Edition: 1st edition, w/ no indication of any other printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw and Elkin Mathews, London
Date Published: 1986
Description: Minor corner bump, else fine, in excellent, priced dust jacket. No chips, no tears. Text has no writing, no highlighting, no bookplates, no inscriptions, etc.; no remainder marks, NOT ex-library; NOT BC ed. Illustrated with photographs. Sequel to her husband's Minding My Own Business (1956). Lively and entertaining story of one of the most influential bookmen of this century. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Werner Shaw, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Good/Good. 0907961045 Signed by Author Used Describing the author's wartime experiences giving house room to a number of eminent writers of the day who were taking refuge from London's blitz. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by the author on title page. A good clean copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed and Dated By Author First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Kaye on the front free endpage "--Many thanks for your help and with all good wishes Barbara Kaye June 1986. " Black and white photographs. Inscriptee's personalized pagemarker laid in. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle. (
Date Published: 1995)
ISBN-13:9781884718120ISBN:1884718124
Description: First American edition in Fine condition, full yellow cloth, octavo, frontispiece portrait, illustrated, x+224 pages. Fine pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 1884718124. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781884718120ISBN:1884718124
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light shelf wear to jacket. 1884718124. In this entertaining sequel, the Muirs struggle to keep the bookselling firm of Elkin Mathews afloat during World War II. read more
Description: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware/ 1995. B/W photos. Hardbound. Great-looking copy with one small closed tear on the dj rear. VG in VG DJ. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw in Collaboration with Elkin Mathews, Holt Norfolk
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 6 ¾"-9¾" Tall. Signed by Author This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper. Not price clipped and with this copy having been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper. This copy has a firm binding with no leaning or rolling to spine.8vo 224pp First Edition 1st Impression. read more
Edition: 1st Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Fine in NrFine jacket. 9 1/4" Signed by Author 224p; index; SIGNED by Kaye on the title page; the story of the family and antiquarian book business moving out of London and into the country at the beginnning of the Blitz; a fine look at England during the Second World War. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Werner Shaw in Collaboration with Elkin Mathews, Holt Norfolk
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 6 ¾"-9¾" Tall. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket. Not Price clipped and with no previous inscriptions present. Lovely clean copy internally, with the d/j well protected in a cover sleeve, 8vo 224pp First Edition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Hardback The Muirs move to the Essex countryside during the Second World War to escape the bombing and to contine the London-based Elkin Matthews antiquarian book business from converted chicken sheds. An interesting and lively autobiographical account of "making do" in war-time England, entertaining and housing a stream of writers, academics etc in their tiny, cold cottage and selling highly desirable 1st Editions for about a £1.00 each-ah, those were the days! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Werner Shaw, London, first edition
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Good in dustwrapper. With a MS signed postcard and TLS by the author. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, x, 224 pp. The sequel to Percy Muir's " Minding my own business", by his widow, continuing the story of how they operated through the war years until 1945. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OAK KNOLL PRESS, US
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781884718120ISBN:1884718124
Description: Published by Oak Knoll Press, US in 1995. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 234. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. With Index. With photographs. Spine creased. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: WERNER SHAW LTD
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780907961048ISBN:0907961045
Description: Ex-Library Published by Werner Shaw Ltd in 1986. Paperback. Number of pages: 240. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8300859 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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