A Dancer from the Abbey by Elsie J. Oxenham - 1954

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. Reprint. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Full colour frontispiece. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Loss to front paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. First Edition Thus. 254 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.

Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with a colour illustrated frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight water stains and dog-eared pages throughout. Moderate tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have mild rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and creasing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Heavier creasing to interior.

Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Slight stains to both boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Collins, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition Thus. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Edge of front board is heavily bumped. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing.

UK: Collins red Abbey, 1958. Good+. 1958. Hardcover. Hbk no d/w; G++; colour frontis ; quite a nice copy, spoilt by some splitting to spine edge; - red abbey school series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

UK: Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A good copy, good hardcover, only a neat inscr top of fep, good dustwrapper. 1st reprint .

Collins. Good. Hardcover. 1954. 254 pages. Dj ripped and worn.<br> .