A Whiff Of Burnt Boats

London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. 0333123549 . Previous owner's signature in pencil "P R Kidd". A couple of 1/2" tears and some foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [xii], 191 pages + 6 illustrations on 2 plate leaves. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Abt VG. Sm 8vo. Brown cloth stamped in gilt & red, dust jacket has closed tears & chips at upper edge, now enclosed in jacket protector. Signed on title page by Trease, additionally a signed label taped to f.f.e.p., and beneath that, the signature of Frances Walton (previous owner?).

London [New York]: Macmillan; St. Martin's P, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [11], 191 pages, 4 plates: illustrations, facsimile, portraits 23 cm. Subjects: Trease, Geoffrey 1909-1998; Biography. Authors, English 20th century; Biography.

London: Macmillan, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 1971 Hardcover 8vo, 191pp. Near fine with light rubbing in VG+ clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear. Contents are clean and unmarked.

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1971. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Front flap has been price-clipped. Jacket is yellowed with age. There is wear to the edges and corners. Two tears, at… Read more about this item

Girls Gone By. New. 2009. Softcover. 1847450717 . New copy; softback; 4to softback; In 1971 Geoffrey Trease produced this highly entertaining autobiography covering the period of his early life when he was struggling to establish himself as a writer. It covers the period 1909 - 1939, which includes him throwing up his Oxford scholarship and, after… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.