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Mr Allenby Loses the Way: Available Copies

exlibrary hardcover book no dust jacket, usual library marks, has some light reader wear

vii, 262 pgs. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; some very faint spots to cover, ends of spine slightly dented and worn, corners worn, not bumped. Text very clean. Binding tight.

Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1945 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 280 Language: English Pages: 280

1946. First Edition. 231 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm with some mild creasing to gutters. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

First Edition. First Edition. No dust jacket. Staining/marking to cover. Half of front free endpaper is missing. Bookplate inside front cover. Photograph available on request.

8vo. pp 231. Original publishers tan boards slightly marked otherwise VG. Complete VG illustrated dust jacket. No inscriptions , not price clipped. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

Jacket yellowing in back, edge; 8vo; 262 pages Very Good creases and tears top edge.

(1945). 262 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped; dj has one closed tear down spine, 3"; light wear exists at edges. Book has corners bumped; otherwise a very nice clean copy. Very good in a very good dust jacket. (066)

A first impression of the first UK edition, published shortly after the Second World War in 1946. With the fragile paper dustwrapper in remarkably complete and clean condition. ***Near fine in beige cloth-covered boards, with black titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. The head and tail of the spine are uncreased. Corners sharp. No reading creases to the spine. Very slight reading lean to the fragile binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean and uncreased. No foxing or offsetting. No creases or tears. ***In a very good original illustrated dustwrapper, which has been corner square-price clipped on the front flap. The dustwrapper is remarkably complete, with no loss even to the top and tail of the spine and the vulnerable corner tips of the foldovers (please see scans). There is just some light rubbing, creasing and small nicks to the edges of the dustwrapper, with a 1cm closed tear to the bottom edge of the back panel. The white back panel is surprisingly clean and unmarked, and the spine is unfaded and not browned at all. The dustwrapper is very clean and unfaded. A very fragile item. ***192mm x 128mm. 251 pages. ***Contents: Part One: Innocence, Part Two: Experience, Part Three: Imagination. ***'With wartime London as its background, this story, which opens humorously and lightly, plays incessantly upon a theme which is of importance to these times; the theme of power exerted by one individual over another. Allenby is a type of the little man, who, discovering his individuality in middle life, rebels against the chaotic world which he had secretly never accepted, and embarks upon a lonely quest for eternal truth. Those who remember "Miss Hargreaves", "Playing with Punch", and other books by Frank Baker, will expect something fantastic from him. But this new novel is not entirely fantasy, neither is it escapist literature. It is offered as entertainment, no more than that; if a serious intention is discovered underneath its humour, so much the better.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***'Francis Baker (22 May 1908 - 6 November 1983 was a British writer of novels and short stories, mainly on fantastic or supernatural themes. He was also an actor, musician and television scriptwriter. His best-known works are his novels, "The Birds" (1936) and "Miss Hargreaves" (1940), and his memoir, "I Follow But Myself" (1968).' (Wiki) ***A true first edition, published just after the Second World War to wartime economy standards, with 'Book Production War Economy Standard' printed on the printer's page. In the original thin and fragile dustwrapper. Extremely uncommon in the dustwrapper, and virtually unobtainable now in such a clean and complete dustwrapper. A collector's copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.