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The Bishop's Jaegers: Available Copies

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4

Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9

Unstated First Edition. Fair+ hardcover, 311 pp. Green boards w/ a black-outlined figure on the upper board and black lettering on the spine. Boards are soiled, have rubbed edges and the lower board has a discoloration spot. The spine head / tail and the board corners are also bumped / rubbed. Starter precedes the title page, but the remaining contents (with uncut fore-edges) are clean & firmly bound, albeit somewhat age-tanned consistent with the book's age. A solid copy of another humorous novel from the author of Topper.

1960. Reprinted. 272 pages. Paperback book with pictorial paper covers. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

1961. Reprinted. 272 pages. Illustrated paper cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

1960. Published in Penguin Books. 272 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Sticker to front cover.

The Bishop's Jaegers (Pocket Books #314; 1948; 13th Printing; Good = $4.00); Cover creasing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

12 edition. Binding has a few creases and scrapes. Half-title page has a number in pencil and part of a dim date stamp. Interior otherwise clean, though turning yellow-brown around the edges. Illustrations by Herbert Roese. No tears but a number of dog-ear ghosts. Binding tight and square. Front cover has a tendency to rise.

Color illustrated cover, Pocket Books # 314. Illustrated by Herbert Roese. 300 pages. Pages are browned. Size: 4"X7"

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Moderate wear and soiling to the covers; pages yellowed; names inside; a good solid reading copy. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 185294.

314 , very good, Cover by Herbert Roese. , paperback,

Light spine creases, slight spine cock. Unexpurgated, but condensed in a specially prepared abridgment. "Shipwrecked in a nudist colony."

, DUST JACKET real tears but 85% all there

Faded spine. Light general cover wear. Owner name. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 311 pages

Blue cloth over boards. Spine and top edge of boards are a bit faded. A little toning on endpapers. Clean throughout.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

314 , very good - fine, crease, Cover by Herbert Roese. , paperback,

Bumped at the head and heel of the spine; crease down the length of the spine; spine faded. All four corners have a little wear. About a 3 inch light pressure dent to the front board; about a two inch light pressure dent to the back board. Lightly soiled on the top and bottom of the page block. Some browning on the front and back endpapers. No jacket.

Fine !932

Photograph available on request.

#314

13th Pocket printing. Light crease across the spine. Slight wear to the edges.

1953. Reprinted. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Orange 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.

very good , , soiling, rubbing

314 , almost near fine, Cover by Herbert Roese. , paperback,

1938. Reprinted. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to rear hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to free endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Moderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with sunning overall. Boards are slightly bowed.