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London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.. Very Good. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second issue with the date code of 531 at bottom of the last page of ads. 5" x 7 3/4" hardcover bound in dark green cloth wit h gold spine lettering and a blind stamped title on the front board. 2 77 pages plus an eight page Methuen catalog with 531 date code. A Very Good copy. Small bumps and rubs to the corners. Lightly rubbed spine tips. Mild dusting to the covers. The pages are slightly tanned but no t brittle. The interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. With a Xerox style facsimile of the original jacket. .

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1929. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND TITLES IN BLIND TO THE UPPER COVER. BOOK HAS A TRACE OF RUB/WEAR AT A FEW OF THE CORNERS A TOUCH OF FAINT DARKENED SPOTS TO THE FRONT COVER, AND A TRACE OF MODEST FOXING MOSTLY TO THE PRELIMINARY ANE TERMINAL LEAVES. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK. .

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD. VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1929. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND TITLES IN BLIND TO THE UPPER COVER. BOOK HAS A TRACE OF RUB/WEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, AND A TINY CHIP AT THE TOP REAR FORE-EDGE CORNER. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK. .

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1929 first edition. Size 12mo, 7.5" tall, 277 pages plus 8 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Green cloth covered boards with large titles blind stamped to the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, rough trimmed page edges. Condition good plus, spine is faded, corners spine ends and hinges are a little rubbed, spotting to the rough trimmed page block, some on the first and last few pages and the odd spot creeping on to the margins of a few of the pages here and there. Contemporary gift inscription to a H. W. Locke on front end-paper.

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. NF. 1929. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, undated but 1929. 5" x 7 3/4", 277 page hardco ver bound in red cloth with gold spine lettering. A Near Fine copy in a Good dust jacket. The book's overs are bright and clean. The gold le ttering is sharp. Minor tanning to the endpapers. Former owner's small name label is affixed to the upper edge of the front endpaper. The in terior is otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a 3 1/2" closed tear on the front panel. Frays to the jacket's corners and along the head and heel of its spine. Dust soiling to the spine and panels. .

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1929. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. INSCRIBED TO A. E. HEATH (FOUNDATION PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT SWANSEA) DATED FEB 3, 1929 . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND TITLES IN BLIND TO THE UPPER COVER WITH 8 PAGE METHUEN CATALOG DATED 06/28 FOLLOWING LAST PAGE OF INDEX. BOOK HAS FOXING THAT IS PRETTY MUCH CONFINED TO THE EDGES OF THE TEXT BLOCK BUT IS OTHERWISE FINE WITH AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK. INSCRIBED "A. E. HEATH / WITH COMPLIMENTS FROM / W.O.S. / 3RD FEBRUARY 1929" .

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.. NF. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. 12mo (5" x 7 3/4") hardcover bound in dark green , now turned to black, cloth with gold spine lettering. 277 pages plus an eight page publisher's catalog dated 628 at the rear, indicating 1 st issue.. A Near Fine copy. Small Rub marks to the corners, spine tip s & seams. The spine lettering is bright but there is some light sunni ng to the spine. There are a few small dust spots to the outer edges o f the page blocks but content is otherwise Fine. In rare Very Good or better dj. First issue Orange Jacket with black lettering has tiny fr ays to the spine tips and corners, but is otherwise about fine. The au thor's 2nd book preceded by a Rare 1914 book of Poetry. SIGNED and ins cribed by Stapledon to fellow author Aage Marcus on the front fly as f ollows: "A. Marcus/from/Olaf Stapledon/4th April 1934". A scarce boo k in dust jacket, exceedingly so Inscribed. .