Civilization (Pelican) by BELL Clive:

Middlesex: Pelican, 1947. A small piece is missing form the top of the first page. Slight wear to the edges.. Paperback. Good+.

Penguin Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (civilization, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Chatto & Windus, 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. First Edition Thus. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. Minor tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Noticeable creasing and staining to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Chatto & Windus, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. Third impression. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to rear hinge with netting exposed. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine.

Chatto & Windus, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x4x2. 1931 printing. From the library of Benjamin B. King. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked. <br> "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of… Read More

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good. . First ed, stated. Jacket has some chipping at edges, minor spotting, overall clean, in mylar. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

chatto and windus london 1928. first edition 257pp+ads. VG (blue cloth,sl.stained and sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,sl.cocked)

NY: Harcourt, Brace. Moderately worn covers, spine lettering rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, bookplate, end papers tanned, pages good+. . Good. unknown. 1st. 1928.

chatto & windus london 1928. first edition 257pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,sl.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.in pencil to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

Harcourt Brace & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.