The Bottom of the Harbour by Mitchell, Joseph - 1961

Chatto & Windus, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Stated. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black mark to rear of title page. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine and board edges.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth-effect boards (scarce variant binding - second issue?), lettered in gold foil. Tanned along top edges, minor tanning to front flyleaf, 1/4" moisture spot and a few slight smaller spots along text block fore-edge, mildly darkened top text block edge. Publisher's cancel to copyright page shows through on lower main title, typical of this issue. Dust jacket mildly tanned along flap folds and flap edges, with typical tanning and a few soil marks to rear panel, shallow chipping and surface loss at head of spine panel with slight chipping at heel and a few flecks of surface loss, now in mylar. 1st ed. thus. [ix],243 pp..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oliver green cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. Essentially as issued. Publisher's cancel strip of tape to copyright page shows through on lower main title, typical of this issue. Dust jacket mildly tanned along flap folds, flap edges, with some spotting along rear fold, 1/2" area of loss midway down spine panel, spine panel lettering a bit tanned, now in mylar. 1st ed. thus. [ix],243 pp..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oliver green cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. Bottom corners slightly bumped, otherwise about as issued. Publisher's cancel strip of tape to copyright page shows through on lower main title with offsetting to adjacent page, typical of this issue. Dust jacket mildly tanned along flap folds, flap edges, and rear panel, spine panel lettering a bit tanned, slight rubbing to several corners and a few minor surface nicks along lower front flap fold, now in mylar. 1st ed. thus. [ix],243 pp..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Copyright info marked over on copyright page, else fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold. Offsetting to endpapers. Tear on front panel neatly repaired w/archival tape to verso. Remainder mark to copyright page. Overall, a bright clean first British edition in a dustwrapper that has held up amazingly well. The first book to contain the notable story "Up in the Old Hotel".. First British Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Bound in the publisher's original yellow cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket.