+; Minor shelf wear with one small closed tear to unclipped DJ. ; . Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names . or marks inside. DJ artwork by Trevor Stubley.. 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. First Printing; 193 pages; Six windows on the past, from different periods within the Roman Empire. ; 0370109317 .

London, Bodley, 1974; 0 370 10931 7. Reprint; Hardback; Nr fine/ Dj Good+; 193pp; Brown covers with gilt ttile on spine; Dust jacket has slight edge wear at spine extremities. " A collection of six stories about different people at different times withim the Roman Empire." .

London: Bodley Head, 1974. Book. G, Ex-Lib, Wear, Stamps,Stains. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Reissue. Historical short stories, set during various periods of the Roman Empire. Jacket by Trevor Stubley. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Published by The Bodley Head, London; 1974. Reprint. 193pp. 8vo. Condition: Fine/Near Fine.
Bound in original cloth boards with gilt title to the spine. Binding is tight and square and free from marks or wear, with just a touch of bumping to the spine ends. Inside, the pages are clean and bright and free from blemishes or marks. There is just a little speckling to the rims of the pages.
The book is housed in it's original dust jacket, illustrated by Trevor Stubley. It is vibrant and bright and has just a little wear with a slight chip to the top of the spine, and a touch of rubbing . It is otherwise very smart.
When the Bough Breaks was Mitchison's second book, originally published in 1924. It contains a collection of six short stories set during Ancient Roman times and set within the Roman Empire at varying times. When the Bough Breaks is the longest of the stories and is set in the final days of the Empire and the fall of Rome. Naomi Mitchison wrote over 70 books and died in 1999 at the age of 101.… Read More

Jonathan Cape , 1930 . Hardback. . 12mo blue cloth. Portrait frontispiece. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Good+ hardback (light edgewear, corners bumped, foxing to endpapers, ownership sigs,pages age-toned otherwise clean and unmarked)

London: Bodley Head, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pinkis hardcover with a gilt titles to spine, illustrated dustjacket in excellent condition. Nice copy of an under-rated author. Six stories from different periods of the Roman Empire. Classics,.

London: Jonathan Cape. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Blue cloth, paper title, edges a little rubbed, light soilingowners sig. In pencil, small stain botton pastedown, a good, clean, tight copy, no wrapper. ; 8vo; * .

Jonathan Cape, London., 1924. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Stories of ancient Rome.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''E. Strauss - an oponent [sic] of all my dearest principles - grr! N.M.M.'' The recipient is Eric Strauss the psychiatrist who treated Evelyn Waugh for the episode of delusional psychosis which inspired The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold.Free endpapers lightly tanned. Spine darkened. Spine label chipped. Good in what is probably a supplied dustwrapper which is very good, slightly nicked.