William and the Brains Trust - 1961 1st thus d/w by Crompton, Richmal - 1961

George Newnes Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. Fourth Impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Contains illustrations that have been coloured in apart from one on page 236. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

George Newnes Limited, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Surface tears to front.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

George Newnes Ltd., 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. Sixth Impression. 252 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to text block edges and binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and visible water damage to interior.

George Newnes Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. Reprinted. 252 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations by Thomas Henry. Ex-Libris sticker to pastedown. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

George Newnes Ltd., 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1956. Sixth Impression. 252 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and moderate sunning to interior.

George Newnes Limited, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. 4th impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages & illustrations are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean.

George Newnes Limited, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. 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.