The Story of Shute the Bonvillea and Poles de BRIDIE M F - 1955

None stated, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 114 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth with gilt. Includes black & white plates. Flatsigned by author to title page. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is shaky, however pages remain fully attached. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Title page is clipped to centre. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. White staining present.

Jones & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 307 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Quarter bound in leather with cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with heavy staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

bagshawe booksellers axminster [nd]. [first edition] 114pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w