Author of the novel the cruel sea6/2/2023 ![]() The front flap has some rubbing which means there is loss of surface paper which affects the bottom two lines of text. ![]() The dust jacket presents well in its removable, clear cover (not shown) and is clean and bright with just a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and corners and 0.8 cm closed tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel with a little associated creasing and a 4cm closed tear extending up from the foot of the spine that has been stabilised with tape on the verso of the jacket. There is also a band of slight toning on the free endpapers where the jacket does not reach. Internally there is a previous ownership name to the front pastedown and a little spotting mainly to the very edge of the text block and the first few and last few pages. Clean boards with firm, sharp corners and a touch of fading to the titles. ![]() In original unclipped dust jacket priced at 12/6 net. 13.7 x 20.4 cm blue cloth with white titles to the spine 416pp with double page map frontispiece. ![]()
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