Lest We Regret. by Douglas Reed - 1943

Jonathan Cape, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean.

Jonathan Cape, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. First Edition. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. 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. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

Jonathan Cape, 1943. Hardcover. Good. 1943. First Published. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription and scribble to front pastedown. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with visible splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean but faded, water marked (? ) red cloth boards. No jacket. Gilt titles on sunned spine. Speckled darkened cut edges. Age yellowed endpaperss and text block, scattered foxing spots. Text clear. Binding solid.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1943. 337 pp, top edge tinted, fine copy in very good, d/j.. First edition

London: Cape, 1944. 2nd imp.. Near Fine. octavo. chipped dust jacket 337pp., How the Peace of 1919-1939 was wrecked. A Continuation of ÔInsanity Fair.Õ Brilliant book

London : Jonathan Cape, 1946. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition third printing 1946. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards clean, with a little sunning, and gently bumped corners. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt bold. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished, except a tear to page 321. Feels read, but still tight. Very good condition. No jacket. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this title, personal reflections on the progress of the Second World War, and what would come after.

London: Cape, 1943. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 337pp., How the Peace of 1919-1939 was wrecked. A Continuation of ÔInsanity Fair.Õ Brilliant book. No dust jacket o/w a very good copy of the uncommon first edition

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. 15mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; [1-4] 8-337 [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spinePage dimensions: 199 x 130mm. "Book Production War Economy Standard." "With this book Douglas Reed concludes the task he set himself, seven years ago, when he began to write 'Insanity Fair.' That book (he says) was 'an urgent warning of the imminent outbreak of war and of the way to avert it'. This one is 'an urgent warning of the imminent outbreak of peace, and of the war to preserve it'." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Author's Note: Part One - Great Argument : To Friends and Foes; 'Something Constructive!'; Part Two - Freedom Lost! : God's Englishman; Where England Stood; Where England Stands; Part Three - Freedom Regained ? : First Things First; The Choice of Enemies;… Read More