Book Beasts First Printing by White (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original clipped jacket. Index. Profusely illustrated. Being a translation from a Latin bestiary of the twelfth century made and edited by T. H. White. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy browning, fading to spine, numerous small (largest approx. 1cm) tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, patchy loss (mainly to head of spine/a couple of corners), few small marks, minor foxing, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, (severe) browning/odd small marks/spots of foxing to reverse (white side), creasing/rubbing/browning/few spots of foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to corners and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/fading) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed pink have the odd small mark/spot of foxing. Rough cut page bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Neat gift inscription and date in pen and previous owner's name and address stamp to half-title page. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.