Beauty for Ashes: The Sploancos and Their Deeds
Undated (circa 1940s). 158pp, colour frontispiece. Red cloth-covered boards; black design on front, black titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded where there is dust jacket loss, lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Water damage to bottom edge of front board, affecting front pastedown. Presentation plate and free endpapers starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has significant area of loss on rear, long closed tear on rear, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
