{"product_id":"pleasure-beach-frank-tilsley-1st-edition","title":"Pleasure Beach, Frank Tilsley — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Collins, 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"35\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"52\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The book is bound in its original grey cloth with silver lettering to the spine; the boards are clean with minor bumping to the corners and slight fading at the extremities, while the binding remains firm and square. The text block shows the typical, uniform tanning associated with wartime paper production, with some light, scattered spotting primarily affecting the preliminary leaves. The front free endpaper bears a neat, contemporary ink ownership signature dated \"February 1944.\" The original dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original \"10s. 6d. net\" price on the front flap, but exhibits moderate age-toning, especially to the spine, and wear along the edges, including some shallow chipping and nicks at the spine ends and corners. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"900\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a true first edition, first printing of Frank Tilsley's 1944 novel. The book was produced during the Second World War, a period when paper shortages strictly limited production runs and material quality, making surviving copies in their original dust jackets notably scarce on the open market today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eThe dust jacket is fully intact and has not been price-clipped. The book contains a printed dedication to \"Clarice and Vin and Jill.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eSet against the vibrant, slightly seedy backdrop of a fictional Northern holiday town closely resembling Blackpool, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"257\"\u003ePleasure Beach\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid, Dickensian novel that captures the pulsating life of seaside amusements, dance halls, and local characters. Frank Tilsley weaves a rich tapestry of drama, comedy, and human frailty, exploring the intertwined lives of those who flock to the town for escapism and those who make their living providing it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55726943338835,"sku":"6739","price":59.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261028_094316.jpg?v=1793717724","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pleasure-beach-frank-tilsley-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}