Overall, an excellent example in its scarce first issue dust jacket. 105 - 134 unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine and board edges, some creasing and a small closed tear to top edge of front panel, small closed tear to bottom of front panel, light chipping to spine ends (mostly head of spine), small patch of dampstaining to bottom of rear panel, a few very light scratches to fore edge of rear panel, and lightly nicked corners. Very good or better, with light rubbing to bottom edges of boards and foot of spine, paper labels bright and fresh, light offsetting to endpapers, mild edgewear to front and rear free endpapers, a touch of soiling to bottom edges of endpapers, a hint of dampstaining to fore edge of rear free endpaper, and some tearing to bottom edges of pp. Publisher's black cloth with gold paper labels lettered in black to front board and spine in the original pictorial dust jacket with a drawing by Cleon. in its first issue dust jacket with "Katherine Barclay" misspelling to front flap. First edition, first printing with no disclaimer on p.
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