Before the War: 1908-1939 by Goodall, John S - 1981

Macmillan, London, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: John S. Goodall. not paginated -- 48 pages. Sepia coloured endpapers and coloured internal decorations have all been done by John S. Goodall. Brown coloured boards with gilt illustration to the front and rear panel – mimicking a gilt tie, and gilt titles to the backstrip. As with the majority of this author's work, the book is pictorial. Rubbing to to the corners and backstrip corners. The book is ever so slightly cocked and franked dust marks can be seen to the top textblock edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by John S Goodall, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Minor creasing to the dustwrapper edges. This book was not intended to be for publication, it was, done for the author/artist's wife. It shows, in strictly factual account, of his birth, childhood, education, marriage, travel and eventual inheriting of his parent's home until his… Read More

London, UK: Macmillan, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Goodall, John S. 50pp, full page, full colour illustrations throughout. In brown cloth covered boards with gilt design on front, gilt titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Landscape 24mo. Cloth slightly bruised at spine ends, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original, illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, a little toned and lightly bumped at edges. A gloriously illustrated remembrance of a life before the second world war, from his birth, the only son of the famous Harley Street heart specialist, to his enlistment at the outbreak of war, his career as an artist in charming detail.

Pan Macmillan, 1981. paperback. Very Good++/Very Good++. 7x5x0. Macmillan 1981 First Edition VG+/Fine condition clean tight and bright, DJ is clean and bright with two small creases at top edge of DJ

London: Macmillan, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Tight Firm Read Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Colour Illustrations. Brown Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titles Omn Spine And Knot And Cord Design To Front - Faint Edge Wear. `Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition..