Beginning Signed Dedicated Second Issue by Moraes Dom (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. British edition, second issue (printing), 1957. With original unclipped jacket (8s 6d). Signed and dedicated (For John) by the author in blue ink directly to front end-paper. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, numerous tears, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine/corners/front lower edge), few marks, browning (including to spine), mild foxing, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, browning/few marks/mild foxing to reverse (white side), creasing/rubbing/browning/mild foxing to front/back inner flaps, a few small patches of loss to top (picture) surface and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to corners, few marks, patchy browning, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Inside boards/end-papers bit tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. One patch of old damp staining/browning inside back board. Occasional small mark/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).